List of boundary changes in the East of England

This is a list of boundary changes occurring in the East of England region of England, since the re-organisation of local government following the passing of the Local Government Act 1972.

Administrative boundaries

Initial creation When the Local Government Act 1972 was passed there were still some details left to be decided, the Local Government Boundary Commission for England's first work was to clarify these details.

Date Statutory Instrument LGBCE Report1 February 1973 The English Non-Metropolitan Districts (Definition) Order 1972legislation.gov.uk - The English Non-Metropolitan Districts (Definition) Order 1972. Retrieved on 9 May 2016. Report No. 001: Recommendations for new Districts in the non-Metropolitan Counties November 19725 March 1973 The Divided Areas (Boundaries) Order 1973 n/a1 May 1973 The English Non-Metropolitan Districts (Names) Order 1973legislation.gov.uk - The English Non-Metropolitan Districts (Names) Order 1973. Retrieved on 9 May 2016. Report No. 002: Names of Non-Metropolitan Districts March 1973

Principal Area Boundary Reviews The Local Government Boundary Commission for England (or LGBCE) was established by the Local Government Act 1972 to review the administrative boundaries of every local authority in England. Between 1974 and 1992 they completed a series of Principal Area Boundary Reviews; reviewing the administrative boundaries of local authorities at their request.

Date Statutory Instrument Effect LGBCE Report(s)1 April 1984 The Basildon and Castle Point (Areas) Order 1984 Changes to the Basildon/Castle Point (both Essex) boundary Report No. 432: Basildon/Castle Point August 19821 April 1985 The Bedfordshire (Areas) Order 1984 Changes to the Mid Bedfordshire/South Bedfordshire (both Bedfordshire) boundary Report No. 449: South Bedfordshire/Mid Bedfordshire June 19831 April 1984 The East Hertfordshire and Stevenage (Areas) Order 1984 Changes to the East Hertfordshire/Stevenage (both Hertfordshire) boundary Report No. 433: East Hertfordshire/Stevenage September 19821 April 1985 The Braintree, Chelmsford and Colchester (Areas) Order 1985 Changes to the Braintree/Chelmsford (both Essex) boundary Braintree/Colchester (both Essex) boundaryReport No. 464: Braintree/Colchester/Chelmsford December 19831 April 1985 The Dacorum and Three Rivers (Areas) Order 1985 Changes to the Dacorum/Three Rivers (both Hertfordshire) boundary Report No. 447: Dacorum/Three Rivers June 19831 April 1985 The East Hertfordshire and Welwyn Hatfield (Areas) Order 1985 Changes to the East Hertfordshire/Welwyn Hatfield (both Hertfordshire) boundary Report No. 451: East Hertfordshire/Welwyn Hatfield July 19831 April 1986 The Ipswich and Suffolk Coastal (District Boundaries) Order 1985 Changes to the Ipswich/Suffolk Coastal (both Suffolk) boundary Report No. 474: Suffolk Coastal/Ipswich July 19841 April 1987 The Essex (District Boundaries) Order 1986 Changes to the boundaries of Braintree (Essex) Brentwood (Essex) Epping Forest (Essex) Uttlesford (Essex)Report No. 497: Epping Forest/Brentwood June 1985Report No. 498: Uttlesford/Braintree June 19851 April 1987 The Hertfordshire (District Boundaries) Order 1986 Changes to the East Hertfordshire/Stevenage (both Hertfordshire) boundary Report No. 495: East Hertfordshire/Stevenage June 19851 April 1988 The Essex (District Boundaries) Order 1987legislation.gov.uk - The Essex (District Boundaries) Order 1987. Retrieved on 6 November 2015. Changes to the Braintree/Maldon (both Essex) boundary Report No. 531: Maldon/Braintree December 19861 April 1990 The Essex (District Boundaries) Order 1989legislation.gov.uk - The Essex (District Boundaries) Order 1989. Retrieved on 6 November 2015. Changes to the Epping Forest/Harlow (both Essex) boundary Report No. 559: Epping Forest/Harlow June 1988

Mandatory Reviews of non-Metropolitan Counties, Metropolitan Districts and London Boroughs In 1985 they began the first full administrative review of all non-metropolitan counties. Their reviews of metropolitan counties and Greater London began in 1987 and both reviews were completed in 1992.

Date Statutory Instrument Effect LGBCE Report(s)1 April 1990 The Essex and Suffolk (County Boundaries) Order 1989legislation.gov.uk - The Essex and Suffolk (County Boundaries) Order 1989. Retrieved on 5 November 2015. Changes to the Braintree (Essex)/Babergh (Suffolk) boundary Braintree (Essex)/St Edmundsbury (Suffolk) boundary Colchester (Essex)/Babergh (Suffolk) boundaryReport No. 565: Suffolk November 19881 April 1989 The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire (County Boundaries) Order 1989legislation.gov.uk - The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire (County Boundaries) Order 1989. Retrieved on 5 November 2015. Changes to the North Hertfordshire (Hertfordshire)/Luton (Bedfordshire) boundary Report No. 555: Hertfordshire June 19881 April 1989 The Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire and Lincolnshire (County Boundaries) Order 1989legislation.gov.uk - The Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire and Lincolnshire (County Boundaries) Order 1989. Retrieved on 5 November 2015. Changes to the Uttlesford (Essex)/South Cambridgeshire (Cambridgeshire) boundary South Cambridgeshire (Cambridgeshire)/North Hertfordshire (Hertfordshire) boundary Peterborough (Cambridgeshire)/South Holland (Lincolnshire) boundary Fenland (Cambridgeshire)/South Holland (Lincolnshire) boundary Peterborough (Cambridgeshire)/South Kesteven (Lincolnshire) boundaryReport No. 546: Cambridgeshire March 19881 April 1990 The Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk (County Boundaries) Order 1990legislation.gov.uk - The Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk (County Boundaries) Order 1990. Retrieved on 5 November 2015. Changes to the Fenland (Cambridgeshire)/King's Lynn and West Norfolk (Norfolk) boundary Breckland (Norfolk)/Forest Heath (Suffolk) boundaryReport No. 554: Norfolk June 19881 April 1991 The Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Cambridgeshire (County Boundaries) Order 1991legislation.gov.uk - The Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Cambridgeshire (County Boundaries) Order 1991. Retrieved on 5 November 2015. Changes to the Milton Keynes (Buckinghamshire)/Mid Bedfordshire (Bedfordshire) boundary Huntingdonshire (Cambridgeshire)/North Bedfordshire (Bedfordshire) boundary North Bedfordshire (Bedfordshire)/Milton Keynes (Buckinghamshire) boundary South Bedfordshire (Bedfordshire)/Aylesbury Vale (Buckinghamshire) boundaryReport No. 566: Bedfordshire November 19881 April 1991 The Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire (County Boundaries) Order 1991legislation.gov.uk - The Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire (County Boundaries) Order 1991. Retrieved on 5 November 2015. Changes to the South Northamptonshire (Northamptonshire)/Milton Keynes (Buckinghamshire) boundary Dacorum (Hertfordshire)/Chiltern (Buckinghamshire) boundary Wycombe (Buckinghamshire)/South Oxfordshire (Oxfordshire) boundary South Northamptonshire (Northamptonshire)/Aylesbury Vale (Buckinghamshire) boundary Dacorum (Hertfordshire)/Aylesbury Vale (Buckinghamshire) boundary Three Rivers (Hertfordshire)/Chiltern (Buckinghamshire) boundaryReport No. 571: Buckinghamshire May 19891 April 1994 The Cambridgeshire and Suffolk (County Boundaries) Order 1992legislation.gov.uk - The Cambridgeshire and Suffolk (County Boundaries) Order 1992. Retrieved on 5 November 2015. Changes to the East Cambridgeshire (Cambridgeshire)/Forest Heath (Suffolk) boundary Report No. 608: Suffolk (Newmarket) September 19911 April 1993 The Essex and Hertfordshire (County Boundaries) Order 1992legislation.gov.uk - The Essex and Hertfordshire (County Boundaries) Order 1992. Retrieved on 5 November 2015. Changes to the Epping Forest (Essex)/Broxbourne (Hertfordshire) boundary Epping Forest (Essex)/East Hertfordshire (Hertfordshire) boundary Harlow (Essex)/East Hertfordshire (Hertfordshire) boundary Uttlesford (Essex)/East Hertfordshire (Hertfordshire) boundaryReport No. 596: Essex February 19911 April 1993 The Greater London and Hertfordshire (County and District Boundaries) Order 1992legislation.gov.uk - The Greater London and Hertfordshire (County and District Boundaries) Order 1992. Retrieved on 5 November 2015. Changes to the Harrow (Greater London)/Hertsmere (Hertfordshire) boundary Ealing/Harrow (both Greater London) boundary Harrow/Hillingdon (both Greater London) boundaryReport No. 610: Harrow October 19911 April 1993 The Greater London and Hertfordshire (County Boundaries) Order 1992legislation.gov.uk - The Greater London and Hertfordshire (County Boundaries) Order 1992. Retrieved on 5 November 2015. Changes to the Barnet (Greater London)/Hertsmere (Hertfordshire) boundary Harrow (Greater London)/Hertsmere (Hertfordshire) boundaryReport No. 594: Barnet January 19911 April 1994 The Essex and Greater London (County and London Borough Boundaries) Order 1993legislation.gov.uk - The Essex and Greater London (County and London Borough Boundaries) Order 1993. Retrieved on 5 November 2015. Changes to the Waltham Forest/Enfield (both Greater London) boundary Waltham Forest/Hackney (both Greater London) boundary Waltham Forest/Haringey (both Greater London) boundary Waltham Forest (Greater London)/Epping Forest (Essex) boundary Enfield (Greater London)/Epping Forest (Essex) boundaryReport No. 618: Waltham Forest February 19921 April 1994 The Essex and Greater London (County and London Borough Boundaries) (No. 2) Order 1993legislation.gov.uk - The Essex and Greater London (County and London Borough Boundaries) (No. 2) Order 1993. Retrieved on 5 November 2015. Changes to the Havering/Barking and Dagenham (both Greater London) boundary Havering (Greater London)/Brentwood (Essex) boundary Havering (Greater London)/Epping Forest (Essex) boundary Havering (Greater London)/Thurrock (Essex) boundaryReport No. 654: Havering June 19921 April 1995 The Essex and Greater London (County Boundaries) Order 1993legislation.gov.uk - The Essex and Greater London (County Boundaries) Order 1993. Retrieved on 5 November 2015. Changes to the Redbridge (Greater London)/Epping Forest (Essex) boundaryReport No. 648: Redbridge May 19921 April 1994 The Essex, Greater London and Hertfordshire (County and London Borough Boundaries) Order 1993legislation.gov.uk - The Essex, Greater London and Hertfordshire (County and London Borough Boundaries) Order 1993. Retrieved on 5 November 2015. Changes to the Enfield/Barnet (both Greater London) boundary Enfield (Greater London)/Broxbourne (Hertfordshire) boundary Enfield (Greater London)/Hertsmere (Hertfordshire) boundary Enfield (Greater London)/Welwyn Hatfield (Hertfordshire) boundary Enfield (Greater London)/Epping Forest (Essex) boundaryReport No. 672: Enfield August 1992

Other mandatory meviews of non-metropolitan counties, metropolitan districts and London boroughs Report No. 542: Kent December 1987

Electoral boundaries

Initial creation When the Local Government Act 1972 was passed there was not sufficient time to draw up proper electoral boundaries for the new county and district councils, so a temporary system was quickly put in place, intended to only be used for the first elections in 1973.