Summary of Changes At The 2010 General Election
- Scotland – No changes from 2005 election
- Wales – No extra seats awarded to Wales, although significant changes lead to the creation of Aberconwy, Arfon and Dwyfor Meirionnydd
- Northern Ireland – No extra seats awarded
- England
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- North Yorkshire, Hampshire, Warwickshire, Derbyshire, Norfolk, Essex, Lancashire, Northamptonshire and Cornwall are amongst those counties given extra seats in England. Isle of Wight maintains its status as one parliamentary constituency.
- The City of York is divided into two seats separate from the county of North Yorkshire.
- When treated as a whole unit North London, and the metropolitan counties of Greater Manchester, Merseyside, Tyne and Wear and South Yorkshire lose a seat each.
- The city of Birmingham lost one seat, and Sheffield lost half a seat.
- Hereford and Worcester were considered as separate entities, with Herefordshire split into two constituencies.
- Bath, Bristol and Somerset undergo significant changes to reflect the abolition of Avon.
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