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href="#Citations"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.1</span> <span>Citations</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Citations-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sources" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sources"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.2</span> <span>Sources</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sources-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Further_reading" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Further_reading"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>Further reading</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Further_reading-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> 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interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%85%D9%84%D9%83%D8%A9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%AF%D8%A9" title="بلدان المملكة المتحدة – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="بلدان المملكة المتحدة" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pa%C3%ADses_del_Reinu_Xun%C3%ADu" title="Países del Reinu Xuníu – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Países del Reinu Xuníu" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gn mw-list-item"><a href="https://gn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tavet%C3%A3_Joaju_ret%C3%A3ngu%C3%A9ra" title="Tavetã Joaju retãnguéra – Guarani" lang="gn" hreflang="gn" data-title="Tavetã Joaju retãnguéra" data-language-autonym="Avañe'ẽ" data-language-local-name="Guarani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Avañe'ẽ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AF%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%9C%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0_%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%82%E0%A6%B9" title="যুক্তরাজ্যের দেশসমূহ – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="যুক্তরাজ্যের দেশসমূহ" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%96%D0%BD%D1%8B_%D0%97%D0%BB%D1%83%D1%87%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%B0_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%9E%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B0" title="Краіны Злучанага Каралеўства – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Краіны Злучанага Каралеўства" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%96%D0%BD%D1%8B_%D0%97%D0%BB%D1%83%D1%87%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%B0_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%9E%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B0" title="Краіны Злучанага Каралеўства – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Краіны Злучанага Каралеўства" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%8A%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%B8_%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8_%D0%B2_%D0%9E%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BE_%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%BE" title="Съставни страни в Обединеното кралство – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Съставни страни в Обединеното кралство" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zem%C4%9B_Spojen%C3%A9ho_kr%C3%A1lovstv%C3%AD" title="Země Spojeného království – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Země Spojeného království" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwledydd_y_Deyrnas_Unedig" title="Gwledydd y Deyrnas Unedig – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Gwledydd y Deyrnas Unedig" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A7%CF%8E%CF%81%CE%B5%CF%82_%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%85_%CE%97%CE%BD%CF%89%CE%BC%CE%AD%CE%BD%CE%BF%CF%85_%CE%92%CE%B1%CF%83%CE%B9%CE%BB%CE%B5%CE%AF%CE%BF%CF%85" title="Χώρες του Ηνωμένου Βασιλείου – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Χώρες του Ηνωμένου Βασιλείου" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naciones_del_Reino_Unido" title="Naciones del Reino Unido – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Naciones del Reino Unido" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landoj_de_Britio" title="Landoj de Britio – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Landoj de Britio" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C_%D8%A8%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A7" title="کشورهای بریتانیا – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="کشورهای بریتانیا" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nation_constitutive_(Royaume-Uni)" title="Nation constitutive (Royaume-Uni) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Nation constitutive (Royaume-Uni)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%98%81%EA%B5%AD%EC%9D%98_%EA%B5%AC%EC%84%B1%EA%B5%AD" title="영국의 구성국 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="영국의 구성국" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%84%D5%AB%D5%A1%D6%81%D5%B5%D5%A1%D5%AC_%D4%B9%D5%A1%D5%A3%D5%A1%D5%BE%D5%B8%D6%80%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%A9%D5%B5%D5%A1%D5%B6_%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%AF%D6%80%D5%B6%D5%A5%D6%80" title="Միացյալ Թագավորության երկրներ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Միացյալ Թագավորության երկրներ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%87%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A1_%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%AE_%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87_%E0%A4%98%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%95_%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B6" title="यूनाइटेड किंगडम के घटक देश – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="यूनाइटेड किंगडम के घटक देश" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr%C5%BEave_u_UK" title="Države u UK – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Države u UK" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negara_konstituen_di_Britania_Raya" title="Negara konstituen di Britania Raya – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Negara konstituen di Britania Raya" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazioni_del_Regno_Unito" title="Nazioni del Regno Unito – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Nazioni del Regno Unito" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%A6%D7%95%D7%AA_%D7%94%D7%9E%D7%9E%D7%9C%D7%9B%D7%94_%D7%94%D7%9E%D7%90%D7%95%D7%97%D7%93%D7%AA" title="ארצות הממלכה המאוחדת – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="ארצות הממלכה המאוחדת" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lld mw-list-item"><a href="https://lld.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazions_dl_Riam_Un%C3%AC" title="Nazions dl Riam Unì – Ladin" lang="lld" hreflang="lld" data-title="Nazions dl Riam Unì" data-language-autonym="Ladin" data-language-local-name="Ladin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladin</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negara-negara_di_United_Kingdom" title="Negara-negara di United Kingdom – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Negara-negara di United Kingdom" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" 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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storbritannias_riksdeler" title="Storbritannias riksdeler – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Storbritannias riksdeler" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birlashgan_Qirollik_davlatlari" title="Birlashgan Qirollik davlatlari – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Birlashgan Qirollik davlatlari" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pa%C3%ADses_do_Reino_Unido" title="Países do Reino Unido – 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vertical-align: middle">Countries of the United Kingdom</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><div role="img" class="noresize" style="width: 250px; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto; line-height: 1; text-align: center; background-color: #ffffff; position: relative;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_the_countries_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Map_of_the_countries_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/250px-Map_of_the_countries_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="437" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Map_of_the_countries_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/375px-Map_of_the_countries_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Map_of_the_countries_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/500px-Map_of_the_countries_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="895" /></a></span> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:156.5px; top:272px"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><big><span style="color:Black">England</span></big></a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:56.5px; top:227px"><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland" title="Northern Ireland"><big><span style="color:Black">Northern<br />Ireland</span></big></a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:107.75px; top:174.5px"><a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland"><big><span style="color:Black">Scotland</span></big></a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:116.5px; top:302px"><a href="/wiki/Wales" title="Wales"><big><span style="color:Black">Wales</span></big></a></div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.65em;">Category</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Administrative_division" title="Administrative division">Administrative division</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.65em;">Location</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.65em;">Found in</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Law_of_the_United_Kingdom#Three_legal_systems" title="Law of the United Kingdom">Legal jurisdictions</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.65em;">Number</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;">4; <br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland" title="Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a> <br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a> <br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/23px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/35px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/46px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Wales" title="Wales">Wales</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.65em;">Possible status</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/International_Territorial_Level" title="International Territorial Level">ITL 1 region</a> (3)</li><li><a href="/wiki/Law_of_the_United_Kingdom#Three_legal_systems" title="Law of the United Kingdom">Legal jurisdiction</a> (3)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.65em;">Additional status</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Home_Nations" title="Home Nations">Home Nations</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.65em;">Government</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Government of the United Kingdom">Central government</a> (1)</li><li><a href="/wiki/Devolution_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Devolution in the United Kingdom">Devolved government</a> (3)</li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Since 1922, the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a> has been made up of four countries: <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a>, <a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wales" title="Wales">Wales</a> (which collectively make up <a href="/wiki/Great_Britain" title="Great Britain">Great Britain</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland" title="Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a> (<a href="#Terminology">variously described</a> as a country,<sup id="cite_ref-ONS_Geography_Guide_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ONS_Geography_Guide-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> province,<sup id="cite_ref-ISO_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ISO-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> jurisdiction<sup id="cite_ref-alphabeticalNI_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-alphabeticalNI-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or region<sup id="cite_ref-interpretingNI_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-interpretingNI-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-placeApart_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-placeApart-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>). The UK <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Prime Minister of the United Kingdom">Prime Minister</a>'s website has used the phrase "countries within a country" to describe the United Kingdom.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Although the United Kingdom is a <a href="/wiki/Unitary_state" title="Unitary state">unitary</a> <a href="/wiki/Sovereign_state" title="Sovereign state">sovereign country</a>, it contains three distinct legal jurisdictions in <a href="/wiki/Scots_Law" class="mw-redirect" title="Scots Law">Scotland</a>, <a href="/wiki/English_Law" class="mw-redirect" title="English Law">England and Wales</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Northern_Irish_Law" class="mw-redirect" title="Northern Irish Law">Northern Ireland</a>, each retaining its own legal system even after joining the UK.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since 1998, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales have also gained significant autonomy through the process of <a href="/wiki/Devolution_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Devolution in the United Kingdom">devolution</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Parliament of the United Kingdom">UK Parliament</a> and <a href="/wiki/Government_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Government of the United Kingdom">UK Government</a> deal with all <a href="/wiki/Devolved,_reserved_and_excepted_matters" title="Devolved, reserved and excepted matters">reserved matters</a> for Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales, but not in general matters that have been <a href="/wiki/Devolution" title="Devolution">devolved</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Assembly" title="Northern Ireland Assembly">Northern Ireland Assembly</a>, <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Parliament" title="Scottish Parliament">Scottish Parliament</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Senedd" title="Senedd">Senedd</a>. Additionally, devolution in Northern Ireland is conditional on co-operation between the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Executive" title="Northern Ireland Executive">Northern Ireland Executive</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Ireland" title="Government of Ireland">Government of Ireland</a> (see <a href="/wiki/North/South_Ministerial_Council" title="North/South Ministerial Council">North/South Ministerial Council</a>) and the British Government consults with the Government of Ireland to reach agreement on some non-devolved matters for Northern Ireland (see <a href="/wiki/British%E2%80%93Irish_Intergovernmental_Conference" title="British–Irish Intergovernmental Conference">British–Irish Intergovernmental Conference</a>). England, comprising the majority of the population and area of the United Kingdom,<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ONSCOUNTRYPROFILES_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ONSCOUNTRYPROFILES-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> does not have its own devolved government, and remains fully the responsibility of the United Kingdom Parliament centralised in <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>. </p><p>England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales are not themselves listed in the <a href="/wiki/International_Organization_for_Standardization" title="International Organization for Standardization">International Organization for Standardization</a> (ISO) <a href="/wiki/Countries_in_the_International_Organization_for_Standardization" title="Countries in the International Organization for Standardization">list of countries</a>. However, the ISO list of the subdivisions of the United Kingdom, compiled by <a href="/wiki/British_Standards" title="British Standards">British Standards</a> and the United Kingdom's <a href="/wiki/Office_for_National_Statistics" title="Office for National Statistics">Office for National Statistics</a>, uses "country" to describe England, Scotland, and Wales.<sup id="cite_ref-ISO_Newsletter_ii-3-2011-12-13_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ISO_Newsletter_ii-3-2011-12-13-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Northern Ireland, in contrast, is described as a "province" in the same lists.<sup id="cite_ref-ISO_Newsletter_ii-3-2011-12-13_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ISO_Newsletter_ii-3-2011-12-13-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Each has separate <a href="/wiki/Sport_governing_body" class="mw-redirect" title="Sport governing body">national governing bodies for sports</a> and compete separately in many international sporting competitions, including the <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_Games" title="Commonwealth Games">Commonwealth Games</a>. Northern Ireland also forms joint <a href="/wiki/Island_of_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="Island of Ireland">All-Island</a> sporting bodies with the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland" title="Republic of Ireland">Republic of Ireland</a> for some sports, including <a href="/wiki/Rugby_union" title="Rugby union">rugby union</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Channel_Islands" title="Channel Islands">Channel Islands</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Isle_of_Man" title="Isle of Man">Isle of Man</a> are <a href="/wiki/Crown_Dependencies" title="Crown Dependencies">dependencies</a> of <a href="/wiki/The_Crown" title="The Crown">the Crown</a> and are not part of the UK. Similarly, the <a href="/wiki/British_Overseas_Territories" title="British Overseas Territories">British Overseas Territories</a>, remnants of the <a href="/wiki/British_Empire" title="British Empire">British Empire</a>, are not part of the UK. </p><p>From 1801, following the <a href="/wiki/Acts_of_Union_1800" title="Acts of Union 1800">Acts of Union</a>, until 1922 the whole island of <a href="/wiki/Ireland" title="Ireland">Ireland</a> was a country within the UK. Ireland was <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Ireland_Act_1920" title="Government of Ireland Act 1920">split into two separate jurisdictions</a> in 1921, becoming <a href="/wiki/Southern_Ireland_(1921%E2%80%9322)" class="mw-redirect" title="Southern Ireland (1921–22)">Southern Ireland</a> and <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland" title="Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a>. Pursuant to the <a href="/wiki/Anglo-Irish_Treaty" title="Anglo-Irish Treaty">Anglo-Irish Treaty</a>, the institutions of the <a href="/wiki/Irish_Republic" title="Irish Republic">revolutionary Irish Republic</a> were assimilated into Southern Ireland, which then became the <a href="/wiki/Irish_Free_State" title="Irish Free State">Irish Free State</a> and left the United Kingdom in 1922. The Irish Free State adopted a new, essentially republican <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Ireland" title="Constitution of Ireland">constitution</a> in 1937 – albeit <a href="/wiki/Irish_head_of_state_from_1922_to_1949#Ambiguity_from_1936_to_1949" title="Irish head of state from 1922 to 1949">retaining the King for diplomatic functions</a> – by which it would be known as simply Ireland. 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class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/105px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/140px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a> </td> <td>None<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>None<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/English_law" title="English law">English law</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/England_and_Wales" title="England and Wales">England and Wales</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a> </td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Scotland.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/70px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="70" height="42" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/105px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/140px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Edinburgh" title="Edinburgh">Edinburgh</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Parliament" title="Scottish Parliament">Scottish Parliament</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Government" title="Scottish Government">Scottish Government</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Scots_law" title="Scots law">Scots law</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Wales" title="Wales">Wales</a> </td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Wales.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/70px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png" decoding="async" width="70" height="42" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/105px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/140px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cardiff" title="Cardiff">Cardiff</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Senedd" title="Senedd">Senedd</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Government" title="Welsh Government">Welsh Government</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/English_law" title="English law">English law</a>,<br /><a href="/wiki/Welsh_law" title="Welsh law">Welsh law</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/England_and_Wales" title="England and Wales">England and Wales</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland" title="Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a> </td> <td>None<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Belfast" title="Belfast">Belfast</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Assembly" title="Northern Ireland Assembly">Northern Ireland Assembly</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Executive" title="Northern Ireland Executive">Northern Ireland Executive</a><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>d<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_law" class="mw-redirect" title="Northern Ireland law">Northern Ireland law</a>,<br /><a href="/wiki/Irish_Land_Acts" class="mw-redirect" title="Irish Land Acts">Irish land law</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland" title="Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></b> </td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/70px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="70" height="35" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/105px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/140px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Parliament of the United Kingdom">UK Parliament</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Government_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Government of the United Kingdom">UK Government</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Law_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Law of the United Kingdom">UK law</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable sortable col1left" style="text-align:right"> <caption>2021 population statistics of the countries of the United Kingdom<sup id="cite_ref-ONS_mid-year_pop_est_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ONS_mid-year_pop_est-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ONS_GVA_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ONS_GVA-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" rowspan="2">Nation </th> <th scope="colgroup" colspan="2">Population </th> <th scope="colgroup" colspan="2">Land area </th> <th scope="col" rowspan="2">Density<br />(/km<sup>2</sup>) </th> <th scope="colgroup" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Gross_value_added" title="Gross value added">Gross value added</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="col">People </th> <th scope="col">(%) </th> <th scope="col">(km<sup>2</sup>) </th> <th scope="col">(%) </th> <th scope="col"><a href="/wiki/Pound_sterling" title="Pound sterling">£</a> (billion) </th> <th scope="col">(%) </th> <th scope="col">£ per capita </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a> </td> <td>56,536,000 </td> <td>84.3% </td> <td>130,462 </td> <td>53.4% </td> <td>434 </td> <td>1,760 </td> <td>86.3% </td> <td>31,138 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a> </td> <td>5,480,000 </td> <td>8.2% </td> <td>78,803 </td> <td>32.2% </td> <td>70 </td> <td>150 </td> <td>7.3% </td> <td>27,361 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href="/wiki/Succession_to_the_Crown_Act_1707" title="Succession to the Crown Act 1707">Succession to the Crown Act 1707</a></td><td style="text-align:right;">1707</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Septennial_Act_1716" class="mw-redirect" title="Septennial Act 1716">Septennial Act</a></td><td style="text-align:right;">1716</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Wales_and_Berwick_Act_1746" title="Wales and Berwick Act 1746">Wales and Berwick Act</a></td><td style="text-align:right;">1746</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_1782" title="Constitution of 1782">Constitution of Ireland (1782)</a></td><td style="text-align:right;">1782</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Acts_of_Union_1800" title="Acts of Union 1800">Acts of Union 1800</a></td><td style="text-align:right;">1800</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/House_of_Commons_Disqualification_Act" title="House of Commons Disqualification Act">HC (Disqualifications) Act 1801</a></td><td style="text-align:right;">1801</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Reform_Act_1832" title="Reform Act 1832">Reform Act 1832</a></td><td style="text-align:right;">1832</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Reform_Act_1832" title="Scottish Reform Act 1832">Scottish Reform Act 1832</a></td><td style="text-align:right;">1832</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Representation_of_the_People_(Ireland)_Act_1832" title="Representation of the People (Ireland) Act 1832">Irish Reform Act 1832</a></td><td style="text-align:right;">1832</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;">Judicial Committee Act 1833</td><td style="text-align:right;">1833</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;">Judicial Committee Act 1843</td><td style="text-align:right;">1843</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;">Judicial Committee Act 1844</td><td style="text-align:right;">1844</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Reform_Act_1867" title="Reform Act 1867">Representation of the People Act 1867</a></td><td style="text-align:right;">1867</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Representation_of_the_People_(Scotland)_Act_1868" title="Representation of the People (Scotland) Act 1868">Reform Act (Scotland) 1868</a></td><td style="text-align:right;">1868</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Representation_of_the_People_(Ireland)_Act_1868" title="Representation of the People (Ireland) Act 1868">Reform Act (Ireland) 1868</a></td><td style="text-align:right;">1868</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Irish_Church_Act_1869" title="Irish Church Act 1869">Irish Church Act</a></td><td style="text-align:right;">1869</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Titles_Act_1876" title="Royal Titles Act 1876">Royal Titles Act 1876</a></td><td style="text-align:right;">1876</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Appellate_Jurisdiction_Act_1876" title="Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876">Appellate Jurisdiction Act</a></td><td style="text-align:right;">1876</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Representation_of_the_People_Act_1884" title="Representation of the People Act 1884">Reform Act 1884</a></td><td style="text-align:right;">1884</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Interpretation_Act_1889" title="Interpretation Act 1889">Interpretation Act 1889</a></td><td style="text-align:right;">1889</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Parliament_Act_1911" title="Parliament Act 1911">Parliament Act</a></td><td style="text-align:right;">1911</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;">Aliens Restriction Act</td><td style="text-align:right;">1914</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/British_Nationality_and_Status_of_Aliens_Act_1914" class="mw-redirect" title="British Nationality and Status of Aliens Act 1914">Status of Aliens Act 1914</a></td><td style="text-align:right;">1914</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Ireland_Act_1914" title="Government of Ireland Act 1914">Government of Ireland Act 1914</a></td><td style="text-align:right;">1914</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Church_Act_1914" title="Welsh Church Act 1914">Welsh Church Act</a></td><td style="text-align:right;">1914</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/House_of_Windsor#Background" title="House of Windsor">Royal Proclamation of 1917</a></td><td style="text-align:right;">1917</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Representation_of_the_People_Act_1918" title="Representation of the People Act 1918">Representation of the People Act 1918</a></td><td style="text-align:right;">1918</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Church_of_England_Assembly_(Powers)_Act_1919" title="Church of England Assembly (Powers) Act 1919">Church of England Assembly (Powers) Act</a></td><td style="text-align:right;">1919</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Ireland_Act_1920" title="Government of Ireland Act 1920">Government of Ireland Act</a></td><td style="text-align:right;">1920</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Anglo-Irish_Treaty" title="Anglo-Irish Treaty">Anglo-Irish Treaty</a></td><td style="text-align:right;">1921</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Church_of_Scotland_Act_1921" title="Church of Scotland Act 1921">Church of Scotland Act 1921</a></td><td style="text-align:right;">1921</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Irish_Free_State_(Agreement)_Act_1922" title="Irish Free State (Agreement) Act 1922">Irish Free State (Agreement) Act</a></td><td style="text-align:right;">1922</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Irish_Free_State_Constitution_Act_1922" title="Irish Free State Constitution Act 1922">Irish Free State Constitution Act</a></td><td style="text-align:right;">1922</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;">Ireland (Confirm. of Agreement) Act 1925</td><td style="text-align:right;">1925</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Balfour_Declaration_of_1926" title="Balfour Declaration of 1926">Balfour Declaration of 1926</a></td><td style="text-align:right;">1926</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Royal_and_Parliamentary_Titles_Act_1927" title="Royal and Parliamentary Titles Act 1927">Royal and Parliamentary Titles Act</a></td><td style="text-align:right;">1927</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Representation_of_the_People_(Equal_Franchise)_Act_1928" title="Representation of the People (Equal Franchise) Act 1928">Representation of the People Act 1928</a></td><td style="text-align:right;">1928</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;">Eire (Confirmation of Agreement) Act 1929</td><td style="text-align:right;">1929</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Statute_of_Westminster_1931" title="Statute of Westminster 1931">Statute of Westminster</a></td><td style="text-align:right;">1931</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;">HM Declaration of Abdication Act 1936</td><td style="text-align:right;">1936</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Regency_Acts" title="Regency Acts">Regency Act 1937</a></td><td style="text-align:right;">1937</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;">Regency Act 1943</td><td style="text-align:right;">1943</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/British_Nationality_Act_1948" title="British Nationality Act 1948">British Nationality Act 1948</a></td><td style="text-align:right;">1948</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Representation_of_the_People_Act_1948" title="Representation of the People Act 1948">Representation of the People Act 1948</a></td><td style="text-align:right;">1948</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Ireland_Act_1949" title="Ireland Act 1949">Ireland Act 1949</a></td><td style="text-align:right;">1949</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Statute_of_the_Council_of_Europe" title="Statute of the Council of Europe">Statute of the Council of Europe</a></td><td style="text-align:right;">1949</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;">Parliament Act 1949</td><td style="text-align:right;">1949</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;">Regency Act 1953</td><td style="text-align:right;">1953</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Style_and_Titles_Act" title="Royal Style and Titles Act">Royal Titles Act 1953</a></td><td style="text-align:right;">1953</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/European_Convention_on_Human_Rights" title="European Convention on Human Rights">European Convention on Human Rights</a></td><td style="text-align:right;">1953</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Interpretation_Act_(Northern_Ireland)_1954" title="Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954">Interpretation Act (NI)</a></td><td style="text-align:right;">1954</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;">HC Disqualification Act 1957</td><td style="text-align:right;">1957</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Life_Peerages_Act_1958" title="Life Peerages Act 1958">Life Peerages Act</a></td><td style="text-align:right;">1958</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_Immigrants_Act_1962" title="Commonwealth Immigrants Act 1962">Commonwealth Immigrants Act 1962</a></td><td style="text-align:right;">1962</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Peerage_Act_1963" title="Peerage Act 1963">Peerage Act</a></td><td style="text-align:right;">1963</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Assent_Act_1967" title="Royal Assent Act 1967">Royal Assent Act</a></td><td style="text-align:right;">1967</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_Immigrants_Act_1968" title="Commonwealth Immigrants Act 1968">Commonwealth Immigrants Act 1968</a></td><td style="text-align:right;">1968</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Immigration_Act_1971" title="Immigration Act 1971">Immigration Act</a></td><td style="text-align:right;">1971</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Accession_1972" title="Treaty of Accession 1972">EC Treaty of Accession</a></td><td style="text-align:right;">1972</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_(Temporary_Provisions)_Act_1972" title="Northern Ireland (Temporary Provisions) Act 1972">NI (Temporary Provisions) Act</a></span></td><td style="text-align:right;">1972</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/European_Communities_Act_1972_(UK)" title="European Communities Act 1972 (UK)">European Communities Act</a></td><td style="text-align:right;">1972</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Local_Government_Act_1972" title="Local Government Act 1972">Local Government Act</a></td><td style="text-align:right;">1972</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Accession_of_the_United_Kingdom_to_the_European_Communities" title="Accession of the United Kingdom to the European Communities">UK joins the European Communities</a></td><td style="text-align:right;">1973</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Local_Government_(Scotland)_Act_1973" title="Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973">Local Government (Scotland) Act</a></td><td style="text-align:right;">1973</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1973_Northern_Ireland_border_poll" title="1973 Northern Ireland border poll">NI border poll</a></td><td style="text-align:right;">1973</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Constitution_Act_1973" title="Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973">NI Constitution Act</a></td><td style="text-align:right;">1973</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/House_of_Commons_Disqualification_Act_1975" title="House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975">House of Commons Disqualification Act</a></td><td style="text-align:right;">1975</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Referendum_Act_1975" title="Referendum Act 1975">Referendum Act</a></td><td style="text-align:right;">1975</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1975_United_Kingdom_European_Communities_membership_referendum" title="1975 United Kingdom European Communities membership referendum">EC membership referendum</a></td><td style="text-align:right;">1975</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Interpretation_Act_1978" title="Interpretation Act 1978">Interpretation Act</a></td><td style="text-align:right;">1978</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Scotland_Act_1978" title="Scotland Act 1978">Scotland Act 1978</a></td><td style="text-align:right;">1978</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Wales_Act_1978" title="Wales Act 1978">Wales Act 1978</a></td><td style="text-align:right;">1978</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1979_Scottish_devolution_referendum" title="1979 Scottish devolution referendum">Scottish devolution referendum</a></td><td style="text-align:right;">1979</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1979_Welsh_devolution_referendum" title="1979 Welsh devolution referendum">Welsh devolution referendum</a></td><td style="text-align:right;">1979</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/British_Nationality_Act_1981" title="British Nationality Act 1981">British Nationality Act</a></td><td style="text-align:right;">1981</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Representation_of_the_People_Act_1983" title="Representation of the People Act 1983">Representation of the People Act 1983</a></td><td style="text-align:right;">1983</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Representation_of_the_People_Act_1985" title="Representation of the People Act 1985">Representation of the People Act 1985</a></td><td style="text-align:right;">1985</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Single_European_Act" title="Single European Act">Single European Act</a></td><td style="text-align:right;">1985</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Maastricht_Treaty" title="Maastricht Treaty">Maastricht Treaty</a></td><td style="text-align:right;">1993</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Local_Government_(Wales)_Act_1994" title="Local Government (Wales) Act 1994">Local Government (Wales) Act</a></td><td style="text-align:right;">1994</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Local_Government_etc._(Scotland)_Act_1994" title="Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994">Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act</a></td><td style="text-align:right;">1994</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Referendums_(Scotland_%26_Wales)_Act_1997" class="mw-redirect" title="Referendums (Scotland & Wales) Act 1997">Referendums (Scotland & Wales) Act</a></td><td style="text-align:right;">1997</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1997_Scottish_devolution_referendum" title="1997 Scottish devolution referendum">Scottish devolution referendum</a></td><td style="text-align:right;">1997</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1997_Welsh_devolution_referendum" title="1997 Welsh devolution referendum">Welsh devolution referendum</a></td><td style="text-align:right;">1997</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Good_Friday_Agreement" title="Good Friday Agreement">Good Friday Agreement</a></td><td style="text-align:right;">1998</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Act_1998" title="Northern Ireland Act 1998">Northern Ireland Act</a></td><td style="text-align:right;">1998</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Wales_Act_1998" title="Government of Wales Act 1998">Government of Wales Act</a></td><td style="text-align:right;">1998</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Human_Rights_Act_1998" title="Human Rights Act 1998">Human Rights Act</a></td><td style="text-align:right;">1998</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Scotland_Act_1998" title="Scotland Act 1998">Scotland Act</a></td><td style="text-align:right;">1998</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/House_of_Lords_Act_1999" title="House of Lords Act 1999">House of Lords Act</a></td><td style="text-align:right;">1999</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Representation_of_the_People_Act_2000" title="Representation of the People Act 2000">Representation of the People Act 2000</a></td><td style="text-align:right;">2000</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Political_Parties,_Elections_and_Referendums_Act_2000" title="Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000">Parties, Elections and Referendums Act</a></td><td style="text-align:right;">2000</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Constitutional_Reform_Act_2005" title="Constitutional Reform Act 2005">Constitutional Reform Act</a></td><td style="text-align:right;">2005</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Wales_Act_2006" title="Government of Wales Act 2006">Government of Wales Act 2006</a></td><td style="text-align:right;">2006</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Act_2009" title="Northern Ireland Act 2009">Northern Ireland Act 2009</a></td><td style="text-align:right;">2009</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Lisbon" title="Treaty of Lisbon">Lisbon Treaty</a></td><td style="text-align:right;">2009</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Constitutional_Reform_and_Governance_Act_2010" title="Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010">Constitutional Reform and Governance Act</a></td><td style="text-align:right;">2010</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_Voting_System_and_Constituencies_Act_2011" title="Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011">Parl. Voting System and Constituencies Act</a></td><td style="text-align:right;">2011</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2011_Welsh_devolution_referendum" title="2011 Welsh devolution referendum">Welsh devolution referendum</a></td><td style="text-align:right;">2011</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2011_United_Kingdom_Alternative_Vote_referendum" title="2011 United Kingdom Alternative Vote referendum">Alternative Vote referendum</a></td><td style="text-align:right;">2011</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/European_Union_Act_2011" title="European Union Act 2011">European Union Act 2011</a></td><td style="text-align:right;">2011</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Fixed-term_Parliaments_Act_2011" title="Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011">Fixed-term Parliaments Act</a></td><td style="text-align:right;">2011</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Scotland_Act_2012" title="Scotland Act 2012">Scotland Act 2012</a></td><td style="text-align:right;">2012</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Succession_to_the_Crown_Act_2013" title="Succession to the Crown Act 2013">Succession to the Crown Act 2013</a></td><td style="text-align:right;">2013</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2014_Scottish_independence_referendum" title="2014 Scottish independence referendum">Scottish independence referendum</a></td><td style="text-align:right;">2014</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/House_of_Lords_Reform_Act_2014" title="House of Lords Reform Act 2014">House of Lords Reform Act</a></td><td style="text-align:right;">2014</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Wales_Act_2014" title="Wales Act 2014">Wales Act 2014</a></td><td style="text-align:right;">2014</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/House_of_Lords_(Expulsion_and_Suspension)_Act_2015" title="House of Lords (Expulsion and Suspension) Act 2015">HL (Expulsion and Suspension) Act</a></td><td style="text-align:right;">2015</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Recall_of_MPs_Act_2015" title="Recall of MPs Act 2015">Recall of MPs Act</a></td><td style="text-align:right;">2015</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/European_Union_Referendum_Act_2015" title="European Union Referendum Act 2015">European Union Referendum Act</a></td><td style="text-align:right;">2015</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2016_United_Kingdom_European_Union_membership_referendum" title="2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum">EU membership referendum</a></td><td style="text-align:right;">2016</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Scotland_Act_2016" title="Scotland Act 2016">Scotland Act 2016</a></td><td style="text-align:right;">2016</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Wales_Act_2017" title="Wales Act 2017">Wales Act 2017</a></td><td style="text-align:right;">2017</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/European_Union_(Notification_of_Withdrawal)_Act_2017" title="European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Act 2017">EU (Notification of Withdrawal) Act</a></td><td style="text-align:right;">2017</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_invocation_of_Article_50_of_the_Treaty_on_European_Union" title="United Kingdom invocation of Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union">Invocation of Article 50</a></td><td style="text-align:right;">2017</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/European_Union_(Withdrawal)_Act_2018" title="European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018">European Union (Withdrawal) Act</a></td><td style="text-align:right;">2018</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/European_Union_(Withdrawal)_Act_2019" title="European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2019">EU Withdrawal Act 2019</a></td><td style="text-align:right;">2019</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/European_Union_(Withdrawal)_(No._2)_Act_2019" title="European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 2) Act 2019"> EU Withdrawal (No. 2) Act</a></td><td style="text-align:right;">2019</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Early_Parliamentary_General_Election_Act_2019" title="Early Parliamentary General Election Act 2019"> Early Parliamentary General Election 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constitutional formation"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:United_Kingdom_constitutional_formation" title="Template talk:United Kingdom constitutional formation"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:United_Kingdom_constitutional_formation" title="Special:EditPage/Template:United Kingdom constitutional formation"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Laws_in_Wales_Acts_1535_and_1542" title="Laws in Wales Acts 1535 and 1542">Laws in Wales Acts 1535 and 1542</a> annexed Wales to England<sup id="cite_ref-LWA1535I_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LWA1535I-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to create the single legal entity, though legal differences remained. Further Acts meant this combined territory was referred to in law simply as 'England' from <a href="/wiki/Wales_and_Berwick_Act_1746" title="Wales and Berwick Act 1746">1746</a> until <a href="/wiki/Welsh_Language_Act_1967" title="Welsh Language Act 1967">1967</a>. Wales was described (in varying combinations) as the "country", "principality", and "dominion" of Wales.<sup id="cite_ref-LWA1535I_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LWA1535I-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-LWA1542_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LWA1542-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Laws in Wales Acts have subsequently been repealed.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Acts_of_Union_1707" title="Acts of Union 1707">Acts of Union 1707</a> refer to both England and Scotland as a "part" of a united <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Great_Britain" title="Kingdom of Great Britain">kingdom of Great Britain</a><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Acts_of_Union_1800" title="Acts of Union 1800">Acts of Union 1800</a> use "part" in the same way to refer to England and Scotland. However, they use the word "country" to describe Great Britain and Ireland respectively, when describing trade between them<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Ireland_Act_1920" title="Government of Ireland Act 1920">Government of Ireland Act 1920</a> described Great Britain, <a href="/wiki/Southern_Ireland_(1921%E2%80%9322)" class="mw-redirect" title="Southern Ireland (1921–22)">Southern Ireland</a> and Northern Ireland as "countries" in provisions relating to taxation.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Act_1998" title="Northern Ireland Act 1998">Northern Ireland Act 1998</a>, which repealed the Government of Ireland Act 1920, does not use any term to describe Northern Ireland.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Current_legal_terminology">Current legal terminology</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Countries_of_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Current legal terminology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Interpretation_Act_1978" title="Interpretation Act 1978">Interpretation Act 1978</a> provides statutory definitions of the terms "England", "Wales" and the "United Kingdom", but neither that Act nor any other current statute defines "Scotland" or "Northern Ireland". Use of the first three terms in other legislation is interpreted following the definitions in the 1978 Act. The definitions in the 1978 Act are listed below: </p> <ul><li>"England" means, "subject to any alteration of boundaries under Part IV of the <a href="/wiki/Local_Government_Act_1972" title="Local Government Act 1972">Local Government Act 1972</a>, the area consisting of the counties established by section 1 of that Act, Greater London and the <a href="/wiki/Isles_of_Scilly" title="Isles of Scilly">Isles of Scilly</a>." This definition applies from 1 April 1974.</li> <li>"United Kingdom" means "Great Britain and Northern Ireland." This definition applies from 12 April 1927.</li> <li>"Wales" means the combined area of the 8 <a href="/wiki/Preserved_counties_of_Wales" title="Preserved counties of Wales">Preserved counties of Wales</a> as outlined section 20 of the Local Government Act 1972, as originally enacted, but subject to any alteration made under section 73 of that Act (consequential alteration of boundary following alteration of watercourse). In 1996 these eight <a href="/wiki/Preserved_counties_of_Wales" title="Preserved counties of Wales">new counties</a> were redistributed into the current <a href="/wiki/Wales#Local_government" title="Wales">22 unitary authorities</a>.</li></ul> <p>In Welsh law, "Wales" and "Cymru" are defined in the <a href="/wiki/Legislation_(Wales)_Act_2019" title="Legislation (Wales) Act 2019">Legislation (Wales) Act 2019</a> as "(a) the combined area of the counties and county boroughs in Wales (see Parts 1 and 2 of Schedule 4 to the Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70)), together with (b) the sea adjacent to Wales within the seaward limits of the territorial sea." </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/Scotland_Act_1998" title="Scotland Act 1998">Scotland Act 1998</a> there is no delineation of Scotland, with the definition in section 126 simply providing that Scotland includes "so much of the internal waters and territorial sea of the United Kingdom as are adjacent to Scotland".<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_Voting_System_and_Constituencies_Act_2011" title="Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011">Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011</a> refers to England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland as "<i>parts</i>" of the United Kingdom in the following clause: "Each constituency shall be wholly in one of the four parts of the United Kingdom (England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland)." </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_official_usage">Other official usage</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Countries_of_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Other official usage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Royal_Fine_Art_Commission_(1840s)" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Fine Art Commission (1840s)">Royal Fine Art Commission</a>'s 1847 report on decorating the <a href="/wiki/Palace_of_Westminster" title="Palace of Westminster">Palace of Westminster</a> referred to "the nationality of the component parts of the United Kingdom" being represented by their four respective patron saints.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="European_Union">European Union</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Countries_of_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: European Union"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>For the purposes of <a href="/wiki/NUTS_1_statistical_regions_of_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="NUTS 1 statistical regions of the United Kingdom">NUTS 1</a> collection of statistical data in a format that is compatible with similar data collected in the <a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a> (on behalf of <a href="/wiki/Eurostat" title="Eurostat">Eurostat</a>), the United Kingdom was divided into twelve regions of approximately equal size.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland were regions in their own right while <a href="/wiki/ITL_1_statistical_regions_of_England" title="ITL 1 statistical regions of England">England was divided into nine regions</a>. Following <a href="/wiki/Brexit" title="Brexit">Brexit</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Office_for_National_Statistics" title="Office for National Statistics">Office for National Statistics</a> uses <a href="/wiki/International_Territorial_Level" title="International Territorial Level">International Territorial Level</a>, which is currently a mirror of the NUTS 1 system until the 2024 review.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Current">Current</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Countries_of_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Current"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The official term <i>rest of the UK</i> (RUK or rUK) is used in Scotland, for example in export statistics<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and in legislating for <a href="/wiki/Tuition_fees_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Tuition fees in the United Kingdom">student funding</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The alternative term <i><a href="/wiki/Home_Nations" title="Home Nations">Home Nations</a></i> is sometimes used in sporting contexts and may include all of the island of <a href="/wiki/Ireland" title="Ireland">Ireland</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Identity_and_nationality">Identity and nationality</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Countries_of_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Identity and nationality"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Demography_of_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Demography of the United Kingdom">Demography of the United Kingdom</a></div> <p>According to the <a href="/wiki/British_Social_Attitudes_Survey" title="British Social Attitudes Survey">British Social Attitudes Survey</a>, there are broadly two interpretations of British identity, with ethnic and civic dimensions: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>The first group, which we term the ethnic dimension, contained the items about birthplace, ancestry, living in Britain, and sharing British customs and traditions. The second, or civic group, contained the items about feeling British, respecting laws and institutions, speaking English, and having British citizenship.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>Of the two perspectives of British identity, the civic definition has become the dominant idea and in this capacity, <a href="/wiki/Britishness" class="mw-redirect" title="Britishness">Britishness</a> is sometimes considered an institutional or overarching <a href="/wiki/Sovereign_state" title="Sovereign state">state</a> identity.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This has been used to explain why first-, second- and third-generation immigrants are more likely to describe themselves as British, rather than English, Northern Irish, Scottish or Welsh, because it is an "institutional, inclusive" identity, that can be acquired through <a href="/wiki/Naturalisation" class="mw-redirect" title="Naturalisation">naturalisation</a> and <a href="/wiki/British_nationality_law" title="British nationality law">British nationality law</a>; the vast majority of people in the United Kingdom who are from an ethnic minority feel British.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, this attitude is more common in England than in Scotland or Wales; "white English people perceived themselves as English first and as British second, and most people from ethnic minority backgrounds perceived themselves as British, but none identified as English, a label they associated exclusively with white people".<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Contrariwise, in Scotland and Wales "there was a much stronger identification with each country than with Britain."<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Studies and surveys have reported that the majority of the Scots and Welsh see themselves as both Scottish/Welsh and British though with some differences in emphasis. The <a href="/wiki/Commission_for_Racial_Equality" title="Commission for Racial Equality">Commission for Racial Equality</a> found that with respect to notions of <a href="/wiki/Nationality" title="Nationality">nationality</a> in Britain, "the most basic, objective and uncontroversial conception of the British people is one that includes the English, the Scots and the Welsh".<sup id="cite_ref-CRE22_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CRE22-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, "English participants tended to think of themselves as indistinguishably English or British, while both Scottish and Welsh participants identified themselves much more readily as Scottish or Welsh than as British".<sup id="cite_ref-CRE22_42-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CRE22-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some people opted "to combine both identities" as "they felt Scottish or Welsh, but held a <a href="/wiki/British_passport" title="British passport">British passport</a> and were therefore British", whereas others saw themselves as exclusively Scottish or exclusively Welsh and "felt quite divorced from the British, whom they saw as the English".<sup id="cite_ref-CRE22_42-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CRE22-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Commentators have described this latter viewpoint as "<a href="/wiki/Nationalism" title="Nationalism">nationalism</a>", a rejection of British identity because some Scots and Welsh interpret it as "<a href="/wiki/Cultural_imperialism" title="Cultural imperialism">cultural imperialism</a> imposed" upon the United Kingdom by "English ruling elites",<sup id="cite_ref-Ward2-3_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ward2-3-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or else a response to a historical misappropriation of equating the word "English" with "British",<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which has "brought about a desire among Scots, Welsh and Irish to learn more about their heritage and distinguish themselves from the broader British identity".<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The propensity for nationalistic feeling varies greatly across the UK, and can rise and fall over time.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 2011 census which asked about national identity found that responders in Great Britain predominantly chose English, Welsh and Scottish rather than British.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other research suggests that most people in England, Wales and Scotland tend to see themselves as British, but that in Wales and Scotland in particular, Scottishness or Welshness tends to receive more emphasis. A poll of 1039 Scottish adults conducted by YouGov in August 2016<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> found that 28% of responders saw themselves as Scottish not British, 28% as more Scottish than British, 29% as Scottish and British whilst 10% described being British as their dominate identity (either more British than Scottish or British not Scottish).<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A similar poll conducted in Wales during spring 2019 found that 21% saw themselves as Welsh not British, 27% as more Welsh than British, 44% as equally Welsh and British whilst 7% saw themselves as either more or exclusively British.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A 2018 survey of 20,000 adults in England found that 80% identified strongly as English and 82% identified strongly as British, with the two identities appearing to be closely intertwined.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The state-funded Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey,<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> part of a joint project between the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Ulster" class="mw-redirect" title="University of Ulster">University of Ulster</a> and <a href="/wiki/Queen%27s_University_Belfast" title="Queen's University Belfast">Queen's University Belfast</a>, has addressed the issue of identity since it started polling in 1998. It reported that 37% of people identified as British, whilst 29% identified as Irish and 24% identified as Northern Irish. 3% opted to identify themselves as Ulster, whereas 7% stated 'other'. Of the two main religious groups, 68% of Protestants identified as British as did 6% of Catholics; 60% of Catholics identified as Irish as did 3% of Protestants. 21% of Protestants and 26% of Catholics identified as Northern Irish.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>For Northern Ireland, however, the results of the Life & Times Survey are not the whole story. The poll asks for a single preference, whereas many people easily identify as any combination of British and Irish, or British, Northern Irish and Irish, or Irish and Northern Irish. The 2014 Life & Times Survey addressed this to an extent by choosing two of the options from the identity question: British and Irish. It found that, while 28% of respondents stated they felt "British <i>not</i> Irish" and 26% felt "Irish <i>not</i> British", 39% of respondents felt some combination of both identities. Six percent chose 'other description'.<sup id="cite_ref-ark.ac.uk_55-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ark.ac.uk-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability"><span title="The material near this tag failed verification of its source citation(s). (October 2020)">failed verification</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The identity question is confounded further by identity with politics and religion, and particularly by a stance on the constitutional status of Northern Ireland. Again in 2014, the Life & Times Survey asked what respondents felt should be the "long term future for Northern Ireland". 66% of respondents felt the future should be as a part of the UK, with or without devolved government. 17% felt that Northern Ireland should unify with the Republic of Ireland. 50% of specifically Roman Catholics considered that the long-term future should be as part of the UK, with 32% opting for separation. 87% of respondents identifying as any Protestant denomination opted for remaining part of the UK, with only 4% opting for separation. Of those respondents who declared no religion, 62% opted for remaining part of the UK, with 9% opting for separation.<sup id="cite_ref-ark.ac.uk_55-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ark.ac.uk-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following <a href="/wiki/Devolution#United_Kingdom" title="Devolution">devolution</a> and the significant broadening of autonomous governance throughout the UK in the late 1990s, debate has taken place across the United Kingdom on the relative value of full <a href="/wiki/Independence" title="Independence">independence</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> an option that was rejected<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> by the Scottish people in the <a href="/wiki/2014_Scottish_independence_referendum" title="2014 Scottish independence referendum">2014 Scottish independence referendum</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Cornwall" title="Cornwall">Cornwall</a> is administered as a county of England, but the <a href="/wiki/Cornish_people" title="Cornish people">Cornish people</a> are a recognised national minority, included under the terms of the <a href="/wiki/Framework_Convention_for_the_Protection_of_National_Minorities" title="Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities">Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities</a> in 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceB_58-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceB-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-govcornish_59-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-govcornish-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Within Cornwall, 13.8 per cent of the population associated themselves with a Cornish identity, either on its own or combined with other identities, according to the 2011 census. This data, however, was recorded without an available tick box for Cornish; so the percentage of the population within Cornwall associating with Cornish identity is likely higher.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Competitions">Competitions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Countries_of_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Competitions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Home_Nations" title="Home Nations">Home Nations</a></div> <p>Each of England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and <a href="/wiki/List_of_sports_governing_bodies_in_Wales" title="List of sports governing bodies in Wales">Wales</a> has separate <a href="/wiki/Sport_governing_body" class="mw-redirect" title="Sport governing body">national governing bodies for sports</a> and competes separately in many international sporting competitions.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Each country of the United Kingdom has a <a href="/wiki/List_of_men%27s_national_association_football_teams#UEFA_(Europe)" title="List of men's national association football teams">national football team</a>, and competes as a separate national team in the various disciplines in the <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_Games" title="Commonwealth Games">Commonwealth Games</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-worldpeoples_65-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-worldpeoples-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the <a href="/wiki/Olympic_Games" title="Olympic Games">Olympic Games</a>, the United Kingdom is represented by the <a href="/wiki/Great_Britain_at_the_Olympics" title="Great Britain at the Olympics">Great Britain and Northern Ireland</a> team, although athletes from Northern Ireland can choose to join the <a href="/wiki/Ireland_at_the_Olympics" title="Ireland at the Olympics">Republic of Ireland's Olympic team</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-worldpeoples_65-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-worldpeoples-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition to Northern Ireland having its own national governing bodies for some sports such as <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_national_football_team" title="Northern Ireland national football team">association football</a> and <a href="/wiki/Netball" title="Netball">netball</a>, for others, such as <a href="/wiki/Ireland_national_rugby_union_team" title="Ireland national rugby union team">rugby union</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ireland_cricket_team" title="Ireland cricket team">cricket</a>, Northern Ireland participates with the Republic of Ireland in a joint <a href="/wiki/All-Ireland" title="All-Ireland">All-Ireland</a> team. <a href="/wiki/England_and_Wales_Cricket_Board" title="England and Wales Cricket Board">England and Wales</a> field a joint <a href="/wiki/England_cricket_team" title="England cricket team">cricket team</a>. </p><p>The United Kingdom participates in the <a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Eurovision Song Contest">Eurovision Song Contest</a> as a single entity, though there have been calls for separate <a href="/wiki/Scotland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" class="mw-redirect" title="Scotland in the Eurovision Song Contest">Scottish</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wales_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" class="mw-redirect" title="Wales in the Eurovision Song Contest">Welsh</a> entrants. 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The <a href="/wiki/Irish_Tricolour" class="mw-redirect" title="Irish Tricolour">Irish Tricolour</a>, the flag of the Republic of Ireland, has occasionally been mistakenly used in Great Britain to represent Northern Ireland.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Due to the NI power-sharing arrangement, executive power is sometimes conferred in the Secretary of State when the Assembly is suspended.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Extra-regio comprises activity that cannot be assigned to regions</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Countries_of_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Citations">Citations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Countries_of_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Citations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-ONS_Geography_Guide-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-ONS_Geography_Guide_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://geoportal.statistics.gov.uk/datasets/a-beginners-guide-to-uk-geography-2023/about">"A Beginners Guide to UK Geography (2023)"</a>. <i>Open Geography Portal</i>. 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Dawson (2000), <i>An Alphabetical Listing of Word, Name and Place in Northern Ireland and the Living Language of Conflict</i>, <a href="/wiki/Lewiston,_New_York" title="Lewiston, New York">Lewiston, New York</a>: <a href="/wiki/Edwin_Mellen_Press" title="Edwin Mellen Press">Edwin Mellen Press</a>, <q>One specific problem – in both general and particular senses – is to know what to call Northern Ireland itself: in the general sense, it is not a country, or a province, or a state – although some refer to it contemptuously as a statelet: the least controversial word appears to be jurisdiction, but this might change.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=An+Alphabetical+Listing+of+Word%2C+Name+and+Place+in+Northern+Ireland+and+the+Living+Language+of+Conflict&rft.place=Lewiston%2C+New+York&rft.pub=Edwin+Mellen+Press&rft.date=2000&rft.au=S.+Dunn&rft.au=H.+Dawson&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACountries+of+the+United+Kingdom" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-interpretingNI-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-interpretingNI_6-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJ._WhyteG._FitzGerald1991" class="citation cs2">J. Whyte; G. FitzGerald (1991), <i>Interpreting Northern Ireland</i>, Oxford: Oxford University Press, <q>One problem must be adverted to in writing about Northern Ireland. This is the question of what name to give to the various geographical entities. These names can be controversial, with the choice often revealing one's political preferences. ... some refer to Northern Ireland as a 'province'. That usage can arouse irritation particularly among nationalists, who claim the title 'province' should be properly reserved to the four historical provinces of Ireland-Ulster, Leinster, Munster, and Connacht. If I want to a label to apply to Northern Ireland I shall call it a 'region'. Unionists should find that title as acceptable as 'province': Northern Ireland appears as a region in the regional statistics of the United Kingdom published by the British government.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Interpreting+Northern+Ireland&rft.place=Oxford&rft.pub=Oxford+University+Press&rft.date=1991&rft.au=J.+Whyte&rft.au=G.+FitzGerald&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACountries+of+the+United+Kingdom" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-placeApart-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-placeApart_7-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFD._Murphy1979" class="citation cs2">D. Murphy (1979), <i><a href="/wiki/A_Place_Apart" title="A Place Apart">A Place Apart</a></i>, London: Penguin Books, <q>Next – what noun is appropriate to Northern Ireland? 'Province' won't do since one-third of the province is on the wrong side of the border. 'State' implies more self-determination than Northern Ireland has ever had and 'country' or 'nation' are blatantly absurd. 'Colony' has overtones that would be resented by both communities and <i>statelet</i> sounds too patronizing, though outsiders might consider it more precise than anything else; so one is left with the unsatisfactory word 'region'.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=A+Place+Apart&rft.place=London&rft.pub=Penguin+Books&rft.date=1979&rft.au=D.+Murphy&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACountries+of+the+United+Kingdom" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20080909013512/http://www.number10.gov.uk/Page823">"Countries within a country, number10.gov.uk"</a>. Webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk. 10 January 2003. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.number10.gov.uk/Page823">the original</a> on 9 September 2008<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">18 February</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Countries+within+a+country%2C+number10.gov.uk&rft.pub=Webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk&rft.date=2003-01-10&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.number10.gov.uk%2FPage823&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACountries+of+the+United+Kingdom" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDewart2019" class="citation book cs1">Dewart, Megan (2019). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=XW_EtwEACAAJ"><i>The Scottish Legal System</i></a>. UK: <a href="/wiki/Bloomsbury_Academic" class="mw-redirect" title="Bloomsbury Academic">Bloomsbury Academic</a>. p. 57. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781526506337" title="Special:BookSources/9781526506337"><bdi>9781526506337</bdi></a>. <q>The laws and legal institutions of Scotland and of England and Wales were not merged by the Union of 1707. Thus, they remain separate 'law areas', with separate court systems (as does Northern Ireland), and it is necessary to distinguish Scots law and English law (and Northern Irish law).</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Scottish+Legal+System&rft.place=UK&rft.pages=57&rft.pub=Bloomsbury+Academic&rft.date=2019&rft.isbn=9781526506337&rft.aulast=Dewart&rft.aufirst=Megan&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DXW_EtwEACAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACountries+of+the+United+Kingdom" class="Z3988"></span>; <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230521180341/https://www.judiciary.uk/about-the-judiciary/our-justice-system/jud-acc-ind/justice-sys-and-constitution/">"The justice system and the constitution"</a>. Courts and Tribunals Judiciary. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.judiciary.uk/about-the-judiciary/our-justice-system/jud-acc-ind/justice-sys-and-constitution/#:~:text=The%20United%20Kingdom%20has%20three,of%20Union%201707%20and%201800.">the original</a> on 21 May 2023<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">13 June</span> 2023</span>. <q>The United Kingdom has three separate legal systems; one each for England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. 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According to the 2011 census, the population of England was 53,012,456, and the population of the United Kingdom was 63,181,775, therefore England comprises 84% of the UK population.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-ONSCOUNTRYPROFILES-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-ONSCOUNTRYPROFILES_11-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/publications/re-reference-tables.html?edition=tcm%3A77-325257">Region and Country Profiles, Key Statistics and Profiles, October 2013</a>, ONS. Retrieved 9 August 2015. According to the ONS, England has an area of 130,279 km², and the UK has an area of 242,509 km², therefore England comprises 54% of the area of the UK.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-ISO_Newsletter_ii-3-2011-12-13-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-ISO_Newsletter_ii-3-2011-12-13_12-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ISO_Newsletter_ii-3-2011-12-13_12-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.iso.org/iso/iso_3166-2_newsletter_ii-3_2011-12-13.pdf">"ISO Newsletter ii-3-2011-12-13"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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.refbegin-hanging-indents>ul{margin-left:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{margin-left:0;padding-left:3.2em;text-indent:-3.2em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul,.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul li{list-style:none}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{padding-left:1.6em;text-indent:-1.6em}}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .refbegin{font-size:90%}}</style><div class="refbegin" style=""> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPark2005" class="citation cs2">Park, Alison (2005), <i>British Social Attitudes: The 21st Report</i>, SAGE, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7619-4278-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-7619-4278-8"><bdi>978-0-7619-4278-8</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=British+Social+Attitudes%3A+The+21st+Report&rft.pub=SAGE&rft.date=2005&rft.isbn=978-0-7619-4278-8&rft.aulast=Park&rft.aufirst=Alison&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACountries+of+the+United+Kingdom" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCommission_for_Racial_Equality2005" class="citation cs2"><a href="/wiki/Commission_for_Racial_Equality" title="Commission for Racial Equality">Commission for Racial Equality</a> (November 2005), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130520065212/http://ethnos.co.uk/what_is_britishness_CRE.pdf"><i>Citizenship and Belonging: What is Britishness?</i></a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>, Commission for Racial Equality, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-85442-573-0" title="Special:BookSources/1-85442-573-0"><bdi>1-85442-573-0</bdi></a>, archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://ethnos.co.uk/what_is_britishness_CRE.pdf">the original</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> on 20 May 2013<span class="reference-accessdate">, retrieved <span class="nowrap">30 April</span> 2012</span></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Citizenship+and+Belonging%3A+What+is+Britishness%3F&rft.pub=Commission+for+Racial+Equality&rft.date=2005-11&rft.isbn=1-85442-573-0&rft.au=Commission+for+Racial+Equality&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fethnos.co.uk%2Fwhat_is_britishness_CRE.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACountries+of+the+United+Kingdom" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWard2004" class="citation cs2">Ward, Paul (2004), <i>Britishness Since 1870</i>, Routledge, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-203-49472-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-203-49472-1"><bdi>978-0-203-49472-1</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Britishness+Since+1870&rft.pub=Routledge&rft.date=2004&rft.isbn=978-0-203-49472-1&rft.aulast=Ward&rft.aufirst=Paul&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACountries+of+the+United+Kingdom" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Countries_of_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1">Gallagher, Michael (2006). <i>The United Kingdom Today</i>. 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Authority</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Referendums_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Referendums in the United Kingdom">Referendums</a><sup>1</sup></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/England_and_Wales_mayoral_referendums" title="England and Wales mayoral referendums">English mayoral referendums</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_Greater_London_Authority_referendum" title="1998 Greater London Authority referendum">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_English_mayoral_referendums" title="2012 English mayoral referendums">2012</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_East_England" title="North East England">North East England</a> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/2004_North_East_England_devolution_referendum" title="2004 North East England devolution referendum">2004</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland" title="Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1998_Northern_Ireland_Good_Friday_Agreement_referendum" title="1998 Northern Ireland Good Friday Agreement referendum">1998</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/1979_Scottish_devolution_referendum" title="1979 Scottish devolution referendum">1979</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_Scottish_devolution_referendum" title="1997 Scottish devolution referendum">1997</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wales" title="Wales">Wales</a> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/1979_Welsh_devolution_referendum" title="1979 Welsh devolution referendum">1979</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_Welsh_devolution_referendum" title="1997 Welsh devolution referendum">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Welsh_devolution_referendum" title="2011 Welsh devolution referendum">2011</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Heads of devolved<br />governments</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chairs_of_combined_authorities" class="mw-redirect" title="Chairs of combined authorities">Metro mayors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Directly_elected_mayors_in_England_and_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Directly elected mayors in England and Wales">Directly elected mayors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mayor_of_London" title="Mayor of London">London (Mayor)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Minister_and_deputy_First_Minister" class="mw-redirect" title="First Minister and deputy First Minister">Northern Ireland (FM and dFM)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Minister_of_Scotland" title="First Minister of Scotland">Scotland (FM)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Minister_of_Wales" title="First Minister of Wales">Wales (FM)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Devolved legislatures<sup>2</sup></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/London_Assembly" title="London Assembly">London Assembly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Assembly" title="Northern Ireland Assembly">Northern Ireland Assembly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Senedd" title="Senedd">Senedd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Parliament" title="Scottish Parliament">Scottish Parliament</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Devolved administrations<sup>3</sup></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Deputy_Mayor_of_London" title="Deputy Mayor of London">London (Mayoral cabinet)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Executive" title="Northern Ireland Executive">Northern Ireland Executive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Government" title="Scottish Government">Scottish Government</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Government" title="Welsh Government">Welsh Government</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Organisations and laws<br />of the legislatures and<br />governments of the UK<br />and the devolved areas</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Commissions (<a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Parliament of the United Kingdom">UK Parliament</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Commission_on_the_Constitution_(United_Kingdom)" title="Royal Commission on the Constitution (United Kingdom)">Kilbrandon Commission</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independent_Commission_on_Funding_and_Finance_for_Wales" title="Independent Commission on Funding and Finance for Wales">Holtham Commission</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commission_on_Devolution_in_Wales" title="Commission on Devolution in Wales">Silk Commission</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commission_on_the_consequences_of_devolution_for_the_House_of_Commons" title="Commission on the consequences of devolution for the House of Commons">McKay Commission</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Commissions (devolved legislatures)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Senedd" title="Senedd">Senedd</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ivor_Richard,_Baron_Richard#Richard_Commission" class="mw-redirect" title="Ivor Richard, Baron Richard">Richard Commission</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independent_Commission_on_Funding_and_Finance_for_Wales" title="Independent Commission on Funding and Finance for Wales">Holtham Commission</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commission_on_Justice_in_Wales" title="Commission on Justice in Wales">Thomas Commission</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Parliament" title="Scottish Parliament">Scottish Parliament</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Commission_on_Scottish_Devolution" title="Commission on Scottish Devolution">Calman Commission</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Smith_Commission" title="Smith Commission">Smith Commission</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Referendum and devolution acts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Greater_London_Authority_(Referendum)_Act_1998" title="Greater London Authority (Referendum) Act 1998">Greater London Authority (Referendum) Act 1998</a></li> <li>Greater London Authority Acts <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Greater_London_Authority_Act_1999" title="Greater London Authority Act 1999">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greater_London_Authority_Act_2007" title="Greater London Authority Act 2007">2007</a></li></ul></li> <li>Northern Ireland Acts <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Act_1998" title="Northern Ireland Act 1998">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_(St_Andrews_Agreement)_Act_2006" title="Northern Ireland (St Andrews Agreement) Act 2006">2006</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Referendums_(Scotland_%26_Wales)_Act_1997" class="mw-redirect" title="Referendums (Scotland & Wales) Act 1997">Referendums (Scotland & Wales) Act 1997</a></li> <li>Wales Acts <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Wales_Act_1998" title="Government of Wales Act 1998">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Wales_Act_2006" title="Government of Wales Act 2006">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wales_Act_2014" title="Wales Act 2014">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wales_Act_2017" title="Wales Act 2017">2017</a></li></ul></li> <li>Scotland Acts <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Scotland_Act_1998" title="Scotland Act 1998">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scotland_Act_2012" title="Scotland Act 2012">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scotland_Act_2016" title="Scotland Act 2016">2016</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Select_committees_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Select committees of the Parliament of the United Kingdom">Select committees</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Affairs_Select_Committee" title="Northern Ireland Affairs Select Committee">Northern Ireland Affairs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Affairs_Select_Committee" title="Scottish Affairs Select Committee">Scottish Affairs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Affairs_Select_Committee" title="Welsh Affairs Select Committee">Welsh Affairs</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Grand_committee" title="Grand committee">Grand committees</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Legislative_Grand_Committees" class="mw-redirect" title="Legislative Grand Committees">Legislative Grand Committees</a> (2015–2021)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Grand_Committee" title="Northern Ireland Grand Committee">Northern Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Grand_Committee" title="Scottish Grand Committee">Scottish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Grand_Committee" title="Welsh Grand Committee">Welsh</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Departments_of_the_United_Kingdom_Government" class="mw-redirect" title="Departments of the United Kingdom Government">Departments</a> and <a href="/wiki/Territorial_Offices" class="mw-redirect" title="Territorial Offices">Territorial Offices</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Justice_(United_Kingdom)" title="Ministry of Justice (United Kingdom)">MOJ</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cabinet_Office" title="Cabinet Office">Cabinet Office - Devolution Secretariat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Justice_(United_Kingdom)" title="Ministry of Justice (United Kingdom)">Ministry of Justice – Devolution Directorate-General</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Advocate_General_for_Scotland" title="Advocate General for Scotland">Office of the Advocate General for Scotland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Office" title="Northern Ireland Office">Northern Ireland Office</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scotland_Office" title="Scotland Office">Scotland Office</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wales_Office" title="Wales Office">Wales Office</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Elections in the United Kingdom">Elections</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/London_mayoral_elections" title="London mayoral elections">London</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Northern_Ireland" title="Elections in Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Scotland" title="Elections in Scotland">Scotland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Wales" title="Elections in Wales">Wales</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related articles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Current</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Agreements/Treaties <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anglo-Irish_Treaty" title="Anglo-Irish Treaty">Anglo-Irish Treaty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Good_Friday_Agreement" title="Good Friday Agreement">Good Friday Agreement</a></li></ul></li> <li>Budget <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Barnett_formula" title="Barnett formula">Barnett formula</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Block_grant" title="Block grant">Block grant</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Constitution of the United Kingdom">Constitution of the United Kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reserved_and_excepted_matters" class="mw-redirect" title="Reserved and excepted matters">Reserved and excepted matters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Lothian_question" title="West Lothian question">West Lothian question</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Proposals</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cornwall" title="Cornwall">Cornwall</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cornish_Assembly" title="Cornish Assembly">Cornish Assembly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cornish_Constitutional_Convention" title="Cornish Constitutional Convention">Cornish Constitutional Convention</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mebyon_Kernow" title="Mebyon Kernow">Mebyon Kernow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Revived_Cornish_Stannary_Parliament" title="Revived Cornish Stannary Parliament">Revived Cornish Stannary Parliament</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Devolved_English_parliament" title="Devolved English parliament">Devolved English parliament</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Separatism_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Separatism in the United Kingdom">Separatism in the United Kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federalism_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Federalism in the United Kingdom">Federalism in the United Kingdom</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Campaign_for_an_English_Parliament" title="Campaign for an English Parliament">Campaign for an English Parliament</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_England" title="Northern England">Northern England</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Campaign_for_the_North" title="Campaign for the North">Campaign for the North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yorkshire_Party" title="Yorkshire Party">Yorkshire Party</a></li></ul></li> <li>Other parts of <a href="/wiki/Southern_England" title="Southern England">Southern England</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wessex_Regionalist_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Wessex Regionalist Party">Wessex Regionalist Party</a></li></ul></li> <li>Scotland <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Full_fiscal_autonomy_for_Scotland" class="mw-redirect" title="Full fiscal autonomy for Scotland">Full fiscal autonomy</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Historical</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Administrations of England <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Regional_assembly_(England)" title="Regional assembly (England)">English Regional Assemblies, 1998–2010</a></li></ul></li> <li>Administrations of London <ul><li><a href="/wiki/London_County_Council" title="London County Council">London County Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greater_London_Council" title="Greater London 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href="/wiki/Government_of_Ireland_Bill_1893" title="Government of Ireland Bill 1893">Ireland, 1893</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Ireland_Act_1914" title="Government of Ireland Act 1914">Ireland, 1914</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Ireland_Act_1920" title="Government of Ireland Act 1920">Ireland, 1920</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_Free_State_(Consequential_Provisions)_Act_1922" title="Irish Free State (Consequential Provisions) Act 1922">Irish Free State, 1922</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Act_1974" title="Northern Ireland Act 1974">Northern Ireland, 1974</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_Home_Rule_movement" title="Irish Home Rule movement">Irish Home Rule movement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Northern_Ireland" title="Prime Minister of Northern Ireland">Prime Minister of Northern Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scotland_Act_1978" title="Scotland Act 1978">Scotland Act 1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Office" title="Scottish Office">Scottish Office</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunningdale_Agreement" title="Sunningdale Agreement">Sunningdale Agreement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wales_Act_1978" title="Wales Act 1978">Wales Act 1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Office" title="Welsh Office">Welsh Office</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li>1. 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history">Chronology</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Formation_of_the_United_Kingdom_of_Great_Britain_and_Northern_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="Formation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland">Formation</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Union_of_England_and_Scotland_Act_1603" title="Union of England and Scotland Act 1603">Union of England and Scotland Act 1603</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Union" title="Treaty of Union">Treaty of Union</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Acts_of_Union_1707" title="Acts of Union 1707">Acts of Union 1707</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Union_with_Scotland_(Amendment)_Act_1707" title="Union with Scotland (Amendment) Act 1707">Union with Scotland (Amendment) Act 1707</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgian_era" title="Georgian era">Georgian era</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victorian_era" title="Victorian era">Victorian 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</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Geography of the United Kingdom">Geography</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6.5em;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Administrative_geography_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Administrative geography of the United Kingdom">Administrative</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Counties_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Counties of the United Kingdom">Counties of the United Kingdom</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Countries of the United Kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crown_Dependencies" title="Crown Dependencies">Crown Dependencies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Overseas_Territories" title="British Overseas Territories">Overseas territories</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_status_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="City status in the United Kingdom">City status</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_towns_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of towns in the United Kingdom">Towns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_that_have_gained_independence_from_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of countries that have gained independence from the United Kingdom">Former colonies</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6.5em;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Geography of the United Kingdom">Physical</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/British_Isles" title="British Isles">British Isles</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Terminology_of_the_British_Isles" title="Terminology of the British Isles">terminology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Britain" title="Great Britain">Great Britain</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Climate_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Climate of the United Kingdom">Climate</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Climate_change_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Climate change in the United Kingdom">change</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coastline_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Coastline of the United Kingdom">Coastline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geology_of_Great_Britain" title="Geology of Great Britain">Geology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_lakes_and_lochs_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of lakes and lochs of the United Kingdom">Lakes and lochs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lists_of_mountains_and_hills_in_the_British_Isles" title="Lists of mountains and hills in the British Isles">Mountains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_rivers_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of rivers of the United Kingdom">Rivers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_volcanoes_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of volcanoes in the United Kingdom">Volcanoes</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6.5em;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_renewable_resources_produced_and_traded_by_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of renewable resources produced and traded by the United Kingdom">Resources</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Agriculture_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Agriculture in the United Kingdom">Agriculture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Energy_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Energy in the United Kingdom">Energy</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Biodiesel_in_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Biodiesel in the United Kingdom">biodiesel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coal_mining_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Coal mining in the United Kingdom">coal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geothermal_power_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Geothermal power in the United Kingdom">geothermal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hydraulic_fracturing_in_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Hydraulic fracturing in the United Kingdom">hydraulic frac.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hydroelectricity_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Hydroelectricity in the United Kingdom">hydroelectricity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Renewable_energy_in_the_United_Kingdom#Ocean_power" title="Renewable energy in the United Kingdom">marine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Sea_oil" title="North Sea oil">North Sea oil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Renewable_energy_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Renewable energy in the United Kingdom">Renewable energy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Solar_power_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Solar power in the United Kingdom">solar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wind_power_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Wind power in the United Kingdom">wind</a></li></ul></li> <li>Fishing <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fishing_industry_in_England" title="Fishing industry in England">English</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fishing_industry_in_Scotland" title="Fishing industry in Scotland">Scottish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fishing_industry_in_Wales" title="Fishing industry in Wales">Welsh</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hunting_and_shooting_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Hunting and shooting in the United Kingdom">Hunting</a></li> <li>Materials <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Forestry_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Forestry in the United Kingdom">forestry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mining_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Mining in the United Kingdom">mining</a></li></ul></li> <li>Wildlife <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fauna_of_Great_Britain" title="Fauna of Great Britain">fauna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flora_of_Great_Britain_and_Ireland" title="Flora of Great Britain and Ireland">flora</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Politics of the United Kingdom">Politics</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Constitution of the United Kingdom">Constitution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Corruption in the United Kingdom">Corruption</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Devolution_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Devolution in the United Kingdom">Devolution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Elections in the United Kingdom">Elections</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/UK_parliamentary_by-elections" title="UK parliamentary by-elections">By-elections</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Foreign relations of the United Kingdom">Foreign relations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Human_rights_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Human rights in the United Kingdom">Human rights</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT rights in the United Kingdom">LGBT</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judiciaries_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Judiciaries of the United Kingdom">Judiciary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Law_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Law of the United Kingdom">Law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Law_enforcement_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Law enforcement in the United Kingdom">Law enforcement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Local government in the United Kingdom">Local government</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monarchy_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Monarchy of the United Kingdom">Monarchy</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_British_monarchs" title="List of British monarchs">monarchs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republicanism_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Republicanism in the United Kingdom">republicanism</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_nationality_law" title="British nationality law">Nationality</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Parliament of the United Kingdom">Parliament</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="House of Commons of the United Kingdom">House of Commons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/House_of_Lords" title="House of Lords">House of Lords</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of political parties in the United Kingdom">Political parties</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_female_leaders_of_British_political_parties" title="List of female leaders of British political parties">Female party leaders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_political_scandals_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of political scandals in the United Kingdom">Political scandals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Official_Opposition_Shadow_Cabinet_(United_Kingdom)" title="Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet (United Kingdom)">Shadow Cabinet</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6.5em;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Government_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Government of the United Kingdom">Government</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Cabinet of the United Kingdom">Cabinet</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_British_governments" title="List of British governments">list</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Civil_Service_(United_Kingdom)" title="Civil Service (United Kingdom)">Civil service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Departments_of_the_Government_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Departments of the Government of the United Kingdom">Departments</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunak_ministry" title="Sunak ministry">Ministers</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_government_ministers_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of government ministers of the United Kingdom">list</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Prime Minister of the United Kingdom">Prime Minister</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of prime ministers of the United Kingdom">list</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6.5em;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/British_Armed_Forces" title="British Armed Forces">Military</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/His_Majesty%27s_Naval_Service" title="His Majesty's Naval Service">His Majesty's Naval Service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Army" title="British Army">British Army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force" title="Royal Air Force">Royal Air Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction" title="United Kingdom and weapons of mass destruction">Weapons of mass destruction</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Economy of the United Kingdom">Economy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_banks_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of banks in the United Kingdom">Banks</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bank_of_England" title="Bank of England">Bank of England</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Budget_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Budget of the United Kingdom">Budget</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economic_geography_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Economic geography of the United Kingdom">Economic geography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Free_trade_agreements_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Free trade agreements of the United Kingdom">Free trade agreements</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Income_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Income in the United Kingdom">Income</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manufacturing_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Manufacturing in the United Kingdom">Manufacturing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pound_sterling" title="Pound sterling">Pound sterling <span style="font-size:85%;">(currency)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Science_and_technology_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Science and technology in the United Kingdom">Science and technology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_stock_exchanges_in_the_United_Kingdom,_the_British_Crown_Dependencies_and_United_Kingdom_Overseas_Territories" title="List of stock exchanges in the United Kingdom, the British Crown Dependencies and United Kingdom Overseas Territories">Stock exchanges</a> (<a href="/wiki/London_Stock_Exchange" title="London Stock Exchange">London Exchange</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taxation_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Taxation in the United Kingdom">Taxation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telecommunications_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Telecommunications in the United Kingdom">Telecommunications</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tourism_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Tourism in the United Kingdom">Tourism</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Transport_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Transport in the United Kingdom">Transport</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Air_transport_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Air transport in the United Kingdom">Air transport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bus_transport" class="mw-redirect" title="Bus transport">Bus transport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Driving_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Driving in the United Kingdom">Driving</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roads_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Roads in the United Kingdom">Roads</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rail_transport_in_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Rail transport in the United Kingdom">Rail transport</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Society_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Category:Society of the United Kingdom">Society</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cannabis_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Cannabis in the United Kingdom">Cannabis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crime_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Crime in the United Kingdom">Crime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Demographics of the United Kingdom">Demography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drug_policy_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Drug policy of the United Kingdom">Drug policy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Education_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Education in the United Kingdom">Education</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Environmental_inequality_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Environmental inequality in the United Kingdom">Environmental inequality</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Environmental_issues_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Environmental issues in the United Kingdom">Environmental issues</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethnic_groups_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Ethnic groups in the United Kingdom">Ethnic groups</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Health_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Health in the United Kingdom">Health</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Homelessness_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Homelessness in the United Kingdom">Homelessness</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Homelessness_in_England" title="Homelessness in England">England</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Homelessness_in_Scotland" title="Homelessness in Scotland">Scotland</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Housing_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Housing in the United Kingdom">Housing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hunger_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Hunger in the United Kingdom">Hunger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Modern_immigration_to_the_United_Kingdom" title="Modern immigration to the United Kingdom">Immigration</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_British_innovations_and_discoveries" title="List of British innovations and discoveries">Innovation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Languages_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Languages of the United Kingdom">Languages</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_British_regions_by_life_expectancy" title="List of British regions by life expectancy">Life expectancy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mental_health_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Mental health in the United Kingdom">Mental health</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poverty_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Poverty in the United Kingdom">Poverty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prostitution_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Prostitution in the United Kingdom">Prostitution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Public_holidays_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Public holidays in the United Kingdom">Public holidays</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Racism_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Racism in the United Kingdom">Racism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Social_care_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Social care in the United Kingdom">Social care</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Social_class_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Social class in the United Kingdom">Social class</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suicide_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Suicide in the United Kingdom">Suicide</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Universal_basic_income_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Universal basic income in the United Kingdom">Universal basic income (UBI)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Water_supply_and_sanitation_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Water supply and sanitation in the United Kingdom">Water supply and sanitation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waste_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Waste in the United Kingdom">Waste</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welfare_state_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Welfare state in the United Kingdom">Welfare state</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Culture of the United Kingdom">Culture</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Art_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Art of the United Kingdom">Art</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/God_Save_the_King" title="God Save the King">Anthem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Cinema of the United Kingdom">Cinema</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_cuisine" title="British cuisine">Cuisine</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wine_from_the_United_Kingdom" title="Wine from the United Kingdom">Wine</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_national_identity" title="British national identity">Identity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_literature" title="British literature">Literature</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mass_media_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Mass media in the United Kingdom">Media</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Music of the United Kingdom">Music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Religion in the United Kingdom">Religion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sport_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Sport in the United Kingdom">Sport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_national_symbols_of_the_United_Kingdom,_the_Channel_Islands_and_the_Isle_of_Man" title="List of national symbols of the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man">Symbols</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theatre_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Theatre of the United Kingdom">Theatre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stereotypes_of_the_British" class="mw-redirect" title="Stereotypes of the British">Stereotypes of the British</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_World_Heritage_Sites_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of World Heritage Sites in the United Kingdom">World Heritage Sites</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anglosphere" title="Anglosphere">Anglosphere</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Countries_of_the_United_Kingdom" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Countries of the United Kingdom</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_England" title="History of England">History</a> <ul><li><a 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title="Religion in England">Religion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_symbols_of_England" title="National symbols of England">Symbols</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland" title="Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Northern_Ireland" title="History of Northern Ireland">History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland#Geography_and_climate" title="Northern Ireland">Geography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Northern_Ireland" title="Politics of Northern Ireland">Politics</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Assembly" title="Northern Ireland Assembly">Assembly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Executive" title="Northern Ireland Executive">Executive</a></li> <li><a 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