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Constituent country of the United Kingdom

Countries of the United Kingdom
Category Administrative division
Location United Kingdom
Found in Legal jurisdictions
Number 4
Possible status NUTS 1 region (3)
European constituency (3)
Legal jurisdiction (2)
Additional status Home Nations
Government Devolved legislature (3)
None (1)
Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom (HM Government).svg
Treaty of Union 1706
Acts of Union 1707
Personal Union of 1714 1714
Wales and Berwick Act 1746
Irish Constitution 1782
Acts of Union 1800
Government of Ireland Act 1920
Anglo-Irish Treaty 1921
Royal and Parliamentary Titles Act 1927
N. Ireland (Temporary Provisions) Act 1972
European Communities Act 1972
Local Government Act 1972
Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973
Northern Ireland Assembly 1973
N. Ireland Constitution Act 1973
Referendum Act 1975
Scotland Act 1978
Wales Act 1978
Local Government (Wales) Act 1994
Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994
Referendums (Scotland & Wales) Act 1997
Good Friday Agreement 1998
Northern Ireland Act 1998
Government of Wales Act 1998
Scotland Act 1998
Government of Wales Act 2006
Northern Ireland Act 2009
European Union Act 2011
Scotland Act 2012
Edinburgh Agreement 2012
Wales Act 2014
European Union Referendum Act 2015
Scotland Act 2016
Wales Act 2017

The United Kingdom (UK) comprises four countries: England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

Within the United Kingdom, a unitary sovereign state, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales have gained a degree of autonomy through the process of devolution. The UK Parliament and British Government deal with all reserved matters for Northern Ireland and Scotland and all non-transferred matters for Wales, but not in general matters that have been devolved to the Northern Ireland Assembly, Scottish Parliament and National Assembly for Wales. Additionally, devolution in Northern Ireland is conditional on co-operation between the Northern Ireland Executive and the Government of Ireland (see North/South Ministerial Council) and the British Government consults with the Government of Ireland to reach agreement on some non-devolved matters for Northern Ireland (see British–Irish Intergovernmental Conference). England, comprising the majority of the population and area of the United Kingdom, remains fully the responsibility of the UK Parliament centralised in London.


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