Arbuthnott Commission the Scottish Parliament, and would require Westminster legislation. All the main political parties in Scotland participated in a consultation process. So did 22 local government councils, and various other bodies and individuals. The commission's main recommendations for change may be summarised as follows: Arbuthnott Commission The Arbuthnott Commission on Boundary Differences and Voting Systems was set up in July 2004 by Alistair Darling, then Secretary of State for Scotland, under the chairmanship of Sir John Arbuthnott, to examine various consequences of having four different electoral systems in Scotland, and different boundaries for constituencies of the House of Commons (Parliament of
Great Britain at the 1904 Summer Olympics Great Britain at the 1904 Summer Olympics Great Britain did not send a team to the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. Numerous events were contested, of which only some were later recognized by the IOC as official Olympic events. Within these, three athletes representing Ireland participated, winning one gold and one silver medal. Because Ireland was then part of the United Kingdom, the IOC classifies these athletes as British. John Holloway had emigrated from Bansha to the U.S. some years previously and, like Kiely, wore a green singlet with a shamrock competing. He is counted as