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10. Boundary changes: Latest plans for Commons seats published
Tue Oct 17, 2017, 05:20 AM
Oct 2017

Just had a look at the proposals for my local area, and it seems that the Tories have suddenly decided that the boundaries for the constituency where I live are OK now that they have taken the seat off Labour at the last general election!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41643467

The proposed constituency boundaries in England, Scotland and Wales have been drawn up on the basis the total number of MPs will be cut from 650 to 600.

Parliament approved the principle of reducing the size of the Commons in 2011, intended as a cost-saving measure in the wake of the expenses scandal.

But it is uncertain whether the Commons will end up backing the detailed plans.

If they do so, the proposed new constituencies - recommended by independent bodies in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland - will take effect in 2022, the scheduled date of the next election.

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