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September 13, 2011 by · Comments Off on Boundary Commission 

Boundary CommissionBoundary Commission, Proposals to change the structure of electoral districts in the east could see the limits to cross county lines, and division of a city.

Ely and Newmarket would come under a constituency MP and north Cambridgeshire are part of Norfolk. Peterborough city can be divided into northern and southern groups, with the Nene River marks the dividing line.

The Boundary Commission is considering a plan to reduce the number of deputies from 650 to 600 by merging districts.

A new take on South Peterborough Whittlesey, Ramsey and Yaxley.

“The winners and losers”

Conservative MP for North East Cambridgeshire, Stephen Barclay, lost in the proposed changes, with parts of his constituency current movement of South Peterborough and moving parts of the border district of Wisbech and Downham Market.

He said: “I am disappointed that fenland has been divided in the way … but the idea has wider policy of reducing the number of deputies, to reduce the cost of the policy are appropriate policies.

“Obviously it’s disappointing on a personal level, but there are always winners and losers in these things.”

It is proposed that is based on a Ely Newmarket district, with the whole area of?? East Cambridgeshire, which almost completely surrounds the city.

The commission said the decision was made because “Newmarket has strong communication links to Ely and the rest of the constituency of proposals.”

Urban living

There are also proposals for a new constituency of St Neots, formed from parts of Huntingdonshire and South Cambridgeshire as Brampton, Swavesey, Papworth and Bassingbourn.

No changes are proposed in the district of Cambridge.

However, a county council in the south of the city has protested that the review of the limits still leaves your room Queen Edith “in limbo” the rest of Cambridge. Liberal Democrat Councillor Geoff Heathcock said he would do “very strong statements” for review.

Mr. Heathcock, who has represented the area since 1993, said his “very urban ward” was being treated as a rural seat of Cambridgeshire.

“We elect city councilors, we are in every sense of the city but isolated in terms of our representation at Westminster. We have absolutely nothing in common with or Eversdens Whittlesford,” he said.

The plans of the electoral boundaries are subject to two years of consultations before its completion in October 2013.

Boundary Commission

September 13, 2011 by · Comments Off on Boundary Commission 

Boundary CommissionBoundary Commission, Changes in electoral districts could affect how votes in the Westminster district choose their MP.  Currently, the city is divided into two groups – North Westminster, where Labour MP Karen Buck is, and the cities of London and Westminster, which is represented by Conservative MP Mark Field.

It is likely that the change in plans announced by the Boundary Commission.

Proposals for the organization to see the city divided into three seats in Parliament.

Votes rooms Northwest Westminster (Abbey Road, Bayswater, Harrow Road, Hyde Park, Lancaster Gate, Little Venice, Maida Vale, Queen’s Park and Westbourne) will be part of the new district of Paddington, with four rooms in North Kensington.

Four rooms in the northeast of Westminster (Bryanston and Dorset Square, Church Street, Marylebone High Street, Regent Park) will join a new constituency of Camden and Regent Park, formed mainly from the neighboring districts of Camden.

In the south of the city, seven rooms (Churchill, Knightsbridge and Belgravia, St James, Tachbrook, Vincent Square, Warwick and West End) will be part of the constituency of Westminster and Kensington, with eight districts of Kensington and Chelsea.

The Boundary Commission conducts a review of all constituencies in England every five years, to make recommendations to Parliament for new constituency boundaries.

A 12-week public consultation will run until December 5, after which the Boundary Commission will compile all the responses received.

When changes are made to the initial proposals, revised proposals will be published and there will be eight weeks of consultation period is likely to take place in late 2012.

Final recommendations should make the October 1, 2013, before a decision is taken.

Through Engalnd, the number of divisions is set to reduce 533 to 502 and in London, there will be 68 electoral districts, a reduction of five from the current situation.

The proposed permit four of the 73 existing constituencies unchanged.

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