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Old 20-09-2011, 20:16   #180
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Re: Parliamentary Boundary Change

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Originally Posted by Gayle View Post
One crazy thing.

The population of Hyndburn is 81,500 ish.
The target for each constituency is 75,000 minus or plus 5% i.e. between 71,250 to 78,500.
If they simply took the two wards of Haslingden off and gave them back to Rossendale, surely we'd be the perfect constituency without much need for change.
It may well be 81,000 ish, but they only count the voters, not the whole.
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