Originally Posted by Tealeaf (Post 914211)

Is it true that Church will become part of the Chelsea & Kensington constituency and Ossy is going to Islamabad (south)?

Originally Posted by g jones (Post 914503)

This was the third such model. The big date for the real thing is 12 September. It all comes about because the coalition want to diminish Labours electoral advantage gained by the current variable sizes in seats and have passed a bill.

It excludes the 3.5m people unregistered mainly in urban areas and there is the rub. That and the fact that 2 Lib Dem island seats in Scotland are being allowed to carry on below the new 75,000 size (30,000 and 20,000) and the Isle of Wight at 100,000 (Tory) is being divided into two.

The popular view is Ross and Darwen will go and Preston North and Wyre will go to make the larger seat numbers. Everyone else will have to shuffle around.

Originally Posted by g jones (Post 914503)

This was the third such model. The big date for the real thing is 12 September. It all comes about because the coalition want to diminish Labours electoral advantage gained by the current variable sizes in seats and have passed a bill.

Originally Posted by jaysay (Post 914541)

An electoral advantage undertaken by the last government, which I suppose you thought was quite alright at the time because it suited your own political ethos:rolleyes:In your eyes it only becomes a problem when its undertaken by the Tories;)

Originally Posted by Ken Moss (Post 914564)

Under the proposed changes Rishton, Great Harwood and St Oswalds will move into Blackburn parliamentary territory whilst remaining under the remit of Hyndburn Borough Council.

Originally Posted by Ken Moss (Post 914564)

To my mind it's a question of practicality. It costs money and since townships evolve all the time this will end up being a neverending exercise under the excuse of political balance and even numbers. Under the proposed changes Rishton, Great Harwood and St Oswalds will move into Blackburn parliamentary territory whilst remaining under the remit of Hyndburn Borough Council.

People won't like it, it just doesn't make sense to keep messing about with boundaries.

Originally Posted by phil8715 (Post 914599)

How does Rawtenstall come under Hyndburn when it's in Rossendale? A different council altogether.

I can see why Great Harwood would want to fall under the Ribble Valley as it's not that far away.
We're going to have another Southport debacle where they can't decide which which county it's in. Sometimes it's in West Lancashire and other times it's under Merseyside.

Originally Posted by Neil (Post 914673)

I wonder if Jack will come on here to tell us all about his bits of Hyndburn and if he will spend lots of time at Scaithcliffe.

There will be no room for Councillors with all the MP's in the way :rolleyes::D

Originally Posted by jaysay (Post 914709)

The answer is Rawtenstall doesn't come under Hyndburn but if boundary changes go ahead it would for parliamentary purposes only, at the moment two ward from Haslingden are included with Hyndburn for parliamentary Worsley and er (where's Jen when you need her:D) but they revert back to Rossendale for local and county. According to these new proposals nothing would change on that score and it would be Status Quo as far as local councils are concerned, ya your right its a bloody dogs breakfast:D

Originally Posted by jaysay (Post 914699)

So the only way to solve this age old problem is to make the Boundaries Commission totally independent from all colours of government, (and if you think they already are your living on cloud cuckoo land) who, on election, try to undo the changes made by their predecessors, only then will we get a system that is fair to the people who really matter, the electorate;)

Originally Posted by Ken Moss (Post 914913)

To be frank, I think that continually messing with boundaries through some arbitrary osmosis of population numbers is a fruitless exercise. Boroughs evolve over time, some will be bigger than others and some will have population decreases. Changing the boundaries will inevitably cost money and the people will resent the change, as they have been letting me know very vocally within Rishton. To use Rishton as an example, how can it make sense to have a Blackburn MP representing us but be part of Hyndburn Council?

For me, you can leave everything alone and save a few thousand quid.