Changes in constituency boundaries
 

I see the plans for altering constituency boundaries are out today. How will it affect the ones of you in Hyndburn. I see Hapton and Padiham are to be included with it rather than Burnley. What other changes are there to Hyndburn. I am all in favour of reducing the number of MPs but to split towns in half seems ridiculous. :rolleyes:

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Biggest and best change is dropping the awful name of hyndburn. It's a stinky river and nowt else. Don't agree with pulling in parts of Burnley, but glad it will be Accrington constituency again.

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Me as well, always been a crap name.;)

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Are any parts of what were Hyndburn joining onto somewhere else or will it be as it is now plus Padiham etc

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Think its just plus em rowlf.

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Clayton le moors will be with Rossendale and Oswaldtwistle.....that is a strange combination.

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It's not the only strange combination Margaret. I think whoever made these plans must have done it after a few bevies. Pendle is to be done away with and the new 'Clitheroe and Colne' will stretch from Earby to Bamber Bridge.

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Thats even dafter than ours!! dunno about a few bevvies, the cretins responsible musta been legless.;)

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It is a very strange combination.
Never before have I considered myself to be a resident of Rossendale, or for that matter Oswaldtwistle(though that is closer).

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Is there somewhere that lists exactly what all these changes are please?

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This link to proposed changes may help......Boundary reform: How is your area affected? - BBC News

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Hasn't Oswaldwistle always been part of the Accrington constituency since 1918? We're getting shut of Rising Bridge and Haslingden but gaining Hapton, Padiiham and parts of Burnley. I can't make my mind up whether this is fair exchange or bare faced robbery.

https://www.bce2018.org.uk/node/6487?postcode=BB5

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maybe I am thick...Or maybe it was not explained particularly well in the article I read, but somehow I thought that Rossendale and Oswaldtwistle were to become a 'new' area.....?And that Clayton le moors was going to be lumped in with this district.
At least the name Hyndburn is going to be ditched. I never did like that name.

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Thank you for that link, it makes it clearer in my mind now I have seen it laid out for me.

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By the time this government has instituted the so called "necessary" boundry changes there will be less Labour/other parties and more conservatives to rule us and folk think that things can not get any worse !