Proposals for new parliamentary constituencies published

Posted on September 13 2011

The independent Boundary Commission for England (BCE) today launches a 12-week consultation on its initial proposals for new Parliamentary constituency boundaries in England.

Under the proposals Morton will move from the Bolsolver constituency to the North East Derbyshire constituency.

The review of constituency boundaries follows Parliament’s decision to reduce the number of constituencies across the UK, and ensure there are similar numbers of electors in each constituency.

In England the total number of constituencies will fall from 533 to 502. Most constituencies will have boundary changes; in the initial proposals just 77 of the existing constituencies are unchanged.

The proposals are designed to ensure that each constituency contains a similar number of registered electors. With the exception of the Isle of Wight – all constituencies will contain between 72,810 and 80,473 electors.