The Bishop
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Post by The Bishop on Jun 23, 2013 20:17:02 GMT
Did anybody say "gerrymander"??  |
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Post by mrhell on Jun 23, 2013 20:53:22 GMT
A1 to North Sea (Tynemouth)  Belfast Battleground (quite literally)  |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2013 22:32:01 GMT
Working on some of my own, how do you remove wards from a const. in boundary assistant?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2013 22:35:27 GMT
Working on some of my own, how do you remove wards from a const. in boundary assistant? Select the unassigned bit, then "re colour" the ward as unassigned. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2013 23:18:19 GMT
 Uploaded with ImageShack.usI give you Grampian 1-5 in the style of some US congressional districts. Now it's hard to get a good gerrymander on when you're stuck with 3-4 member wards as the base Grampian 1 is almost definitely LD/SNP, leaning LD, but it does include Fraserburgh and out that way.. Grampian 2 stretches from Woodside/Northfield and off up to Turiff. SNP/LD again? Grampian 3 takes in the centre of Aberdeen and then through to Huntly, Buckie and Keith. Could be a Con/LD/SNP battleground? Grampian 4 goes from Torry to the Cairngorms. Includes Fraser's ward, a second Con/LD/SNP? Perhaps even a 4-way marginal if Labour could get out their vote Grampian 5 gets Altens, Cove, Stonehaven and then way down to Forfar. Lib Dem? A nice wee gerrymander that would see Labour likely to end up without an MP  . It's not so easy to gerrymander with four relatively strong parties in one region.. |
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Post by mrhell on Jun 23, 2013 23:46:55 GMT
Football Grounds (Wembley, West Ham, Fulham, Arsenal, Tottenham, Charlton, Chelsea) Cricket Grounds (Lords, The Oval), Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Club 
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Post by Deleted on Jun 24, 2013 0:34:10 GMT
Ive wasted several hours on doing the North East Region from scratch. All constiuancies within quota. Partly to make as many winnable tory seats as possible. In areas where that is not possible just gone for slightly bizzare seats if possible (italics). Can anyone beat 4 winnable seats north of the tyne (at least in part) for the tories? North of the Tyne (at least in part)- North West Northumberland (CON/LD)
- Newcastle Middle Class and West Northumberland (CON)
- Ashington and Blyth (Lab)
- Tynemouth, Cramlington North and Ponteland East (Lab, winnable for CON?)
- North Tyneside and Cramlington South (Lab)
- Newcastle East (Lab)
- Newcastle West (Lab)
- Newcastle and Gateshead West, South West Northumberland and West Durham (CON)
- Tyne Banks (Lab)
- Newcastle and Gateshead Centres, Chester Le Street and East Durham (Lab)
Central- South Tyneside (Lab)
- Sunderland North and Cleadon (Lab)
- Washington (Lab)
- Gateshead South East (Lab)
- City of Durham and Stanley (Lab)
- Gateshead South West and Consett (Lab)
- Houghton and Sunderland South (Lab)
- Bishop Auckland (Lab)
- Seaham to Newton Aycliffe (Lab)
South
- Hartlepool and Easington (Lab)
- Teeside Outer Outer (Not sure at all (its in yellow below)
- Teeside Outer Inner (Lab)
- Teeside Inner (Lab)
- Redcar and Guisborough (Lab/LD)
- Darlington (Lab)
- Sedgefield and the Yorkshire Borders (Con)
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Post by Deleted on Jun 24, 2013 1:21:53 GMT
Just to upset almost everybody involved...  - Dunfermline North, Cowdenbeath & Kinross - 70,055 - Labour - Dunfermline South, Kinghorn & Glenrothes West - 74,742 - Labour - Kirkcaldy, Levenmouth & East Neuk - 73,242 - Labour - St Andrews, Cupar & Glenrothes East - 72,571 - Labour/LibDem |
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Post by john07 on Jun 24, 2013 1:30:18 GMT
"Greater Manchester Outermost"  Oh dear. That commits the cardinal sin of splitting Cheadle Hulme! The constituency proposed really needs Poynton to be included to make any sense. Take out Heald Green and Cheadle Hulme South and add in Offerton and Poynton and it looks good. |
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Khunanup
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Post by Khunanup on Jun 24, 2013 2:01:35 GMT
"Greater Manchester Outermost" Oh dear. That commits the cardinal sin of splitting Cheadle Hulme! The constituency proposed really needs Poynton to be included to make any sense. Take out Heald Green and Cheadle Hulme South and add in Offerton and Poynton and it looks good. A) It's not meant to make any sense (that seems to be the whole point of the thread). B) Poynton's not in Greater Manchester so can't be considered. |
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Post by johnloony on Jun 24, 2013 2:25:07 GMT
How about this? Splitting up all wards in the UK into polling districts, and then combining the bits into 600 groups with the aim of making the constituency electorates as equal as possible - i.e. with the minimum possible difference between the largest and smallest constituency electorates - without any regard to how distant or connected they are with each other.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 24, 2013 6:51:18 GMT
Just to upset almost everybody involved... - Dunfermline North, Cowdenbeath & Kinross - 70,055 - Labour - Dunfermline South, Kinghorn & Glenrothes West - 74,742 - Labour - Kirkcaldy, Levenmouth & East Neuk - 73,242 - Labour - St Andrews, Cupar & Glenrothes East - 72,571 - Labour/LibDem Those names alone are enough for me to ask if you're busy Friday night, maybe a meal, catch a couple of bands, etc? |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 24, 2013 6:53:13 GMT
Football Grounds (Wembley, West Ham, Charlton, Fulham, Arsenal, Tottenham, Charlton, Chelsea) Cricket Grounds (Lords, The Oval), Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Club View Attachment Hahahah. That is brilliant. Oh come on, someone send the BCE a letter.... |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 24, 2013 7:22:22 GMT
You lot never gave Valleys of Ribble and Lune a chance....  |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 24, 2013 8:11:30 GMT
West Midlands football grounds (presuming Coventry play at the Ricoh !)  Bang on 75K |
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Post by libfozzy on Jun 24, 2013 9:08:20 GMT
 The Welsh Borders - runs along the entire landward border of Wales.... Probably creating the largest and least accessible constituency in the UK. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 24, 2013 9:20:47 GMT
{{shortlists Lembit}}
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john07
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Post by john07 on Jun 24, 2013 10:45:00 GMT
A) It's not meant to make any sense (that seems to be the whole point of the thread). B) Poynton's not in Greater Manchester so can't be considered. If its a fantasy constituency you can do what you like! That is anything except split Cheadle Hulme! It was the absence of Poynton from Greater Manchester that I was bemoaning. If you recall it was originally supposed to be included in the review of the early 1970s but was omitted at the last minute. |
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Post by Clarko on Jun 24, 2013 11:07:11 GMT
 Skelmersdale & Makerfield - struck me as a more logical place to cross the GM/ Lancs boundary... |
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Post by Clarko on Jun 24, 2013 11:16:47 GMT
...part two in Clarkson's horrible seats: Manchester Central & the Quays and Sale & Urmston:  |
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. It's not so easy to gerrymander with four relatively strong parties in one region..
