Dalek
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Post by Dalek on Jul 15, 2016 18:25:25 GMT
Despite the Thames being straddled by the Richmond Upon Thames LBC, only from 1983 to 1997 did any constituency cross the Thames (Richmond & Barnes).
I have always thought that Hammersmith & Fulham and Wandsworth would twin quite well to form 4 constituencies under the new quota. Hammersmith, Battersea, Tooting (Tooting and Roehampton) and the cross border constituency of Putney Bridge (Putney Town and Fulham).
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Dalek
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Post by Dalek on Jul 15, 2016 18:36:33 GMT
A Richmond & Chiswick constituency, Hammersmith & Barnes, Putney & Fulham, Chelsea & Battersea, Vauxhall & Pimlico are to only sensible cross Thames constituencies.
Once you go further downstream the Thames gets too wide for any logic. Even The City of London & Southwark - despite many bridges - would be silly.
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Post by akmd on Jul 15, 2016 21:15:51 GMT
^ Nice bit of gerrymandering there.
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Harry Hayfield
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Post by Harry Hayfield on Jul 16, 2016 7:26:11 GMT
When the Boundary Commission start taking public consultations, I will endeavour (as I did in 2012) to attend the local inquiry in Swansea and put forward my ideas for Wales, when I do I would like to know would @larkin (the creator of Boundary Assistant) be embarrassed if I stated that it would not be a bad idea if the Boundary Commission adopt his website as the official means for people to create new constituencies and that the information is hosted by the Boundary Commission's servers (as I believe that he has made what could be a very complicated process an absolute doddle!)
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Adrian
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Post by Adrian on Jul 18, 2016 16:25:42 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jul 21, 2016 10:32:42 GMT
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The Bishop
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Post by The Bishop on Jul 21, 2016 11:34:42 GMT
Quite a few will effectively face reselection after boundary changes anyway. And of course, such a change is not in Jez's personal power.
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Harry Hayfield
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Post by Harry Hayfield on Jul 21, 2016 20:54:33 GMT
If that is the case, then the whole process is doomed to failure. Cornwall has less than a whole number of seats under the propsoals and Devon doesn't have enough for a whole number of seats therefore Devonwall is here to stay
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Post by Deleted on Jul 22, 2016 14:26:20 GMT
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J.G.Harston
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Post by J.G.Harston on Jul 22, 2016 15:18:15 GMT
How is that not normal? In the LibDems you have to be re-selected each and every time you stand for election.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 22, 2016 21:15:09 GMT
How is that not normal? In the LibDems you have to be re-selected each and every time you stand for election. Has any Lib Dem MP ever actually been deselected as a candidate?
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Jul 22, 2016 22:32:15 GMT
How is that not normal? In the LibDems you have to be re-selected each and every time you stand for election. Has any Lib Dem MP ever actually been deselected as a candidate? Pretty sure the answer is no. The last deselection of a sitting Liberal MP was Emlyn Garner Evans, National Liberal MP for Denbigh, who was effectively vetoed by the local Conservative Association in 1958. Under the Woolton-Teviot agreement that did for him.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2016 5:51:41 GMT
In addition to the above, the BCE has outlined in full the details of the gender, sexuality and disability make-up of all applicants and successful appointees.
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Adrian
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Post by Adrian on Jul 30, 2016 13:55:45 GMT
It was good that they had a more open application process this time, so that it's not just a bunch of lawyers. Anyone recognise any of the names? I assume that the West Mids lead is rusi.org/people/margaret-gilmore
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Sept 6, 2016 16:22:42 GMT
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Post by greatkingrat on Sept 6, 2016 17:33:06 GMT
Do we know if they will be released to MPs the day before as they were last time?
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Sept 6, 2016 18:19:53 GMT
I understand so.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 7, 2016 8:35:49 GMT
The information and boundaries released on the 13th are they likely to change much, to the ones used for the next General Election?
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Post by islington on Sept 7, 2016 10:13:31 GMT
Last time there were a lot of changes between the initial proposals and the final recommendations.
One would hope there might be fewer changes this time, on the basis that the Commissions will have learned lessons from what ended up as (although not originally intended as) a dry run in 2011-13.
But maybe this is my habitual optimism shining through.
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J.G.Harston
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Post by J.G.Harston on Sept 7, 2016 21:32:55 GMT
After Whitby Town Council yesterday, during that time where four people talk about twelve different things at once, the subject of boundaries came up while I was still talking about piers. The thrust was "Well, North Yorkshire will be split in two, we want to get out of Scarborough's clutches, they're building up links with Bridlington, always ignoring us, so we've got a good chance of going in with Cleveland".
The conversation splintered several more times before I could clarify what on earth they were talking about. Is there a local government reorganisation coming up that I've completely missed? I'm sure they must have been thinking they were talking about the Parliamentary review, but there's no way of linking up with Cleveland, that's in a different review area, and what constituency you're in won't do anything about the council.
I do know that SBC has applied to the LGBC to have a ward review, but again, that won't get us "out of the clutches" of Scarborough.
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