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Post by East Anglian Lefty on Mar 13, 2016 22:24:48 GMT
I thought it might be entertaining to have a thread for really bad constituencies that would be likely to cause outrage amongst those afflicted by it. Submissions for deliberately terrible creations, or serious attempts that happened to go badly wrong somewhere, should be posted here. To start the ball rolling, here's my attempt to quadrisect Sutton Coldfield and to place each portion in a Labour constituency. In practice, I'm not sure it'd work that way - the Nuneaton seat in particular looks like a pretty good bet for the Conservatives and I think Streetly and Four Oaks might be able to outvote West Bromwich, but it'd still cause plenty of coronaries as it is.  |
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Post by andrewteale on Mar 13, 2016 22:35:23 GMT
Wythenshawe and Wilmslow (77309)  |
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Post by gwynthegriff on Mar 13, 2016 22:40:53 GMT
Wythenshawe and Wilmslow (77309) Love it. Love it. Love it. Cheshire Life would selfcombust!  |
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Mar 13, 2016 22:59:50 GMT
Belgravia, Mayfair, and Knightsbridge, in a safe Labour seat. Notional 2015 result: Lab 23,508 (52.7%) C 14,848 (33.3%) L Dem 1,995 (4.5%) GP 1,974 (4.4%) UKIP 1,913 (4.3%) Oths 363 (0.8%)  |
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Post by East Anglian Lefty on Mar 13, 2016 23:07:42 GMT
Chelmsford, Chelmsford Outer and Chelmsford Further Outer:  A gold star to anybody who can manage this with four rings. |
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Post by andrewteale on Mar 13, 2016 23:13:11 GMT
West Pennine Moors (78263)  With one exception, none of the wards in this seat have a direct road connection between them. |
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Post by thirdchill on Mar 13, 2016 23:19:07 GMT
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Post by Pete Whitehead on Mar 13, 2016 23:23:30 GMT
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Post by andrewteale on Mar 13, 2016 23:26:24 GMT
I'm sure that was in the provisional recommendations of the zombie review. |
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Post by greenhert on Mar 13, 2016 23:28:25 GMT
The constituency 'Eton and Slough' actually existed from 1945 until 1983, and was very similar to what you have displayed here. |
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Mar 13, 2016 23:33:33 GMT
In the initial proposals in the 2007 review was this abomination which is not altogether different to your proposal: (It went down like a cup of cold sick that time as well) |
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Post by Pete Whitehead on Mar 13, 2016 23:35:42 GMT
The constituency 'Eton and Slough' actually existed from 1945 until 1983, and was very similar to what you have displayed here. Its lucky we have you here to inform us about these little known pieces of electoral trivia |
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Post by andrewteale on Mar 13, 2016 23:48:24 GMT
Chelmsford, Chelmsford Outer and Chelmsford Further Outer: A gold star to anybody who can manage this with four rings. York Central (73042) York Inner Circle (71107) York Middle Circle (73733) York Outer Circle (76241)  £5 says it can't be done with five rings. |
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Post by J.G.Harston on Mar 14, 2016 0:11:42 GMT
Five/Six marginal constituencies in Sheffield (old boundaries)  Yes, that pinch point in "Dore & Mosborough" is about twenty feet wide. |
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Post by thirdchill on Mar 14, 2016 0:29:39 GMT
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Post by Arthur Figgis on Mar 14, 2016 0:31:32 GMT
Not quite concentric circles, but a theatrical theme for Plymouth.  |
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Post by thirdchill on Mar 14, 2016 0:54:06 GMT
Wythenshawe and Wilmslow (77309) Or you could split Wythenshawe down the middle 'Cheadle & Wythenshawe East' and 'Altincham & Wythenshawe West'  |
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Post by Pete Whitehead on Mar 14, 2016 1:02:59 GMT
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Post by thirdchill on Mar 14, 2016 1:34:14 GMT
Not quite concentric circles, but a theatrical theme for Plymouth. Not quite as good as yours but did concentric semicircles around Brighton:  |
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Post by Khunanup on Mar 14, 2016 3:51:32 GMT
Real, honest to God pitchfork bait (with a hyper-Doktorbian name...). Actually make that gunboats at dawn!  And then a little ditty taking in Pete Whitehead favourite bits of Hastings with Bexhill and well heeled Rother.  |
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