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Boundary Review – well-placed after months of preparation

By Dave McCobb | Mon 12th September 2016 - 4:30 pm

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At midday tomorrow the Boundary Commission for England will publish their first draft proposals for the 499 constituencies in England. The Welsh Commission will do the same for their 29 seats. The Scottish Commission is expected to announce their plans in the near future.

Their proposals are being released under embargo today to political parties and MPs. When this happened in 2011, various political blogs had been leaked copies of the plans by close of play the same day, so whilst the Liberal Democrats will be respecting the embargo, don’t be surprised if others don’t and there’s a lot of online chatter about it later today.

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