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The Independent View: Good News for Lib Dems in Devon and Cornwall boundary changes?

After the polls, some perhaps more welcome news for the Liberal Democrats.

I’ve recently started running a series of articles on the allthatsleft.co.uk website that set out how the boundary changes in 2015 could play out and what this would mean for the political parties.

On Tuesday, I looked at the impact of changes for Devon and Cornwall.  These two counties will be linked in the next review, creating a controversial trans-Tamar seat linking parts of both counties.  The two counties are set to lose one seat between them, falling from 18 to 17.

It looks as if the changes could be to the Liberal Democrats’ benefit.  I …

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