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Boundary Commission proposals – what do you think?

By The Voice | Tue 8th June 2021 - 8:55 pm

Today the Boundary Commission for England released its first stage proposals for parliamentary seats in England. You can read the proposals for every part of the country here. The proposals for Scotland and Wales come out next month.

For Liberal Democrats, there was mixed news.

In Hertfordshire, there is a new constituency which comprises the entire Three Rivers Council area, which should be a good prospect for us as we have run that Council successfully for a long time. This will mean that one ward from Daisy Cooper’s St Albans constituency will move into the new seat but it’s otherwise largely unchanged.

However, the news was less promising in Cumbria where Tim Farron’s seat is proposed to be split with our strong areas of Westmoreland and South Lakes being put into separate seats.

It’s fair to say that Tim was less than impressed:

Only someone who's never been to Cumbria would put Windermere in with Whitehaven and Kirkby Lonsdale in with Alston!

These are only draft proposals but whatever seats do get agreed we will fight and fight to win. We’ve won Westmorland 5 times against the odds & we’ll do it again https://t.co/2BJ4obyKr6

— Tim Farron (@timfarron) June 8, 2021

The overall picture is that seats are being created in the south east and lost in other parts of England.

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