Shropshire could lose MP in boundary changes
SHROPSHIRE COULD lose an MP under plans to redraw constituencies and cut the number of Commons seats from 650 to 600. SHROPSHIRE COULD lose an MP under plans to redraw constituencies and cut the number of Commons seats from 650 to 600. The coalition Government wants all constituencies to contain about 75,000 voters and says boundaries will be redrawn by the Boundary Commission in time for the next election in 2015. The Electoral Reform Society has now released its own map of possible new parliamentary constituencies. Under its scheme the county's five current constituencies - Telford, The Wrekin, North Shropshire, Ludlow and Shrewsbury & Atcham - would be renamed and reduced to just four. Full story in today's Shropshire Star
SHROPSHIRE COULD lose an MP under plans to redraw constituencies and cut the number of Commons seats from 650 to 600.
The coalition Government wants all constituencies to contain about 75,000 voters and says boundaries will be redrawn by the Boundary Commission in time for the next election in 2015.
The Electoral Reform Society has now released its own map of possible new parliamentary constituencies.
Under its scheme the county's five current constituencies - Telford, The Wrekin, North Shropshire, Ludlow and Shrewsbury & Atcham - would be renamed and reduced to just four.
Oswestry & Market Drayton would be made up of all the present North Shropshire electoral wards, plus parts of The Wrekin.
