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The revised proposed new parliamentary boundaries for Luton and the rest of Bedfordshire
No comments on The revised proposed new parliamentary boundaries for Luton and the rest of BedfordshireAs mentioned in my previous post I have finally got around to looking at the Boundary Commission’s revised proposals for their review of parliamentary constituencies for England. I appreciate that this is something of an academic exercise given that the row within the Coalition Government over House of Lords reform has resulted in a situation where Parliament is unlikely to approve these proposals. However, here are the details for the record. The initial proposals for…
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Fear and loathing in southern Bedfordshire
I had meant to post some more stuff here over the last couple of weeks but the reason why I have failed, other than being generally busy, was that I decided to write a quick post about the Boundary Commission’s revised recommendations for changing the parliamentary boundaries for Luton and the rest of Bedfordshire. This was not a quick post. In researching and writing it up I rather got lost in the subject. Which is…
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Boundary Commission to hold public hearings in Luton on Monday and Tuesday
I’ve blogged here about my reactions to the proposed new parliamentary boundaries for Luton that were published in September and written in detail about the proposed new seats of Luton South and Luton North and Dunstable. Those interested in these changes should be aware that the Boundary Commission is planning to hold public hearings in Luton on Monday 7 and Tuesday 8 November at Luton Town Hall. This is your chance to have your say…
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The proposed new Luton North and Dunstable constituency
On Monday 12 September the Boundary Commission for England released it’s proposed changes to parliamentary constituency boundaries for Bedfordshire. The proposed new constituency of Luton North and Dunstable would be made up of the following council wards: From Central Bedfordshire: Dunstable Downs Icknield Northfields Watling From Luton: Bramingham Challney Icknield Leagrave Lewsey Limbury Northwell Sundon Park Initially I wasn’t sure what to make of a Luton North and Dunstable constituency. Now, having looked at the…
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The proposed new parliamentary boundaries for Luton
Yesterday the Boundary Commission for England released it’s proposed changes to parliamentary constituency boundaries. The headlines for Luton are: Luton South loses the parts of Central Beds (the village of Caddington and the surrounding area) it currently has to a Hemel Hempstead seat. It gains from Luton North the two wards of Barnfield and Saints. Luton North loses those wards but gains the four Central Bedfordshire wards that contain the town of Dunstable. It is…
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What does the constituency boundary review mean for Luton?
As part of the negotiations that led to the formation of the current coalition government it was agreed, on the insistence of the Conservatives, that the new government would legislate to reduce the number of members of Parliament from 650 to 600. This was to be accompanied by a review of the boundaries of each parliamentary constituency across the UK with the intention for, as far as possible, each constituency to have the same size…
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The effect of incumbency in Luton
A while back I noticed this interesting article on the effect of incumbency on the general election result on politicalbetting.com. It highlights the results of the two Luton seats as strong examples of where it believes this played out: “Striking differences can be seen in the same towns, between incumbents and non-incumbents. For example, in Milton Keynes North, where the incumbent was a Conservative, the swing to the Tories was 9.2%; in Milton Keynes South,…
