The perils of projecting the impact of boundary changes from previous...
There’s been an understandable flurry of interest in The Guardian’s reported projections of what boundary changes might mean for the parties, but there are two major caveats about the nature of such...
View ArticleRedrawing the Parliamentary boundaries: busting some myths
With the Boundary Commission for England set to publish its provisional proposals for England’s Parliamentary constituencies next week, expect plenty of talk about how the process will then work with...
View ArticleThe most exciting part of the Parliamentary Boundary review proposals
This is, colleagues in Scotland in particular note, an England only policy announcement: We consider that the use of commas in existing constituency names is currently inconsistent and sometimes does...
View ArticleThe 7 Lib Dem MPs unaffected by the Boundary Commission proposals
The last 24 hours’ political news has been dominated by the Boundary Commission for England’s proposals for new parliamentary constituencies — and in particular the reduction from 533 to 502 in...
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New constituency boundaries in Scotland: the impact on the Lib Dems
Last month it was the turn of English MPs to look nervously at the proposals of the Boundary Commission’s re-drawing of constituencies — Scotland’s turn has now come, with its national Boundary...
View ArticleBoundary Commission for Scotland publishes its initial proposals
As ever remember that (a) these proposals are draft and (b) many a person has made a fool of themselves with crude projected vote figure calculations. Boundary Commission for Scotland: Initial...
View ArticleThe Parliamentary Boundary Commission for Scotland impresses…
… with its rather nifty interactive online tool for examining the details of its draft proposals and commenting on them: https://consultation.scottishboundaries.gov.uk/. The Scottish Boundary...
View ArticlePeter Kellner’s advice to the Lib Dems: ditch boundary changes, and get a new...
Chairman of polling firm YouGov, Peter Kellner, has a must-read article over at his firm’s site analysing the big challenges facing the Lib Dems at the next election. I know some Lib Dems might baulk...
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The Conservative candidate dilemma
Unsurprisingly, both the Liberal Democrat and Labour parties have decided to go ahead with selecting candidates for the 2015 general election based on the current constituency boundaries. Where does...
View ArticleThere’s zero chance of Clegg cutting any boundary deal with Tories over party...
There’s zero chance of Nick Clegg cutting a deal with David Cameron on boundary changes in exchange for party reform — that’s the firm message I’ve got from some of those closest to the Lib Dem leader...
View ArticleBBC: ‘Lords boundary vote delayed ‘indefinitely”
Mark Valladares reported here yesterday the ‘temporary withdrawal of the Election Registration and Administration Bill’. That temporary appears to have become a bit more permanent, according to the...
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