Add to ORKGThe government’s contentious legislation to reduce the number of MPs and introduce a new system for drawing parliamentary boundaries was passed in February 2011. It set out an ambitious timetable for final recommendations to be voted on by the House of Commons in October 2013, which required some fast work by the Boundary Commission for England (BCE) in particular, which has 502 new constituencies to design. Lewis Baston argues that the forthcoming Boundary Review won’t receive enough voter input to guarantee true legitimacy
With the the 2015 election upon us, there is much talk of safe and marginal seats, and the main part...
visional recommendations for new parliamentary constituencies. These were pro-duced according to new...
The government’s Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill was devised with no consultatio...
The Conservative-Liberal Democrat government’s Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill w...
The 2010 election was fraught with accusations of electoral biases that rewarded parties unevenly. T...
Whether or not we end up voting under a different electoral system at the 2015 General Election, it ...
Last week, the Boundary Commission for England presented its proposals for new constituencies based ...
Simon Bastow examines some of the background and issues relating to ‘national’ seat allocations as a...
The coalition’s programme of constitutional reform includes a commitment to review, and equalise the...
Many commentators initially welcomed the changes in public consultation introduced to speed up the r...
Until new legislation was passed in 2011, community ties and continuity of representation were the m...
With the conclusion of the AV referendum last month, focus now turns to one of the few certain elect...
The UK government announced on July 16 that it had decided to end the transition period to Individua...
Until new legislation was passed in 2011, community ties and continuity of representation were the m...
Cutting the number of TDs to 158, not population changes, has defined the proposed constituency boun...
With the the 2015 election upon us, there is much talk of safe and marginal seats, and the main part...
visional recommendations for new parliamentary constituencies. These were pro-duced according to new...
The government’s Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill was devised with no consultatio...
The Conservative-Liberal Democrat government’s Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill w...
The 2010 election was fraught with accusations of electoral biases that rewarded parties unevenly. T...
Whether or not we end up voting under a different electoral system at the 2015 General Election, it ...
Last week, the Boundary Commission for England presented its proposals for new constituencies based ...
Simon Bastow examines some of the background and issues relating to ‘national’ seat allocations as a...
The coalition’s programme of constitutional reform includes a commitment to review, and equalise the...
Many commentators initially welcomed the changes in public consultation introduced to speed up the r...
Until new legislation was passed in 2011, community ties and continuity of representation were the m...
With the conclusion of the AV referendum last month, focus now turns to one of the few certain elect...
The UK government announced on July 16 that it had decided to end the transition period to Individua...
Until new legislation was passed in 2011, community ties and continuity of representation were the m...
Cutting the number of TDs to 158, not population changes, has defined the proposed constituency boun...
With the the 2015 election upon us, there is much talk of safe and marginal seats, and the main part...
visional recommendations for new parliamentary constituencies. These were pro-duced according to new...
The government’s Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill was devised with no consultatio...