A report in today’s Western Morning News is about trying to avoid a parliamentary constituency which straddles Devon and Cornwall. This was brought about because there is a strict rule that no parliamentary constituency must be more than 5% larger or 5% smaller than any other.
We are missing 6% of our electors ….. could it be a requirement that our political boundary should be redrawn if they reappeared or the number increased beyond that of 2013 as might be expected? Was this what brought the new constituencies of East Devon and Honiton to Tiverton into being? Might another redrawing of the boundary be required?
and here is the relevant legislation:
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/1/section/11/enacted
Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011
….. Electorate per constituency
2(1)The electorate of any constituency shall be—
(a)no less than 95% of the United Kingdom electoral quota, and
(b)no more than 105% of that quota.
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East Devon Watch 