Talk:Constituencies in the next United Kingdom general election
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[edit] Manchester?
Where are the Manchester constituencies? (Withington, Gorton, Central etc.)
- The Manchester seats are being shaken up, with a provisional date for revised recommondations for April 2006. The final recommondations should be published around December 2006/early 2007 doktorb | words 13:13, 3 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Move article?
I do feel the article should be at Constituencies in the next United Kingdom general election. Also, I am wondering whether there are similar articles (existing, planned or in development) for earlier general elections. Seems to me that, ideally, there should be a series of articles, clearly linked to each other as such. Laurel Bush 17:34, 28 November 2005 (UTC).
[edit] How speculative is the article?
Wondering whether the article lists only constituencies which would exist if the next election were called today, or represents changes which can be expected to become definite/effective if the election is still some years away. Laurel Bush 12:18, 8 December 2005 (UTC).
- I think the readers of this article need to understand the way in which constituencies are decided in the UK; the seats currently listed have been agreed as final recommondations by the relevant boundary comissions, and once an order in council has been laid in Parliament, they will be in place for the next General Election. They will NOT be in place until all seats have been agreed and the order in council has been laid; were an election called for next week, only the already agreed upon and fought Scottish constituencies would exist as per the list. The rest of Great Britain/Northern Ireland would be on current (i.e 1997) boundaries. doktorb 08:40, 13 December 2005 (UTC).
Thanks. Pretty much what I had imagined. Thinking of putting the sense of it into the article. Laurel Bush 12:01, 14 December 2005 (UTC).
- Laurel - I agree with your changes but I've tried to make it clear that the size and shape of the constituencies are agreed by the Commission, not Parliament. The final recommondations are decided by the Commissions following public consultation; Parliament can only accept or reject the WHOLE package. Thanks for the work you're doing on my page, other than the page title (which I'm not sure I still accept!) the page looks pretty good now. doktorb 16:34, 14 December 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Chelmsford
Why is Chelmsford in this list? It was abolished in 1997. If the list includes Chelmsford, what else does it contain that is wrong & how much reliance can we place on it? --Tagishsimon (talk)
- Okay. Now I'll ead the comments above. So Chelmsford is to be reinstated. Ah well. --Tagishsimon (talk)
- Yep - these are the final recommondtions of the 4 Boundary Commissions, as and when they publish their reports. Chelmsford is back !! doktorb | words 13:14, 3 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Jan 11th Update
On Jan 11th, the boundary commission released Final and Revised recommendations for West Yorkshire and Tyne & Wear. The Final Recommondations have been added here - the revised recommondations cannot be added until they are reported as Final Recomondations later in the year.
A few red links remain, these are either brand new constituencies or existing seats with modified names.
Next planned update is "summer" for Greater Manchester....
doktorb | words 11:20, 11 January 2006 (UTC)
- Is it just Greater Manchester left? Morwen - Talk 15:08, 12 January 2006 (UTC)
- Hi Morwen - there are a few "revised recommondations" for Tyne and Wear left as well as the whole of Gtr Manchester. In the summer of 2006, the Commission release any revised recommondations for Gtr Manchester, so any seats which are untouched will be "finally recommonded" and put on this table then. Otherwise it's set to be end of the year/2007 for the outstanding seats.
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- In the recent updates, the whole of West Yorkshire has just been added so the picture for Great Britain is almost complete. Norn Iron do things differently so it's anyones guess with them.. =) doktorb | words 11:01, 13 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Electoral Calculus
Electoral Calculus have completed their analysis of the boundary changes in England and Wales. Could their findings please be integrated into Wikipedia please? Their findings show that Labour will instantly have a reduced majority of 20, with the Tories benefiting the most (in fact the Lib Dems will have fewer seats..) David 10:16, 4 February 2006 (UTC)
- I have tried to merge this in. I agree it shouldbe there it's just a matter of doing it smoothly - please amend if you think you can do better.Alci12 15:40, 6 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Almost all done !
Today the Boundary Commission released their update for Manchester. New articles will have to be created for "Blakeley and Broughton"; "Worsley and Eccles South" and "Salford and Eccles".
Only Norn Iron is left to wait upon.. doktorb | words 13:47, 5 April 2006 (UTC)
We're missing a Northern Ireland one: Antrim North is not here. I know there is a proposal to rename it "Antrim Coast & Glens", but without it this whole list is incomplete. (If you count them, there are 649 not 650 on the list!). Shouldn't it go back in? Tobycek 14:34, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Boundary changes
I have just identified some unaltered constituencies under the new heading "Boundary changes". I am thinking it would be useful to have info under this heading more or less of the kind under "Notes" in Former United Kingdom Parliament constituencies. (The latter Notes, however, are very variable in quality and reliability.) Laurel Bush 17:14, 12 May 2006 (UTC).
[edit] Just one Birmingham seat lost?
Is it just one Birmingham seat lost? According to Birmingham there are currently eleven Birmingham seats. Laurel Bush 09:39, 13 May 2006 (UTC).
- Yes, read the Boundary Commission's report on the changes in the West Midlands, and you will see there has been the axing of one Birmingham seat. doktorb | words 09:40, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
Cheers. Laurel Bush 09:57, 13 May 2006 (UTC).
Just to clarify - there are currently 11 and will be 10 seats for the City of Birmingham council area but one of those is (and will be) Sutton Coldfield, which doesn't appear with the other Birmingham constituencies in the alphabetical list for obvious reasons. Esquimo 15:10, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Summary
Could we get a per-county summary of the numbers of seats: saying basically "Singles seats were deleted from Greater Manchester, West Midlands and Somerset, Warwickshire were given one extra seat" - type thing. Morwen - Talk 17:44, 20 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Looks like it could use a map
A visual map would be more informative. Jon 16:45, 29 June 2007 (UTC)
