Boundary Commission Northern Ireland

What if we re-run the Boundary Commission for 650 MPs, 18 in Northern Ireland?

Nicholas Whyte on January 5, 2020, 12:10 pm

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Rumours started last week suggesting that the newly re-elected British government now plans to drop the current Boundary Commission proposals to cut the House of Commons to 600 MPs, and to start a new revision process which would keep the number of MPs at 650. It was always going to be a stretch to get 50 MPs to vote for their own abolition, so I am not at all surprised that this is where we will end up. Remember that …

Boundary Commission – the detailed projections

Nicholas Whyte on September 11, 2018, 4:29 pm

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So, the Boundary Commission’s report is finally out, as already discussed by Mick and commentators here. As ever I have done some number-crunching; details below but here are the headlines. At Westminster level, five currently DUP-held seats are squashed into four – East Londonderry is replaced by the new seat of Causeway; most of North Antrim becomes Mid Antrim; South Antrim is split several ways, and the new seat with that name actually has more of the old Lagan Valley …

Boundary Review: Fermanagh and the two Tyrones…

Mick Fealty on September 14, 2011, 5:02 pm

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So, partly at a suggestion of Andrew and Drumlin’s on the previous thread we’re starting way out west with a less politicially controversial pair of constituencies than those which have already featured in the news. So we begin by looking at Fermanagh and South Tyrone with the new constituency of Mid Tyrone. FST first (map). Here’s the Commission’s notes: The electorate of the Fermanagh and South Tyrone constituency at the review date was 68,979, which is more than 7,000 below the …

The latest Boundary Commission News..

Dewi on September 13, 2011, 5:47 am

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The Irish Times summarises the Boundary Commission for Northern Ireland’s proposals for Westminster and thus Stormont costituencies. Based on recent elections, the two parties most likely to lose Westminster seats are the SDLP and DUP.This could result in a Westminster representation of: DUP, seven seats (down one); Sinn Féin, five seats; SDLP, two seats (down one), Independent unionist (Lady Hermon in North Down), one seat, Alliance, one seat.The SDLP is likely to be especially concerned about the proposed Westminster changes as …