Boundary Commission- Constituencies

[jgharston 11]

The Boundary Commission for England have published their initial proposals for new Parliamentary Boundaries to replace the ones in place since 2010. The proposals are browsable on their website at: https://www.bcereviews.org.uk/

 

I've drawn the initial proposals in Sheffield (and Penistone) here:

(Richmond split is approximate)

 

Credit to the wonderful Boundary Assistant tool.

[Annie Bynnol 612]

Thanks for this.

We are moving again if these proposals are accepted which makes sense as our ward boundary is at the front and the constituency at the back.

Most changes seem to involve the shrinkage of Sheffield Central by area. Is this due to increasing population?

Apart from Richmond the current Ward boundaries will be the same as the new Constituency.

[Jeffrey Shaw 90]

Post #2: yes.

 

From https://boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk/2023-review/yorkshire-and-the-humber/initial-proposals-for-new-parliamentary-constituency-boundaries-in-the-yorkshire-and-the-humber-region/page/5/

 

The BC says this, so far as concerns Sheffield and the changes proposed to take effect in 2023:

 

We then considered the constituencies across the City of Sheffield and the Borough of Barnsley with electorates currently within the permitted electorate range. We noted that the three constituencies of Penistone and Stocksbridge, Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough, and Sheffield Hallam could be left unchanged other than for realignment to reflect minor changes to local government ward boundaries. We therefore propose no further change to these constituencies.

 

Elsewhere in the City of Sheffield, the existing Sheffield Central constituency has a particularly large electorate of 89,266, whereas the Sheffield Heeley and Sheffield South East constituencies are below the permitted electorate range. We propose that the Manor Castle ward be transferred from the existing Sheffield Central constituency into our proposed Sheffield Heeley constituency, bringing the former within the permitted electorate range. We then propose retaining the existing division of the Richmond ward between the Sheffield Heeley and Sheffield South East constituencies. We propose including the south-west part of the ward, including the areas of Four Lane Ends and Intake, in the Sheffield Heeley constituency, and the remainder of the ward, centred on Richmond, in the Sheffield South East constituency. We recognise that this divides a ward between constituencies, but consider that doing so enables the retention of a significant number of existing constituencies largely unchanged.

 

The Consultation Paper also deals, of course, with SY's other three Districts and the changes applying to them, in order to even-up each Constituency's electorate so far as possible.

Edited June 8, 2021 by Jeffrey Shaw

[butlers 259]

From memory 75,000 is the average constituency.

There's big ranges Isle of Wight was about 110,00 but that's been split into two seats ,the Isle if Skye stays at about 22,000.

There's expected to be 62,000 population growth in Sheff in over the next decade and disproportionately the city centre gains.

 

Edited June 8, 2021 by butlers

[Jeffrey Shaw 90]

23 hours ago, butlers said:

From memory 75,000 is the average constituency.

There's big ranges Isle of Wight was about 110,00 but that's been split into two seats ,the Isle if Skye stays at about 22,000.

There's expected to be 62,000 population growth in Sheff in over the next decade and disproportionately the city centre gains.

 

As the BC's Report says, most of UK's constituencies are to be set within a few % of the national average electorate- except:

a, the Western Isles (large geographical area, low population) and

b. the Isle of Wight (too large for one 'standard' constituency, too small for two- but allocated two anyway).