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11/09/2018
Boundary Commission Publishes Final Proposals
The Boundary Commission has published its final proposals and reduced the number of parliamentary boundaries from 18 to 17.
The plans were put in place to reduce MPs at Westminster from 650 to 600.
West Tyrone will be renamed Sperrin.
Dungiven will no longer be split between three constituencies, instead it will be moved to Sperrin.
Commenting on the Final Recommendations, Deputy Chair of the Boundary Commission for Northern Ireland, Madam Justice Denise McBride DBE, QC said: "The Boundary Commission has determined its Final Recommendations after careful consideration of all the evidence collected during three stages of open and transparent public consultation. The Commission is grateful to all those who took the time and trouble to respond. We have sought, where possible, to try and accommodate the wide range of views and proposals presented whilst remaining within the constraint of the statutory criteria imposed upon the 2018 Review."
(CD/CM)
The plans were put in place to reduce MPs at Westminster from 650 to 600.
West Tyrone will be renamed Sperrin.
Dungiven will no longer be split between three constituencies, instead it will be moved to Sperrin.
Commenting on the Final Recommendations, Deputy Chair of the Boundary Commission for Northern Ireland, Madam Justice Denise McBride DBE, QC said: "The Boundary Commission has determined its Final Recommendations after careful consideration of all the evidence collected during three stages of open and transparent public consultation. The Commission is grateful to all those who took the time and trouble to respond. We have sought, where possible, to try and accommodate the wide range of views and proposals presented whilst remaining within the constraint of the statutory criteria imposed upon the 2018 Review."
(CD/CM)
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