Let the great boundary rejig commence

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http://www.vote-2007.co.uk/index.php?topic=3672.msg187133#msg187133

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I have become really, really stuck in Trafford. There's no wiggle room at all, I'm feeling a bit trapped by the constraints.

My latest attempts are:

Davyhulme and Salford Quays - over 78k
Altrincham and Urmston - over 78k

This leaves about 41k with Stretford, Sale and....well, it has to be Manchester's western bits.

Worsley - 73k

Salford, Eccles and Prestwich WAS looking alright, until I divvied off the southern bits for the Trafford seat, so now I've got Prestwich, Eccles and....er...random bits leftover.

Manchester North East - 73k (Bradford, Ancoats, Moston, Blakely....)
Manchester East - 73k (Gorton, Ardwick, Longsight, Burnage...)
Manchester West - 73k (Hulme, Moss Side, Whalley Range, Chorlton....)
Manchester South - 72k  (Baguely, Didsbury, Northenden....)

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Right, it looks awful on a  map but **** it, "Manchester South and Sale" means I've sorted out Trafford.




For now....

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Can't fix my Trafford problem =<

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I did, in the end!  Kind of....I'm at work so can't remember the exact details, but....

Eccles and Prestwich looks bonkers on a map but that's just the shape of the eastern wards in Salford
Salford Quays and Urmston (.....no, wait, Flixton? No, Urmston.....) means I cannot join Manchester with Salford at all now, but such are the sacrifices one has to make...
Altrincham and Sale West is pretty much the same as before

Wythenshawe and Didsbury almost skittled the whole thing, I think Didsbury has been split in two but can't help that.....
Stretford and Chorlton looks a bit odd, but I needed

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Blackley and Piccadilly      76,503
Cheetham   00BNGT   12,408
City Centre   00BNGX   11,147
Crumpsall   00BNGY   9,888
Harpurhey   00BNHE   11,380
Higher Blackley   00BNHF   10,156
Hulme   00BNHG   10,708
Moston   00BNHM   10,816

Gorton and Newton Heath      73,867
Longsight   00BNHJ   9,844
Gorton North   00BNHC   10,507
Gorton South   00BNHD   11,501
Ardwick   00BNGM   10,692
Bradford   00BNGP   10,320
Ancoats and Clayton   00BNGL   10,726
Miles Platting and Newton Heath   00BNHK   10,277

Withington and Rusholme      72,648
Old Moat   00BNHP   10,362
Withington   00BNHT   10,762
Burnage   00BNGR   10,387
Levenshulme   00BNHH   10,480
Rusholme   00BNHQ   9,600
Fallowfield   00BNHB   10,221
Moss Side   00BNHL   10,836

Wythenshawe and Didsbury      72,165
Brooklands   00BNGQ   10,141
Baguley   00BNGN   10,563
Sharston   00BNHR   11,131
Woodhouse Park   00BNHU   9,544
Northenden   00BNHN   10,623
Didsbury East   00BNGZ   10,309
Didsbury West   00BNHA   9,854

Stretford and Chorlton      77,103
Ashton upon Mersey   00BUFZ   7,239
Longford   00BUGM   8,481
Priory   00BUGN   7,698
Sale Moor   00BUGQ   7,504
Stretford   00BUGR   7,746
Clifford   00BUGE   7,213
Chorlton   00BNGU   10,369
Chorlton Park   00BNGW   10,471
Whalley Range   00BNHS   10,382

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Ruddy hell, it's been a while....

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One of my final, final, honest it is proposals is over quota, I'll try to find a way of dealing with this MUCH LATER


Blackburn   74,745
Blackpool North and Fleetwood   72,422
Blackpool South   74,417
Bowland   74,671
Burnley and Accrington   76,827
Chorley   78,871
Darwen and East Blackburn   72,650
Fylde   76,339
Lancaster and Morecambe   78,808
Pendle and Burnley North   78,931
Preston   74,807
Rossendale and Ramsbottom   77,638
South Ribble   76,190
West Lancashire   78,318
Wyre and Preston North   76,733

Altrincham and Sale West    79,051
Ashton-under-Lyne and Droylsden   77,802
Blackley and Newton Heath    74,796
Bolton    75,163
Bramhall and Davenport   82,622
Cheadle and Didsbury   72,374
Denton, Reddish and Romiley   78,567
Eccles and Prestwich    75,302
Gorton and Burnage    73,843
Heald Green and Wythenshawe    73,266
Leigh   75,868
Littlebrough and Saddleworth   78,735
Makerfield   73,568
Marple North, Stalybridge and Hyde   78,873
Middleton, Moston and Failsworth   73,790
Oldham   72,697
Picadilly and Rusholme    73,524
Radcliffe and Farnworth    78,703
Rochdale   78,229
Salford Quays and Urmston    79,212
Stretford and Chorlton    77,103
Westhoughton and Tydlesley    76,270
Wigan   72,877
Worsley    73,082

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Maps of my Lancashire/Gtr Manchester offerings are here..


http://www.scribd.com/doc/47198969/Boundary-Maps

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There's a Wiki page  for this........


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sixth_Periodic_Review_of_Westminster_constituencies

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I'm trying to keep this updated ----  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sixth_Periodic_Review_of_Westminster_constituencies

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The Boundary Commission for England are:


1) Giving MPs and party machines an embargoed preview of their proposals today
2) Announcing the proposals on their website tomorrow


The Boundary Commission for Scotland are:

1) Announcing their proposals on 13 October.


The Boundary Commission for Wales are:

1) Waiting until January 2012

The Boundary Commission for Northern Ireland are:

1) Apparantly not bothering with updating us about anything.

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MPs have been queing up like students on exam day waiting for their results

Some leaks are coming out from this (as they would)

Gloucester city centre moved into Forest of Dean

And this from journalist Paul Waugh

"paulwaugh
Paul Waugh

Sounds like Vince Cable's Twickenham seat being merged with Zac's Richmond Park: cd spell end of St Vince
43 seconds ago • reply • retweet • favourite
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Other rumours leaking out -

*"Doesn't look good for Tim Farron" according to Paul Waugh

"Greater Manchester to cause a stir"

The MP for Brigg and Goole,  a former teacher, has tweeted a request for any teaching jobs.....

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It is pretty much confirmed that the public release will be at midnight on the BCE website. I suspect they wanted to wait until late morning but that has been scuppered by the leaks and rumours

(about which something interesting might come because the Boundary Commission did warn Party Reps that too many rumours and leaks could mean they're not so friendly towards helping them out again....)

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Rumours Hazel Blears has lost hers....

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It is pretty much confirmed that the public release will be at midnight on the BCE website. I suspect they wanted to wait until late morning but that has been scuppered by the leaks and rumours

(about which something interesting might come because the Boundary Commission did warn Party Reps that too many rumours and leaks could mean they're not so friendly towards helping them out again....)

I have a feeling it might crash

So big question....who wants to do the notionals?

I have no doubt it will crash.  Log on at about midnight, it'll go under at five-past....

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I'm hearing Manchester Central has taken Salford city centre, which if true, is utterly mental.

Leigh (Andy Burnham's seat) is also said to have been split into pieces.

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The entire thing has been leaked to Guido's "Order Order" website.

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That's nothing. Their "Leigh" doesn't include.....Leigh.

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I have a sneaking suspicion that these proposals will not look anything like this in the end.....

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They needed to scrap "Rossendale and Darwen". I would not have scrapped it in quite that fashion....

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Is that what they've done, call it "Houghton-le-Spring" ?

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I wonder how the many cheerleaders for this idiocy are feeling right now.

I've already answered you elsewhere

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Wales is going to be fun isn't it

We've got all the way to January to wait for them.....