Let the great boundary rejig commence

[Kevinstat]

Also, Isle of Wight would be affected by it, but by means of having to be split and partially merged with the mainland .

And if this were implemented by the Tories alone rather than the current coalition, LD Gain Wight & Hold Forever.

Wouldn't the voters there appreciate their increased share of representation vis-a-vis the rest of the country, or at least recognize the value in that enough to forgive the Tories for spitting their blessed island?

[Kevinstat]

Would Na-h-Eileanan-an-Iar, Orkney and Shetlands, Ynys Mon and the Isle of Wight be affected by these changes? They're far under Cammy's 77,658 requirement.

Wight is actually a lot bigger than that - it already has more than 100,000 electors.

I suspect Anglesey might well be subject to this.  Anglesey is connected to the mainland by two bridges, which is more than can be said for the rest of the island seats named.  You could combine it with Arfon.  [waits for Al to explain why this is a bad idea]

Trivia time here - there are actually five constituencies which contain no part of the British or Irish mainland.  What's the other one?

Does the Ilse of Man send a representative to Westminster?  If so, is there a constituency there that contains no part of the British mainland?

[Kevinstat]

Also, Isle of Wight would be affected by it, but by means of having to be split and partially merged with the mainland .

And if this were implemented by the Tories alone rather than the current coalition, LD Gain Wight & Hold Forever.

Wouldn't the voters there appreciate their increased share of representation vis-a-vis the rest of the country, or at least recognize the value in that enough to forgive the Tories for spitting their blessed island?

No. People don't think that way.

Yeah, I suppose you're right.  There's a woman from Kennebunk, Maine, on a Maine political web forum I frequent who hates that her town is split between (state) House districts even though Kennebunk had enough population for 1.24 House districts as of and according to the 2000 census and has grown by a larger percentage than the state since then according to 2008 estimates.  Of course Maine had 8,443 people per State Representative as of an according to the 2000 census and 8,730 people per representative according to 2009 estimates, and has exclusively single member districts unlike New Hampshire, so you end up having to split municipalities that would be a small portion of a Representative or Assembly district in most states.