Let the great boundary rejig commence

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LOL. The fact that i'm moaning about the fact that my ward doesn't belong in Wallasey is one thing...



They're having a right laugh with that one. Gordon Brown's lost his PPS from Wirral South anyway - nice MP, saw her speak with him on the day of the leadership result before he got to conference.

That is BEAUTIFUL.

Totally unworkable, I mean.  The BCE have done one very good thing - they've managed to do all this without splitting a single ward, anywhere, and that's to be appluaded

However, the consequence is seats like this.

My backyard is Lancashire, where some absolute corkers have been proposed.  Putting Fishwick, one of the most socially and economically challenged wards in England, with the rural expanse of Ribble Valley is tasteless....

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I've just booked myself a seat at the two meetings I need to get to

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Ah really? What info have they given?

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Looking at all the regions now, I think some will be completely changed, not a single proposal will remain

There are some regions where I suspect the changes will be only minimal or not changed at all - I'm going to predict that Eastern England, East Midlands and North East England are falling in this last category.

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Maybe I should have posted these before, but these be the public meeting times and locations.


10 October
Ramada Hotel, Belfast

11 and 12 October
Britannia Hotel, Portland Street, Manchester, M1 3LA
Ramada Hotel, Belfast

13 and 14 October
Ramada Leeds North, Millgreen View, Ring Road, Leeds, LS14 5QF
Brook Mollington Babastre Hotel, Parkgate Road, Mollington, Cheshire, CH1 6NN

17 and 18 October
Town Hall, Pinstone Street, Sheffield, S1 2HH
Holiday Inn, 97 Cromwell Road, London, SW7 4DN
Civic Centre, Rickergate, Carlisle, Cumbria, CA3 8QC

19 October
Silverbirch Hotel, Omagh

20 and 21 October
Royal Berkshire Conference Centre, Madejski Stadium, Reading, Berkshire, RG2 0FK
The Golden Lion Hotel, 114 High Street, Northallerton, North Yorkshire, DL7 8PP
Brent Town Hall, Forty Lane, Wembley, Middlesex, HA9 9HD
Radisson Blu Hotel Liverpool, 107 Old Hall Street, Liverpool, L3 9BD
Silverbirch Hotel, Omagh

24 and 25 October
Macdonald Tickled Trout Hotel, Preston New Road, Samlesbury, Preston, Lancashire, PR5 0UJ
Milton Keynes Council, Civic Offices, 1 Saxon Gate East, Central Milton Keynes, MK9 3EJ
Lewisham Town Hall, Catford Road, Catford, London, SE6 4RU
Hull City Hall, Queen Victoria Square, Hull, HU1 3RQ
Tullyglass Hotel, Ballymena


27 and 28 October
Guildhall, Guildhall Square, Portsmouth, PO1 2AB
East Ham Town hall, Barking Road, London, E6 2RP
The Derby Conference Centre, London Road, Derby, DE24 8UX

31 October and 1 November
Northampton Guildhall, St Giles Square, Northampton, NN1 1DE
Town Hall, Wandsworth High Street, London, SW18 2PU
Town Hall, High Street, Colchester, CO1 1PJ
Crowne Plaza, London Gatwick Airport, Langley Drive, Crawley, West Sussex, RH11 7SX

3 and 4 November
City Hall, St Peters Street, Norwich, NR2 1NH
Ramada Maidstone, Ashford Road, Hollingbourne, Near Maidstone, Kent, ME17 1RE
Lincoln Hotel, Eastgate, Lincoln, LN2 1PN
Copthorne Hotel, Paradise Circus, Birmingham, B3 3HJ

7 and 8 November
Town Hall, George Street, Luton, LU1 2BQ
Ludlow Conference Centre, Lower Galdeford, Ludlow, Shropshire, SY8 1RZ
Holiday Inn Bristol City Centre, Bond Street, Bristol, BS1 3LE

10 and 11 November
Shire Hall, Warwick, CV34 4SA
Alverton Manor Hotel, Tregolls Road, Truro, Cornwall, TR1 1ZQ
BW Gonville Hotel, Gonville Place, Cambridge, CB1 1LY

14 and 15 November
County Buildings, Martin Street, Stafford, ST16 2LH
The Civic Centre, Barras Bridge, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 8QH
De Vere Royal Bath, Bath Road, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH1 2EW
Edinburgh City Chambers, High Street, EH1 1YJ

16 November
New Lanark World Heritage Site, ML11 9DB

17 and 18 November
The Guildhall, High Street, Exeter, EX4 3EB
St George Hotel, Durham Tess {sic} Valley Airport, Darlington, Co Durham, DL2 1RH

22 November
Teacher Building, St Enoch Square, Glasgow, G1 4DB


24 November
Town House, High Street, Inverness, IV1 1JJ

29 November
City Chambers, 14 City Square, Dundee, DD1 3BY

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I'll be at (and giving a speech from) the meeting at Preston tomorrow. If the Wi-fi is upto scratch, I'll tweet using the tag #bcommnw
 

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Article on the Preston meeting.  I'm the fella in the picture AND the video at the end



http://blogpreston.co.uk/2011/10/ribble-valley-mp-brands-idea-to-move-fishwick-out-of-preston-as-a-glaring-anomaly/

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the tickled trout? Okay.

Despite the name, it isn't too bad a hotel really. Good enough for the reasons why we were there.

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I dread to think how the BCW are going to handle this. They've shown themselves to be...er...less than professional. Such a tight timetable is going to mess them up royally if they're not careful.

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"North Wales Coast" ffs.

I'm going to look forward to suggesting changes to these.

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You will be able to Liam, however I can't. Yesterday evening an e-mail came from Kirsty saying that only the national Welsh Liberal Democrats can make suggestions, but that is not the biggest gripe I have at the moment. That gripe is with the Boundary Commission themselves not have NOT (and this as of 0900 GMT on January 11th) put up the full report on their website. Compare this to England (where the website crashed due to people downloading it) and Scotland (which was able to be downloaded by 0030 BST).

Well that is what happened in England, remember, when I had my tizz

Ultimately I was able to speak on behalf of the NW LibDems with many of my suggestions and ideas in place for Lancashire.

I would just suggest you put forward your ideas to the Welsh party and make your case.

I will submit my proposals on a purely personal basis, and will make it clear that I'm doing so on a purely personal basis.

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Is "South Powys" better named/essentially the same as "Brecon and Radnor(shire)"?
Edit: Ah, it's "Brecon, Radnor and Montgomery(shire)". Hmm. Bit wordy.

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I've gone for "Colwyn and Conwy", and "Flint and Delyn" for the two coastal seats.

(or, if required, their Welsh translations, not that anyone in the North speaks Cymraeg but I have to heed the Welsh Language Act after all...)

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Cheers for that, useful, I can amend my submission beforehand

"Flint and...East Clwyd....No, West. No.....North Clwyd"?

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Gotcha.

Right....maybe Delyn is the best 'compromise' then?  "Flint, Rhyl and Prestatyn" sounds like an Arriva Trains Wales platform announcement.

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Thanks guys. Always useful.

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So far I have five alternative names going in my submission.

"South Pembrokeshire" (or maybe "De Penfro" which I like the sound of, if for no other reason).
"Colwyn and Conwy"
"Flint and West Flintshire"
"Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare"
"Newport"

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Any reports, Harry?

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The Scottish and English Commissions will publish the submissions in the next two weeks.

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That's being polite!

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Boundary Commission for England to publish all 20,000 ish submissions received at noon tomorrow.

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20,000 ish submissions

Hah.

The BCE itself says 20,000, which is a suspiciously round number....

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Well, congratulations, BCE, an even less well designed process than Scotland!

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great response


My submission to John Loony's representation is number 000035, which suggests a lot.....

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I disagree. My gut feeling is they'll accept the Conservative proposal for Lancs, but alter our/Labours "Rossendale and Ramsbottom".