You might
like to have your say in a consultation which proposes to change Mapledurham
Ward from coming within the Reading East parliamentary constituency (currently served
by Rob Wilson MP) to moving to the Reading West seat (currently served by Alok
Sharma MP).
As
background, The Boundary Commission for England have produced their initial
proposals to reduce the number of parliamentary constituencies and to move
boundaries in order to make constituency sizes more closely aligned with each other.
The number of
English seats has been reduced from 533 to 501. The number of seats in the South
East region has been reduced from 84 to 83.
The Commission’s proposals are available on their website at www.bce2018.org.uk
The
Commission have started a 12 week public consultation period on their
proposals, and have invited the public’s views. This period will end on 5
December 2016.
In 2017 there
will then be a further four week consultation period following the publication
of all representations and the transcripts of the public hearings. A further 8
week consultation period will follow any revised proposals in 2017.
The most
local public hearing is being held on Monday 24th October (10am-8pm) &
Tuesday 25th October (9am-5pm) in Oxford Town Hall, St Aldate's, Oxford, OX1
1BX
If you are
unable to attend, you can submit representations in writing:
Online: Visit
the website www.bce2018.org.uk and fill
in the online form
In writing:
Send representations to: Boundary
Commission for England, 35 Great
Smith Street, London SW1P 3BQ
Website
for the Boundary Commission for England:
