Our proposals for North West

You can view our initial proposals for new constituency boundaries, and the public comments received during the first consultation, on the map below.


We also sought views on those comments during spring 2017. Our Commissioners are now considering all the representations received during both consultation periods and will decide whether to revise the initial proposals. If we revise our proposals we will consult on those revisions; we expect that to happen towards the end of 2017.

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Boundaries - use the boundaries button to turn on/off different boundary layers

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Polling districts - created by local authorities for the administration of running elections

 

Wards - a ward is a local authority area, typically used for electing a councillor or councillors to a local authority

 

Existing constituencies - the layer of geography used for electing MPs in the UK

 

Initial proposals - first formal proposals published by the BCE for new Parliamentary constituencies

 

Local authorities - councillors are elected to a local authority. This layer includes districts, boroughs, and unitary authorities

 

Regions - our proposals are based on the nine regions used for European elections (though it should be clear that our work has no effect on European electoral matters, nor is it affected by the recent referendum result)

Attention

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Attention The boundaries and the name labels in the wards, polling district and existing and proposed constituency layers are visible only at a certain zoom level. Please zoom in to see all the information on these layers. Polling district electorate data is provided by local authorities and we are not responsible for its accuracy.

Review details

What do you need to know?

  • The number of constituencies in the North West must reduce from 75 to 68
  • By law, every constituency we propose must contain between 71,031 and 78,507 electors
  • We largely use local government wards as the building blocks for proposed constituencies
  • We try to retain existing constituencies where possible
  • We try to have regard to geographic factors