Sentence examples for redraw constituencies from inspiring English sources

The plan to redraw constituencies and shrink MP numbers is part of a pair of electoral changes that the government will put to Parliament on September 6th.

The government proposes to redraw constituencies to make them much more equal in terms of voter population, and to shrink the House of Commons from 650 to 600 members.

Few Lib Dems are great fans of AV, a system that Mr Clegg once called a "miserable little compromise" before accepting it as a "baby step" towards PR.The Tories have their prize already: a plan to redraw constituencies has passed into law, and boundary commissioners have been told to complete their work by October 2013.

Murray said: "These Tory proposals to redraw constituency boundaries are unfair, undemocratic and unacceptable.

Conservative Would reduce the number of MPs from 650 to 600 and redraw constituency boundaries to ensure seats have a similar number of voters.

That is why the Tories (and some in Labour) opposed proportional representation in general elections, and why Labour and the Lib Dems were loth to redraw constituency boundaries.

The Prime Minister has vowed to push ahead with his plan to redraw constituency boundaries despite Nick Clegg's insistence that he and his party will block the move.

The rest House of Lords reform and a plan to redraw constituency boundaries, for example—has been ditched following internal rows.

Party sources said discussions were underway on how to fill the void in the legislative programme, as well as how to unwind the plans to redraw constituency boundaries.

Arguably, in January the Conservatives lost their best chance of winning the next election outright when their Lib Dem allies refused to go along with their plan to redraw constituency boundaries.

"What's worse is that the government are shamelessly taking this as an opportunity to redraw constituency boundaries based on an electorate that is far lower than it should be," she said.