Sentence examples for size constituencies from inspiring English sources

Speaking on Monday, a No 10 spokesman said the prime minister "remains of the view that we should have fewer MPs to cut the cost of politics, and more equal size constituencies so that people's votes have more equal weight".

"The PM remains of the view that we should have fewer MPs to cut the cost of politics, and more equal size constituencies so that people's votes have more equal weight," he said.

When delegations to an assembly or council represent differently sized constituencies, they are often allocated voting weights which increase in population numbers (EU Council, US Electoral College, etc).

There is a huge difference in the size of constituencies.

Disparity in the size of constituencies has been a recurring problem in legislative apportionment.

The size of constituencies has been set by the government, not the commission.

Earlier this year he said: I believe every vote should carry the same weight, which means levelling up the size of constituencies.

The country's original constitution stipulated that the size of constituencies should vary by no more than 15% within states.

The average size of constituencies would rise to 77,000 electors, a reform that would damage Labour disproportionately because Labour MPs tend to represent smaller urban constituencies.

The shape and size of constituencies is a subject of near obsessive interest to MPs - who like newspapers and broadcasters have already been briefed on the proposals today.

Chris Skidmore, minister for the constitution, said: "Equalising the size of constituencies in the boundary review will mean everyone's vote will carry equal weight.