ALMOST 20 per cent of the constituency of North West Hampshire is set to change as part of a boundary review which will see the entire political map of Britain redrawn.
Britain’s parliamentary constituency boundaries have been unchanged for the last four general elections.
Boundary reviews should take place every eight years, but constituency boundaries have not changed since 2010 because of political opposition to previous proposed changes.
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The four boundary commissions for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland submitted final decisions on the new boundaries in July, which show a shake-up of the political map across the country, bringing almost all electorates into line with a UK constituency ‘quota’ of between 69,724 and 77,062 voters.
As a result, only 65 of the 650 Westminster seats will be unchanged at the next election. England will gain 10 seats. A total of 18.6 per cent of the current constituency of North West Hampshire is set to change as a result of the review.
The review shows that 81.4 per cent of the current makeup of the North West Hampshire constituency will stay the same.
However, 18.6 per cent will change being shared between three other constituencies.
A total of 11.1 per cent of the current North West Hampshire constituency will move to Romsey and Southampton North, including part of Stockbridge.
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Conservative Caroline Nokes is the current MP for Romsey and Southampton North.
A total of 7.1 per cent of the current North West Hampshire constituency will move to Basingstoke, including North Waltham, Deane and Oakley.
The current MP for Basingstoke is Conservative Maria Miller.
A total of 0.4 per cent of the current North West Hampshire constituency will move to East Hampshire, including Dummer.
The current MP for East Hampshire is Conservative Damian Hinds.
The North West Hampshire boundary will be added to include Little London, Monk Sherborne and Ramsdell The current MP for North West Hampshire is Conservative Kit Malthouse.
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