Constituency has changed without knowing

I mostly agree with this. It is a social phenomenon how many people say they ignore all news these days, quite concerning really as they make themselves so vulnerable to misinformation or missing out on key dates.

However cuts to local authority budgets also mean more info is just put onto a website and not properly communicated - the changes in planning notification rules for example.

So it is a bit about what news is sent out too.

It shouldn't have been a surprise, it was well advertised.

Our constituency, which includes some of the most deprived areas of the country, was combined one of the most desirable areas.
They were up in arms being lumped in with us perceived scum 🤣

I missed this completely and thought I was pretty news savvy! I listen to radio 5 all day and other news/politics pod casts. I'm wondering what I was so busy with/invested in in November to miss it.

You're still not explaining that clearly! The boundary must have moved and has presumably extended from Town X in order to reach a bit of Town Y?

I'm Cleethorpes which has always been Conservative, we're now merged with Grimsby which, apart from an anomaly last election, has always been staunch Labour.
This election will certainly be interesting!

It was well publicized & reported in the media.

It looks very likely Jeremy Hunt will lose his seat as a result of the changes.

Agreed. I don’t think you can not watch, listen to or read the news and then complain that you don’t know what’s going on.

I think it’s an individual’s responsibility to keep up with their local news. It was publicised. I don’t think adults should need leaflets through the door.

I remained in the same constituency, so hadn’t taken a lot of notice. Then I saw actual voting in 2019 and what voting would have been in new area - previously and consistently very much a divide between lib/lab and rest nowhere changed to labour lead and Tories not so far behind. It now makes me laugh that Tories are selling that Labour may change voting to improve their chances to stay in forever. To be fair I guess they all would and do but I don’t really see how we can make it a level playing field for all - though PR would help in my opinion.

The government changed the rules this time, previously parliament had to vote on boundary changes, and the proposals were voted down. This time the rules were changed so there was no vote.

To be fair the overall distribution was overdue a change.

However where you draw the lines can have a considerable impact - in normal times, anyway.

This was well publicized where we are, hard to miss in fact.

Ours has changed too - it was all over social media and the local news.

I didn’t know about it either as we don’t have terrestrial tv on or the radio so rarely see any news . On the plus side Rishi is no longer our MP

I am merely citing one of the objections to the proposed changed made in my vocal, affluent marginal seat. I guess it must have worked because the move didn't go ahead and we remain in our original constituency.

Ours has changed too- used to be Rishi…. We used to be well within his constituency however we’re not anymore…. Literally go about 5min walk down the road and lots of rishi signs….
Its still conservative but has changed

The Boundaries Commission is not politically partisan so boundary changes are not a ruse by an incumbent Government to keep seats. It's a feature of a democratic country that boundaries are regularly revised so that you don't end up with the rotten boroughs which were bought and sold in the past. These things are easy to find out about if you are an inquiring citizen.

Many MPs are at risk of losing their seats - some because of boundary changes but mostly because the Conservative Party have lost all credibility and respect after 14 rotten years of rule. I shall personally enjoy watching the heads roll on election night - particularly the likes of Boris Johnson, Matt Hancock, Jacob Rees Mogg, Therese Coffey and Jeremy Hunt.

I assumed you knew full well but were trying to pretend the Tories had no input!

The changes to the seats were at the time they were proposed expected to make it more likely there would be a Tory majority.

However the opinion poll situation we currently see is pretty wild.

This. Our constituency has changed, many of them have. I knew about it because I read the news. I think it was pretty common knowledge tbh.

Nicely patronising.

Affects house prices???

Don't be ridiculous

Ours has changed as well, and we’re now lumped in with an outer London borough which has very different issues to the bit I live in. We’re also in a weird spur which means that I don’t actually use any services or the local my actual constituency but use the neighbouring one as it is closer and easier to walk to. So there will be no point in contacting my MP about anything.

I'm in what was North East Somerset (Jacob Rees Mogg constituency) which took in parts of Frome and a couple of the wards on the edge of Bath. They have now been dropped and our constituency is now Hanham and North East Somerset. Hanham is a suburb of Bristol and has a very different feel to it.

It's cute you think this.

Of course the government had lots of input.