Why 700 for Walthamstow

The Boundary Commission reviewed the boundaries of Westminster parliamentary constituencies, following legislation in 2011 to reduce their number, and make them more equal in size. It reported in 2018. Parliament has never debated this review, and is now very unlikely to.

In a similar review in 2011, the Commission initially included a Walthamstow constituency, but later eliminated it. '700 for Walthamstow' aimed to get local people, appalled by this, to send written responses to the Commission. In all around 1000 were sent (though the whole process was stopped in 2012 when parliament voted to stop it).

Monday, 20 March 2017

Lib Dems don't think William Morris belongs to Walthamstow - boundary review proposal

The Lib Dems have recently published their response to the boundary commission proposals for parliamentary boundaries. Clearly they don't think William Morris belongs in Walthamstow as they've sent it to Chingford. This map shows the outline of their proposal:


On it you can see that the Wards of William Morris, Higham Hill and Chapel End are tied to wards the other side of the North Circular to form a revised Chingford Constituency, whilst The revised ‘Walthamstow and Leyton’ constituency keeps Hoe St, Wood St, High St, Markhouse, and Lea Bridge wards and gains Cathall, Grove Green Forest, Leyton and Leytonstone.

If you'd like to comment on these proposals you only have until 27 March. the quickest way to respond is online. Follow this link and look for the 'add comment' link at the upper right  of the page.

Below is the full map of our sector of the NE London group they're proposing, and below that the other sectors (the original proposals are here, and the Labour Party counter proposals here):


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