If so, Labour would need — with
the current constituency boundaries — to win around 90 additional seats in England and Wales to achieve an outright majority.
Dublin Mid West — With a population per TD ratio that is 4.9 % below the state average, Dublin Mid-West can remain as a 4 - seat constituency with
its current constituency boundaries unless changes to neighbouring constituencies, such as Dublin South - West have a knock - on effect here.
Not exact matches
This fixation with equal
constituency size upholds a vital democratic tenet of equal representation; but it also results in the confusions of the
current Boundary Commission proposals.
The
current government has bigger problems to address than electoral reform, so the
constituency boundaries will soon be unchanged for 20 years.
The public submissions phase of the
current review of European Parliament election
constituency boundaries concluded at 5.00 pm last Friday (30th August).
The
current seat was created in
boundary changes in 1983, as part of an expansion of Northern Ireland's
constituencies from 12 to 17, and was predominantly made up from parts of North Antrim and South Antrim.
In 2005, when the
current Westminster
constituency boundaries were introduced, the figures were even higher.
Many Holyrood
constituencies, retaining those
boundaries as they do, now straddle
boundaries between the
current council areas created in 1996.
Given that the Constitution explicitly states that the population per TD ratio nationally (this does not apply to individual
constituencies) must not exceed 30,000 (or indeed fall below 20,000), this means that the smallest number of Dail deputies, which can be envisaged in the upcoming
Constituency Commission review of / report on Dail constituency boundaries, is 159, which is a higher number that the current membership (158 TDs) of D
Constituency Commission review of / report on Dail
constituency boundaries, is 159, which is a higher number that the current membership (158 TDs) of D
constituency boundaries, is 159, which is a higher number that the
current membership (158 TDs) of Dail Eireann.
I don't think the process of normalising
constituency sizes is as big a thing as it seems, a «normal»
boundary review (which would have been due anyway) would typically move some seats from Labour to Conservative due to the
current trends of internal migration.