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21
May
Montgomeryshire constituency to be enlargened
19/10/2022 @ 02:44
The voting constituency of Montgomeryshire is to be enlarged for the next general election to include areas of Wrexham and Denbighshire.
The Boundary Commission has confirmed today that the newly named ‘Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr’ constituency will be part of its plans to reduce the number of Welsh MPs from 40 to 32. UK MP numbers will remain the same at 650.
This is due to the mandate that constituencies must be within 5% of the permitted population range of 69,724 to 77,062 voters (excluding the protected constituency of Ynys Mon).
It means that Montgomeryshire’s number of electors rise from 49,961 to 76,953.
The initial constituency proposals were set out in 2021 and a further consultation period has arrived at the final decision for the Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr constituency.
Current Montgomeryshire MP Craig Williams has welcomed the announcements.
“I believe this proposal is a very good one given that it ensures the historic county and constituency of Montgomeryshire, which has been represented in Parliament since 1542, remains intact, and also gives us the opportunity to welcome local neighbouring communities that have similar landscapes and needs to our own,” he said.
“I have always accepted the importance for Parliamentary constituencies to be relatively even in terms of population size. Maintaining Montgomeryshire as a whole within a larger seat of Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr acknowledges the extremely strong cultural and historic ties of the county and Parliamentary seat, whilst also meeting the parameters of the review.”
The new Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr constuency will see the whole of Montgoemryshire retained with the addition of:
(County Borough of Wrexham)
· Cefn
· Dyffryn Ceiriog / Ceiriog Valley
· Chirk North
· Chirk South
· Esclusham
· Johnstown
· Pant
· Penycae
· Penycae and Ruabon South
· Plas Madoc
· Ponciau
· Ruabon
(County of Denbighshire)
Corwen
Llandrillo
The Boundary Commission has confirmed today that the newly named ‘Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr’ constituency will be part of its plans to reduce the number of Welsh MPs from 40 to 32. UK MP numbers will remain the same at 650.This is due to the mandate that constituencies must be within 5% of the permitted population range of 69,724 to 77,062 voters (excluding the protected constituency of Ynys Mon).
It means that Montgomeryshire’s number of electors rise from 49,961 to 76,953.
The initial constituency proposals were set out in 2021 and a further consultation period has arrived at the final decision for the Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr constituency.
Current Montgomeryshire MP Craig Williams has welcomed the announcements.
“I believe this proposal is a very good one given that it ensures the historic county and constituency of Montgomeryshire, which has been represented in Parliament since 1542, remains intact, and also gives us the opportunity to welcome local neighbouring communities that have similar landscapes and needs to our own,” he said.
“I have always accepted the importance for Parliamentary constituencies to be relatively even in terms of population size. Maintaining Montgomeryshire as a whole within a larger seat of Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr acknowledges the extremely strong cultural and historic ties of the county and Parliamentary seat, whilst also meeting the parameters of the review.”
The new Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr constuency will see the whole of Montgoemryshire retained with the addition of:
(County Borough of Wrexham)
· Cefn
· Dyffryn Ceiriog / Ceiriog Valley
· Chirk North
· Chirk South
· Esclusham
· Johnstown
· Pant
· Penycae
· Penycae and Ruabon South
· Plas Madoc
· Ponciau
· Ruabon
(County of Denbighshire)
Corwen
Llandrillo
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