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In
the biggest shakeup of the electoral system in a generation,
the Boundary Commission for England has recommended
502 new larger parliamentary constituencies in England,
31 fewer than at present, which, together with proposed
changes in other parts of the UK, would have the effect
of reducing the total number of parliamentary seats
from 650 to 600.
Among the
proposed changes, Oxford West and Abingdon will become
Oxford North and Abingdon, but is largely unchanged,
except that Radley will move to an enlarged
Henley constituency, which will also extend
northwards taking in Middleton Stoney, Launton and part
of the northern outskirts of Bicester. See map.
The neighbouring parishes of Kennington and Sunningwell,
would remain in the Abingdon and North Oxford constituency. |
