Final chance for public to help reshape constituency map as Boundary Commission for England closes their consultation on new revised proposals for constituencies on 5th of December 2022. 

The Boundary Commission for England is an independent and impartial advisory body, constituted under the Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986. It is responsible for conducting reviews of UK Parliament constituencies in England and making recommendations to Parliament. The reviews for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are the responsibility of separate Commissions in those parts of the United Kingdom. 

The Boundary Commission for England has published new revised proposals for constituencies across the country, giving the public a last opportunity to send in their views following months of consultation which began in June 2021.

Now, the Commission is undertaking an independent review of all constituencies in England as requested by Parliament. The number of electors within each constituency currently varies widely due to population changes since the last boundary review.

The 2023 Boundary Review will rebalance the number of electors each MP represents, resulting in significant change to the existing constituency map. As part of the review, the number of constituencies in England will increase from 533 to 543. 

The Commission has taken into consideration over 45,000 comments sent in by the public during the previous two stages of public consultation, and has changed nearly half of its initial proposals based on this feedback. This third and final consultation on the new map of revised constituency proposals is open until the 5th of December. The public are invited to view and comment on the new map online. 

After this final consultation has closed on the 5th of December, the Commission will analyse the responses and form its final recommendations. These will be submitted to Parliament by the 1st of July 2023.