The final
proposals of the Boundary Commissioners for the forthcoming boundary review
have been published and – as they impact upon Brighton and Hove they have only
one difference from the most recent proposals. Regency ward is still to be
joined to Hove, with Moulescoomb and Bevendean joining Pavilion from Kemptown
(which still gets stretched out along the coast). There is however, one new
proposal for changes which is to take four of the polling districts in Queen’s
Park ward (EW to EZ) into Pavilion Constituency, leaving the remaining five (ER
to EV) in Kemptown (and Seahaven) Constituency. The details in terms of wards
allocated to constituencies is online
here – and as maps
here.
The justification for this novel
proposal (which has not been the subject of prior consultation but is now
before Parliament) is as follows;
“by splitting the Queen’s Park ward in Brighton and
Hove, not only can we avoid breaking local ties in Newhaven in dividing it
between two constituencies, we can give all of Brighton and Hove’s three
constituencies direct access to the seafront, and also improve our proposals
across the sub-region… …Splitting the Queen’s Park ward also allows us to keep
the existing Bexhill and Battle constituency unchanged and avoids crossing the
East Sussex and Kent boundary in two places, thereby retaining the Ticehurst
and Etchingham ward in the Bexhill and Battle constituency.”
So, should these proposals get
through Parliament, Party members at their Queen’s Park ward AGM, having to
elect delegates to two different GCs, will be able to reflect upon the
celebrations in Newhaven, and Ticehurst and Etchingham…
However, as the Government have delayed
the timetable for voting on these proposals, we don’t know if or when they
will ever be implemented.
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