2023 Review of Parliamentary constituencies
Background information
- The Boundary Commission for England (BCE) is an independent and impartial non-departmental public body, which is responsible for reviewing Parliamentary constituency boundaries in England.
- The Boundary Commission for England (BCE) is required by Parliament to undertake an independent and impartial review of all constituencies in England, to rebalance the number of electors in each constituency; this is because some MPs represent more electors than others.
- The 2023 Boundary Review also requires that the number of constituencies in England increases from 533 to 543.
- Follow @BCEReviews on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram to keep up-to-date with 2023 Boundary Review news.
Final report and recommendations
The Boundary Commission for England (BCE) have now concluded the 2023 Review of Parliamentary constituencies in England and submitted their final report and recommendations. You can access via the links below the content of that report and recommendations. You can also view an interactive map of the recommendations at https://www.bcereviews.org.uk/
A summary of the final recommendations that impact the Dover constituency, and the part of the South Thanet constituency which currently falls within the Dover District:
- The Dover constituency will be renamed as the Dover & Deal constituency.
- The South Thanet constituency and the North Thanet constituency will be renamed as the East Thanet constituency and the Herne Bay & Sandwich constituency, and their boundaries will be altered.
- Little Stour & Ashstone District ward and Sandwich District Ward (including the part of the Worth Parish area known as Sandwich Bay (polling district TWR2) that was previously part of the South Thanet constituency (now East Thanet), will form part of the Herne Bay & Sandwich constituency.
- Part of Worth Parish (known as Worth Village, polling district TWR1) that was previously part of the South Thanet constituency will now form part of the Dover & Deal constituency.
The Government will draft an Order containing the recommendations of all four Parliamentary Boundary Commissions: once that draft Order is approved by the Privy Council (by 1 November 2023), the new constituencies will be used for the next General election following that date. For any by-election that may take place before the next General election, existing constituencies are used.
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