Response to Boundary Review proposals
The Leader of Telford & Wrekin Council has welcomed recommendations to change the borough’s parliamentary constituencies
The proposals, announced today by the Boundary Commission are to:
• Extend the current ‘Telford’ constituency to include the district wards of Donnington and Hadley & Leegomery (from the current ‘Wrekin’ constituency).
• Extend ‘The Wrekin’ constituency to include six Shropshire County Wards (from Ludlow constituency) by including Bridgnorth, Broseley & Much Wenlock and call this constituency Bridgnorth, Wellington and The Wrekin. This would be called ‘Bridgnorth, Wellington & The Wrekin’.
Council Leader Shaun Davies said: “I am very pleased with these latest proposals from the Boundary Commission. They broadly fall in line with what the Council asked for back in 2011.
“At the time, the Commission’s plan was to split Telford into north and south; something we felt would create an unnatural divide. As part of the Commission’s consultation, we submitted a counter-proposal, calling for Telford to be respected as a town and keeping it as an urban constituency in its own right.
“We also felt it right for a constituency that provided for the borough’s market towns and rural areas. This would be the new ‘Bridgnorth, Wellington and The Wrekin constituency’.
“The Boundary Commission has listened to us and we are very happy with their latest proposals. They not only satisfy the Commission’s population and geographical criteria, they also respect and maintain the identities of the communities in our borough.”
The latest draft proposals from the Boundary Commission can be found here:
Telford & Wrekin Council’s Boundary Review Committee will formally consider the Consultation document on 29 September.
Public consultation on the plans has begun (until 5 December). There will be a further two rounds of consultation in 2017, followed by final recommendations to Parliament in September 2018.
