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UK: Gov't has submitted the Parliamentary Constituencies Bill, which intends to

redraw the UK's electoral map, but keeps number of MPs at 650.

- UK's constituency boundaries have not been updated since 2010, with data

collected as early as 2005.

- The electorate in Dec 2020 will be the basis for the review, with submission

date of July 2023 to come in for 2024 general election.

- Boundary reviews in the UK are nominally independent, meaning there can be no

US-style 'gerrymandering'. However, there is a likelihood that the new

boundaries will favour the Conservatives making Labour's task of overturning

80-seat Conservative majority in 2024 even more difficult. 

- At present, the number of voters in each Conservative constituency is on

average around 3,800 higher than each Labour constituency. With the boundary

changes, each constituency would be allowed a margin of 5%+/- a set number of

constituents. This would see more Conservative seats split in two - providing

the party with an additional MP - while Labour seats may be consolidated from

two to one, subtracting an MP from the party's total.