Pat Glass, the MP for North West Durham, who put forward Labour’s response to the plans, said the government appeared to be acting for party political purposes over the boundaries. Boundary changes are designed to hurt us at next election, says Labour MP Read moreLabour’s parliamentary constituencies (amendment) bill, which receives its second reading on Friday, proposes keeping the number of MPs at 650 and redrawing the constituencies based on newer electoral registers. Labour argues that reducing the number of MPs makes no sense when the Commons is about to take on new responsibilities in the wake of Brexit. He said: “Labour MPs are opposing boundary reforms as they are paranoid that the hard-left Labour leadership and Momentum will use the process to bully and deselect them. But such Labour infighting is not a reason to hold back an already-delayed review by an independent and impartial body.”

Source: The Guardian November 18, 2016 06:01 UTC