DORCAN will fall into North Swindon and Even Swindon lost to South Swindon in new parliamentary constituency changes published today.

There will be no change to the overall area represented by Swindon’s two MPs. However, each constituency will change shape slightly, mirroring changes to council ward boundaries.

Under the proposals, the South Swindon constituency is expected to grow, representing an additional 2,000 residents – with a corresponding drop in the number represented by North Swindon MP Justin Tomlinson.

The Dorcan and Covingham ward will become part of the North Swindon constituency, while Even Swindon will join South Swindon.

The proposed changes have been made by the Boundary Commission, which has revised plans first published last year.

The government quango has been tasked with cutting the overall number of MPs from 650 to 600. The South West will lose a total of two constituencies, with the number of MPs cut from 55 to 53.

Voters are now being asked for their views on the plans, which will be submitted to MPs next year. The last boundary review failed, after it was put to a House of Commons vote in 2013.

Robert Buckland, MP for South Swindon, said: “It is no change from previous proposals made a few years ago. They are small adjustments to meet current borough ward boundaries.”

The MP, who was first elected in 2010 after the Conservatives snatched the seat from Labour’s Anne Snelgrove, said that taking on Even Swindon would not prove a challenge.

He said: “I know plenty of residents there and, as Justin and I work as a team, our aim is to ensure that any changes will result in a minimum of disruption to residents.”

The last change to the Swindon constituencies was in 2010, when North Swindon took on South Marston and lost Cricklade to the North Wiltshire constituency.

North Wiltshire MP James Gray, who represents Royal Wootton Bassett and Cricklade, is expected to lose Calne in the revised Boundary Commission proposals. However, he will become responsible for representing Chippenham under the new plans.

Sam Hartley, secretary to the Boundary Commission for England, said he wanted the public to share their thoughts on the new plans before they are submitted to parliament for approval next September.

He said: “The new map of the country we publish today is, we think, close to the best set of parliamentary constituencies we can achieve, based on the rules to which we work and the evidence given to us by local citizens.

“But we still want people to tell us what they think of this latest map before we make our final recommendations to parliament next year.”

The consultation will close on December 11. For more, visit: www.lgbce.org.uk.