VOTERS in Dorcan and Covingham, areas in southern Swindon, could find themselves in the North Swindon parliamentary constituency of Justin Tomlinson.
And all of Mannington and Western wards, currently divided between the two parliamentary constituencies, could be moved in Robert Buckland's South Swindon.
These are the final recommendations of the Boundary Commission which was charged by the government with finding a way of reducing the number of MPs from 650 to 600 and of making sure every constituency in England has between 71,031 and 78,507 voters.
The commission's report said: "We considered that to include the divided Mannington and Western ward wholly in North Swindon would isolate the two wards of Lydiard and Freshbrook, and Shaw from the remainder of the South Swindon constituency. Therefore, we included the whole of the Mannington and Western ward in the proposed South Swindon constituency and the whole of the Covingham and Dorcan ward in the proposed North Swindon constituency."
The proposals will have to be voted through by MPs. With analysis showing under the new boundaries the Conservatives would have won last year's indecisive election, it might be hard for Theresa May's minority government to get the plans approved.
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