Boundaries face a shift to Forest
THE villages of Sandhurst, Norton, Twigworth, the Leigh, Deerhurst and Apperley could be moved from the Tewkesbury constituency to the Forest of Dean.
Reacting to the news, Tewkesbury MP Laurence Robertson said the villages had "no connection to the Forest".
He added: "The review is being carried out to try to equalise the number of voters in each constituency, give or take five per cent.
"But given that Tewkesbury is of the required size already, I see no reason to change the boundaries."
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Comments
by stfc06
Tuesday, October 16 2012, 11:20PM
“Totally disagree ChrisGlos, he is regularly seen worse for wear in the Village Inn in Twyning. Never mind I expect he claims everything back in expenses as it is constituency business.”
by FreeRadical1
Tuesday, October 16 2012, 6:29PM
“There was no need to mess about with the constituency boundaries in the first place. It's caused nothing but bad feeling and a waste of time and taxpayers' money. Governments bereft of good ideas love to tinker with things that no-one had complained about.”
by tombardier
Tuesday, October 16 2012, 12:21PM
“@ChrisGlos: Wife _and_ girlfriend? Do tell! :)”
by Freeborn_John
Tuesday, October 16 2012, 11:21AM
“Its the standard gerrymandering to help Harper keep his job, he knows the people of the forest have had enough of him!”
by ChrisGlos
Tuesday, October 16 2012, 10:26AM
“Bit rich for Laurence Robertson to be complaining about these villages having no connection with the forest.
It doesn't seem to bother him that he has no connection with Tewkesbury. He is never seen in the constituency, he seems to have no knowledge of the area. All he does is employ his wife and girlfriend at our expense!”