Part of Parliamentary Constituencies Bill – in a Public Bill Committee am 3:30 pm ar 18 Mehefin 2020.
Cat Smith
Shadow Minister for Young People and Voter Engagement
3:30,
18 Mehefin 2020
Q On a slightly different issue, are there circumstances where the electoral quota could be relaxed to avoid ward splitting? The Committee has been exploring that throughout the day. For example, could you imagine it making more sense for a Constituency to have a 5.5% variance than to split wards? Would that be preferable?
In a general election, each Constituency chooses an MP to represent them. MPs have a responsibility to represnt the views of the Constituency in the House of Commons. There are 650 Constituencies, and thus 650 MPs. A citizen of a Constituency is known as a Constituent
