Examination of Witness

Part of Parliamentary Constituencies Bill – in a Public Bill Committee am 3:44 pm ar 18 Mehefin 2020.

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Photo of Maria Miller Maria Miller Ceidwadwyr, Basingstoke 3:44, 18 Mehefin 2020

Q Has that check not become a full stop, which has left us in the position we are in now, with boundaries that are decades out of date and huge variance? Does it not worry you that a vote in a Constituency in one part of the country has more or less value than a vote in another part of the country? Does that not cause you concern?

constituency

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