Given my dissatisfaction with many of the proposals put forward by Boundaries Scotland, it made sense to give my alternative proposals a detailed airing in their own piece – which you can use to back me up in your own consultation response!
Boundary Reviews
Scottish Parliament Boundary Review 2: Further Revised Proposals
A third pass at constituencies and first go at regions includes some absolutely egregious examples of why First Past the Post and an obsession with equal sizing of electoral units is bad for sensible representation.
Scottish Parliament Boundary Review 2: Revised Proposals
Revised proposals for new Scottish Parliament constituencies no longer hand the SNP a notional 2021 majority, but demonstrate the incredible difficulty of getting seats around Glasgow and Edinburgh to make sense.
Westminster Boundary Review 2023: Finally, the End
After two aborted reviews and two rounds of redrawing for this third review, it looks like Scotland is getting new UK Parliament Constituencies. This piece takes a quick look over these final proposals.
Scottish Parliament Boundary Review 2: Initial Proposals
Holyrood’s boundaries are up for review for the second time. Alongside the usual drama around what has and hasn’t shifted and how much that makes local politicians seethe, the changes suggest a notional SNP majority in 2021 terms.
Westminster Boundary Review 2023: Revised Proposal Analysis
Background After months of fevered work, the Boundary Commission for Scotland have emerged with revised proposals … Westminster Boundary Review 2023: Revised Proposal AnalysisRead more
Boundary Change Extra: North Ayrshire
New boundaries for North Ayrshire will come into effect before May’s elections, giving Scotland both its first single and five member STV wards. But what would 2017 have looked like under these boundaries?
If At First You Don’t Review, Draft and Draft Again
It’s third time lucky for Westminster boundary changes, as initial proposals for a review that can’t be (so easily) blocked have been published. Sweeping changes and many odd seats are a natural consequence of First Past the Post, and a reminder of its inadequacies as a voting system.
Islands Act Boundary Reviews – Highland
Boundary changes are incoming for Councils that include inhabited islands as a result of the Islands Act. Highland is in for sweeping changes, but those result more from the Electoral Reform Act.
Islands Act Boundary Reviews – Argyll & Bute and North Ayrshire
Boundary changes are incoming for Councils that include inhabited islands as a result of the Islands Act. Here, we look at how Argyll & Bute and North Ayrshire may be affected.