Prospective Mps to Clash On New-Look Battleground After Cut in Scottish Seats
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THE Scottish presence at Westminster will fall sharply after the May 5 election, with a new political map delivering only 59 MPs from north of the border, down from 72.
The change is a result of devolution, with the 1998 Scotland Act requiring that the disproportionately high Scottish representation be brought into line with England. That means that the average number of people represented by Scottish MPs will rise from 55,337 to 67,720.See the full content of this document
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Prospective Mps to Clash On New-Look Battleground After Cut in Scottish Seats
Even so, the Scottish seats with the smallest electorates remain unchanged. Orkney and Shetland remains intact.
The Western Isles has a name change to Na h-Eileanan an Iar, bu...See the full content of this document
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