MPs have voted to delay the redrawing of constituency
boundaries until at least 2018. This is great news for Cornwall ,
as the “Devonwall” will not be created in advance of the next General Election.
The outcome was 334 votes to 292 to delay any changes.
I understand that Cornwall ’s
three Liberal Democrat MPs supported the delay, along with the whole of their
parliamentary party. However it is a terrible shame that the Lib Dems only took
this stance to spite their Coalition partners – after the vast majority has
backed the process to create a Devonwall seat.
But unbelievably, Cornwall ’s
three Conservative MPs voted to push ahead with the boundary changes – which
would have led to the inevitable creation of a cross-Tamar seat, which they pretended
to campaign against.
I thought you might appreciate the above photograph from the
Keep Cornwall Whole rally at Saltash, which featured Sheryll Murray (in the blue) campaigning
against Devonwall. Today, she voted for Devonwall - shameful!
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