Electoral Registration and Administration Bill

Debate between Andrew Gwynne and Chris Ruane

Tuesday 29th January 2013 Commons Chamber

[Chris Ruane]

I concur with my hon. Friend’s point.

[Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish) (Lab)]

My hon. Friend is making a compelling case. To use the example of the county of Greater Manchester, in the previous Parliament we were entitled to have 28 Members of Parliament. As a result of the 2010 periodic review, that number was cut to 27, and the proposed boundary changes would lead to it being cut to 26, yet the 2011 census shows that the population of Greater Manchester is going up, not down.