Boundary Commission propose expansion to area around the Common

Current boundary in blue. Proposed boundary in red

The Boundary Commission is proposing a new Wimbledon
Common and Putney constituency, which retains all six wards from the existing Putney constituency currently represented by Justine Greening , and adds two Merton borough wards – Wimbledon Park, and Village (including Wimbledon Common) – from the existing Wimbledon constituency.

The remaining eight wards from the existing Wimbledon
constituency have been included in a proposed Merton and Wimbledon Central constituency, with four wards from the existing Mitcham and Morden
constituency.

The rules set out in the legislation on boundary changes state that there will be 600 Parliamentary constituencies covering the UK – a reduction of 50 from the current number. This means that the number of constituencies in England must be reduced from 533 to 501.

Each constituency has to have an electorate that is no smaller than 71,031 and no larger than 78,507

The Boundary Commission are consulting on their initial proposals for a 12-week period, from 13 September 2016 to 5 December 2016. Their website has more information about how to respond as well as details of where and when they will be holding public meetings.

September 13, 2016