A More Aulesian Britain (and Ireland): A Collaboration
- Thread starter Gian
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Here are some potential seats for Northumberland and Tyne and Wear. I based it on the 60,000 figure meaning Northumberland has four and Tyne and Wear thirteen seats. Unfortunately crossing the Tyne was unavoidable with Tyne Valley seat in the western Newcastle suburbs crossing the river. Seats that look unnatural for borders are usually based on transport and communications links (7, 8 and 14 all follow the Metro line for instance, 8 follows the Coast Road that it is named after, 10 follows Scotswood Road and 3 follows a major A road too). I of course have a personal interest in the region, being from the Gateshead West constituency, and I have used this local knowledge to try and preserve community ties where possible.
Northumberland
1 - Berwick-upon-Tweed
2 - Prudhoe and Hexham
3 - Ashington and Druridge
4 - Blyth Valley
Tyne and Wear
5 - Newcastle Woolsington
6 - Newcastle North
7 - Whitley Bay and Longbenton
8 - Wallsend and Tynemouth
9 - Newcastle Central
10 - Tyne Valley
11 - Gateshead West
12 - Gateshead East and Hebburn
13 - South Shields
14 - Boldon and Sunderland North
15 - Washington
16 - Sunderland Harbour
17 - Sunderland South
If you approve of this then the overall map would be this:
Northumberland
1 - Berwick-upon-Tweed
2 - Prudhoe and Hexham
3 - Ashington and Druridge
4 - Blyth Valley
Tyne and Wear
5 - Newcastle Woolsington
6 - Newcastle North
7 - Whitley Bay and Longbenton
8 - Wallsend and Tynemouth
9 - Newcastle Central
10 - Tyne Valley
11 - Gateshead West
12 - Gateshead East and Hebburn
13 - South Shields
14 - Boldon and Sunderland North
15 - Washington
16 - Sunderland Harbour
17 - Sunderland South
If you approve of this then the overall map would be this:
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eadmund
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Wallsend and Tynemouth would probably work better. Also note that it's Whitley Bay and hasn't been Whitley for a long time.
Maybe Newcastle Central for Citadel and Newcastle North for Gosforth?
You're right, that's why you shouldn't think up names for constituencies after 2am. Unfortunately Newcastle Castle didn't work out as a name for obvious reasons, which was what I'd hoped to go for.
I'll rename those seats with names which aren't so good.
Gian
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You're right.
I checked the tabulation, and the number of constituencies matches up with your suggestion, so it's APPROVED
My only concern is Furness is going to have an electorate of over 70,000 which means either a constituency will need to cross Morecambe Bay to incorporate a few thousand voters or Furness will need to be merged with Westmoreland which is highly unwanted due to the county border.
May I suggest having Furness as a special case constituency with a slightly higher electorate, with the rest of Lancashire having the other 18 seats it is entitled to?
Made some maps for Birmingham and London.
1. Sutton Coldfield
2. Birmingham Perry Barr
3. Birmingham Erdington
4. Birmingham Handsworth
5. Birmingham Aston
6. Birmingham Yardley
7. Birmingham Edgbaston
8. Birmingham Northfield
9. Birmingham Selly Oak
10. Birmingham Sparkbrook
11. Birmingham Hall Green
1. Poplar & Limehouse
2. Bethnal Green & Bow
3. City of London
4. Hackney North & Stoke Newington
5. Hackney Central
6. Islington North
7. Islington Central
8. Shoreditch & Finsbury
9. Hampstead
10. Holborn & St Pancras
11. Westminster
12. Paddington
13. Kensington
14. Chelsea & Fulham
15. Hammersmith
16. Putney
17. Battersea
18. Tooting
19. Clapham
20. Vauxhall
21. Brixton
22. Streatham
23. Camberwell
24. Bermondsey
25. Peckham
26. Dulwich
27. Lewisham West
28. Lewisham East
29. Greenwich
30. Woolwich
31. Eltham
1. Sutton Coldfield
2. Birmingham Perry Barr
3. Birmingham Erdington
4. Birmingham Handsworth
5. Birmingham Aston
6. Birmingham Yardley
7. Birmingham Edgbaston
8. Birmingham Northfield
9. Birmingham Selly Oak
10. Birmingham Sparkbrook
11. Birmingham Hall Green
1. Poplar & Limehouse
2. Bethnal Green & Bow
3. City of London
4. Hackney North & Stoke Newington
5. Hackney Central
6. Islington North
7. Islington Central
8. Shoreditch & Finsbury
9. Hampstead
10. Holborn & St Pancras
11. Westminster
12. Paddington
13. Kensington
14. Chelsea & Fulham
15. Hammersmith
16. Putney
17. Battersea
18. Tooting
19. Clapham
20. Vauxhall
21. Brixton
22. Streatham
23. Camberwell
24. Bermondsey
25. Peckham
26. Dulwich
27. Lewisham West
28. Lewisham East
29. Greenwich
30. Woolwich
31. Eltham
I have a bit of a work germ going, so have Bristol too.
Hopefully it's easy enough to figure out which seat is which:
Bristol North West
Bristol North East
Bristol West
Bristol South
Bristol East
Hopefully it's easy enough to figure out which seat is which:
Bristol North West
Bristol North East
Bristol West
Bristol South
Bristol East
Here's Suffolk:
1. West Suffolk
2. Bury St Edmunds
3. Stowmarket
4. South Suffolk
5. Ipswich West
6. Ipswich East
7. Felixstowe
8. Eye
9. Lowestoft
Yeah, I bought back the smallest town to give its name to a Parliamentary constituency. If anyone wants to use the names Mid Suffolk and East Suffolk instead of Stowmarket and Eye, feel free to, but at least I didn't come up with as stupid a name for a constituency as 'Central Suffolk and North Ipswich'.
1. West Suffolk
2. Bury St Edmunds
3. Stowmarket
4. South Suffolk
5. Ipswich West
6. Ipswich East
7. Felixstowe
8. Eye
9. Lowestoft
Yeah, I bought back the smallest town to give its name to a Parliamentary constituency. If anyone wants to use the names Mid Suffolk and East Suffolk instead of Stowmarket and Eye, feel free to, but at least I didn't come up with as stupid a name for a constituency as 'Central Suffolk and North Ipswich'.
Gian
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@Prime Minister - Try shifting Birmingham's boundaries, as Birmingham City also includes Smethwick as well, as you can see here:
London, Bristol, and Suffolk though, I'll accept, though some constituencies could be renamed:
-Bermondsey or Camberwell > Bermondsey/Camberwell and Old Southwark
-Poplar and Limehouse > Poplar and Bromley (Limehouse is apparently part of the City of London constituency)
-Westminster > City of Westminster
-Lowestoft > Waveney (for continuity's sake)
London, Bristol, and Suffolk though, I'll accept, though some constituencies could be renamed:
-Bermondsey or Camberwell > Bermondsey/Camberwell and Old Southwark
-Poplar and Limehouse > Poplar and Bromley (Limehouse is apparently part of the City of London constituency)
-Westminster > City of Westminster
-Lowestoft > Waveney (for continuity's sake)
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Fair enough, I'll redo Birmingham and aside from Camberwell (which I think is an OK name as is) feel free to change the names to what you wanted.
Done Essex. Unfortunately the programme I'm using to do the maps is split by OTL region so I had to do the OTL Essex and OTL Greater London bits separately, but hopefully you can combine them.
1. Saffron Walden
2. North Essex
3. Colchester
4. Harwich
5. Clacton
6. Maldon
7. Braintree
8. Epping
9. Harlow
10. Lea Valley
11. Brentwood
12. Chelmsford
13. East Essex
14. Rochford
15. Southend East
16. Southend West
17. Castle Point
18. Billericay
19. Basildon
20. Tilbury
21. Thurrock
22. Upminster
23. Romford
24. Hornchurch
25. Dagenham
26. Barking
27. Ilford North
28. Ilford South
29. Chingford
30. Walthamstow
31. Leyton
32. Wanstead & Woodford
33. West Ham
34. East Ham
35. Plaistow
1. Saffron Walden
2. North Essex
3. Colchester
4. Harwich
5. Clacton
6. Maldon
7. Braintree
8. Epping
9. Harlow
10. Lea Valley
11. Brentwood
12. Chelmsford
13. East Essex
14. Rochford
15. Southend East
16. Southend West
17. Castle Point
18. Billericay
19. Basildon
20. Tilbury
21. Thurrock
22. Upminster
23. Romford
24. Hornchurch
25. Dagenham
26. Barking
27. Ilford North
28. Ilford South
29. Chingford
30. Walthamstow
31. Leyton
32. Wanstead & Woodford
33. West Ham
34. East Ham
35. Plaistow
Gian
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@Prime Minister - Might this tabulation work? (there's only one missing seat, so you can work around that)
NOTE: I used the export function of Plan Builder to get this in tab format
NOTE: I used the export function of Plan Builder to get this in tab format
Possibly, but I don't think we really need to do seats which cross the boundary between OTL Essex and Greater London, since the Borough of Havering and the boroughs west of it were part of a pretty contiguous set of local government areas separate from the area east of them even when they were part of Essex.
If we do go with that tabulation, I'd rather not ram together area names in naming the constituencies if they were never named as such OTL. So instead of Barking and Plaistow, and Rainham and Hornchurch, can we have just a Barking seat and a Hornchurch seat?
Nazi Space Spy
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Out of curiosity, how did Britain come to adapt such an electoral system? I'd imagine the Liberals would have a role as they've always pushed PR?
