2017-11-30 09:51:22 +0000
To: Boundary Commission
DON'T CHOP DUDLEY IN HALF!
Boundary Commission for England: please don’t split Dudley in half.
Don't put just one Dudley ward in with SEVEN Sandwell wards. Don't force local people to travel across Sandwell to meet their MP. Don't put the town centre church of St Thomas's in a different constituency from the ward that carries its name!
Don't put just one Dudley ward in with SEVEN Sandwell wards. Don't force local people to travel across Sandwell to meet their MP. Don't put the town centre church of St Thomas's in a different constituency from the ward that carries its name!
Why is this important?
The Boundary Commission published terrible proposals that would change the parliamentary boundaries in Dudley and chop our town in half!
The proposals put St Thomas's ward - which includes part of Dudley town centre and areas like Kate's Hill, Buffery Park, Oakham, Sledmere and Blowers Green - into a new Sandwell constituency stretching almost ten miles to Edgbaston in Birmingham - Imagine that!
I think these plans would rip the heart out of Dudley.
They would:
- Split Dudley's historic town centre in half
- Put just one Dudley ward in with SEVEN Sandwell wards
- Force local people to travel across Sandwell to meet their MP
- Put the town centre church of St Thomas's in a different constituency from the ward that carries its name!
I'm working with the ward Councillors to fight this plan and we're encouraging residents, businesses, charities and community groups to write to the Boundary Commission and urge them to think again.
The proposals put St Thomas's ward - which includes part of Dudley town centre and areas like Kate's Hill, Buffery Park, Oakham, Sledmere and Blowers Green - into a new Sandwell constituency stretching almost ten miles to Edgbaston in Birmingham - Imagine that!
I think these plans would rip the heart out of Dudley.
They would:
- Split Dudley's historic town centre in half
- Put just one Dudley ward in with SEVEN Sandwell wards
- Force local people to travel across Sandwell to meet their MP
- Put the town centre church of St Thomas's in a different constituency from the ward that carries its name!
I'm working with the ward Councillors to fight this plan and we're encouraging residents, businesses, charities and community groups to write to the Boundary Commission and urge them to think again.
How it will be delivered
Leave a comment to the Boundary Commission: https://tinyurl.com/ydxx8l32
Boundary Commission proposals: https://tinyurl.com/yaqoekds
