"The Duchy of Cornwall has something of a special status among English counties - in some ways it is only administratively rather than culturally 'England' at all. Local opinion in Cornwall has been against a 'Devonwall' seat crossing the county boundary. It would not affect overall equality much to give it (plus the Isles of Scilly) a specific exemption, although the decision whether to give it 5 or 6 seats of its own is a matter of fine judgement."Meanwhile the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill continues to rumble through the House of Lords.
Wednesday, 12 January 2011
Administratively England
Tenpercentsolution.pdf This pdf file from Democratic Audit includes this paragraph:
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