Two North East MPs whose constituencies are set to be abolished have hit out at the “ruthless” plans.
Final proposals published by the Boundary Commission for England (BCE) will see the number of Parliamentary constituencies across the region slashed from 29 to 27, as the country’s political map is redrawn. It means that North Tyneside’s Labour MP Mary Glindon and the Tory MP for North West Durham, Richard Holden, will see their seats scrapped, while others are being heavily redrawn and renamed.
Mrs Glindon, who has been an MP since 2010, told the Local Democracy Reporting Service that she was “really angry” with the move and that the BCE gave “no regard to communities”. The 66-year-old, who indicated that she would like to stand in a new seat, said: “I am absolutely gutted. I couldn’t be any more gutted because I love my constituency and I know my constituency. It feels like a death, it is really sad.
