HOW DO I MAKE MY VIEWS KNOWN?
1. Email reviews@bcommengland.x.gsi.gov.uk ensuring you include your name and address.
2. Attend the public hearing on this issue at the Copthorne Hotel, Paradise Circus, Birmingham B3 3HJ on 3 (9am) and 4 November (10am) 2011 (further details about this event can be obtained from the Boundary Commission on 0207 276 1102)
3. Or by sending this letter (via email or post) Word 97/2003 version here There is more about this on Pat McFadden's website. There is also a Petition here on Pat's site
Boundary Commission for England 35 Great Smith St
London
SW1P 3BQ
Dear Sirs,
I am writing to object to the draft proposals for redrawing parliamentary constituencies published on 12th September as they affect the town of Bilston in the Black Country. Bilston has a long and proud history and a very strong sense of identity yet the Boundary Commission proposals would mean that the wards which make up the town - Bilston East, Bilston North and parts of Spring Vale and Ettingshall wards - would in the future have no less than FOUR different MPs in constituencies which straddle three different local government boundaries. All of these wards are currently represented by one MP.
I believe these proposals fail to meet the Boundary Commission's aim of respecting local identity and existing local government boundaries. I urge you to revise these proposals and produce a different plan which respects our sense of local identity and keeps Bilston united.
