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# New proposals for Parliamentary boundaries will still see people in parts of Lichfield voting for Tamworth’s MP
- URL: https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/new-proposals-for-parliamentary-boundaries-will-still-see-people-in-parts-of-lichfield-voting-for-tamworths-mp/
- Published: 2017-10-17T06:03:49.000Z
- Updated: 2017-10-17T06:03:49.000Z
- Description: Updated plans for new Parliamentary boundaries have been published – but some people in Lichfield could still end up having to vote for Tamworth’s MP instead.
- Author: Lichfield Live
- Tags: Politics, News

Updated plans for new Parliamentary boundaries have been published – but some people in Lichfield could still end up having to vote for Tamworth’s MP instead.

The Boundary Commission for England has updated [its overall proposals](https://www.bce2018.org.uk/?ref=lichfieldlive.co.uk) following a consultation.

But the latest version of the plans still has Streethay and Whittington sitting outside of the Lichfield constituency.

The changes are being made as part of a move to reduce the number of constituencies in the West Midlands from 59 to 53\. The new boundaries must also contain between 71,031 and 78,507 electors.

[![Michael Fabricant](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e3/90/e390c3da-0866-4d2a-8ffe-ca4999d7ce1c/content/images/lichfieldlive-co-uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/fabricant.jpg)](//lichfieldlive.co.uk/2017/06/09/lichfields-conservative-mp-concerned-over-impact-of-national-results-on-brexit-negotiations/fabricant-10/)

Michael Fabricant

Lichfield MP Michael Fabricant originally [called the plans to revise his constituency as “nonsense”](//lichfieldlive.co.uk/2016/09/13/lichfield-mp-criticises-nonsense-plan-to-switch-whittington-and-streethay-into-tamworth-constituency/).

He said at the time: “I welcome the principle of these changes. It is wrong that areas like Scotland and London are over-represented in Parliament. Each MP should represent roughly the same number of people. I also agree with the aim to reduce the number of MPs from 650 down to 600.

“However, I do not agree with the Boundary Commission’s plans to put Streethay and Whittington into the Tamworth constituency. For all intents and purposes Streethay is a part of Lichfield and for a corner to be sliced off, including the railway station, and be put in Tamworth is a nonsense.

“I also believe that Whittington looks towards Lichfield and not Tamworth and I for one enjoy the connection between the barracks, the historic home of the Staffordshire Regiment, and Lichfield.”

People are now being invited [to have their say on the revised proposals](https://www.bce2018.org.uk/node/add/informed-representation/6490?ref=lichfieldlive.co.uk). If they are given the go-ahead they will be implemented in 2022.