What the right hon. Gentleman says is on the premise that this is equally spread, but of course it is not. There were increases in the number of people on the electoral register in every constituency, but in parts of the country where there has historically been under-registration, the spikes were larger than in other areas.
Parliamentary Constituencies (Amendment) Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Andrew Gwynne
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Friday, 18 November 2016.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Parliamentary Constituencies (Amendment) Bill.
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