Today is the final chance to have your say about proposed changes to constituencies across the London.

The Boundary Commission for England (BCE) released its plans to carve up London constituencies back in September, after Parliament demanded in 2011 that the number of MPs and constituencies across the UK must be reduced.

In England, the number of MPs and constituencies must be brought down from 533 to 501. In London, this includes dropping constituency numbers from 73 to 68.

All bar two of the new constituencies must have an electorate between 71,031 and 78,507 voters.

The BCE’s proposals have proved controversial in many areas, with Merton being particularly hard hit in a carve up that would leave it going from two MPs to stretching across five different constituencies.  

These changes would leave both theLabour  MP for Mitcham and Morden, Siobhain McDonagh, and the Conservative MP for Wimbledon, Stephen Hammond, fighting to keep a seat in Parliament.

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Both Stephen Hammond MP and Siobhain McDonagh MP may have a fight on their hands

September 13: Merton may be represented by FIVE different MPs under plans to 'carve up' the borough

Speaking in September, Mr Hammond described himself as “surprised and disappointed” by the proposals, while Ms McDonagh vowed to “argue against these proposals every single minute of every single day.”

The new seats would include Figges Marsh, Longthorthorn and Pollards Hill joining a new Streatham and Mitcham constituency, which would also include five wards from Lambeth and Norbury from Croydon.

Lower Morden and St Helier will join an expanded Sutton and Cheam constituency, while Graveney will join Tooting.

A Wimbledon Common and Putney constituency is also proposed, which would join Wimbledon Park and Village to the existing Putney constituency, where Secretary of State for Education Justine Greening is currently MP.

And another new constituency will be named Merton and Wimbledon Central, and made up of four Mitcham and Morden wards and eight Wimbledon wards.

Sutton could also be facing political upheaval, as the changes would see thousands of Conservative voters absorbed into constituency of Liberal Democrat MP Tom Brake.

September 15: Tom Brake, Lib Dem MP for Carshalton and Wallington, faces fight fight to keep seat following boundaries review​

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The proposed changes will have less impact on Paul Scully MP (left) than his Liberal Democrat colleague Tom Brake MP (right)

Under the proposals, the constituency of Carshalton and Wallington would be made to absorb Belmont. In the May 2015 General Election, more than 3,000 people in Belmont voted Conservative. Mr Brake received a majority of just 1,510.

Sutton and Cheam's Conservative MP Paul Scully will see hundreds of Labour voters from St Helier and Lower Morden absorbed into his seat, but is likely to retain a Conservative majority.

More pressure will also be put onto the already marginal seat of Croydon Central, which was won by Conservative MP Gavin Barwell by just 165 votes in 2015. Under the new proposals, his majority would have been just 60 votes.

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Gavin Barwell may be left with one of the most marginal seats in the country

September 13: Croydon Central remains marginal seat in proposed boundary changes

Although Croydon Central would absorb two safe Conservative wards from Croydon South, and lose the Labour wards of Woodside, Fieldway and New Addington, the seat will also include the Labour stronghold of Broad Green and lose Conservative-dominated Shirley.

September 13: Mole Valley MP Sir Paul Beresford welcomes 'minimal' boundary changes to Surrey constituencies

The proposals came under fire when they were first announced, with Labour set to lose 23 seats across England - including Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn's own seat - while the Conservatives are set to lose 17.

A consultation into the plans closes today, December 5. The BCE will submit its recommendations to Parliament in September 2018. 

For more information, and to respond to the consultation, click here.

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