50 MPs to lose their parliamentary seats in constituencies shake-up

A number of high profile politicians and over 50 MPs could lose their seats after the 2020 general election in a revision of the British electoral map.

The review was started by former Prime Minister David Cameron in order to reduce the cost of parliament by trimming the number of MPs to 600 from 650 and make parliamentary seats more proportional as current constituencies range from 21,000 and 110,000 people.

The review, which will not be introduced until 2018 after a draft proposal, would see each constituency have between 71,000 to 78,500 people.

If former Chancellor George Osborne is to stand in the next election he would have to find a new constituency as he could be one of the 50 MPs to have their constituency abolished.

The changes would abolish leader of the opposition Jeremy Corbyn’s Islington North constituency, and split it in two, Finsbury and Finsbury Park and Stoke Newington.

Reportedly the shake-up on parliamentary constituency boundaries could impact the Labour party the most, as Corbyn said he would use the review to purge MPs who do not support him.

Labour stands to lose 23 seats affecting Yvette Cooper and Tristram Hunt and leadership challenger Owen Smith.

Foreign secretary Boris Johnson, who re-joined Parliament in 2015, also stands to lose his Uxbridge and South Ruislip seat.

England would lose 33 seats from 533 to 501, but will gain one when the Isle of Wight is split in two.

Wales will see the biggest change in constituency boundaries as it will lose 11 seats going from 40 to 29.

Scotland will lose six seats, from 59 to 53 seats and Northern Ireland will lose one from 18 to 17.