REAL redistricting in the Republic of Ireland

[Filuwaúrdjan]

I know it's confusing, also some of Westmeath has been divided into Meath West to balance out the population; though thankfully we put our counties name's first and then the relative location so we say Meath West for the constituency based in the west of Meath and West Meath. Confused, eh?

Oh and for record the Kingdom of Meath was more than just Meath and Westmeath but also Longford and South Co. Louth. North Co. Louth was traditionally part of Ulster.

I want the constituency renamed Meath West & Westmeath East!

Finally, a name that can beat West Bromwich East!

[Filuwaúrdjan]

The funny thing is that there's no need for the stupid names; very little of West Brom itself is actually in West Brom West (which is based around smaller Black Country towns; principally Tipton, Wednesbury and Oldbury).

West Brom East was actually a marginal in the '80's. West Brom West was Betty Boothroyd's seat.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

I doubt there were that many safe Labour seats in the Midlands in the '80s.

You'd be surprised then

Most of the core industrial seats (including West Brom West) were quite safe, as were some inner city seats (all seats in Nottingham went Tory in '83!). The areas in which Labour did badly throughout the '80's were mostly working class suburbs full of the sort of people who would have been called Reagan Democrats had they lived across the Pond. West Brom East is a good example.