Work in progress; Old Counties.

[afleitch]

Worryingly tedious. But as you can see I'm going to see how 'do-able' this is after years of thinking about it.

I will nedd to go over the figures. Using the 2000 electorate as used at the last Boundary Review for ease of use and getting 'best fit' wards.

[Harry Hayfield]

Worryingly tedious. But as you can see I'm going to see how 'do-able' this is after years of thinking about it.

I will nedd to go over the figures. Using the 2000 electorate as used at the last Boundary Review for ease of use and getting 'best fit' wards.

I'm usually good with counties, but I have to admit I have no idea where that is

[Chancellor of the Duchy of Little Lever and Darcy Lever]

That's South-East Lancashire on the pre-1974 boundaries - the large grey area slightly to the right of the middle of the picture is the old Manchester County Borough.

I put labels to afleitch's base map a few months ago:

[afleitch]

Luckily I've bene able to find 2010 figures hosted in a good place so will update what I've done.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

This is - potentially - great stuff. At some point (when I have enough free time) I'll do something similar with Wales.

[afleitch]

Slowly getting there....

So far.

Nelson and Colne
Burnley
Hyndburn
Blackburn
Rossendale Forest and Littleborough
Bury and Ramsbottom
Radcliffe and Prestwich
Heywood and Middleton
Ashton Under Lyne
Oldham East
Oldham West and Chadderton
Bolton North
Bolton South
Wigan
Westhoughton
Leigh
Warrington
Newton

[minionofmidas]

Of course, the boundary around Manchester and Stockport shown there is hardly "old". Both cities have included ancestrally Lancashire and ancestrally Cheshire bits for decades before 1974. (Birmingham has included ancestrally Warwickshire, Worcestershire, and Staffordshire bits for a hundred years.)

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Of course, the boundary around Manchester and Stockport shown there is hardly "old". Both cities have included ancestrally Lancashire and ancestrally Cheshire bits for decades before 1974. (Birmingham has included ancestrally Warwickshire, Worcestershire, and Staffordshire bits for a hundred years.)

Stockport was often included in maps of both Cheshire and Lancashire.

[afleitch]

I haven't forgotten this Though I'm being a bit more local



County Electorates (based on a mixture of 2003 and 2007 figures)

West Lothian 95,200 (and growing)
Edinburgh 328,000
Rest of Midlothian 141,900
East Lothian 51,500
Selkirk - 13,600
Roxburgh - 32,800
Berwick - 19,200
Peebles - 13,000

A playabout (and being generous to West Lothian) gives

West Lothian Northern - 43,200
West Lothian Southern - 52,000 - Some exchange between the tw possible
Midlothian Western -  55,800
Midlothian Central - 53,300
Peebles, Selkirk and Midlothian West - 59,400
Berwick and Roxburgh - 52,000



Worked out rather well Can't wait to tackle Stirlingshire