Tory Party chiefs are facing a murtiny over plans to cut the number of MPs from 650 to 600 in a shake-up which would make Boris Johnson's London seat a marginal constituency.
Under the proposed shake-up of constituency boundaries revealed yesterday, the Conservatives would have won an overall majority of 16 at the last election instead of being eight seats short.
However, many senior MPs would see their seats abolished, including Work and Pensions Secretary Esther McVey and former Cabinet ministers David Davis, Priti Patel and Kenneth Clarke.
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn’s Islington North constituency would also be axed, while Boris Johnson faces a reduced majority in Uxbridge and Ruislip South.
Peerages could be offered to vulnerable MPs to save them the embarrassment of losing their seats but pro-Brexit members reportedly fear they are being targeted by the changes.
Changes to the boundaries could have a major impact on the next general election
Tory Party chiefs are expected to hand out peerages in a desperate attempt to avoid a mutiny over plans to cut the number of MPs from 650 to 600. Boris Johnson faces a reduced majority in Uxbridge and Ruislip South
Last night, No10 refused to commit to holding a Commons vote on the changes before Christmas amid warnings that dozens of Tory backbenchers could join Labour in pledging to oppose them.
One Tory MP said Brexiteers were concerned they were being targeted as Iain Duncan Smith, Boris Johnson and Priti Patel could all be disadvantaged by the changes, The Times reported.
Pro-Brexit MPs were 'seriously considering' voting against the proposals, they said.
Another MP said: 'There is strong feeling in the party that, given Brexit, this is not the time to be cutting the number of MPs.
'There is also concern that while we support the principle of equalising constituencies that data used by the commission is now out of date.'
Ministers said the proposals would give every MP roughly the same number of constituents to ensure there was ‘fair and equal’ representation for voters.
But Sir Bernard Jenkin, Tory chairman of the public administration and constitutional affairs committee, warned it was ‘highly unlikely’ that MPs would approve of fewer constituencies.
Tory MP Michael Fabricant branded plans to cut his Lichfield constituency down the middle as ‘crazy’, adding: ‘The new map looks like the Battle of the Bulge and is daft.’ Steve Double, a Tory MP in Cornwall, said he would not support proposals that include a ‘cross-border seat with Devon’. Another Tory whose constituency could be axed said: ‘MPs are not happy, this will go nowhere.’
The Tories have promised MPs who face losing their seats that ‘no colleague will be left behind’, suggesting they will either be given the seat of a retiring MP or be elevated to the Lords.
A map shows where parties could lose seats under the shake-up of Britain's electoral map
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn’s Islington North constituency would also be axed under the proposals
Tory officials refused to comment on whether peerages would offered to win support for the changes, but a minister said: ‘It is the only way to make the maths work.’ However, critics warned against offering MPs peerages to persuade them to vacate seats.
Darren Hughes, of the Electoral Reform Society, said: ‘Cutting elected MPs while continuing to pack the unelected House of Lords with party cronies is an insult to democracy. Scrap this ill-advised cut in backbenchers.’
The map was drawn up by the UK’s four boundary commissions.
The Rallings and Thrasher analysis said the final recommendations had made no material difference to the estimates produced after last year's revised boundary proposals were issued.
It would have left the Tories with a working majority of 23 once Sinn Fein's seats were taken into account.
The analysis put the Conservatives on 308 (minus 10), with the Speaker's seat counted towards the total.
Labour would have won 232 seats (minus 30), Liberal Democrats seven (minus five), SNP 33 (minus two), Plaid Cymru two (minus two), Greens one (no change), DUP 10 (no change), Sinn Fein seven (no change) Independents zero (minus one).
The Prime Minister’s official spokesman said last night: ‘These reforms will ensure there is fair and equal representation for voters across the UK. They have been drawn up by an independent boundary commission and that follows extensive consultation.’
Sam Hartley, of the Boundary Commission for England, said: ‘We’ve travelled the country, taken account of over 35,000 public comments and heard impassioned views about how best to reflect communities in our recommendations, while ensuring constituencies are more equally represented.
‘We’re confident that the map we propose is the best match of the rules Parliament has set us. It’s up to Parliament to decide whether these boundaries will be used at the next general election.’
The boundary review in England (pictured) shrinks the number of MPs from 533 to 501, with roughly 75,000 people in each seat. Separate reviews have been carried out in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
Jeremy Corbyn's constituency of Islington North (pictured) would be scrapped in the rejig
Jeremy Corbyn is expected to lay claim to the new-look seat of Finsbury Park and Stoke Newington (pictured) if the changes are pushed through
Boris Johnson could be among the most high profile casualties as his Uxbridge seat (pictured, in its current form) loses the Tory-leaning Yiewsley ward
Mr Johnson would face a tough political fight to win the proposed new seat of Uxbridge and Northolt (pictured)
Former Brexit Secretary David Davis would also lose his seat of Haltemprice and Howden (pictured)
Most of David Davis' seat would be swallowed up by the new constituency of Goole, Howden and Axholme (pictured)
London has seen some of the biggest changes (pictured) as it currently has a series of very small, densely populated constituencies
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