THE Electoral Reform Society (ERS) has urged the Government to create a new 'Waltham Forest' parliamentary constituency.
The coalition Government has said it wants to cut the total number of MPs and its Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill is currently being considered at Westminster - although the exact details have yet to be worked out.
In the meantime, the ERS has suggested that Whitehall adopt proposals by market research firm CACI, which suggests the creation of a new constituency of 'Waltham Forest'.
The ERS says around 89,000 eligible voters could come under the new boundary, which would include parts of Leyton, Leytonstone and Walthamstow.
This might include the wards of Cann Hall, Cathall, Forest, Grove Green, Hoe Street, Lea Bridge, Leyton, Leytonstone, Markhouse and Wood Street.
A further 82,000 residents would then become part of an altered 'Walthamstow' constituency - which would include Chingford and Highams Park.
This might include the wards of Chapel End, Chingford Green, Endlebury, Hale End and Highams Park, Hatch Lane, High Street, Higham Hill, Larkswood, Valley and William Morris.
If adopted, the changes could see current Chingford MP Iain Duncan Smith represent Walthamstow instead of Labour's Stella Creasy.
With the Labour stronghold of Leyton and Leytonstone merging with a new Waltham Forest constituency, the future of sitting MP John Cryer would be uncertain.
The ERS says the suggested constituencies would be the fairest possible as they would be of roughly equal size.
The Government hopes to get rid of 32 seats in England as part of efforts to cut costs and equalise the number of people living in each constituency.
It is trying to base the new boundaries on the numbers of registered voters in each area, but critics have attacked the plan.
Patrick Tate, associate director in location planning at CACI, said: “The solution we have put forward is based on the number of people over the age of 18 in 2015, rather than the number of people registered to vote.
"We consider this to be a fairer approach due to fluctuations in the size of the registered electorate in different areas.”
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