DUP accuses Boundary Commission of gerrymandering

First Minister Peter Robinson's DUP has today accused the North's Boundary Commission of gerrymandering in a fierce attack on its proposals to reduce the number of Westminster seats to 16.

DUP accuses Boundary Commission of gerrymandering

First Minister Peter Robinson's DUP has today accused the North's Boundary Commission of gerrymandering in a fierce attack on its proposals to reduce the number of Westminster seats to 16.

Belfast would lose one seat - creating a proposed South East constituency leaving out the mainly unionist Dundonald and Braniel areas - and another would go west of the Bann.

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