Talk:Filton and Bradley Stoke (UK Parliament constituency)

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[edit] The 'Avon' Debate

I note that a user has changed 'Gloucester' to 'Avon'. I am going to alter the county to 'South Gloucestershire', after checking with the Boundary Commission's own report on the Filton and Bradley Stoke seat.

Report

They call the file "Avon", but in the first paragraph state -

The Commission noted that since their last ::review of parliamentary constituencies, ::the county of Avon had been abolished and replaced by four unitary authorities.

They then go on to say

They also noted that, in terms of the rules governing the conduct of reviews of parliamentary constituencies, each authority should be regarded as a separate county

I take this to mean that 'Avon' can not be validly called the county of which Filton and Bradley Stoke constituency is a part, but will choose South Gloucestershire. It is worth quoting the report again..

The Commission decided that the existing Northavon CC should be reduced in size and contain only fifteen wards. They noted that the name related to the former District of Northavon, which had been abolished in 1996.

I am aware, form reading the Wiki articles on such issues, that this can be a tricky subject, but I understand the case to be Avon has been abolished, and this constituency is within [South] Gloucestershire.

doktorb | words 18:57, 17 January 2006 (UTC)