Talk:Normanton (UK Parliament constituency)
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the following, vaguely POV text, was on Ed Balls
- The abolition of the Normanton seat became an issue of great controversy. The local Labour Party joined with the Wakefield Express newspaper to save the seat. Although there the campaign gained many supporters, it also caused a lot of offense. The issue was portrayed as one of "Leeds taking over Wakefield", for two wards in the Wakefield district were to be joined in a constituency with three wards from the Leeds district. However, none of these three wards are classified as part of the city of Leeds, and Morley has always been very protective of its separate identity, having formed a party of Morley Borough Independents. Residents of Morley did not appreciate being described as imperialist agents of Leeds, and there was also some resentment in the towns and villages of the Normanton seat that they were being described as mere extensions of Wakefield.[1] The local Conservatives and Liberal Democrats both supported the abolition of the seat, citing how poor transport links were between the different communities, and claiming that the campaign to save it was due to how it was a safe seat for the Labour Party. The new Morley & Outwood seat is likely to be a marginal constituency. As of August 2006 Wakefield MDC has decided not to carry on with the appeal against the Boundary Commission ruling.
