Parliamentary Boundary Review
I received the following email from Hazel Blears. If you live in the areas affected and believe that key parts of Salford should not fall in a Manchester Parliamentary Constituency then please take the action below.
Dear friends
By now I'm sure you have heard about the Boundary Commission proposals to rip the heart out of Salford. The proposals would l
eave Salford without its own identity and Member of Parliament. The Commission's plans would move:
Salford University;
Salford Royal Hospital;
Salford Quays;
Salford Shopping City
and even Salford Cathedral into a Manchester Parliamentary Constituency.
We simply cannot and must not allow this to happen and we CAN get the Commission to change the proposals. But to do so we must build mass community objections to the proposals - already, a Facebook group - Save Salford, set up just a few days ago has over 6,000 followers - please make sure you join the group.
On my website there is a letter that can be downloaded and just needs to have your name, address and signature added which can then be sent to the Boundary Commission (I have attached a copy to this email as a Word document and a pdf). You can get hard copies of the letter from my office. Please sign and send the letter to the Commission - the closing date for the consultation is the 5th December 2011. You can also visit the Commission's website and send in your comments - http://consultation.boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk/have-your-say/
We need to mobilise our friends, family and neighbours and get them to send in letters of objection to the Commission as well. People don't need to propose detailed alternatives, they can simply object to what the Commission is proposing on the grounds of breaking up communities, loss of identity for the City of Salford and the fact that there are alternatives for the Commission to consider.
The Labour Party will be producing a detailed counter-proposal and if it meets with approval from ourselves and other constituencies, Labour councillors and MPs then it will form our response. The proposed alternative would see constituencies in Salford and Wigan remain completely unchanged, relatively minor change for some of the Bolton, Bury and Manchester seats and more significant changes - but which don't abolish Cities! - in other parts of Greater Manchester.
Please do your bit to help us keep our great City's identity and Parliamentary representation. This campaign won't be won by politicians, it really does need our communities to speak out loudly and clearly. None of us can sit this campaign out, it really is just too important.
Complete the letter and/or online consultation, send the letter and links to everyone you know in Salford and get them to do the same.
Together we can change the Commission's proposals and keep the City of Salford - complete with our communities, University, Quays, Cathedral, Hospital and Shopping precinct.
Thank you
Hazel
