Tory plans to redraw electoral map could hit Lib Dem seats hardest (Guardian)

Boundary review to equalise and reduce constituencies by 50 could prompt
mutiny, with Tory backbenchers also affected

The Liberal Democrats face losing up to a quarter of their seats when a Tory-
imposed plan to redraw the entire electoral map comes into force from
September, figures seen by the Guardian suggest.

The boundary review to equalise constituencies and reduce their number by 50,
agreed by Nick Clegg in exchange for the AV referendum in the coalition
agreement, is threatening the biggest upheaval to the Commons of this
parliament. MPs have been warned that almost no seat is safe.

The issue could force a mutiny in the coalition amid mounting evidence that
the Liberal Democrats will fare far worse than predicted and with David
Cameron facing further tensions with his backbenchers, some of whom are
certain to lose their seats.

The four Boundary Commissions of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
are preparing to announce the new electoral map in September.

But the most detailed analysis yet of what those new seats might look like,
conducted by academics based at Liverpool University and published by the
Guardian, suggests the Liberal Democrats will lose the greatest proportion of
their seats. ...

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