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What’s the fuss about? Initial proposals for new constituency boundaries have been published by the Boundary Commission for England (BCE) and are available for public feedback as part of an eight-week consultation process. The “2023 Review” of Parliamentary constituencies proceeds on legislative rules most recently updated by Parliament in 2020. The intention is to ensure the number of electors in each constituency is more equal. For example, in the current system, some MPs have just 50,000 constituents, while others could have double that. As a result, the number of constituencies in England will increase from 533 to 543 – but seats in the House of Commons will stay at 650.