Bournemouth is a bit odd as it feels more like Hampshire. Its culture is affecting Poole where I’m from which has a Dorset feel to it but it’s adjusting. At this point I consider Poole, Bournemouth and Christchurch as not Dorset but maybe Poole but defo not in the future in its current state.
I assume this was the precursor to the 1974 reforms. From what I recall at the time it paid little heed to local identity and loyalty, and it was to figure in a Tory manifesto where they campaigned for the retention of two tier local government.
Any reform to local government is going to please some and not others. It will be the same with the current government’s proposals which I think are the right way to go. It’s notable they are not changing any existing boundaries, unless necessary. Unlike the 1974 metropolitan area names I expect to see old county names retained in most cases.
There’s an error on here: it says “North East Sussex” instead of “North East Essex”.
Hideous. Glad it never got off the ground.
The NE makes sense to me.
Although that version of teeside belongs in Yorkshire. Middlesbrough could go in either but Whitby etc is absolutely not the north east.
Likewise Northamptonshire is in the wrong region.
Drop stupid names like Norfolk and Norwich, Derby and Derbyshire etc
I think that Yorkshire should be divided into three ridings, as it was since time immemorial until 1974. Also, it would be funny for the West Riding to have six cities in it.
Anyhow, I’m off to wage an irredentist war to reclaim Barlick for Yorkshire.
The proud county of Hampshire would’ve been absolutely decimated by the looks of it. So it can get in the bin.
Where does Selnec come from?
Separating Coventry from Birmingham and adding Bromsgrove, Redditch, Kidderminster etc. just makes sense
The failure to implement the Redcliffe-Maud recommendations is one of the great missed opportunities in English local government.
Had they been implemented then I’m reasonably confident the English regions would currently have some level of devolution, as the proposed strategic provincial authorities would have created a good basis for doing so.
More broadly, not following the existing administrative boundaries so slavishly allowed cities and towns to be grouped with their hinterlands and would have encouraged joined-up thinking.
The one thing the 1974 reforms did better than Redcliffe-Maud was to create metropolitan counties for the west and south Yorkshire conurbations.
The current local government reforms are quite feeble compared to Redcliffe-Maid. I really wish the government would grasp the nettle and implement a thorough reform rather than cobbling together combined authorities on the ruins of the Local Government Act 1972.
I didn’t even realise this existed, but reading into it it’s the kinda overhaul we shoulda had. Can’t say I agree much on the subdivision, Plymouth has encroached into Cornwall and that is actually a sickening sight.
It’s good but Greater London should really be a province itself.
Anything to get away from fucking London. Wessex sends their regards.
Quite promising.
But:
South East is too big.
London needs to be its own thing.
Death to Humberside.
Teesside including the Whitby area doesn’t feel right.
Not as idea but the divisions are absolutely nuts
Foul and wicked beyond belief.
As someone on Essex, I’m conflicted. On one hand, it’s upsetting to see Colchester not part of the county.
On the other hand, I’m not going to miss Clacton being given away.
Edit: Oh, also that “south-eastern” province is way too large. I’d have it split between East, North and West.
As a Bristolian who lives in South Gloucestershire, I am all for the dissolution of South Glos. and its merging into Bristol & Bath. 🙂
Horfield (right in the middle of the suburbs) is a most absurd place to put an administrative boundary!
I for one applaud the kingdom of Plymouth
What the fuck is Northants doing being part of the South East?
This map looks like it was drawn up by an African imperial power with no knowledge of the situation on the ground in England
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Bournemouth is a bit odd as it feels more like Hampshire. Its culture is affecting Poole where I’m from which has a Dorset feel to it but it’s adjusting. At this point I consider Poole, Bournemouth and Christchurch as not Dorset but maybe Poole but defo not in the future in its current state.
I assume this was the precursor to the 1974 reforms. From what I recall at the time it paid little heed to local identity and loyalty, and it was to figure in a Tory manifesto where they campaigned for the retention of two tier local government.
Any reform to local government is going to please some and not others. It will be the same with the current government’s proposals which I think are the right way to go. It’s notable they are not changing any existing boundaries, unless necessary. Unlike the 1974 metropolitan area names I expect to see old county names retained in most cases.
There’s an error on here: it says “North East Sussex” instead of “North East Essex”.
Hideous. Glad it never got off the ground.
The NE makes sense to me.
Although that version of teeside belongs in Yorkshire. Middlesbrough could go in either but Whitby etc is absolutely not the north east.
Likewise Northamptonshire is in the wrong region.
Drop stupid names like Norfolk and Norwich, Derby and Derbyshire etc
I think that Yorkshire should be divided into three ridings, as it was since time immemorial until 1974. Also, it would be funny for the West Riding to have six cities in it.
Anyhow, I’m off to wage an irredentist war to reclaim Barlick for Yorkshire.
The proud county of Hampshire would’ve been absolutely decimated by the looks of it. So it can get in the bin.
Where does Selnec come from?
Separating Coventry from Birmingham and adding Bromsgrove, Redditch, Kidderminster etc. just makes sense
The failure to implement the Redcliffe-Maud recommendations is one of the great missed opportunities in English local government.
Had they been implemented then I’m reasonably confident the English regions would currently have some level of devolution, as the proposed strategic provincial authorities would have created a good basis for doing so.
More broadly, not following the existing administrative boundaries so slavishly allowed cities and towns to be grouped with their hinterlands and would have encouraged joined-up thinking.
The one thing the 1974 reforms did better than Redcliffe-Maud was to create metropolitan counties for the west and south Yorkshire conurbations.
The current local government reforms are quite feeble compared to Redcliffe-Maid. I really wish the government would grasp the nettle and implement a thorough reform rather than cobbling together combined authorities on the ruins of the Local Government Act 1972.
I didn’t even realise this existed, but reading into it it’s the kinda overhaul we shoulda had. Can’t say I agree much on the subdivision, Plymouth has encroached into Cornwall and that is actually a sickening sight.
It’s good but Greater London should really be a province itself.
Anything to get away from fucking London. Wessex sends their regards.
Quite promising.
But:
South East is too big.
London needs to be its own thing.
Death to Humberside.
Teesside including the Whitby area doesn’t feel right.
Not as idea but the divisions are absolutely nuts
Foul and wicked beyond belief.
As someone on Essex, I’m conflicted. On one hand, it’s upsetting to see Colchester not part of the county.
On the other hand, I’m not going to miss Clacton being given away.
Edit: Oh, also that “south-eastern” province is way too large. I’d have it split between East, North and West.
As a Bristolian who lives in South Gloucestershire, I am all for the dissolution of South Glos. and its merging into Bristol & Bath. 🙂
Horfield (right in the middle of the suburbs) is a most absurd place to put an administrative boundary!
I for one applaud the kingdom of Plymouth
What the fuck is Northants doing being part of the South East?
This map looks like it was drawn up by an African imperial power with no knowledge of the situation on the ground in England
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