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Reduce the number of MPs in the House of Commons to 450 members

Submitted on Thursday 28th February 2019

Published on Tuesday 12th March 2019

Current status: Closed

Closed: Thursday 12th September 2019

Signatures: 86

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MP ~ Parliament

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Reduce the number of MPs in the House of Commons to 450 members

Petition Details

There are currently 650 constituencies, each sending one MP to the House of Commons, corresponding to approximately one for every 100,000 people, or one for every 70,000 parliamentary electors.
Time to modernise the House of Commons given this new age of technology and communication.

Additional Information

The basic annual salary for an MP from 1 April 2018 is £77,379.
MPs also receive expenses to cover the costs of running an office, employing staff, having somewhere to live in London or their constituency, and travelling between Parliament and their constituency.


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