New Boundary Commission proposals to redraw Parliamentary constituencies have not pleased Gloucester MP Richard Graham.

The aim is to try to give each constituency the same number of electors - or as close as possible to make representation fairer.

But the Gloucester MP (pictured) said: "In 2006 they successfully chomped off Longlevens (helped by the then ardent Labour government and MP support: far too many Conservative voters there, so let's slice that off to Tewkesbury).

"Then in 2010-11 they tried to munch off Westgate for the Forest of Dean, unaware that our northern tip is our historic city centre. We saw that off.

"Next in 2016 was an attempt to dislocate Quedgeley for Stroud, while returning Longlevens. There was at least some geographic logic to this, although it was again dividing up city boundaries."

Mr Graham said the latest plan is to give Tewkesbury another part of the body - Elmbridge, which has always been part of the City of Gloucester. Next door Longlevens would stay in Tewkesbury, while Quedgeley would stay in Gloucester.

"That's good news for the relationship between the city and Quedgeley - I wasn't keen on severing that link - residents made it fairly clear that they didn't see themselves as part of Stroud and councillors who fought the case strongly can be pleased.

"Parts of Elmbridge abut the Railway Triangle and the northern end of Barnwood Road, within a short walk of the London Road and the heart of the city. I would be surprised if many residents were keen to vote for an MP for Tewkesbury.

"And where next to chop off? Kingsholm? Westgate again? As the UK's tenth fastest growing city the Boundary Commission will inevitably come back, if this went ahead, at some point, for a further amputation.

"One solution is to allow for an increase in the size of certain urban constituencies, not least because the physical size of Gloucester is so small.

"The logical alternative in due course - having two MPs for Gloucester - is not a happy one. Our success over the last seven years is not least down to having one voice, whom voters can endorse or reject."

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