Trident in Milford, constituency boundary changes - two ideas that must have seemed like good, clinical strikes at the time have turned into rather more uncomfortable homing missiles.
Mr Baron believes a referendum "may be an increasingly attractive option" for the prime minister, since the Lib Dems effectively torpedoed plans for constituency boundary changes, which Conservatives had hoped would help them win more seats.
Under the new law on constituency sizes, the Boundary Commission says Cornwall will inevitably have to share an MP with Devon in some form.
Two West Midlands Conservative MPs have said they are worried by the size of a new constituency, proposed by the Boundary Commission.
There have been no boundary changes to this constituency in recent times, but local politics have been drastically altered by the abolition of the county of Humberside.
BBC: NEWS | VOTE 2001 | RESULTS & CONSTITUENCIES | Great Grimsby
The Kensington constituency, submerged into Kensington and Chelsea in 1997 boundary changes, has been revived in the latest seats shake-up.
David Cameron told Welsh Conservative MPs he didn't want "any silliness" when the Boundary Commission published its plans for new constituency boundaries.
Andrew Selous also made strong representations to the Boundary Commission over the proposed changes to his constituency, South West Bedfordshire.
Labour had held the seat for most of the period between 1945 and 1983, before boundary changes brought in new territories which swung the constituency decisively to the right.
The proposals by the Boundary Commission aim to standardise the population numbers within each constituency.
The Boundary Commission for Wales has unveiled its latest proposals for constituency boundaries.
The boundary changes would see the area that each MP represents (constituency) changed to be more equal-sized across the UK, with the number of MPs cut from 650 to 600.
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The vote is on a Lords amendment to the Electoral Registration and Administration Bill, postponing the boundary changes needed to reduce the number of MPs to 600 and equalise constituency electorates.
At the heart of Liverpool, the constituency stretches along the diverse areas of active, decayed and redeveloped dockland from the Bootle boundary right up to more affluent Aigburth.
BBC: NEWS | VOTE 2001 | RESULTS & CONSTITUENCIES | Liverpool Riverside
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