England & Wales Constituency Boundary Proposals are here

[LeftishBrit]

9. What really bothers me is: why reduce the number of MPs at all at this stage?

600 is a lower number than we've had at any time in the last 200 years. This could be partially explained in terms of earlier parliaments including MPs for all of Ireland; but it is also lower than in any post-Partition parliament. Meanwhile, the population has increased; MPs' constituency duties have increased, and are, I believe, higher than the equivalent in most other countries; and MPs will have their work cut out for them - whether or not they actually choose to do it! - with all this Brexit mess. If they want to save money, then they could freeze MPs' salaries, reduce allowable expenses, and not increase the size of the House of Lords.