BUILT by Altrincham’s award winning IT consultancy, Informed Solutions, the new Parliamentary Boundary Consultation Portal (PBCP) is proving to be a huge success with voters affected by proposed Parliamentary boundary changes.

The recently launched website enables those affected by the proposed changes - which includes the Altrincham and Sale West constituency - to view them online and submit feedback from the comfort of their own homes.

The current review of Parliamentary boundaries proposes that the number of UK constituencies should reduce from 650 to 600. L eading Digital Transformation specialist, Informed Solutions, was engaged by the Cabinet Office to deliver the PBCP for the Boundary Commissions of England, Wales and Scotland.

The portal recently went live and immediately proved to be extremely popular, with 220,000 visits to the site in its first 24 hours of operation, and has resulted in more than 80 per cent of the 17,000 representations made to date being made online.

Sam Hartley, secretary to the Boundary Commission for England, said: “Consulting with the public to define the Parliamentary constituency boundaries is a hugely important process.

"Enabling the public to access proposed changes and comment on them online is a significant step forward in making the democratic process more digital and therefore more interactive and transparent.

"This project is unique in that it is the first portal to combine the consultation process for the Boundary Commissions for England, Scotland and Wales onto one platform. We are pleased to be collaborating with Informed Solutions on this exciting journey to deliver an innovative public service.”

Informed’s UK CEO, Seth Finegan has echoed these sentiments: “It is great to be working with the Cabinet Office on such an important project, and we are delighted with the early take up of the system by the public. During the 2013 review, only 20 per cent of responses to the Government were made digitally, so the fact that over 80 per cent of representations in this round of consultation have been made online is extremely encouraging, and suggests that it is already proving to be a great success.”

The current review will run between September 2016 and 2018. The portal can be found at www.bce2018.org.uk/