Dear Editor,

Is it possible to raise a collective howl of protest at the proposed constituency boundary changes as shown on the Boundary Commission Map.

It shows that chunks of the HR9 postcode area, which rely on Ross-on-Wye and Hereford for schools, hospitals, doctors, libraries, police, fire brigade, shopping, waste disposal etc, will not have an MP who represents Ross and Hereford.

Instead it will have one whose main interest will be Ledbury, Malvern, the suburbs of Worcester and vast areas of rural Worcestershire, which have no connection with HR9.

How can Netherton, Brampton Abbotts, Upton Bishop and other villages reliant on Ross for their services hope to engage the attention of an MP who has no responsibility for the main local centres of population.

Perhaps indicative of how out of touch the Commission is, is the invitation to attend public hearings – in Birmingham, Shropshire, Warwickshire and Staffordshire.

Jesse Norman we need your help.

Howard Eldridge

Upton Bishop