Labour MPs celebrate boundary vote defeat

Labour MP for North West Durham Pat Glass, Diane Abbott Labour MP for Tooting, and Labour MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington Sadiq Khan have all taken to Twitter after the Conservatives lost a vote to change the Westminster constituency boundaries:

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Next election to be fought on current boundaries – Tories should try to win elections fair and square and not by moving the goalposts

From @SadiqKhan on Twitter:

The plans to redraw Westminster's constituency boundaries and cut the number of MPs at the next general election were rejected in the Commons by 334 to 292.

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MPs boundary changes rejected

The Prime Minister's plans to redraw Westminster's constituency boundaries and cut the number of MPs at the next general election have been rejected in the Commons.