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Peers vote to block MP constituency boundary changes
Peers have voted to block a reduction in the number of MPs from 650 to 600, which the coalition had originally planned to put in place at the next general election, in 2015.
The House of Lords voted by 300 to 231 to delay until 2018 a boundary review necessary to make the change.
Labour peer Lord Hart of Chilton said this would mean the review was based on a more accurate register of voters.
But he was accused of "riding roughshod" over Lords procedures.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-21016025