All three of Barnet’s Parliamentary constituencies will be affected by proposed changes to electoral boundaries.

Information released by the Boundary Commission for England today (September 13) would see London’s 73 constituencies reduced to 68 with boundaries shifted all over the UK.

In Barnet the boundaries would move significantly, meaning voters may become part of completely new electorates.

The Conservative party currently hold all three seats.

The proposals are currently preliminary and final plans will not be put forward until 2018, following a period of public consultation.

The changes would affect Barnet’s boundaries in various ways:

• Hendon, currently held by Matthew Offord, would be extended down to Golders Green while retaining its constituency name, but lose Mill Hill.

• The Mill Hill area would be part of a new ‘Chipping Barnet and Mill Hill’ constituency while the existing Chipping Barnet constituency, held by Theresa Villiers, would lose Southgate but extend into Cockfosters.

• Mike Freer’s seat in Finchley and Golders Green constituency would become ‘Finchley and Southgate’, taking parts of Southgate lost by the Enfield and Southgate constituency and Chipping Barnet, while losing Golders Green to the new Hendon constituency.

The plans would reduce the number of MPs in the UK from 650 to 600 in an effort to balance various factors of voting discrepancy and improve electorate representation in Parliament.

In England, only 68 constituencies would remain unchanged while 33 would disappear entirely.

This would include current Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn's seat Islington North, which would be divided between two new seats - Finsbury and Finsbury Park and Stoke Newington.

The changes would be expected to take effect in time for the 2020 general elections.