The reforms, put out to consultation on Tuesday, propose extending MP Damian Hinds parliamentary seat south to align with East Hampshire District Council’s boundaries.
But more controversial are plans to cut Bordon in half – with Whitehill and much of the new development east of the Bordon Inclosure, including Duke’s Quarter and the new town centre, remaining in East Hampshire, while the rest forms part of a new ‘Farnham and Bordon County Constituency (CC)’.
A number of Hampshire villages such as Liphook and Grayshott could also form part of the Farnham and Bordon CC, extending as far east as Haslemere and north to Farnham and Upper Hale.
Responding to the proposals, East Hampshire MP Mr Hinds said: “The review of constituency boundaries is a complex but necessary process, trying to ensure there continues to be fair and equitable representation across the country. Everything is inter-dependent and this is,, of course, a wider set of proposals for the whole country.
“It is, though, early days in the process and we are some way away from implementation – to be clear, the draft plan can change, and it has done on previous occasions. We shall have to see how things develop with the Boundary Commission and there is the opportunity for representations to them.”
Pending the results of three phases of consultation planned over the next two years and a possible snap general election, the final changes could be implemented in late 2023.
South West Surrey MP Jeremy Hunt also suggested “much could change” before a proposed shake-up of the UK’s parliamentary boundaries come into force in late 2023, as proposed by the Boundary Commission.
South West Surrey is to be effectively split in two under the plans, becoming Godalming and Ash and Farnham and Bordon.
The latter of these would become a cross-county constituency, joining Farnham and Haslemere in Surrey with Liphook, Grayshott and half of Bordon in Hampshire.
Mr Hunt, the South West Surrey MP since 2005, said: “There is a period of at least two years needed before any of these proposals become law and much could change – including another general election because the government plans to repeal the fixed- term parliament act.
“So until any such changes are actually made, I will continue to focus on being MP for South West Surrey, a role I am incredibly proud to serve in.”
Mr Hunt’s Lib Dem rival at the 2019 general election, and current Waverley leader Paul Follows, added: “They are interesting proposals and I have no doubt everyone is now scrambling around to see who might benefit and who might lose out.
“Of course, we have seen proposals before over the past decade and they often fall away and never get adopted – so we should probably wait and see.
“However, while they are happy to tinker with electoral boundaries, the government continues to ignore the real area in need of electoral reform – first past the post.
“This electoral system continues to generate electoral inequalities wherever it is used.
“It is the reason why the current Conservative government has 56 per cent of the seats in the House of Commons from a minority vote share of 44 per cent.
“Until that is addressed, boundary changes are just playing at dealing with electoral inequalities.”
The initial proposals will now be subject to consultations and revisions.
The first will run for eight weeks up to Monday, August 2.
A second consultation will then get under way in spring 2022, followed by a final four-week consultation on revised plans in autumn 2022.
Final recommendations are due by July 1, 2023, after which the changes could come into effect in late 2023.