PROPOSED boundary changes which could see Marldon and Blatchcombe tacked on to the Newton Abbot seat have been condemned as ignoring historic boundaries and relationships.br>'We have no affinity whatsoever with Newton Abbot. Everyone goes to Totnes to shop, we've got a bus service to Totnes and have always been very close to South Hams,' said Trevor Pennington, Devon county councillor, South Hams district councillor and former chairman of Marldon Parish Council.br>He said he will be raising it at all three tiers of local government and making representations to the Boundary Commission.br>'Surely we in Marldon would be better in a rural seat like Totnes, than places like Brixham. br>'Whether we shall win, I don't know,' he said.br>Otherwise proposals published by the Boundary Commission earlier this week appear to have caused few political ripples.br>Under the changes, as well as gaining Marldon and Blatchcombe, Newton Abbot would lose Kenton and Starcross to the already vast Central Devon seat.br>Newton Abbot MP Anne-Marie Morris was unavailable for comment, but her office sent the following statement: 'It is important we look at ways to reduce the cost of politics and I therefore support reducing the number of MPs.br>'For my part, the most important thing right now is to focus on representing those I have been elected to serve. Whatever the future shape of the constituency is come the next election, I shall be very happy to champion the causes of any community I am lucky enough to be elected to represent.' br>Cllr Alan Connett, who represents Kenton at district and county level, which it is proposed would move from Newton Abbot to Central Devon constituency, described himself as 'neither relaxed nor not relaxed.'br>'It's too early to tell whether it is a good or a bad thing. The experts will be looking at this at a very local level. We'll still be part of Teignbridge and it will still be the same ward. Life carries on.'br>Central Devon, already one of the largest rural constituencies in the country, stands to get even bigger, losing Okehampton and gaining six Torridge wards.br>Its MP, Mel Stride, said: 'I am very pleased that the vast majority – 90 per cent – of constituents will remain within Central Devon.br>'I want to take soundings to hear what people think and will form my views as a result. I'm guessing it would increase from 550 sq miles to around 650 sq miles. It takes one to one-and-a-half hours to get from one end to the other and would probably add another 15 minutes. I've worked hard to be there for everyone across a very large area. I don't think this is going to stop that but will be more of a challenge. br>The loss of Okehampton would make it the only seat in the country with no conurbation more than 10,000 people, the largest settlements of Bovey Tracey, Heathfield and Crediton having a population of around 6,500.br>The public has until December 5 to comment, with final proposals being put to government by October 1, 2013.