There's a far better solution to gerrymandering than these creative ways to draw lines on a map. It's called proportional representation, and it's used in many countries in Europe (usually combined with the d'Hondt formula). FPTP leads to far more silliness than PR and therefore countries using PR have healthier political discourse and systems. Sad that the UK rejected the proposal to abolish FPTP in the early 10s.
Edit: changed this tautological sounding sentence - "None of the countries using PR suffer from the sillinesses arising from FPTP."
Edit: changed this tautological sounding sentence - "None of the countries using PR suffer from the sillinesses arising from FPTP."