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Preparing a warding proposalElectoral review briefing for council13 July 2017
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Bath & North East SomersetSlide2
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Richard Buck – Review Manager
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David Owen– Review Officer
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We are here to:
Tell you about the review process
Tell you about the Commission’s policies
Answer your questions
We are not here to:
Tell you what proposals to make
Receive formal or informal submissions to the review
Give an undertaking that the Commission will recommend (agree to) any particular proposalSlide4
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BALLOT BOX
An electoral review determines the following 5 things:Total number of councillorsTotal number of wardsBoundaries of each ward
Number of councillors elected to each wardNames of each ward
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Preliminary period/Number of councillors
February – June 2017
Consultation on ward patterns25 July – 2 October 2017Consultation on draft recommendations19 December 2017 – 26 February2018Publish final recommendations May 2018Order – coming into force at elections in 2019
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Mid 2017
Early 2017
Late 2017
2018
2019Slide6
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Electoral equality
Optimum number of electors per councillorFive year forecastCommunity identityParishes as building blocksStrong boundariesPublic facilitiesFocus on community interactionEffective and convenient local governmentCoherent wards with good internal transport links
Statutory criteria Slide8
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Councillors = 50
Electorate = 100,000
Average Electors per Councillor =2,000
-10% variance
Electoral equality
+ 10% variance
1,800
1 councillor ward
2,000 electors
2,200
3,600
2 councillor ward
4,000 electors
4,400
5,400
3 councillor ward
6,000 electors
6,600
Strength of evidence requiredSlide9
and/or
and/or
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Doughnut wardsSlide13
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Effective
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Do not consider:
Political consequences
It’s
not broke don’t fix it
Parliamentary boundaries
Postcodes or addresses
What we want:
Rationale not assertion
What you do and don’t like
Put forward an alternative
Practical community examples
Reflect the statutory criteriaSlide16
Points to remember
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You may have good reasons for proposing something – tell us what they are
Others may propose something different – and give us their reasons
Our recommendations need to balance statutory considerations – not select from them