Local Government Boundary for England

MUNICIPAL YEAR 2018/2019 REPORT NO. Agenda – Part:1 Item: MEETING TITLE AND DATE: Electoral Review Panel Subject: Local Government Boundary Commission for England – Electoral 11th September 2018 Review

REPORT OF: Wards:All Head of Governance & Scrutiny

Contact officer and telephone number: Claire Johnson 020 8 379 4239 E mail: [email protected]

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

1.1 Enfield’s last electoral review undertaken by the Local Government Boundary

Commission was in 2000. The lapse in time since the last review, has triggered

a requirement for a periodic review to be undertaken.

1.2 The review has two stages, the first stage to review the council size will be

completed on 27th November 2018, this will determine the total number of

councillors to be elected to the council in the future.

1.3 This report explains to members of the Panel the review and key dates, and

provides details of the evidence required which the Council needs to make the

case for the Council size submission.

2. RECOMMENDATIONS

2.1 That the Electoral Review Panel:

2.2 Notes the Local Government Boundary Commission for England’s review process, and key dates as detailed within the report.

2.3 Considers the evidence gathered to date at Appendix A, and notes that more is being collated to build up a profile of the workload of members, and governance arrangements.

2.4 Notes the members survey and encourages colleagues to complete the survey

2.5 Agrees the next steps of the review.

3. BACKGROUND

3.1 The last electoral review in Enfield was published in 2000. The Council changed from 66 Councillors and 33 Wards, to 63 Councillors and 21 wards. The review provided electoral equality across the wards at that time.

3.2 The review of Enfield has been triggered by the periodic review criteria. Following the July 19th meetings, when the Boundary Commission met with both the Leader, and Opposition Leader and all members to explain the review process, it was agreed that a cross party working group should look at the arrangements and for this group to make recommendations to Council.

3.3 The Electoral Review Panel is already a constituted Panel, with cross party membership. The boundary commission review of electoral arrangements falls within its remit, so there was no need to set-up a new committee.

4.0 Electoral Review Process

4.1 The electoral review has two parts;

4.2 Part One: Council size: (Preliminary stage) Now until 2nd November 2018. The first part of the review will determine the total number of councillors to be elected to the council in the future.

4.3 When the number of electors per councillor in a ward is within 10% of the average for the authority, the commission refers to the ward as having ‘good electoral equality’.

4.4 By the end of the preliminary stage of the review, the commission expects the council and/or its political groups, to present the Commission with a case for a council size that they believe is right for their authority

4.5 The council submission does not have to be supported by both groups, but goes through the usual channels of decision making, with referral from the Electoral Review Panel, to full Council. If the opposition group disagrees with what’s proposed, they’re free to make their own submission(s), which the commission considers equally with the Council’s submission.

4.6 Key Dates of the Review

Stage Review Stage Council LGBCE Key Dates

Chair, Chief Leader, Chief Executive 6 March 2018 Initial meetings Executive

Council officers

involved in Review Officer Officer Briefings review

Lead

Council group Commissioner, Group Leader Briefings 19 July 2018 Preliminary leaders Review Officer Lead

All councillors Commissioner, Full Council Briefings Review Officer

Councillors, 11th September Electoral Review Panel No officers and 9th October Review Manager, Community Briefings - TBC Review Officer -

Develop council size Submit to BC by 30th October Council / groups nd

proposal the 2 November 2018

Size Commission Meeting – 20 November

Council Council - Commission council size decision 2018

27 November Develop warding/division Council / groups - 2018 – patterns proposal / public 4 February 2019 Commission Meeting – draft - Commission 26 March 2019 recommendations Consultation on draft Council / groups 9 April 2019 – - recommendations / public 17 June 2019 Warding patterns Warding Commission Meeting – final - Commission 23 July 2019 recommendations Final recommendations - Commission 6 August 2019 published

Order laid - Commission September 2019

Implementation Council - 2022

5.0 Commission information requirements

5.1 There is a list of key information requirements as prescribed by the Boundary Commission, the recommendations to Council on the future size of the council will be based on this evidence.

5.2 Evidence is still being gathered at this stage in the process.

5.3 The Commission will make its judgment on council size by considering three broad areas:

 governance arrangements of the council and how decisions are taken across the broad range of its responsibilities.

The Commission aims to ensure that councils have the right number of councillors to take decisions and manage the business of the council in an effective way now and in the future.

Evidence is currently being gathered on cabinet and/or committee responsibilities, numbers of committees and their workload, delegation to officials, other bodies and plans for the future. Desktop studies have been undertaken see appendix A, but this needs to be put into context using qualitative data from the members survey, which should enable us to build up a profile of member workload.

 scrutiny functions relating to its own decision making and the council’s responsibilities to outside bodies.

Every local authority has mechanisms to scrutinise the executive functions of the council and other local bodies. In considering council size, the Commission will want to satisfy itself that these responsibilities can be administered in a convenient and effective way.  representational role of councillors in the local community and how they engage with people, conduct casework and represent the council on local partner organisations.

The Commission are interested in hearing about the extent to which members routinely engage with communities and how this affects workload and responsibilities.

The members survey should provide the qualitative data. Currently being gathered are numbers of ward surgeries, ward forums, members enquires and electorate and population data. Part of the narrative of the submission once we have built up a member and ward profile should note the differences in the demographics of the Borough, and if this has any impact on the representational role of a councillor. For example do the more deprived wards make more demands on a councillors time, or is it the more affluent areas, where residents may be more vocal, that take more time, or, are the demands the same ?

5.4 Full Council on the 30th October will formally approve the Councils submission. This needs to be with the commission by 2nd November.

5.5 The Boundary Commission will meet on the 20th November 2018 to make its decision on the Council size.

6.0 Part Two:

6.1 The Commission will draw up new electoral arrangements that provide the best balance of the statutory criteria. The criteria include three main elements:

 Delivering electoral equality for local voters. This means ensuring that each councillor represents roughly the same number of voters so that the value of your vote is the same regardless of where you live in the local authority area. They allow a 10% variance in the size of the ward from the baseline.

 Interests and identities of local communities. This means establishing electoral arrangements which, as far as possible, avoid splitting local ties and where boundaries are easily identifiable.

 Effective and convenient local government. This means ensuring that the wards can be represented effectively by their elected representative(s) and that the new electoral arrangements, including both the council size decision and wading arrangements, allow the local authority to conduct its business effectively.

6.1 Consultation on Warding Patterns - 27th November – 4th February 2019

6.2 The first round of consultation will ask for proposals on new ward boundaries. Responses to that consultation are used to draw up draft recommendations for new boundaries across the area.

6.3 Consultation on draft recommendations - 9th April – 17th June 2019.

6.4 Any proposal to the Commission, must take into account the statutory criteria. The most persuasive cases are those that are also supported by evidence. 6.5 The Commission aims to deliver a pattern of wards where each councillor represents approximately the same number of electors.

6.6 The commission base decisions on the number of electors in a ward and not the total population. The Commission’s obligation, set out in law, is to deliver electoral equality where councillors represent a similar number of electors. Therefore this could not be achieved if population statistic were considered rather than electoral register totals.

6.7 The Commission will meet on the 23rd July 2019 to make its decision on the final recommendations.

Final recommendations Published - 6th August 2019

Order laid in Parliament - September 2019

Council Implementation – May 2022

7.0 Appendix A shows some of the data already collated.

APPENDIX A

Reviews that took place in 2016/2017 for implementation following the local election in 2018

Borough Final Existing Existing New New Change to Recommendations Number of Number Number of Number Ward Published Councillors of Councillors of Boundaries Wards 2018 Wards 2018 Bexley 8 November 63 21 45 17 All boundaries 2016 to change Croydon 4 July 2017 70 24 70 28 26 boundary changes, 2 remain the same Redbridge 8 November 63 21 63 22 All but 1 2016 boundary will change Southwark 19 July 2016 63 21 63 23 All boundaries to change

New Composition for Numbers of Councillors Per Ward following the local election in 2018

Borough 1 Councillor 2 Councillors 3 Councillors Total per Ward per Ward Per Ward Number of Wards Bexley 0 6 11 17 Croydon 1 12 15 28 Redbridge 0 3 19 22 Southwark 0 6 17 23

In the 2018/19 there are a total of 186 meetings in the Council Calendar of meetings. This does not include outside body meetings, or meetings that Councillors have with residents, this information will be provided by the members survey.

A desktop study of the numbers of meetings that councillors are appointed to, shows that:

11 Councillors are appointed to 5 or more committees

30 Councillors are appointed to 3 or 4 committees

22 Councillors are appointed to less than 2 committees

From May 2017 to May 2018, there were 5919 members enquires.

 Bowes – 143  Bush Hill Park – 200  Chase – 354  Cockfosters – 63  Edmonton – 2  Edmonton Green – 75  Enfield Highway – 61  Enfield Lock – 112  Grange – 37  Haselbury – 155  Highlands – 108  Jubilee – 248  Lower Edmonton – 56  Palmers Green – 96  Ponders End – 342  Southbury – 512  Southgate – 48  Southgate Green – 611  Town – 257  Turkey Street – 94  Upper Edmonton – 39  Winchmore Hill – 429  Not stated – 1880

Still to collate - numbers for ward surgeries, and ward forums. SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS

COMMITTEE PURPOSE MEETINGS

COUNCIL Holds the Cabinet to account, makes decisions required by statute; 6 acts as a debating chamber to further the interests of the Borough’s residents; Evening consider and debate budget, policy and major service proposals;

CABINET Cabinet is the political leadership of the local authority. It has a key role in delivering services, proposing the budget and policy framework to the Council and 10 in promoting and complying with the Council’s aims and strategic priorities. The Evening Leader can appoint up to nine Members to the Cabinet, one of whom must be a Deputy Leader and the Leader decides whether particular decision-making powers will be undertaken collectively or by individual Members within Cabinet.

LOCAL PLAN CABINET To deal, on behalf of the Cabinet, with appropriate issues concerning the SUB-COMMITTEE (ONLY preparation and review of: the Council’s Local Plan, Supplementary Planning 4 CABINET CAN BE Documents and guidance to the Local Plan, including Memorandums of Evening MEMBERS) Understanding with other Local Authorities and stakeholders; Neighbourhood Planning documents; and the Community Infrastructure Levy.

SHAREHOLDER BOARD The role of the Shareholder Board (a sub-committee of Cabinet) will be to (CABINET SUB- exercise governance of and provide direction for the companies on behalf of the 4 COMMITTEE ONLY Council’s Cabinet. Cabinet will remain the ultimate decision- making body on Evening CABINET CAN BE specific material issues affecting the strategic direction of each company.

MEMBERS) OVERVIEW & SCRUTINY The Overview and Scrutiny Committee is required to take an independent 8 COMMITTEE Leadership role in the Council’s aim of Continuous improvement in the Evening performance of its functions and to hold decision-makers to account.

HEALTH SCRUTINY Scrutinise the planning and provision of local health services and through this 4 STANDING PANEL process contribute to the continuous improvement of health services and services Evening that impact upon health. CRIME SCRUTINY The role of the committee should be as a ‘critical friend’ of the Safer Stronger 4 STANDING PANEL Communities Board and provide it with constructive challenge at a strategic level. Evening

The primary purpose is to ensure best practice in corporate governance and to 4 AUDIT & RISK enable the Council to discharge its fiduciary responsibilities in preventing fraud Evening MANAGEMENT and corruption, and arranging proper stewardship of public funds. COMMITTEE To deal with complaints against councillors and issues concerning the members’ COUNCILLOR CONDUCT Code of Conduct. 4 (ii) To promote and maintain high standards of conduct by councillors and all co- Evening COMMITTEE opted members.

REMUNERATION The committee will be responsible for making recommendations to the Cabinet 4 and council on strategic pay and remuneration issues relating to staff in posts Evening COMMITTEE graded Director, Executive Director and Chief Executive. To discharge and, as may be determined, delegate all the functions of the Council as a Licensing Authority under the Licensing Act 2003 excluding the determination LICENSING and review of the Council’s statement of Licensing policy made under section 5 of the Licensing Act 2003. 10 (dependant LICENSING SUB- on numbers of COMMITTEE 3 councillors selected from the Licensing Committee applications) 10am Wednesdays The determination of all types of application for development and the use of land 19 (dates PLANNING COMMITTEE submitted under the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 and associated scheduled- not legislation and consents required under associated legislation including all used) Conservation Area Consents, Listed Building Consents and Advertisement Consents;

PLANNING PANELS A non-executive body established to provide an opportunity for the applicant to explain proposals and clarify queries. For residents to raise concerns. The panel As and when does not have any decision-making powers. CONSERVATION To consider and advise the Director (Planning & Transportation) and Planning ADVISORY GROUP Committee on proposals for development which are referred to the Group which 11 could affect the character or appearance of conservation areas, ancient Evening monuments, listed buildings or their settings, or the architectural or historic interest of key sites in the borough generally. GREEN BELT FORUM To comment on strategic and policy issues affecting the green belt in Enfield, 4 such as government, regional or local policies, and changing patterns of usage. Evening APPOINTMENTS PANEL To be responsible for making appointments to all posts at Executive Director and Director level and for making a recommendation for the appointment of the Head As and when of the Paid Service to the Full Council. VULNERABLE YOUNG To review and scrutinise matters relating to vulnerabilities which affect young PEOPLE TASK GROUP people including but not necessarily limited to the following areas 4 Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE) Evening Young People who go missing (from Home Education, Care & Health) Modern Slavery (including trafficked children, domestic servitude, and labour exploitation) Young People involved in or at risk of Harmful Practices (including Female Genital Mutilation, Forced Marriage and Honour Based Abuse). Young People who are involved in with Gangs and related activity including ‘county lines’ Radicalisation (both in terms of general religious, political or ideological extremism and those at risk of being drawn into terrorist activity as described by the PREVENT agenda) Private Fostering. DEAF FORUM To provide a means of engaging with the deaf community and informing them of 4 policy and strategic information of interest. Evening

HEALTH & WELLBEING The primary aims of the Board are to promote integration and partnership working BOARD between the local authority, Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) and other local 5 services and improve the local democratic accountability of health. Evening

HEALTH AND SOCIAL To determine priorities for service modernisation across health and social care CARE BOARD taking into account national priorities as established in the NHS plan.

LBE/ENFIELD RACIAL The main aim of the meeting shall be to discuss a range of relevant issues of interest to black and minority ethnic residents in Enfield, and provide opinions and EQUALITY COUNCIL 4 advice to the authority. It acts as a monitor of local issues, Council services and Council policies as they relate to race, ethnicity and culture/faith. Evening

MEMBER & DEMOCRATIC To oversee and monitor the Council’s democratic processes and arrangements SERVICES GROUP and the implementation of related parts of the Constitution, and to consider issues 4 and develop proposals relating to all aspects of Members’ support, including: Evening administrative and ICT support; Members’ enquiries; Members’ wellbeing and office accommodation support; training and development; Members’ allowances SAFER Safer Neighbourhood Boards are in place in every London Borough, bringing NEIGHBOURHOODS police and communities together to decide local policing and crime priorities, solve 4 BOARD problems collaboratively and make sure that the public are involved in a wide Eveniing range of other community safety decisions.

Provides a key strategic overview of the management of the Council’s Housing COUNCIL HOUSING Revenue Account (HRA) business and associated strategies and policies, 4 BOARD including quality and performance. Evening

PENSION POLICY & The Committee acts with delegated powers from the Council as Administering INVESTMENT Authority for the Pension Fund and accordingly: 4 COMMITTEE ● takes key policy decisions in relation to the Pension Fund; Daytime ● reviews the performance of the Fund’s investments and funding strategies; ● approves admissions into the Fund.

LOCAL PENSION BOARD The purpose of the Board is to assist the Administering Authority in its role as a scheme manager of the Scheme. Such assistance is to: 4 (a) secure compliance with the Regulations, any other legislation relating to the Evening governance and administration of the Scheme, and requirements imposed by the Pensions Regulator in relation to the Scheme and; (b) to ensure the effective and efficient governance and administration of the Scheme. PUBLIC TRANSPORT to consider and monitor the operation and provision of public transport facilities CONSULTATIVE GROUP within the Borough; 4 (ii) to share information on key developments relating to the public transport Evening network including receiving reports from representative forums and groups; (iii) to identify strategic issues for public transport providers to address; and (iv) to provide input into the development of Council policies and responses to relevant consultations. CORPORATE PARENTING To ensure that the Council fulfils its role as corporate parent to its looked after BOARD children, young people and care leavers and that Members, partner agencies, 3 officers and the children in care council work together to provide a coordinated, @ 5.30pm holistic approach to service delivery and development MEMBER/GOVERNOR To consider a range of issues common to both the Council and governing FORUM bodies and to make recommendations to the Cabinet, via the Cabinet Member 3 for Education and Children’s Services and any relevant Scrutiny Panel; Evening To consider matters concerning the Education, Children’s Services and Leisure service referred by school governing bodies, Council Scrutiny Panels, the Policy Co-ordinating Group or other educational partners;

STAFF FORUM & JCGT i) discuss matters concerning educational issues and the education service in Enfield; 3 (ii) discuss matters submitted by the Member Governor Forum/Chairs’ Briefing, Evening Parents Forum, education staffing groups and the education service as appropriate; (iii) make suggestions and proposals to the Director, Member Governor Forum/Chairs’ Briefing, and/or the Cabinet via the Cabinet Member for Education and Children’s Services, and any relevant Scrutiny Panel. SACRE (i) Advise the Local Education Authority on such matters connected with religious education in accordance with an agreed syllabus as the authority may refer to the 2 SACRE or as the SACRE may see fit; e.g. methods of teaching, choice of Evening materials, provision of training for teaching staff. (ii) Advise the Authority on all matters connected with religious worship in relation to multi-faith acts of worship. (iii) Advise and require the Authority to review any agreed syllabus on religious education. (iv) Consider complaints concerning RE and the act of collective worship. (v) Publish an annual report which will:- 1) specify those areas on which the SACRE has given advice to the Authority; 2) describe the nature of the advice given; and 3) give reasons why the SACRE felt the need to offer advice to the authority on any matter. (vi) Determine the criteria by which requests from Headteachers to withdraw from or modify the requirements of the Act regarding collective worship would be considered. SCHOOLS FORUM The main functions of the School Forums are to comment on: · proposals for the school funding formula. 5 · issues in connection within the schools budget Evening · contracts for the provision of services to schools

SCHOOL APPEALS PANEL To deal with appeals made under the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 against: As and when (i)any decision made by the Local Education Authority as to the school at which education is to be provided for a child in exercise of the Authority's functions; (ii)any decision made by or on behalf of the governors of any community or voluntary controlled school maintained by the Authority refusing a child admission to such a school; or (iii)any decision by the Council in respect of the permanent exclusion of a child from an Enfield Local Authority maintained school.

LEARNING DIFFICULTIES To oversee, advise and ensure the development and implementation of the Joint PARTNERSHIP BOARD Investment Plan. Daytime

FOSTERING PANEL The core business of the Fostering Panel is as follows: ● Approval of new carers. Daytime ● Review of existing carers. ● Approval of long term carers. ● Matching of children to their long term carers for the over 12’s. ● Approval of Kinship Carers. ● Review of Kinship Carers. ADOPTION PANEL The Panel has four key areas of responsibilities: ● Deciding whether adoption is in the best interests of children. Daytime ● Approval of adoptive applicants. ● ‘Matching’ a child in need of an adoptive family with the most suitable approved applicants. ● Quality Assurance. ELECTORAL REVIEW To review and agree the electoral arrangements in the Borough relating to the PANEL designation of polling districts and polling places in accordance with any As and when provisions of the Representation of the People Acts. STAFF APPEALS PANEL To deal with appeals against dismissal, grading, pension entitlement and As and when grievances by Chief Officers and Deputy Chief Officers. WARD FORUMS To enable ward councillors to engage local people more directly in strategic issues that matter to them.

Ward 2018 data Ward variance per councillor 3 @ 2018 BOWES 3 9785 -4% 3262 BUSHI HILL PARK 3 10552 3% 3517 CHASE 3 9930 -3% 3310 COCKFOSTERS 3 10407 2% 3469 EDMONTON GREEN 3 10807 6% 3602 ENFIELD HIGHWAY 3 10489 3% 3496 ENFIELD LOCK 3 10794 6% 3598 GRANGE 3 10030 -2% 3343 HASELBURY 3 10128 -1% 3376 HIGHLANDS 3 10091 -1% 3364 JUBILEE 3 9190 -10% 3063 LOWER EDMONTON 3 10196 0% 3399 PALMERS GREEN 3 10638 4% 3546 PONDERS END 3 9373 -8% 3124 SOUTHBURY 3 9907 -3% 3302 SOUTHGATE 3 10432 2% 3477 SOUTHGATE GREEN 3 10118 -1% 3373 TOWN 3 11296 10% 3765 TURKEY STREET 3 9654 -6% 3218 UPPER EDMONTON 3 11003 8% 3668 WINCHMORE HILL 3 9939 -3% 3313 TOTALS 214759 Average per ward 10226.619 3409

Members Survey

How long have you been a Councillor with Enfield

Under a year

1 to 4 years

5 to 8 years

9 to 12 years

Over 12 years

Employment Status:

Employed Full time

Employed Part-time

Self Employed

Unemployed

In full-time Education

Retired

Other What best describes your role(s) on the Council ?

Leader

Deputy Leader

Cabinet Member

Opposition Leader

Opposition Deputy Leader

OSC Chair

OSC Committee member

Member of a scrutiny workstream

Chair of a Panel, Committee or Forum

Vice Chair of a Panel, Committee or Forum

Appointed as a representative to an outside body

Mayor

Deputy Mayor

What Ward do you represent?

On average how many hours per week do you spend on the following activities for formal council meetings, partner organisations, and outside bodies to which you have been appointed to by the Council?

Preparing for/reading papers/preparing questions:

Attending Council meetings:

Attending other meetings representing the council e.g outside bodies/School Governing bodies/Partner meetings (Health/Police), voluntary sector

Council promotion/publicity

Ward work (phone calls with residents/casework/visits)

Members enquiries

Service requests

Complaints

FOI’s

Ward surgeries

Ward forums

Time spent on party business

Member training Other (Please list)

Final recommendations for Croydon Borough Council

Number of Variance Number of Variance Number of Electorate Electorate Ward name electors per from average electors per from average councillors (2016) (2022) councillor % councillor % 1 Addiscombe East 2 8,463 4,232 12% 8,705 4,353 8%

2 Addiscombe West 3 10,005 3,335 -12% 11,784 3,928 -2%

3 Bensham Manor 3 11,141 3,714 -2% 11,545 3,848 -4%

4 Broad Green 3 12,215 4,072 8% 13,175 4,392 9%

5 Coulsdon Town 3 9,794 3,265 -13% 11,294 3,765 -7% Crystal Palace & 6 3 11,261 3,754 -1% 11,816 3,939 -2% Upper Norwood 7 Fairfield 3 7,060 2,353 -38% 12,197 4,066 1%

8 Kenley 2 7,852 3,926 4% 8,119 4,060 1%

New Addington 9 2 7,105 3,553 -6% 7,315 3,658 -9% North New Addington 10 2 7,641 3,821 1% 7,860 3,930 -2% South Norbury & 11 2 8,295 4,148 10% 8,550 4,275 6% Pollards Hill

13 Old Coulsdon 2 7,617 3,809 1% 7,851 3,926 -3%

Park Hill & 14 1 4,254 4,254 13% 4,346 4,346 8% Whitgift

Purley & 15 3 11,751 3,917 4% 12,488 4,163 3% Woodcote Purley Oaks & 16 2 8,233 4,117 9% 8,499 4,250 6% Riddlesdown 17 Sanderstead 3 11,975 3,992 6% 12,264 4,088 1%

18 Selhurst 2 7,636 3,818 1% 8,023 4,012 0%

Selsdon & 19 2 7,973 3,987 6% 8,131 4,066 1% Addington Village Selsdon Vale & 20 2 7,522 3,761 0% 7,713 3,857 -4% Forestdale 21 Shirley North 3 11,597 3,866 2% 11,933 3,978 -1%

22 Shirley South 2 8,266 4,133 10% 8,613 4,307 7%

23 South Croydon 3 11,461 3,820 1% 12,148 4,049 1%

24 South Norwood 3 10,857 3,619 -4% 11,346 3,782 -6%

25 Thornton Heath 3 11,532 3,844 2% 11,888 3,963 -2%

27 West Thornton 3 11,688 3,896 3% 12,188 4,063 1%

28 Woodside 3 11,590 3,863 2% 11,929 3,976 -1%

Totals 70 264,151 – – 281,944 – –

Averages – – 3,774 – – 4,028 –

Source: Electorate figures are based on information provided by Croydon Borough Council.

Note: The ‘variance from average’ column shows by how far, in percentage terms, the number of electors per councillor in each electoral ward varies from the average for the borough. The minus symbol (-) denotes a lower than average number of electors. Figures have been rounded to the nearest whole number.

Final recommendations for the London Borough of Bexley

Number of Variance Number of Variance Number of Electorate Electorate Ward name electors per from electors per from councillors (2015) (2021) councillor average % councillor average % 1 Barnehurst 2 8,606 4,303 8% 8,857 4,429 5%

2 Belvedere 3 11,983 3,994 0% 12,678 4,226 1%

3 Bexleyheath 3 11,993 3,998 0% 12,724 4,241 1%

Blackfen & 4 3 12,572 4,191 5% 12,941 4,314 3% Lamorbey

5 Blendon & Penhill 3 12,134 4,045 1% 12,486 4,162 -1%

6 Crayford 3 11,595 3,865 -3% 12,339 4,113 -2%

7 Crook Log 3 12,076 4,025 1% 12,496 4,165 -1%

8 East Wickham 3 12,081 4,027 1% 12,590 4,197 0%

9 Erith 2 7,102 3,551 -11% 9,281 4,641 10%

Falconwood & 10 3 12,241 4,080 2% 12,721 4,240 1% Welling

11 Longlands 2 7,947 3,974 0% 8,277 4,139 -2%

13 Sidcup 3 11,669 3,890 -2% 12,181 4,060 -3%

Slade Green & 14 2 8,080 4,040 1% 8,727 4,364 4% Northend St Mary’s & St 15 2 8,299 4,150 4% 8,556 4,278 2% James Thamesmead 16 3 10,848 3,616 -9% 11,500 3,833 -9% East

17 West Heath 3 12,192 4,076 2% 12,562 4,187 0%

Totals 45 179,439 – – 189,189 – –

Averages – – 3,988 – – 4,204 –

Source: Electorate figures are based on information provided by London Borough of Bexley Council.

Draft recommendations for the London Borough of Southwark Council

Number of Variance Number of Variance Number of Electorate Electorate Ward name electors per from average electors per from average councillors (2015) (2021) councillor % councillor % Borough & 1 3 7,106 2,369 -31% 11,074 3,691 -4% Bankside 2 Camberwell Green 3 9,941 3,314 -3% 11,644 3,881 1%

3 Champion Hill 2 7,291 3,646 7% 7,687 3,843 0%

4 Chaucer 3 10,783 3,594 5% 11,146 3,715 -4%

5 Dulwich Hill 2 7,419 3,710 8% 7,404 3,702 -4%

6 Dulwich Village 2 7,891 3,946 15% 7,920 3,960 3%

7 Dulwich Wood 2 7,436 3,718 9% 7,458 3,729 -3%

8 Faraday 3 8,674 2,891 -15% 11,146 3,715 -4%

9 Goose Green 3 10,779 3,593 5% 11,261 3,754 -3% London Bridge & 10 3 9,627 3,209 -6% 12,158 4,053 5% West Bermondsey 11 Newington 3 11,658 3,886 14% 11,968 3,989 3%

12 North Bermondsey 3 10,496 3,499 2% 11,916 3,972 3%

Number of Variance Number of Variance Number of Electorate Electorate Ward name electors per from average electors per from average councillors (2015) (2021) councillor % councillor % 13 North Walworth 3 8,001 2,667 -22% 10,718 3,573 -7% Nunhead & 14 3 10,808 3,603 5% 11,446 3,815 -1% Queen’s Road 15 Old Kent Road 3 11,352 3,784 11% 12,100 4,033 4%

16 Peckham 3 10,293 3,431 0% 10,894 3,631 -6%

17 Peckham Rye 2 7,637 3,819 12% 7,669 3,834 -1%

18 Rotherhithe 3 10,252 3,417 0% 11,171 3,724 -4%

19 Rye Lane 3 10,525 3,508 3% 12,078 4,026 4% South 20 3 11,559 3,853 13% 11,990 3,997 3% Bermondsey 21 St George’s 2 4,858 2,429 -29% 7,831 3,916 1%

22 St Giles 3 11,935 3,978 16% 12,197 4,066 5%

23 Surrey Docks 3 9,172 3,057 -11% 12,417 4,139 7%

Totals 63 215,493 – – 243,292 – –

Averages – – 3,421 – – 3,862 – Source: Electorate figures are based on information provided by the London Borough of Southwark Council. Note: The ‘variance from average’ column shows by how far, in percentage terms, the number of electors per councillor in each electoral ward varies from the average for the borough. The minus symbol (-) denotes a lower than average number of electors. Figures have been rounded to the nearest whole number.