What happens next? We have now completed our review of City Council. March 2019 Summary Report The recommendations must now be approved by Parliament. A draft order - the legal document which brings The full report and detailed maps: into force our recommendations - will be laid in Parliament. consultation.lgbce.org.uk www.lgbce.org.uk Subject to parliamentary scrutiny, the new electoral arrangements will come into force at the local elections in @LGBCE May 2020.

Our recommendations:

The table lists all the wards we are proposing as part of our final recommendations along with the number of voters in each ward. The table also shows the electoral variances for each of the proposed wards, which tells you how we have delivered electoral equality. Finally, the table includes electorate projections for 2024, so you Final recommendations on the new electoral can see the impact of the recommendations for the future. arrangements

Ward Number of Electorate Number of Variance Electorate Number of Variance Name: Councillors: (2018): Electors per from (2024): Electors per from Councillor: average % Councillor: Average % Barton & Winton 3 10,273 3,424 16% 10,375 3,458 2% Blackfriars & Trinity 3 5,841 1,947 -34% 10,493 3,498 4% & 3 9,744 3,248 10% 10,397 3,466 3% Ellenbrook Broughton 3 9,255 3,085 5% 9,460 3,153 -7% Cadishead & Lower 3 9,595 3,198 9% 10,144 3,381 0% Irlam Claremont 3 9,953 3,318 13% 10,610 3,537 5% Eccles 3 10,653 3,551 20% 10,949 3,650 8%

Higher Irlam & Peel 3 9,667 3,222 9% 10,088 3,363 0% Green Kersal & Broughton 3 9,454 3,151 7% 9,753 3,251 -4% Park 3 9,123 3,041 3% 9,680 3,227 -4% Who we are: Electoral review: Ordsall 3 5,615 1,872 -37% 10,211 3,404 1% ■ The Local Government Boundary Commission for An electoral review examines and proposes new Pendlebury & Clifton 3 8,876 2,959 0% 9,794 3,265 -3% is an independent body set up by Parliament. electoral arrangements for a local authority, including: ■ We are not part of government or any political party. ■ The total number of councillors representing the Pendleton & 3 8,788 2,929 -1% 10,473 3,491 3% Charlestown ■ We are accountable to Parliament through a council’s voters (‘council size’). committee of MPs chaired by the Speaker of the House ■ The names, number and boundaries of wards or Quays 3 3,704 1,235 -58% 10,639 3,546 5% of Commons. electoral divisions. Swinton & Wardley 3 9,588 3,196 8% 10,177 3,359 0% ■ Our main role is to carry out electoral reviews of local ■ The number of councillors for each ward or division. Swinton Park 3 9,594 3,198 8% 10,081 3,394 1% authorities throughout England. Our proposals: North 3 9,078 3,026 3% 9,551 3,184 -6% Why Salford? ■ Salford City Council currently has 60 3 8,197 2,732 -7% 9,368 3,123 -7% ■ Salford City Council currently has high levels of councillors. Based on the evidence we received, we electoral inequality: some councillors represent many recommend that 60 councillors should serve the city in Weaste & Seedley 3 10,677 3,559 21% 10,521 3,507 4% more - or many fewer - voters than others. the future. & Westwood 3 9,178 3,059 4% 9,705 3,235 -4% ■ Therefore the value of your vote, in Salford council ■ We believe our final recommendations meet our Park elections, varies depending on where you live in the city. statutory criteria to: ■ We are seeking to improve levels of electoral equality (1) Deliver electoral equality for voters. Totals: 60 176,853 - - 202,469 -- for local voters. (2) Reflect community interests and identities. Averages: - - 2,948 - - 3,374 - (3) Promote effective and convenient local government. Summary of our recommendations Overview of final recommendations for We have considered all the submissions we received during our consultation on our draft recommendations. Salford City Council View this map online and explore it in more detail at: The final recommendations propose that Salford City consultation.lgbce.org.uk Council should have 60 councillors . This is no change Follow us on Twitter: from the current number of councillors. @LGBCE If you are viewing this page online, click on the map to go straight to our interactive consultation area. As Salford City Council elects by thirds, there is a presumption in legislation that the Council have a uniform pattern of three-councillor wards. Therefore, those councillors should represent 20 three-councillor wards across the City Council.

The boundaries of all but one ward will change.

An outline of the proposals is shown in the map to the right. A detailed report on the recommendations and interactive mapping is available on our website at: www.lgbce.org.uk .

Find out more: consultation.lgbce.org.uk :

■ view the map of our recommendations down to street level. ■ zoom into the areas that interest you most. ■ find more guidance on the review process. ■ read the full report of our recommendations.

Stage of Description review

26 June 2018- Public consultation on new ward 3 September 2018 boundaries

6 November 2018- Public consultation on draft 14 January 2019 recommendations

Publication of final 26 March 2019 recommendations

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