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Local Government Boundary Commission for England Report No.201 LOCAL GOVERNMENT Local Government Boundary Commission For England Report No.201 LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOUNDARY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND REPORT NO. 201. LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOUNDARY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND CHAIRMAN • Sir Edmund Compton GCB KBE DEPUTY CHAIRMAN . Mr J M Rankin QC MEMBERS Lady Bowden Mr J T Brockbank Professor Michael Chisholm Mr R R Thornton CB DL Sir Andrew Wheatley CBE To the Rt HOB Merlyn Bees, HP Secretary of State for the Home Department PROPOSALS FOR REVISED ELKTOHAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE BOROUGH 07 GOSPOHT IN THE C00NTY OP HAMPSHIRE 1* Ief the Local Government Boundary Commission for England, having carried out our initial review of the electoral arrangements for the Borough of Gosport in accordance with the requirements of section 63 of, and Schedule 9 to, the Looal Government Aot 1972, present our proposals for the future electoral arrangements for that borough* 2. In accordance with the procedure laid down in section 60(1) and (2) of the 1972 Act, notice was given on 3 June 1974 that we were to undertake this review* This was incorporated in a consultation letter addressed to the Gospcrt Borough Council, copies of which were circulated to the Hampshire County Council, the Member of Parliament for the constituency concerned and the headquarters of the main political parties* Copies were also sent to the editors of local newspapers circulating In the area and of the local government press* Botices inserted in the local press announced the start of the review and invited comments from members of the public and from any Interested bodies* 3. Gosport Borough Council were invited to prepare a draft scheme of representation for our consideration* In doing eo, they were asked to observe the rules laid down in Schedule 11 to the Looal Government Aot 1972 and the guidelines which we set out in our Report Ho* 6 about the proposed site of the Council and the proposed number of councillors for each ward* They were asked also to take into account any views expressed to them following their consultation with local interest*. We therefore asked that they should publish details of their provisional proposals about a month before they submitted their draft scheme to us, thus allowing an opportunity for local cowaent. 4* In accordance with section ?(4)(b) of the Local Government Act 1972 the Council have exercised an option for a system of elections by thirds. 5* On 31 October 1974 the Gosport Borough Council presented their draft scheme of representation* The Council proposed to divide the area into 11 words each returning 3 amber* to fora a council of 33 "embers. 6. We considered the draft scheme together with alternative proposals from two local political parties and cements made upon the draft scheme by several individuals* We recognised that the geography of the borough made it difficult to draw up an entirely equitable scheme, but felt that the draft scheme did not provide as satisfactory a standard of equality of representation as was possible. Neither of the other two schemes offered an acceptable alternative. We decided, therefore, that the draft scheme should be referred back to the Borough Council with a request that it should be redrawn to secure greater equality of representation, better boundaries and compatibility with county electoral divisions* 7* The Gosport Borough Council submitted their revised draft scheme on 24 November 1973* Kne Council proposed to divide the borough into ten wards each returning three members to fora a council of 30* $. We considered this scheme together with a number of substantial modifications suggested by one of the local political parties who had previously submitted alternative proposals. The Borough Council's revised scheme met our principal objections to their original scheme in that it offered both a good standard of representation and potential compatibility. We decided to adopt their revised draft scheme as our draft proposals subject to a number of minor technical modifications recommended by the Ordnance Survey in the Interests of good boundaries. 9* We issued our draft proposals on 4 May 1976 and these were sent to all who had received our consultation letter or who had commented on the Council's draft schemes. The Council were asked to make these draft proposals, and the accompanying map which defined the proposed ward boundaries, available for inspection at their main offices* Representations on our draft proposals were invited from those- to whoa they were circulated, and, by public notices, from other members of the public and interested bodies* We aoked that any oooments should r«aoh us by 5 July 10. The local political party vho had twice earlier made representations were now in control of the Council and wrote again withdrawing all their previous ooonents and submitting a further set of warding alternatives. 11* The Oosport Borough Council subsequently wrote informing us that they accepted these latest proposals. 12* In view of these comments, we considered that we needed further information to enable us to reach a conclusion. Therefore, in accordance with Section 65(2) of the 1972 Act, and at our request, Mr T Foord was appointed as an Assistant Canaiesimer to hold a local meeting and report to us. 13, The Assistant Commissioner held a meeting at the Town Hall, Gosport on 19 October 1976. A copy of his report to us of the meeting is attached at Schedule 1 to this Report* 14. The Assistant Commissioner recommended that we should adopt the latest proposals of the Borou^i Council instead of our draft proposals, subject to the proposed Alverstoke East and Alverstoke West wards being renamed "Anglesey ward" and "Alverstoke ward" respectively and to any boundary alteration* which may be made on the advice of the Ordnance "Survey, in the interests of good boundaries. 15* We reviewed our draft proposals In the light of the comments which we bad received and of the Assistant Commissioner's report* We decided to accept the recommendations of the Assistant Commissioner and we formulated our final proposals accordingly. 16. Details of these final proposals are set out in Schedule 2 to this report and on the attached map* Schedule 2 gives the names of the wards and the number of councillors to he returned by each. She boundaries of the proposed no* wards are defined on the map* KIBLICATIOH 17* In accordance with Section 60(5)(b) of the Local Government Act 1972 a copy of this report and a copy of the map are being sent to Gosport Borough Council and will be available for public inspection at the Council's main offices. Copies of this report without the map are also being sent to those who received the consultation letter and to those who made comments. A detailed description of tfee boundaries of the proposed wards, as defined on the sap, is set out in Schedule 3 to this Beport* Ii.S. Signed! KD3UFD COMPTOH (Chairman) JQHU U HAHKIH (Deputy Chairman) PHYLLIS BOWDEH J T BROCKBANK MICHAEL CHISHOLM R R THORNTON ANDREW WHEA.TLEY N DIGNET (Secretary) 13 January 1977 4? SCHEDULE '1 THOMAS FOORD 7° FIRST AV™Ult . -CL.» <MON».>. F.C.I.•., L-M.n.T.r.i. WORTHING. SOLICITOR SUSSEX. BNI4 SNP WOWTHINO «OO7»* 10th November 1976. Your ref: LGBC/D/17/11 N. Digney Esq., Secretary, Local Government Boundary Commission for England* 20 Albert Embankment, London, SE1 7TJ. Dear Sir, REVIEW OF THE ELECTORAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE BOROUGH OF GOSPORT 1. I have to report on the local meeting held at Gosport Town Hall on Tuesday, 19th October 1976, in connection with the review of the electoral arrangements for the Borough of Gosport, following the representations which had been made on the draft proposals for the Borough published by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England. A list is attached showing the persons who attended the meet- ing, with their addresses and the interests they represented. 2. The Borough Council had originally submitted to the Boundary Commission an 11 ward scheme for the Borough, but as this scheme proved unacceptable the Council submitted a revised draft scheme, providing for the division of the Borough into 10 wards. 3. The Local Government Boundary Commission's draft proposals are based substantially on the Borough Council's revised scheme, and provide for the Borough to be divided into 10 wards returning a total of 30 councillors, as follows. - 2 - NAME OF WARD NO. OF COUNCILLORS ALVERSTOKE 3 BRIDGEMARY 3 BROCKHURST 3 ELSON 3 FORTON 3 LEE 3 LEESIAND 3 PRIVETT 3 ROWNER 3 TOWN 3 4. When the Borough Council's revised draft scheme was submitted to the Boundary Commission the Gosport Conservative Association wrote to the Town Clerk and Chief Executive of Gosport indicating that they intended to submit alternative proposals to the Boundary Commission, and a copy of this letter, dated 18th November 1975, was sent by the Town Clerk to the Commission. Following the publication of the Commission's draft proposals the Gosport Conservative Association wrote to the Commission on the 29th July 1976, submitting an alternative 10 ward scheme for the Borough, and I was handed a plan at the meeting detailing the boundaries of the wards proposed. This plan, marked "Alternative Proposals prepared by Gosport Conservative Association", is enclosed herewith. 5. At the outset of the meeting two technical points were taken. The first point was that the meeting should be restricted to considering the Boundary Commission's draft proposals and not the alternative proposals submitted by the Gosport Conservative Association. I explained that I was not so restricted and that I was there to listen to all the representations that might be made by those present at the meeting.
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