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Draft Recommendations on the Future Electoral Arrangements for Bolton Draft recommendations on the future electoral arrangements for Bolton February 2003 © Crown Copyright 2003 Applications for reproduction should be made to: Her Majesty’s Stationery Office Copyright Unit. The mapping in this report is reproduced from OS mapping by The Electoral Commission with the permission of the Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, © Crown Copyright. Unauthorised reproduction infringes Crown Copyright and may lead to prosecution or civil proceedings. Licence Number: GD 03114G. This report is printed on recycled paper. 2 Contents Page What is The Boundary Committee for England? 5 Summary 7 1. Introduction 11 2. Current electoral arrangements 13 3. Submissions received 17 4. Analysis and draft recommendations 19 5. What happens next? 39 Appendices A Draft recommendations for Bolton: 41 Detailed mapping B Code of practice on written consultation 43 3 4 What is The Boundary Committee for England? The Boundary Committee for England is a committee of The Electoral Commission, an independent body set up by Parliament under the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000. The functions of the Local Government Commission for England were transferred to The Electoral Commission and its Boundary Committee on 1 April 2002 by the Local Government Commission for England (Transfer of Functions) Order 2001 (SI 2001 No. 3692). The Order also transferred to The Electoral Commission the functions of the Secretary of State in relation to taking decisions on recommendations for changes to local authority electoral arrangements and implementing them. Members of the Committee are: Pamela Gordon (Chair) Professor Michael Clarke CBE Robin Gray Joan Jones CBE Ann M Kelly Professor Colin Mellors Archie Gall (Director) We are required by law to review the electoral arrangements of every principal local authority in England. Our aim is to ensure that the number of electors represented by each councillor in an area is as nearly as possible the same, taking into account local circumstances. We can recommend changes to ward boundaries, the number of councillors and ward names. We can also recommend changes to the electoral arrangements of parish and town councils. 5 6 Summary We began a review of the electoral arrangements for Bolton on 14 May 2002. • This report summarises the submissions we received during the first stage of the review, and makes draft recommendations for change. We found that the current arrangements provide unequal representation of electors in Bolton: • in seven of the 20 wards the number of electors represented by each councillor varies by more than 10% from the average for the borough and three wards vary by more than 20% from the average; • by 2006 this situation is expected to stay the same, with the number of electors per councillor forecast to vary by more than 10% from the average in seven wards and by more than 20% in three wards. Our main draft recommendations for future electoral arrangements (see Tables 1 and 2 and paragraphs 137-138) are that: • Bolton Borough Council should have 60 councillors, the same as at present; • there should be 20 wards, the same as at present; • the boundaries of all of the existing wards should be modified. The purpose of these proposals is to ensure that, in future, each borough councillor represents approximately the same number of electors, bearing in mind local circumstances. • The number of electors per councillor in none of the proposed 20 wards would vary by more than 10% from the borough average. • An improved level of electoral equality is forecast to continue with the number of electors per councillor in all wards expected to vary by no more than 10% from the average for the borough in 2006. Recommendations are also made for changes to parish and town council electoral arrangements which provide for: • revised warding arrangements and an increase in the number of councillors for the parishes of Horwich and Westhoughton. This report sets out our draft recommendations on which comments are invited. • We will consult on these proposals for eight weeks from 25 February 2003. We take this consultation very seriously. We may decide to move away from our draft recommendations in the light of comments or suggestions that we receive. It is therefore important that all interested parties let us have their views and evidence, whether or not they agree with our draft recommendations. • After considering local views, we will decide whether to modify our draft recommendations. We will then submit our final recommendations to The Electoral Commission which will be responsible for implementing change to local authority electoral arrangements. • The Electoral Commission will decide whether to accept, modify or reject our final recommendations. It will also determine when any changes come into effect. 7 You should express your views by writing directly to us at the address below by 22 April 2003: Team Leader Bolton Review The Boundary Committee for England Trevelyan House Great Peter Street London SW1P 2HW 8 Table 1: Draft recommendations: Summary Large Number of Ward name Constituent areas Map councillors reference 1 Astley Bridge 3 Astley Bridge ward; part of Central ward. 2 2 Bradshaw 3 Part of Bradshaw ward; part of Breighmet ward. 2 3 Breightmet 3 Part of Bradshaw ward; part of Breighmet ward. 2 and 4 Part of Bromley Cross ward; part of Bradshaw 4 Bromley Cross 3 2 ward. 5 Crompton 3 Part of Central ward; part of Halliwell ward. 2 and 4 Part of Farnworth ward; part of Harper Green 6 Farnworth East 3 4 ward. 7 Farnworth West 3 Part of Burnden ward; part of Harper Green ward. 4 8 Great Lever 3 Part of Burden ward; part of Derby ward. 4 9 Halliwell 3 Part of Central ward; part of Halliwell ward. 2 and 4 Part of Blackrod ward; the parish of Blackrod; the 10 Horwich and Blackrod 3 1 and 3 proposed Horwich South West parish ward. 11 Horwich North East 3 The proposed Horwich North East parish ward. 1 Part of Daubhill ward; part of Deane-cum-Heaton 12 Hulton 3 3 and 4 ward; part of Hulton Park ward. 13 Kearsley 3 Part of Farnworth ward; part of Kearsley ward. 4 14 Little Lever 3 Part of Burden ward; part of Little Lever ward. 4 Part of Blackrod ward; part of Deane-cum-Heaton 1, 2, 3 15 Lostock with Heaton 3 ward; part of Westhoughton ward. and 4 Part of Daubhill ward; part of Deane-cum-Heaton 16 Rumworth 3 4 ward; part of Derby ward. Part of Deane-cum-Heaton ward; part of Halliwell 17 Smithills 3 1, 2 and 4 ward; Smithills ward. Part of Bradshaw ward; part of Bromley Cross 18 Tonge with the Haulgh 3 2 and 4 ward; Tonge ward. Part of Blackrod ward; part of Hulton Park ward; 19 Westhoughton North 3 1 and 3 the proposed Westhoughton North parish ward. 20 Westhoughton South 3 The proposed Westhoughton South parish ward. 3 9 Table 2: Draft recommendations for Bolton Number of Number of Variance Variance No. of Electorate electors Electorate electors Ward name from from councillors (2001) per (2006) per average % average % councillor councillor 1 Astley Bridge 3 10,440 3,480 0 10,498 3,499 0 2 Bradshaw 3 10,425 3,381 -1 10,227 3,409 -2 3 Breightmet 3 10,342 3,545 3 10,634 3,545 1 4 Bromley Cross 3 9,881 3,456 1 10,991 3,664 5 5 Crompton 3 10,348 3,449 1 10,380 3,460 -1 6 Farnworth East 3 10,435 3,478 1 10,644 3,548 2 7 Farnworth West 3 10,320 3,440 0 10,387 3,462 -1 8 Great Lever 3 10,204 3,401 -1 10,389 3,463 -1 9 Halliwell 3 10,335 3,445 0 10,567 3,522 1 10 Horwich and Blackrod 3 9,549 3,202 -7 10,379 3,460 -1 11 Horwich North East 3 10,269 3,423 0 10,427 3,476 -1 12 Hulton 3 10,570 3,523 3 10,701 3,567 2 13 Kearsley 3 10,315 3,438 0 10,396 3,465 -1 14 Little Lever 3 9,764 3,255 -5 10,282 3,427 -2 15 Lostock with Heaton 3 10,262 3,600 5 10,887 3,629 4 16 Rumworth 3 10,479 3,493 2 10,479 3,493 0 17 Smithills 3 10,676 3,559 4 10,761 3,587 3 Tonge with the 18 Haulgh 3 10,562 3,521 3 10,562 3,521 1 19 Westhoughton North 3 9,864 3,270 -5 10,004 3,335 -5 20 Westhoughton South 3 9,742 3,247 -5 10,050 3,350 -4 Totals 60 205,818 - - 209,645 - - Average - - 3,430 - - 3,494 - Source: Electorate figures are based on Bolton Borough Council’s submission. Note: The ‘variance from average’ column shows by how far, in percentage terms, the number of electors per councillor 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. 10 1 Introduction 1 This report contains our proposals for the electoral arrangements for the borough of Bolton, on which we are now consulting. We are reviewing the ten metropolitan borough/cities in Greater Manchester as part of our programme of periodic electoral reviews (PERs) of all 386 principal local authority areas in England. The programme started in 1996 and is currently expected to finish in 2004. 2 This is our first review of the electoral arrangements of Bolton. Bolton’s last review was carried out by the Local Government Boundary Commission, which reported to the Secretary of State in September 1978 (Report no.289).
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