(Public Pack)Agenda Document for Electoral Review Panel, 11/12/2017
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Public Document Pack ELECTORAL REVIEW PANEL Contact: Claire Johnson Head of Governance and Scrutiny Direct : 020-8379- 4239 Monday, 11th December, 2017 at Tel: 020-8379-1000 6.00 pm Venue: Room 6, Civic Centre, Silver Street, Ext: 4239 Enfield, EN1 3XA E-mail:[email protected] Council website: www.enfield.gov.uk Councillors : Jansev Jemal (Chair), Daniel Anderson, Bambos Charalambous, Mary Maguire, Andrew Stafford, Joanne Laban and Edward Smith AGENDA 1. WELCOME AND APOLOGIES 2. DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST Panel members are asked to declare any disclosable pecuniary, other pecuniary or non-pecuniary interests relating to items on the agenda. 3. BOUNDARY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND PARLIAMENTARY CONSTITUENCY BOUNDARY REVIEW 2018 - REVISED PROPOSALS (Pages 1 - 72) Members are asked to consider the response to the revised proposals. 4. MINUTES OF MEETING HELD ON 8 MARCH 2017 (Pages 73 - 76) To receive and agree the minutes of the Electoral Review Panel meeting which took place on 8 March 2017. 5. DATE OF FUTURE MEETING To agree, if necessary, a date for the next meeting of the Electoral Review Panel. 6. EXCLUSION OF THE PRESS AND PUBLIC If necessary, to consider passing a resolution under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 excluding the press and public from the meeting for any items of business moved to the part 2 on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in those paragraphs of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Act (as amended by the Local Government (Access to Information) (Variation) Order 2006) as listed on the agenda. Please note there are currently no items listed for consideration as a Part 2 agenda. Page 1 Agenda Item 3 October 2017 London Revised proposals summary Who we are and what we do each report contains details of the composition of each constituency in our revised proposals The Boundary Commission for England is an for the relevant region; maps to illustrate these independent and impartial non‑departmental constituencies can be viewed on our website or public body, which is responsible for reviewing in hard copy at a local place of deposit near you. Parliamentary constituency boundaries in England. What are the revised proposals for The 2018 Review the London region? We have the task of periodically reviewing the We have revised the composition of 46 of the 68 boundaries of all the Parliamentary constituencies constituencies we proposed in September 2016. in England. We are currently conducting a After careful consideration, we have decided review on the basis of new rules laid down by not to make any revisions to the composition of Parliament. These rules involve a significant the remaining 22. In some instances, however, reduction in the number of constituencies in we have revised our proposed names for England (from 533 to 501), resulting in the number these constituencies. of constituencies in London reducing by five, to 68. The rules also require that every constituency Under our revised proposals, six constituencies – apart from two specified exceptions1 – must in London would be the same as they are under have an electorate that is no smaller than 71,031 the existing arrangements. and no larger than 78,507. As it has not always been possible to allocate whole numbers of constituencies to individual How did we conduct the London boroughs, our initial proposals grouped 2018 Review? some local authority areas into sub‑regions. We published our initial proposals for new Following consideration of the representations boundaries in September 2016 and consulted made on our initial proposals, our revised on them. We received written comments and proposal groupings remain unchanged oral submissions at public hearings held in from those initial proposals, as shown in the each region. We published all the comments table below. we received and we held a second consultation Sub‑region Existing Revised exercise in relation to them in March 2017. We allocation allocation are very grateful for all the comments that these North Thames 45 42 two consultation exercises have generated. We have now completed the next stage of the South Thames 28 26 review process and we are now publishing our revised proposals. For each region, the revised In light of the responses to our initial proposals, proposals report sets out our analysis of all the we have revised 27 of our initial proposals in responses to our initial proposals in the first the North Thames sub‑region, where we have and second consultations, and the conclusions been able to increase the number of existing we have reached as to how those proposals constituencies retained to four: Hornchurch and should be revised as a result. The annex to Upminster, Ilford South, Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner, and Twickenham. In particular, we have 1 The specified exemptions in England to the rules on tried to address significant concerns from the constituency size are the two constituencies in the Isle of Wight. Page 2 local communities in Chingford and Woodford, How to have your say Walthamstow, Dagenham and Rainham, Enfield and Southgate, and Harrow. In attempting to We are consulting on our revised proposals for address issues raised with our proposals for an eight‑week period, from 17 October 2017 to 11 Enfield, our revised proposals split one ward – December 2017. We encourage everyone to use Brunswick Park – between constituencies. We this final opportunity to contribute to the design have made a number of other changes based on of the new constituencies – the more public the views of local communities. views we hear, the more informed our decisions will be when we make recommendations to In the South Thames sub‑region we continue the Government in September 2018. to propose that two existing constituencies remain unchanged: Kingston and Surbiton, and We ask everyone wishing to contribute to the Richmond Park. We have made revisions to 19 of design of the new constituencies to first look at our initial proposals in the South Thames sub‑ the revised proposals report, and accompanying region, based on responses to our consultations. maps, before responding to us. The best way to In particular, we have addressed concerns respond to our revised proposals is through our raised by local communities in Wimbledon, consultation website: www.bce2018.org.uk Mitcham, Clapham Common, Vauxhall, Croydon, Beckenham and Bexley. Boundary Commission for England 35 Great Smith Street London SW1P 3BQ t: 020 7276 1102 e: [email protected] www.bce2018.org.uk 2018boundaryreview @BCE2018 www.facebook.com/bcommengland/ © Crown copyright 2017 Page 3 Revised proposals for new constituency boundaries in London Page 4 Contents Summary 3 1 What is the Boundary Commission for England? 5 2 Background to the 2018 Review 7 3 Revised proposals for London 13 The sub-region split 13 North Thames 15 South Thames 40 4 How to have your say 59 Annex A: Revised proposals for constituencies, 61 including wards and electorates Revised proposals for new constituency boundaries in London 1 Page 5 Summary Who we are and what we do out our analysis of all the responses to our initial proposals in the first and second The Boundary Commission for England consultations, and the conclusions we is an independent and impartial have reached as to how those proposals non-departmental public body, which is should be revised as a result. The annex responsible for reviewing Parliamentary to each report contains details of the constituency boundaries in England. composition of each constituency in our revised proposals for the relevant region: The 2018 Review maps to illustrate these constituencies can be viewed on our website or in hard copy We have the task of periodically reviewing at a local place of deposit near you. the boundaries of all the Parliamentary constituencies in England. We are What are the revised proposals currently conducting a review on the basis for the London region? of new rules laid down by Parliament. These rules involve a significant reduction We have revised the composition of 46 in the number of constituencies in England of the 68 constituencies we proposed (from 533 to 501), resulting in the number in September 2016. After careful of constituencies in London reducing by consideration, we have decided not to five, to 68. The rules also require that every make any revisions to the composition constituency – apart from two specified of the remaining 22. In some instances, exceptions1 – must have an electorate that however, we have revised our proposed is no smaller than 71,031 and no larger names for these constituencies. than 78,507. Under our revised proposals, six How did we conduct the constituencies in London would 2018 Review? be the same as they are under the existing arrangements. We published our initial proposals for new boundaries in September 2016 and As it has not always been possible to consulted on them. We received written allocate whole numbers of constituencies comments and oral submissions at public to individual London boroughs, our hearings held in each region. We published initial proposals grouped some local all the comments we received and we held authority areas into sub-regions. Following a second consultation exercise in relation consideration of the representations to them in March 2017. We are very grateful made on our initial proposals, our revised for all the comments that these two proposal groupings remain unchanged consultation exercises have generated. from those initial proposals, as shown in We have now completed the next stage the table overleaf. of the review process and we are now publishing our revised proposals. For each region, the revised proposals report sets 1 The specified exemptions in England to the rules on constituency size are the two constituencies in the Isle of Wight.