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Castle Morpeth Exec Summary.Qxp January 2006 Executive summary Draft recommendations on the future electoral arrangements for Castle Morpeth in Northumberland The Boundary Current electoral wide schemes were submitted Committee for England arrangements by the Borough Council’s Conservative Group, Liberal is the body responsible Under the existing Democrat Group and Green for conducting electoral arrangements, eight wards Party plus East Chevington, reviews of local currently have electoral Longhorsley and Thirston parish variances of more than 10% councils and a submission from authorities. A further from the borough average and the Council officers supported electoral review of Hebron, Hepscott & Mitford by the Independent Group. We Castle Morpeth is being ward contains 32% more also received submissions from electors than the borough undertaken to provide four parish councils, one local average. Development across political party and two local improved levels of the borough has been councillors. electoral equality across intermittent. the borough. It aims to Every review is conducted in Analysis and draft ensure that the number four stages, as outlined below. recommendations of voters represented by Electorate figures Submissions received each borough councillor The Borough Council originally During Stage One we received is approximately the predicted the electorate would eight submissions, all of which grow by approximately 7% by same. The Electoral may be inspected at our offices 2009. It subsequently revised its Commission directed and those of the Borough projections to 16% as it had Council, as well as on our neglected to include 13 to 17- The Boundary website. Five separate borough- Committee for England year-old future voters (attainers). to undertake this review on 12 May 2005. Stage Stage starts Description One 21 June 2005 Submission of proposals to us Two 13 September 2005 Our analysis and deliberation Three 17 January 2006 Publication of draft recommendations and consultation on them Four 11 April 2006 Analysis of submissions received and formulation of final recommendations The Boundary Committee for England: executive summary We had concerns about this reflect any community identity submitted to us during the projection, particularly as the argument received. We propose consultation period before borough has seen a slight retaining just one existing ward preparing our final decline in electorate since the and are putting forward new recommendations. last review. We therefore warding arrangements for the requested additional information parishes of Hepscott, Morpeth Express your views by writing from the Borough Council, and it and Ponteland. We are directly to us: adjusted its figures to reflect the proposing six single-member, death rate. However, this still six two-member and five three- Review Manager meant an increase of 14%. We member wards. Castle Morpeth Review revisited the Borough Council’s The Boundary Committee electorate projections to just What happens next? for England Trevelyan House include those areas actually There will now be a consultation granted planning permission, as Great Peter Street period, during which we London SW1P 2HW well as the attainers. This gives encourage comment on our a projected growth of 12% by draft recommendations on 2009. reviews@boundarycommittee. future electoral arrangements for org.uk Castle Morpeth contained in the Council size report. We welcome views from The Green Party, officers/ all parts of the community and Independents and East believe that the more feedback Chevington, Longhorsley and we receive, based on clear Thirston parish councils evidence, the better informed proposed retaining the existing we will be in forming our final council size of 33 members recommendations. We will take while the Conservative and into account all submissions Liberal Democrat Groups received by 10 April 2006. Any proposed to increase the received after this date may not council size by one, to 34. We be taken into account. noted that both council sizes would provide the correct We have not finalised our allocation. However, we do not conclusions on the electoral consider that we have received arrangements for Castle sufficient supporting evidence to Morpeth and welcome justify altering the council size. comments from interested We are therefore proposing the parties. In particular, we found Borough Council should retain our decisions regarding the 33 members. electorate forecasts, Morpeth and Ponteland parishes and General analysis Pegswood & Hebron ward to be In view of the lack of evidence in a difficult judgement between support of all of the proposals our statutory criteria. We would submitted, we are putting particularly welcome local views, backed up by demonstrable Further information forward our own proposals The full report is available to which provide good electoral evidence, during Stage Three. We will consider all the evidence download at www.boundary equality and, where possible, committee.org.uk 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. It is responsible for conducting reviews as directed by The Electoral Commission or the Secretary of State..
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