What happens next? We have now completed our review of Council. October 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 2022.

Our recommendations:

The table lists all the wards we are proposing as part of our final recommendations along with the number of Hounslow Council 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: (2019): Electors per from (2024): Electors per from Councillor: average % Councillor: Average %

Bedfont 3 10,309 3,436 9% 10,335 3,445 -4% East 2 5,569 2,785 -11% 7,503 3,752 5% Brentford West 2 6,677 3,339 6% 7,525 3,762 5% 3 9,915 3,065 -3% 10,789 3,596 1% Chiswick 3 10,396 3,465 10% 10,130 3,377 -6% Homefields Chiswick Riverside 3 7,348 2,449 -22% 9,972 3,324 -7% Cranford 3 10.583 3,528 12% 10,448 3,483 -3% North 3 8,258 2,753 -12% 11,083 3,694 3% Feltham West 3 11,029 3,676 17% 11,511 3,837 7% Hanworth Park 2 7,074 3,537 12% 7,694 3,847 8% Hanworth Village 3 10,951 3,650 16% 10,964 3,655 2% Who we are: Electoral review: Central 3 9,417 3,139 0% 10,395 3,465 -3% ■ The Local Government Boundary Commission for An electoral review examines and proposes new Heston East 3 7,731 2,577 -18% 10,670 3,557 -1% 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 Heston West 3 10,464 3,488 11% 9,968 3,323 -7% ■ We are accountable to Parliament through a council’s voters (‘council size’). Hounslow Central 3 6,221 2,074 -34% 10,463 3,488 -3% committee of MPs chaired by the Speaker of the House ■ The names, number and boundaries of wards or Hounslow East 2 5,285 2,643 -16% 7,542 3,771 5% of Commons. electoral divisions. ■ Our main role is to carry out electoral reviews of local ■ The number of councillors for each ward or division. 3 10,494 3,498 11% 11,471 3,824 7% authorities throughout England. Hounslow South 3 10,208 3,403 8% 10,224 3,408 -5% Our proposals: ■ Hounslow Council currently has 60 3 10,066 3,355 7% 11,139 3,713 4% Why Hounslow? ■ Hounslow currently has high levels of electoral councillors. Based on the evidence we received, we 3 9,409 3,136 0% 10,383 3,461 -3% inequality: some councillors represent many more - or recommend that 62 councillors should serve the & Spring 3 10,346 3,449 10% 10,508 3,503 -2% many fewer - voters than others. council in the future. Grove ■ Therefore the value of your vote, in Hounslow council ■ We believe our final recommendations meet our elections, varies depending on where you live in the statutory criteria to: Syon & Brentford 3 7,902 2,634 -16% 11,097 3,699 3% borough. (1) Deliver electoral equality for voters. Lock ■ We are seeking to improve levels of electoral equality (2) Reflect community interests and identities. Totals: 62 194,932 - - 221,814 - - for local voters (3) Promote effective and convenient local government. Averages: - - 3,144 - - 3,578 - contains Ordnance Summary of our recommendations Survey data © Crown copyright and database We have considered all the submissions we received Overview of final recommendations rights 2019 during our consultation on our draft recommendations. The final recommendations propose that Hounslow should have 62 councillors. This is two more than the for Hounslow Council current number of councillors, and one more than we View this map online and explore it in more detail at: proposed under our draft recommendations. consultation.lgbce.org.uk

Those councillors should represent 18 three-councillor Follow us on Twitter: @LGBCE wards, and 4 two-councillor wards across the council. We propose a council size of 62 councillors to allow us If you are viewing this page online, click on the map to go to draw up a pattern of wards that better recognise the straight to our interactive consultation area. community identity of electors in the Heston and Cranford area.

The boundaries of all but three wards will change. As a result of the submissions we received in our consultation on draft recommendations we propose to make changes in the Chiswick, Cranford and Heston and Hanworth areas as well as minor modifications to other wards.

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

Public consultation on new 8 January 2019 - ward boundaries 18 March 2019 Key: 4 June 2019 - Public consultation on draft 1 12 Heston Central 12 August 2019 recommendations 2 Brentford East 13 Heston East 3 Brentford West 14 Heston West 4 Chiswick Gunnersbury 15 Hounslow Central Publication of final 5 Chiswick Homefields 16 Hounslow East 29 October 2019 recommendations 6 Chiswick Riverside 17 Hounslow Heath 7 Cranford 18 Hounslow South Subject to parliamentary 8 Feltham North 19 Hounslow West approval - implementation of 9 Feltham West 20 Isleworth May 2020 new arrangements at local 10 Hanworth Park 21 Osterley & Spring Grove elections 11 Hanworth Village 22 Syon & Brentford Lock