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October 2019 Summary Report The full report and detailed maps: consultation.lgbce.org.uk www.lgbce.org.uk @LGBCE

Have your say: We are now consulting local people on a new pattern of wards for Council. We have an open mind abou t our final reco mm endatio ns, a nd we wil l con sider every piec eof evidenc ewe receive from local groups and peo ple, regardless of whom it is from or whether it relates to the whole council area or just a part of it. If you agree with our recommendations, please let us know. If you don’t think our recommendations are right Draft recommendations on the new electoral arrangements for Westminster, we want to hear alternative proposals for a different pattern of wards.

We aim to propose a pattern of wards for Westminster Council which delivers:

■ Electoral equality: each councillor represents a similar number of voters. ■ Community identity: reflects the identity and interests of local communities. ■ Effective and convenient local government: helping your council discharge its responsibilities effectively.

A good pattern of wards should: ■ Facilities: does your pattern of wards reflect where local people go for shops, medical ■ Provide good electoral equality, with each services, leisure facilities etc? councillor representing, as closely as possible, ■ Interests : what issues bind the community the same number of voters. together or separate it from other parts of your ■ Reflect community interests and identities and area? include evidence of community links. ■ Identifiable boundaries: are there natural or ■ Be based on strong, easily identifiable constructed features which make strong boundaries. boundaries for your proposals? ■ Help the council deliver effective and convenient local government. Effective local government:

Electoral equality: ■ Are any of the proposed wards too large or small to be represented effectively? ■ Does your proposal mean that councillors ■ Are the proposed names of the wards Who we are: Why Westminster? would represent roughly the same number of appropriate? ■ The Local Government Boundary Commission for ■ Westminster currently has high levels of electoral voters as elsewhere in the council area? is an independent body set up by Parliament. inequality: some councillors represent many more- or Useful tips: ■ We are not part of government or any political party. many fewer- voters than others Community identity: ■ We are accountable to Parliament through a ■ Therefore the value of your vote, in Westminster ■ Our website has a special consultation area committee of MPs chaired by the Speaker of the House council elections, varies depending on where you live in where you can explore the maps and draw your ■ Transport links: are there good links across of Commons. Westminster. own proposed boundaries. You can find it at your proposed ward? Is there any form of public ■ Our main role is to carry out electoral reviews of local consultation.lgbce.org.uk . transport? authorities throughout England. ■ Community groups : is there a parish council, ■ We publish all submissions we receive on our Our proposals: residents association or another group that website. Go to: www.lgbce.org.uk ■ We propose that the council should have 54 represents the area? Electoral review: councillors in future, representing 18 three-councillor An electoral review examines and proposes new wards across the council area. Write to: Our consultation area: electoral arrangements for a local authority, including: Review Officer (Westminster) consultation.lgbce.org.uk ■ The total number of councillors representing the LGBCE Email: council’s voters (‘council size’). 1st Floor, Windsor House [email protected] ■ The names, number and boundaries of wards or You have until 9 December 2019 to Twitter: electoral divisions. 50 Victoria Street, London have your say on the rec ommendations SW1H 0TL @LGBCE ■ The number of councillors for each ward or division. Summary of our recommendations Key:

Our draft recommendations propose that Westminster Overview of draft recommendations for 1. Abbey Road City Council should have 54 councillors, a decrease of 2. six. Those councillors should represent 18 three- Westminster City Council 3. councillor wards across the council area. View this map online and draw your own boundaries: 4. Harrow Road Before drawing up the draft recommendations, the consultation.lgbce.org.uk 5. Hyde Park Commission carried out a public consultation inviting Follow the review on Twitter: 6. & proposals for a new pattern of wards for Westminster. @LGBCE We have considered all of the submissions we received If you are viewing this page online, click on the map to go 7. Lancaster Gate during that phase of consultation. An outline of the straight to our interactive consultation area. 8. proposals is shown in the map to the right. A detailed report on the recommendations and interactive mapping 9. is available on our website at: www.lgbce.org.uk. 10. 11. We welcome comments on our draft recommendations, 12. Queen’s Park whether you support the proposals or wish to put 13. Regent’s Park forward alternative arrangements. 14. Riverside In particular, we welcome proposals for alternative 15. St James’s boundaries or ward names which meet the criteria we 16. Vincent Square must follow as part of electoral reviews and which are 17. described in more detail over the page. 18. Westbourne Have your say at consultation.lgbce.org.uk :

■ view the map of our recommendations down to street level. ■ draw your own boundaries online. ■ zoom into the areas that interest you most. ■ find more guidance on how to have your say. ■ read the full report of our recommendations. ■ send us your views directly.

Stage of Description review

26 MARCH - Public consultation on warding 3 JUNE 2019 arrangements

1 OCTOBER - Public consultation on draft 9 DECEMBER 2019 recommendations

Publication of final 3 MARCH 2020 recommendations

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