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N:\Reports\...\Thanet Draft recommendations on the future electoral arrangements for Thanet in Kent November 2000 LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND The Local Government Commission for England is an independent body set up by Parliament. Our task is to review and make recommendations to the Government on whether there should be changes to local authorities’ electoral arrangements. Members of the Commission are: Professor Malcolm Grant (Chairman) Professor Michael Clarke CBE (Deputy Chairman) Peter Brokenshire Kru Desai Pamela Gordon Robin Gray Robert Hughes CBE Barbara Stephens (Chief Executive) We are statutorily required to review periodically the electoral arrangements – such as the number of councillors representing electors in each area and the number and boundaries of wards and electoral divisions – of every principal local authority in England. In broad terms our objective 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, and the number of councillors and ward names. We can also make recommendations for change to the electoral arrangements of parish and town councils in the district. © Crown Copyright 2000 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 Local Government Commission for England 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. ii LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND CONTENTS page SUMMARY v 1 INTRODUCTION 1 2 CURRENT ELECTORAL ARRANGEMENTS 5 3 REPRESENTATIONS RECEIVED 9 4 ANALYSIS AND DRAFT RECOMMENDATIONS 13 5 NEXT STEPS 39 APPENDICES A Draft Recommendations for Thanet: Detailed Mapping 41 B Proposed Electoral Arrangements from: – Thanet District Council – North & South Thanet Conservative Associations – Councillor Hudson – Mr John Cox 45 C The Statutory Provisions 53 A large map illustrating the existing and proposed ward boundaries for Margate, Broadstairs and Ramsgate is inserted inside the back cover of the report. LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND iii iv LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND SUMMARY The Commission began a review of the electoral arrangements for Thanet on 9 May 2000. • This report summarises the representations we received during the first stage of the review, and makes draft recommendations for change. We found that the existing electoral arrangements provide unequal representation of electors in Thanet: • In 12 of the 27 wards the number of electors represented by each councillor varies by more than 10 per cent from the average for the district, and six wards vary by more than 20 per cent from the average. • By 2005 this unequal representation is not expected to improve, with the number of electors per councillor forecast to vary by more than 10 per cent from the average in 14 wards and by more than 20 per cent in five wards. Our main draft recommendations for future electoral arrangements (Figures 1 and 2 and paragraphs 121-122) are that: • Thanet District Council should have 56 councillors, two more than at present; • there should be 23 wards, instead of 27 as at present; • the boundaries of 26 of the existing wards should be modified, resulting in a net reduction of four, and one ward should retain its existing boundaries; • elections should continue to take place every four years. These draft recommendations seek to ensure that the number of electors represented by each district councillor is as nearly as possible the same, having regard to local circumstances. • In all 23 of the proposed wards the number of electors per councillor would vary by no more than 10 per cent from the district average. • An improved level of electoral equality is forecast to continue with the number of electors per councillor in all 23 wards expected to vary by no more than 10 per cent from the average for the district in 2005. Recommendations are also made for changes to parish and town council electoral arrangements which provide for: • revised warding arrangements and the redistribution of councillors for the parishes of Birchington and Broadstairs & St Peter’s. LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND v This report sets out our draft recommendations on which comments are invited. • We will consult on our draft recommendations for 10 weeks from 14 November 2000. Because we take this consultation very seriously, we may move away from our draft recommendations in the light of Stage Three responses. 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 and then make our final recommendations to the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions. • It will then be for the Secretary of State to accept, modify or reject our final recommendations. He will also determine when any changes come into effect. You should express your views by writing directly to the Commission at the address below by 22 January 2001: Review Manager Thanet Review Local Government Commission for England Dolphyn Court 10/11 Great Turnstile London WC1V 7JU Fax: 020 7404 6142 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.lgce.gov.uk vi LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND Figure 1: The Commission’s Draft Recommendations: Summary Ward name Number of Constituent areas Map councillors reference 1 Beacon Road 2 Beacon Road ward; Bradstowe ward (part); Kingsgate Large map (in Broadstairs) ward (part) 2 Birchington North 2 Birchington East ward (part – Birchington East ward of Maps 2 Birchington parish (part)); Birchington West ward (part – and A2 Birchington West ward of Birchington parish (part)) 3 Birchington South 3 Birchington East ward (part – Birchington East ward of Maps 2 Birchington parish (part)); Birchington West ward (part – and A2 Birchington West ward of Birchington parish (part)) 4 Bradstowe 2 Bradstowe ward (part); Kingsgate ward (part) Large map (in Broadstairs) 5 Central Harbour 3 Central Eastcliff ward (part); Central Westcliff ward (part); Large map (in Ramsgate) St Lawrence ward (part) 6 Cliffsend & Pegwell 2 Central Westcliff ward (part); Southwood ward (part) Large map (in Ramsgate) 7 Cliftonville & 3 Cliftonville ward (part); Dane Park ward (part); Large map Northdown Northdown Park ward (part) (in Margate) 8 Dane Valley 3 Dane Park ward (part); Northdown Park ward (part) Large map (in Margate) 9 Eastcliff 3 Central Eastcliff ward (part); Sir Moses Montefiore ward Large map (in Ramsgate) (part) 10 Esplanade 2 Cliftonville ward (part); Dane Park ward (part) Large map (in Margate) 11 Garlinge 2 Margate West ward (part); Marine ward (part); Westgate- Large map (in Margate) on-Sea ward (part) 12 Kingsgate 1 Kingsgate ward (part) Large map (in Broadstairs) 13 Margate Central 3 Cecil ward; Ethelbert ward; Pier ward Large map (in Margate) 14 Newington 2 Newington ward; St Lawrence ward (part) Large map (in Ramsgate) 15 Northwood 3 Unchanged Large map (in Ramsgate) 16 Pierremont 3 Pierremont ward; Upton ward (part) Large map (in Broadstairs) 17 St Lawrence 2 St Lawrence ward (part) Southwood ward (part) Large map (in Ramsgate) LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND vii Ward name Number of Constituent areas Map councillors reference 18 St Peter’s 3 St Peter’s ward; Upton ward (part) Large map (in Broadstairs) 19 Salmestone 2 Marine ward (part); Salmestone ward (part) Large map (in Margate) 20 Sir Moses Montefiore 2 Sir Moses Montefiore ward (part); Upton ward (part) Large map (in Ramsgate) 21 Thanet Villages 3 Margate West ward (part); Minster ward (Minster parish); Map 2 and St Lawrence ward (part – Manston parish); Salmestone Large map ward (part); Thanet Parishes ward (Acol, Monkton, St Nicholas-at-Wade and Sarre parishes); Westgate-on-Sea ward (part) 22 Westbrook 2 Margate West ward (part); Marine ward (part); Westgate- Large map (in Margate) on-Sea ward (part) 23 Westgate-on-Sea 3 Westgate-on-Sea ward (part) Large map Notes: 1 The district contains seven parishes, including Broadstairs & St Peter’s Town Council, as indicated above. The towns of Margate and Ramsgate are unparished. 2 Map 2 and Appendix A, including the large map inserted inside the back of the report, illustrate the proposed wards outlined above. 3 We have made a number of minor boundary amendments to ensure that existing boundaries adhere to ground detail. These changes do not affect any electors. viii LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND Figure 2: The Commission’s Draft Recommendations for Thanet Ward name Number Electorate Number of Variance Electorate Number of Variance of (2000) electors from (2005) electors from councillors per average per average councillor % councillor % 1 Beacon Road 2 3,279 1,640 -5 3,302 1,651 -7 (in Broadstairs) 2 Birchington North 2 3,323 1,662 -4 3,365 1,683 -5 3 Birchington South 3 5,032 1,677 -3 5,092 1,697 -4 4 Bradstowe 2 3,330 1,665 -4 3,417 1,709 -4 (in Broadstairs) 5 Central Harbour 3 5,447 1,816 5 5,546 1,849 4 (in Ramsgate) 6 Cliffsend & 2 3,529 1,765 2 3,644 1,822 3 Pegwell (in Ramsgate) 7 Cliftonville & 3 5,137 1,712 -1 5,214 1,738 -2 Northdown (in Margate) 8 Dane Valley 3 5,366 1,789 3 5,395
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