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Future Electoral Arrangements for Cornwall Council Final recommendations Future electoral arrangements for Cornwall Council December 2009 Translations and other formats For information on obtaining this publication in another language or in a large-print or Braille version, please contact the Boundary Committee: Tel: 020 7271 0500 Email: [email protected] © The Boundary Committee 2009 The mapping in this report is reproduced from OS mapping by the Electoral Commission 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 Contents Summary 1 Introduction 3 2 Analysis and final recommendations 7 Submissions received 7 Electorate figures 8 Council size 9 Electoral fairness 10 Draft recommendations 10 General analysis 11 Electoral arrangements 12 Penzance, St Ives & Hayle, Helston & The Lizard, 13 Falmouth & Penryn and Camborne & Redruth China Clay, St Agnes & Perranporth, St Austell, 21 St Blazey, Fowey & Lostwithiel and Truro Newquay, Bodmin, Wadebridge & Padstow, Camelford 28 and Bude Launceston, Liskeard, Looe & Torpoint, Callington 34 and Saltash Conclusions 39 Parish electoral arrangements 39 3 What happens next? 55 4 Mapping 57 Appendices A Glossary and abbreviations 59 B Code of practice on written consultation 63 C Table C1: Final recommendations for Cornwall Council 65 D Additional legislation we have considered 76 Summary The Boundary Committee for England is an independent statutory body which conducts electoral reviews of local authority areas. The broad purpose of an electoral review is to decide on the appropriate electoral arrangements – the number of councillors and the names, number and boundaries of wards or divisions – for a specific local authority. We have conducted an electoral review of Cornwall to ensure that the unitary authority, which took on all local government functions for the county in April 2009, has new and appropriate electoral arrangements. The review aims to ensure that the number of voters represented by each unitary authority councillor is approximately the same. The Electoral Commission directed us to undertake this review. This review was conducted in four stages: Stage Stage starts Description One 26 February 2008 Submission of proposals to us Two 22 April 2008 Our analysis and deliberation Three 2 December 2008 Publication of draft recommendations Four 11 February 2009 Analysis of submissions received, further consultation and formulation of final recommendations Draft recommendations Our draft recommendations were for a 123-member council, representing 123 single- member divisions. These recommendations were based on the Cornwall Implementation Executive proposal. However, in a number of areas we moved away from its proposals, where we considered that it had not produced strong boundaries or secured good levels of electoral equality, or where other respondents had put forward alternate proposals that provided stronger electoral arrangements. Submissions received During Stage Three, we received 182 representations. After considering them, we decided that we required further evidence in the Bude, Camborne & Redruth, China Clay, St Blazey, Fowey & Lostwithiel and Crowan & Helston areas. We therefore carried out a period of limited further consultation, starting on 10 August 2009 and ending on 16 September 2009. During this consultation we received 59 representations. All submissions can be viewed on our website at www.boundarycommittee.co.uk. Analysis and final recommendations Electorate figures At Stage Three we noted that there were some queries regarding the electorate 1 figures. However, following discussions with Cornwall Council we remain satisfied that they are the most accurate electorate figures that could be provided. Council size In our draft recommendations we proposed a council size of 123. At Stage Three there was generally support for this size of council. We are therefore confirming it as final. General analysis Having considered the representations received during Stage Three and the period of further consultation we are proposing a number of amendments to our draft recommendations, including the creation of a two-member division in the Bude area. As a result, Cornwall will have 121 single-member divisions and one two-member division. We are recommending further significant amendments to division boundaries in the Bude area. In the Camborne & Redruth area we are proposing amendments that enable us to minimise the number of parishes that are divided between two or more electoral divisions. For the same reason, we are also recommending amendments in the China Clay and St Blazey, Fowey & Lostwithiel areas. In the Crowan & Helston area, as proposed in our further consultation document, we are creating a division based on Crowan and Wendron parishes and a division based on Breage, Germoe & Sithney parishes. As a result we are also recommending changes to the Helston divisions. We are making relatively minor changes to our draft recommendations in the Bodmin, Camelford, Launceston Madron, Newquay, Saltash and Truro areas. These amendments address concerns put forward by respondents during Stage Three, including strengthening boundaries or providing division patterns that better reflect local communities. We consider that these amendments will provide stronger electoral arrangements for Cornwall Council. What happens next? We have now completed our review of the new unitary authority in Cornwall. The changes we have proposed must be approved by Parliament. An Order – the legal document which brings into force our recommendations – will be laid in Parliament. Parliament can either accept or reject our recommendations. If accepted, the new electoral arrangements will come into force at the next elections for Cornwall Council, in 2013. The full report is available to download at www.boundarycommittee.org.uk. 2 1 Introduction 1 The Electoral Commission directed the Boundary Committee for England to conduct a review of the electoral arrangements for the Cornwall unitary authority. The review commenced on 26 February 2008, a day after the Statutory Instrument which created the new council was passed by Parliament.1 We wrote to the principal local authorities in Cornwall (the county and district councils) together with other interested parties, inviting the submission of proposals to us on the electoral arrangements – the number of councillors and the names, number and boundaries of the new divisions – for the new council. 2 During the first stages of the review, the evidence we received regarding the most appropriate number of councillors was not sufficient for us to take a reasoned, evidenced decision on the issue. We therefore conducted further consultation on the number of councillors specifically. This had implications for the timetable of the electoral review, delaying the process by a number of months. 3 The submissions we received during the initial stages of the review informed our report Draft recommendations on the new electoral arrangements for Cornwall Council, which was published on 2 December 2008. We consulted on these recommendations for a ten-week period, which ended on 10 February 2009. 4 As a result of the need to consult further on council size, we were no longer in a position to ensure that our recommendations would be implemented at Cornwall Council’s first elections in 2009. In part as a consequence of this, and following consultation with interested parties, the Government decided that elections for the new Cornwall Council should proceed in June 2009 based on the Committee’s draft recommendations. While that decision was one for Government to take, we considered that it was important that submissions received during the consultation on our draft recommendations were given due consideration, and that we should complete the review, with these electoral arrangements likely to come into force at the local government elections in 2013. 5 We subsequently conducted a six-week period of limited further consultation in four areas, on the basis of evidence put to us during the consultation on our draft recommendations. We have reconsidered the draft recommendations in the light of the further evidence received and decided whether to modify them, and now publish our final recommendations. What is an electoral review? 6 The main aim of an electoral review is to make local government elections fairer by ensuring ‘electoral equality’, which means that all councillors in a single authority represent approximately the same number of electors. Our objective is to make recommendations that will improve electoral equality, while also trying to reflect communities in the area and provide for convenient and effective local government. 7 Our three main considerations – equalising the number of electors each councillor represents; reflecting community identity; and providing for convenient and 1 Cornwall (Structural Change) Order 2008 SI no 491. 3 2 effective local government – are set out in legislation and our task is to strike the best balance between them when making our recommendations. 8 Our powers, as well as the guidance we have provided for electoral reviews and further information on the review process, can be found on our website at www.boundarycommittee.org.uk. Why are we conducting a review in Cornwall? 9 In December 2007 the Government approved a bid from ‘One Cornwall’ – representing the County Council – for a unitary council
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