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Draft Recommendations on the Future Electoral Arrangements for Dacorum in Hertfordshire Draft recommendations on the future electoral arrangements for Dacorum in Hertfordshire Further electoral review November 2005 1 1 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 for England: Tel: 020 7271 0500 Email: [email protected] 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 2 Contents Page What is The Boundary Committee for England? 5 Executive summary 7 1 Introduction 15 2 Current electoral arrangements 19 3 Submissions received 23 4 Analysis and draft recommendations 25 Electorate figures 26 Council size 26 Electoral equality 29 General analysis 29 Warding arrangements 30 a Grove Hill and Woodhall wards 31 b Adeyfield East, Adeyfield West, Highfield & St Pauls and 32 Hemel Hempstead Central wards c Boxmoor, Chaulden & Shrubhill, Gadebridge and Warners 34 End wards d Apsley, Bennetts End, Corner Hall, Leverstock Green and 36 Nash Mills wards e Berkhamsted Castle, Berkhamsted East and Berkhamsted 39 West wards f Tring Central, Tring East, Tring West and Aldbury & Wigginton 40 wards g Ashridge, Bovingdon, Flaunden & Chipperfield, Kings Langley, 42 Northchurch and Watling wards Conclusions 43 Parish electoral arrangements 44 5 What happens next? 49 6 Mapping 51 Appendices A Glossary and abbreviations 53 B Code of practice on written consultation 57 3 4 What is The Boundary Committee for England? 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. Members of the Committee are: Pamela Gordon (Chair) Robin Gray Joan Jones CBE Ann M. Kelly Professor Colin Mellors Archie Gall (Director) When conducting reviews our aim 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, the number of councillors and ward names. We can also recommend changes to the electoral arrangements of parish and town councils. 5 6 Executive summary The Boundary Committee for England is the body responsible for conducting electoral reviews of local authorities. A Further Electoral Review of Dacorum is being undertaken to provide improved levels of electoral equality across the borough. This review aims to ensure that the number of voters represented by each borough councillor is approximately the same. As a result of the poor levels of electoral inequality that existed in 2003, The Electoral Commission directed The Boundary Committee to undertake an electoral review of Dacorum borough on 10 February 2005. Current electoral arrangements Under the existing arrangements, four wards currently have electoral variances of more than 10% from the borough average. Since the last review Apsley ward has seen extensive growth, which has resulted in it having a particularly poor variance, with 46% more electors than the borough average, this is expected to rise to 84% more by 2009, if the existing arrangements remain in place. Every review is conducted in four stages: Stage Stage starts Description One 17 May 2005 Submission of proposals to us Two 9 August 2005 Our analysis and deliberation Three 29 November 2005 Publication of draft recommendations and consultation on them Four 7 March 2006 Analysis of submissions received and formulation of final recommendations Submissions received During Stage One we received 17 submissions. The Borough Council and Dacorum Liberal Democrats (the Liberal Democrats) submitted borough-wide schemes. The Dacorum Labour Group proposed a scheme for Hemel Hempstead town. We received submissions from a local political party, five parish and town councils regarding their respective wards, and eight representations from local councillors, two residents associations and local residents. Analysis and draft recommendations Electorate figures The Council has forecast an increase in electorate of approximately 1% between 2004 and 2009, most of which is anticipated in Apsley ward. Having discussed these figures with the council officers, seen the development which is currently under construction and received details of how the Borough Council calculated the figures we are satisfied that they currently provide the most accurate estimation of the 2009 electorate of Dacorum, and we have used them when making our recommendations. 7 Council size During Stage One we received proposals from the Borough Council, the Liberal Democrats and the Labour Group for council sizes of 52, 51 and 53 respectively. Both the Borough Council and the Liberal Democrats provided good council size argument. However, after further investigation, we considered that the Liberal Democrats proposed council size of 51 would provide for the best representation in the district. We therefore propose to decrease the council size by one to 51 members. General analysis We are proposing recommendations based largely on the existing arrangements using a combination of the proposals of the Borough Council, Liberal Democrats and the Dacorum Labour Group as well as some of our own amendments in order to form wards that secure good levels of electoral equality and strong boundaries. We are recommending 25 wards in the borough; three single-member, 18 two-member and four three-member wards. What happens next? There will now be a consultation period, during which we encourage comment on our draft recommendations on future electoral arrangements for Dacorum contained in the report. We welcome views from all parts of the community and believe that the more feedback we receive, based on clear evidence, the better informed we will be in forming our final recommendations. We will take into account all submissions received by 6 March 2006. Any received after this date may not be taken into account. We have not finalised our conclusions on the electoral arrangements for Dacorum and welcome comments from interested parties. In particular, we found our decision regarding the existing Tring East and Aldbury & Wigginton wards and Tring and Kings Langley parishes to be difficult judgements between our statutory criteria. We would welcome local views, backed up by demonstrable evidence, during Stage Three. We will consider all evidence submitted to us during the consultation period before preparing our final recommendations. Express your views by writing directly to us: Review Manager Dacorum Review The Boundary Committee for England Trevelyan House Great Peter Street London SW1P 2HW [email protected] This report is available to download at www.boundarycommittee.org.uk. 8 Table 1: Draft recommendations: Summary Ward name Number of Constituent areas councillors 1 Adeyfield East 2 Part of Adeyfield East ward 2 Adeyfield West 2 Part of Adeyfield West ward; part of Adeyfield East ward; part of Corner Hall ward 3 Apsley & 3 Part of Apsley ward; part of Bennetts End ward; Corner Hall part of Corner Hall ward 4 Ashridge 1 (Unchanged) Ashridge ward (the parishes of Little Gaddesden and Nettleden with Potten End) 5 Belswains & 2 Part of Bennetts End ward; part of Corner Hall Bennetts End ward 6 Berkhamsted 2 Part of Berkhamsted Castle ward (proposed Castle Berkhamsted Castle parish ward of Berkhamsted parish) 7 Berkhamsted 2 Berkhamsted East ward (part of proposed East Berkhamsted East parish ward of Berkhamsted parish); part of Berkhamsted Castle ward (part of proposed Berkhamsted East parish ward of Berkhamsted parish); part of Berkhamsted West ward (part of proposed Berkhamsted East parish ward of Berkhamsted parish). 8 Berkhamsted 2 Part Berkhamsted West ward (proposed West Berkhamsted West parish ward of Berkhamsted parish) 9 Bovingdon, 3 (Unchanged) Bovingdon, Flaunden & Flaunden & Chipperfield ward (the parishes of Bovingdon, Chipperfield Flaunden and Chipperfield and an unparished area) 10 Boxmoor & 2 Part of Boxmoor ward; part of Hemel Hammerfield Hempstead Central ward; part of Apsley ward 11 Chaulden & 2 Part of Boxmoor ward; part of Chaulden & Green End Shrubhill ward; part of Warners End ward 12 Gadebridge & 2 Part of Gadebridge ward; part of Hemel Bury Hempstead Central ward 13 Grove Hill & 3 Grove Hill ward; part of Hemel Hempstead Piccotts End Central ward; part of Adeyfield East ward; part of Gadebridge ward 9 Ward name Number of Constituent areas councillors 14 Hemel Central 2 Part of Hemel Hempstead Central ward; part of Highfield & St Pauls ward; part of Adeyfield West ward 15 Highfield 2 Part of Highfield & St Pauls ward 16 Kings Langley 2 (Unchanged) Kings Langley ward (Kings Langley parish) 17 Leverstock 3 Leverstock Green ward; part of Bennetts End Green ward; part of Corner Hall ward 18 Nash Mills 1 (Unchanged) Nash Mills ward (Nash Mills parish and an unparished area) 19 Northchurch 1 (Unchanged) Northchurch ward (Northchurch parish) 20 Tring Central 2 Tring Central ward (part of proposed Tring Brunstrux parish ward of Tring parish); part of Tring East; part of Tring West (part of proposed Tring Bunstrux parish ward of Tring parish) 21 Tring East, 2 Aldbury & Wigginton ward (the parishes of Aldbury & Aldbury and Wigginton); part of Tring East ward Wigginton (part of proposed Tring Dunsley parish ward of Tring parish); part of Tring West ward (part of proposed Tring Dunsley parish ward of Tring parish) 22 Tring West & 2 Part of Tring West ward (proposed Tring Miswell Rural parish ward of Tring parish and Tring Rural parish) 23 Warners End 2 Part of Warners End ward; part of Chaulden & Shrubhill ward; part of Gadebridge ward 24 Watling 2 (Unchanged) Watling ward (the parishes of Markyate, Flamstead and Great Gaddesden) 25 Woodhall Farm 2 Woodhall ward; part of Adeyfield East ward Notes: 1. The borough comprises 16 parishes and the unparished area of Hemel Hempstead.
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