Local Government Boundary Commission For Report No. 396 LOCAL GOVER>:tfElT BOUKD.OT COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND

CHAIRMAN

Sir Nicholas Morrison KGB

DEPUTY CHAIRMAN

Mr J M Rankin G

Lady Bowden .Kr J T Brockbank

Mr R R Thornton CBS DL

Mr D P Harrison

Professor G E Cherry To the Rt Hon William Whitelaw, CH MC MP Secretary of State for the Home Department

PROPOSALS FOR THE FUTURE ELECTORAL ARKANGiiflENTS TOR THE COUNTY OF

1. The last Order under Section 51 of the Local Government Act 1972 in relation to electoral arrangements for districts in the county of Lincolnshire was made on 6 November 1979. As required by Section 63 and Schedule 9 of the Act we have now reviewed the electoral arrangements for that county, using the procedures we had set out in our Report No 6*

2. We informed the Lincolnshire County Council in a consultation letter dated 20 November 1979 that we proposed to conduct the review, and sent copies of the letter to all local authorities and parish meetings in the county, to the MFs representing the constituencies concerned, to the headquarters of the main political parties and to the editors both of local newspapers circulating in the county and of the local government press* Notices in the local press announced the start of the review and invited comments from members of the public and from interested bodies*

3* On 16 January 1980 the County Council submitted to us a draft scheme in which they suggested 75 electoral divisions for the county, each returning one member in accordance with Section 6(2)(a) of the Act.

4. We considered this scheme together with the views expressed by local interests* On 24 April 1980 we issued draft proposals which we sent to all those who had received our consultation letter, or commented on the County Council's draft scheme* Notices were inserted in the local press announcing that the draft proposals had been issued and could be inspected at the County Council's offices*

5» We based our draft proposals on the County Council's draft scheme, though we made certain modifications designed to improve the balance between divisions or districts. Several of these modifications were derived from local comments made about the draft scheme* 6. The modifications we made were as follows: (a) Boston Borough . V'e replaced the 7 electoral divisions proposed by the County Council in their draft scheme by the 7 division arrangement which the County Council had considered at one stage (with division names as assigned by ourselves), but modified so as to transfer the Hilldyke parish ward of Flshtoft district ward from electoral division to Coastal electoral division. (b) East Llndsev District We made adjustments to 5 of the electoral divisions proposed by the County Council to produce a pattern of electoral divisions fully compatible with the new district wards. (c) North District We made a modification to the boundary between the County Council's proposed Rural and Cliff divisions. We appreciated however^that this modification did not meet the objections of some parish councils and therefore invited the County Council to consider whether there was any means of doing this by an adjustment to our draft proposals. (d) District We thought that an additional division was warranted in tnis district and replaced the 13 divisions proposed by the County Council by H divisions formed by the re-arrangement of the wards in the district. We renamed the County Council's proposed Stamford Bast division Stamford Borth. (e) West Lindaev District We omitted the prefix 'Rural1 from the County Council's proposed division names of ^', 'Stow1 and 'Welton' and "District1 from their proposed 'Caistor1 division. (f) Division names generally To simplify the names we omitted district prefixes to division names wherever possible throughout the draft proposals.

7. We received comments in response to our draft proposals from the County Council, five district councils,.sixteen parish .councils, one local political organisation and two individuals. A list of those who wrote to us is given at Appendix 1 to this Report. 8. Lincolnshire County Council supported our draft proposals for four districts, subject to certain suggestions about names* They put forward suggestions for alternative arrangements, as well as some different division names, in respect of the other three*

9* The comments we received can be summarised as follows:* (a) Boston Borough Lincolnshire County Council preferred their own draft scheme to our draft proposals and also put forward alternative names for 5 divisions. Boston Borough Council have expressed a preference for the County Council's draft scheme arrangements, flshtoft Parish Council objected to the inclusion of the Hilldyke parish ward in the Coastal electoral division* Kirton Parish Council thought that district ward should not be included in the Fenside electoral division* AlgarkLrk Parish Council, Parish Council, Parish Council and Parish Council suggested an alternative name for the Kirton electoral division. An individual suggested alternative names for all the divisions in the borough.

(b) East Idndaey District District Council wrote in support of our draft proposals. Lincolnshire County Council put forward alternative names for the electoral divisions of and * Coniugsby Pariah Council also suggested an alternative name for the Tattershall electoral division. Parish Council expressed concern at the geographical size of the Louth Rural North electoral division. An individual suggested the transfer of Edlington parish from the and electoral division to the and division. (c) Lincoln City Lincolnshire County Council requested that the 'Lincoln1 prefix be added to the division names of Abbey, , Moorland and Park. (d) Morth Kesteven District In the light of local representational which they received, Lincolnshire County Council put forward an alternative arrangement for the electoral divisions of

Branston and , Cliff,and North East Kesteven* Parish Council, Local Council, Heighington Parish Council and Parish Council all expressed support for the County Council's alternative arrangements for these three electoral divisions* District Council expressed support for their own alternative schxae for the district. Waddington .. . Parish gave their full support to the Cliff electoral division included in our draft proposals. (e) South Holland District Lincolnshire County Council put forward alternative names for the four Spalding electoral divisions. Parish Council disagreed with the combination of district wards which made up Spalding East electoral division* (f) South Keateven District South Kesteven District Council accepted the draft proposals* Lincolnshire County Council supported our proposals subject to the inclusion of the parishes of Ufflngton and in our proposed Stamford North division on the grounds that the transfer would serve to balance numerically the 2 divisions of Stamford and reduce the size of the proposed division; they also put forward alternative names for the Bourne East and Bourne West electoral divisions* Parish Council objected to the combination of Market and West Deepingfand district wards to form a single electoral division. and Stamford Constituency Labour Party reiterated earlier views disagreeing with the electoral divisions in the South area, (g) District Lincolnshire County Council put forward alternative names for the electoral divisions of , Market Rasen, Stow and Welton* West Lindaey District Council reiterated their objection to the splitting of Witham district ward. They wished to see parish transferred from the Welton electoral division to the and division. Stow Parish Council and Burial Authority supported the use of the name of Stow for the electoral division in which the parish was comprised. 10. When we came to reassess our draft proposals we took account of all the comments we had received and came to the following conclusions:- (a) Boston Borough We gave careful consideration to the views expressed by the County Council and Boston Borough Council that we should revert to the arrangements in the County Council's draft scheme on grounds of local wishes. We re-examined the draft scheme arrangements and found the balance between the divisions of the Borough particularly uneven, with three of the seven having electorate totals,which deviated more than 20% from the county average. Our draft proposals offered a much more even standard of representation and despite the local support for the County Council's draft scheme, we decided in view.of the provisions of Schedule 11 of the. Local Government Act 1972, ..that on balance 'it would be right for. us to ' confirm" them. We considered Parish Council's'suggested adjustment to our Wyberton and Coastal divisions, but we saw no sufficient justification for accepting this, particularly in view of the more unequal standard of represent- ation between the two divisions which it would have produced. We also decided not to adopt Kirton Parish Council's suggested adjustment to our Fenside division because it involved the transfer of a district ward and no indication was given where this ward should be transferred to. We decided to accept the alternative name of Boston Rural South for our proposed Kirton division in the light of comments which we received including those frora four of the parish councils in the .division. We felt that there y&a insufficient justification for accepting the other alternative .names for divisions put for\vard "by an individual. M East Lindsev District We decided to adopt the alternative names put forward by the County Council for our divisions of Chapel St Leonards and Tattershall. We considered that the alternative name for our Tattershall division put forward by Parish Council offered no advantage over the County Council's suggested name of Tattershall Castle* We considered the comment made by Tetney Parish Council regarding the size of our Louth Rural North electoral division and the objection raised by an individual to the inclusion of Edlington parish in our proposed

5 Uoodhall f-pa .'tr?i5 V,>>ip-by divJ.r.icn. Wo c;\u no Pufficient justification for ifiakin^ cbriDrjr.,-: tn our clruft propojialn particuTiarly in vie1.? of the -o.pporv. which our proposals bua roc^ivcd fro^i both tho County Council and East Lir.«cuv District Cyuncil*

Ho decided to accept the County Council's request to add the 'Lincoln1 prefix to the division Aames of Abbey, Castle, Moorland and Park.

(d) Horth Ko'^/rv-rn District When formulating our draft proposals wo had to ohoo:;o botueou tv;o schsmea for t)d.7 rilntrict - tho County Coiuxril'a cra-t scbovco and tho cJLtornativo put forvard by tho Dirftricl; Council* Wo clc-3idcd to adopt tho County Covuvo.l.l BchcsiiM-n.th one or two ^djur-t^cnts on tho grounds th«t it appeared to refloot local vislioa bettor than ths Diatrict Council ^s altamative. We approci.a'i.ocl hov/evar^ thoA xh'iao ari'ongc'jtonts did not moot tho objections of ooiao- parish ccuncilc £r.3 ti:c*c:fcrc iuvitcd tho Covjsty Council to cor^viucr 'i/hothor thcra was any msant of doing this by an adjuatmftnt to our draft proposals. In rosponeo to this invitation, and in the l^.ght of representations thoy bad received, tho County Council put forward alternative arrangeiaouts for 3 divisionn. latse had tha support of tha parisl?/local councilo concernsdo V/e thoroforo decided " in tho interests of effective and convenient local government to accopt tho so alternative arrangements for 3 divisions put forward by tho County Council which provided an acceptable standard of representation.

We considered Cowbit Parir.h Council's request to bo included in our Spaldir.g South rather than our Spalding East division but decided that as our draft proposals for these divisions had bo en accepted by tho County Council and there had not boen any othor objections! wo should ccnfirn our draft proposals. Vc accepted the Cov.nty Council's alternate vo ?V"P:

Before the formulation of our draft proposals Uffington Parish Council had asked to be included in the rural Grimsthorpe division* We had accepted this request •in our draft proposals. We were not convinced by the County Council's subsequent arguments for transferring the parishes of Uffington and Tallington into our Stamford North electoral division and therefore decided to adhere to our draft proposals in this .respect* We accepted the County Council's alternative names o'f and Bourne Castle in place of our Bourne Eaot and Bourne West respectively. We decided that we could not adopt Market Deeping Parish Council's suggestion that the district wards of Peeping St James and Market Deeping and West should each form an electoral division, on the grounds the electorate in each division would be unacceptably smaller than the average for^ the County. We also

docided that U:e proposals put forward by R^l?.nd ono Stanford Constituency Labour Part;," offers no kr.prove-nisnt on our dv.-.iOi propoaalr; for tho Gi\'.viitLa::i area, (e ) K(xaLJ;l:v:;j^^^r^:^i1i The County Council in tl:air draft schorco iiicluacd Sudbrooko Parish in tho Wolton divi?;ion at tho request of SudbrooJto Pariwh Council and tho local councillor (Cllr K Johnson). When forraulatinr; our draft pi'oposals vo coi'inidercd this issus and decided to adopt tho County Couacil's arrungemant. Went Lin ds si- District Council in response to our draft propo?jala requested that' Sudbrooke parish ba truRCforrcd to the Cnrdnoy and Gharry Willin^ho;a electoral division. In view of tho coftrcontr: \/hich we considered at draft proposal sta^o and fdso in the light of the support for our arrangoKKnt erq^reased by tho County Council, we decided not to modify our draft proposals as suggested by the District

Council. Having considered the various suggestions made regarding alternative names we decided on balance to accept those put forward by the County Council, 11. In. the light of these conclusions we decided to confirm our draft proposals as our final proposals subject to the modification to the proposals for North Kssteven District described in paragraph 10(d) above and the following changes in the names of divisions:-

(a) Boston Borougfr - Kirton division to become Boston Rural South.

(b) East Lindsey District - Chapel St. Leonards and Tattershall divisions to become Alford Coast and Tattershall Castle respectively.

(c) Lincoln City - add the prefix 'Lincoln* to the Abbey, Castle, Moorland and Park divisions.

(d) South Holland District - 3 pal ding East, Spalding North, Spaldir.g Rural West and Spalding South divisions to become Spalding East and Weston, Spalding North West, West Elloe and Spalding Abbey respectively.

(e) South Kesteven District - Bourne East and Bourne West divisions to become Bourne Abbey and Bourne Castle respectively.

(f) West Lindsey District - Caistor, Market, Rasen, Stow and Welton divisions to become North Wolds, Rasen Wolds, Gainsborough Rural South and respectively.

12. Details of these final proposals are set out in Schedules 1 and 2 to this report and on the attached map. Schedule 1 gives the names of the electoral divisions. A detailed description of the boundaries of the proposed electoral divisions, as defined on the map, in set out in Schedule 2.

PUBLICATION 13. In accordance with Section 60(5)(b) of the Local Government Act 1972, a copy of this report and a copy of the map are being sent to Lincolnshire County Council and will be available for inspection at the Council's main offices. Copies of this report (without map) are being sent to those who received the consultation letter and to those who made comments.

Signed: NICHOLAS MORRISON (CHAIRMAN)

PHYLLIS BOWDHT

TY3RELL 2ROCKBANK

G E CHERRY

D P HARRISON

R R THORNTON

LESLIE SRIMSHAW (Secretary) 31 July 1980

9f APPENDIX 1

LIST OF THOSE WHO COMMENTED UN THE DRAFT PROPOSALS AREA CONCERNED Lincolnshire County Council Whole county BOSTON BOROUGH Boston Borough Council Whole district Fishtoft Parish Council Coastal Kirton Parish Council Fenside Parish Council Boston Rural South Fosdyke Parish Council Sutterton Parish Council Wigtoft Parish Council

A private individual Whole district

EAST LIwDSEY DISTRICT East Lindaey District Council Whole district

Coningsby Parish Council Tattershall Caetle Tetney Parish Council Louth Rural Worth A private individual Woodhall Spa and Wragby/ Horncastle and Tetford

NORTH KESTEVEN DISTRICT North Kesteven District Council Whole district Braneton and Mere Parish Council Cli f f/Metheringhan/ North East Kesteven Canvick Local Council Heighington Parish Council Washingborough Parish Council Waddington Parish Council Cliff •

SOUTH HOLLAND DISTRICT

Cowbit Parish Council Spalding East /Spalding South SOUTH KESTEVE» DISTRICT AREA CONCERNED South Kesteven District Council Whole district Market Deeping Parish Council Rutland and Stamford Constituency Labour Party South Grantham

WEST LIWDSEY DISTRICT West Lindsey District Council Bardney and Cherry Willinghan^Caenby

Stow Parish Council and Burial Authority Gainsborough Rural South SCHEDULE 1

COUNTY OP LINCOLNSHIRE

NAMES OF PROPOSED ELECTORAL DIVISIONS (EACH RETURNING ONE COUNCILLOR)

PROPOSED COUNTY ELECTORAL DIVISIONS V7ITHIT" DISTRICTS

BOROUGH OF BOSTON Boston Rural South Coastal

Skirbeck West Withara . 7/yberton

DISTRICT OF EAST LINDSKY Alford and Alford Coast Bolingbroke Castle Horncastle and Tetford Louth Marsh Louth North Louth Rural North Louth South Louth Wolds Rkegness North South Tattershall Castle TTainfleet and Burgh Woodhall Spa and Wragby

CITY OF LINCOLN Birchwood Boulthara Bracebridge Carholme Lincoln Abbey Lincoln Castle CITY OF LINCOLN (contd...) Lincoln Koorland Lincoln Park Longdales Minster Tritton

DISTRICT OF' NORTH KBSTEVEK Bargingham Rural and Cranwel3 Cliff Hykeham Forum Hetheringham North East Kesteven and Hykeham South Sleaford Rural North Sleaford Rural South

DISTRICT OF' 501TTH HOLLAND Crow!and Rural Donington Rural East Blloe Spalding Abbey Spalding East and Weston Spalding North West West Elloe

DISTRICT OF SOUTH KESTSVEN Bourne Abbey Bourne C?stle Devon and St. Johns Earlesfield Rural Grantham North Grantham South Grantham West Grimsthorpe Harrowby Hougji DISTRICT OF SOUTH KESTEVEN (contd...) Stamford North Stamford South The Deepings

DISTRICT OF WKr.T LTHDSEY Bardney and Cherry Willingham Caenby Gainsborough East Gainsborough Forth Gainsborough Rural North Gainsborough Rural South Gainsborough South Settleham and North Wolds Rasen Vtolds

The proposed electoral divisions are shown on a map which can be inspected at the Council's offices. A description of the boundaries of the proposed electoral divisions shown on the map is attached at Schedule 2.

3f SCHEDULE 2

COUNTY OF LINCOLNSHIRE

DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED COUNTY ELECTORAL DIVISION BOUNDARIES

BOSTON BOROUGH

BOSTON RURAL SOUTH ED

Boston Borough Wards of: Five Village

Kirton

Swineshead

COASTAL ED

Boston Borough Wards of: Coastal

Old Leake

Wrangle and Hilldyke Ward of the parish of Fishtoft.

FENSIDE ED

Boston Borough Wards of: Fenside

Frampton

Holland Fen

SKIRBECK ED

Boston Borough Wards of: Central

Skirbeck

WEST ED

Boston Borough Wards of: South

West

WITHAM ED

Boston Borough Wards of: Bargate

Witham WYBERTON

Boston Borough Ward of: Wyberton and Village Ward of the parish of Fishtoft,

EAST LINDSEY DISTRICT

ALFORD AND SPILSBY ED

Hlast Lindsay District Wards of: Alford

Partney

Spilsby

Withern with Stain

ALFORD COAST ED

East Lindsey District Wards of: Chapel St Leonards

Hogsthorpe

Ingoldmellr.

Willou^hby wi th

BOLINGBROKE CASTLE ED

East Lindsey District Wards of:

Hundleby

New Leake

Sibsey

HORNCASTLE AND TETFORD ED

East Lindsey District Wards of: Horncastle

Tetford LOUTH MARSH ED

East Lindsey District Wards of:

Marsh Chapel

North Somercotes

Theddlethorpe St Helen

LOUTH NORTH ED

East Lindsey District Wards of: North Holme

St James*

St Margaret's

LOUTH RURAL NORTH ED

&ist Lindsey District Wards of: Holton le Clay

North Thoresby

Tetney

LOUTH SOUTH ED

East Lindsey District Wards of: Priory

St Mary's

St Michael's

Trinity

LOUTH WOLDS ED

East Lindsey District Wards of:

Donington on Bain

Fotherby

Legbourne

MABLETHORPE ED

East Lindsey District Wards of: Mablethorpe

Sutton and SKEGNESS NORTH ED

East Lindsey District Wards of: St Clements

Winthorpe

SKEGNESS SOUTH ED

East Lindsey District Wards of: Scarbrough

Seacroft

TATTERSHALL CASTLE ED

East Lindsey District Wards of: Coningsby

Frithville

Mareham le Fen

Tattershall

WAINFLEET AND BURGH ED

East Lindsey District Wards of:

Friskney

Wainfleet

WOODHALL SPA AND WRAGBY ED

East Lindsey District Wards of: Roughton

Woodhall Spa

Wragby

LINCOLN CITY

BIRCHWOOD ED

Lincoln City Ward of: Birchwood ED

Lincoln City Ward of: Boultham

BRACEHRIDGS ED

Lincoln City Ward of: Bracebridge

CARHOLME ED

Lincoln City Ward of: Carholme

TtflTTON ED

Lincoln City Ward of: Tritton

LINCOLN ABBEY ED

Lincoln City Ward of: Abbey s

LINCOLN CASTLE ED-

Lincoln City Ward of: Castle

LINCOLN MOORLAND ED

Lincoln City Ward of: Moorland

LINCOLN PARK ED

Lincoln City Ward of: Park

LONGDALES ED

Lincoln City Ward of: Longdales

MINSTER ED

Lincoln City Ward of: Minster ' NORTH KESTEVEN DISTRICT

BASSINGHAM RURAL ED

North Kesteven District Wards of: Bassingham

Brant Broughton and

Eagle and

Wellingore

BILLINGHAY AND ED

North Kesteven District Wards of:

Billinghay

Cranwell and Byard's Leap

Martin

CLIFF ED

North Kesteven District Wards of: Waddington East

Waddington V/est and the parish of

HYKEHAM FORUM ED

North Kesteven District Wards of: Central

North Hykeham North '

METHERINGHAM ED

North Kesteven District Wards of: Metheringham

Navenby and the parish of Potter Hanworth

NORTH EAST KESTEVEN ED

North Kesteven District Wards of: Heighington

Washingborough and the parishes of Branston and Mere

Canwick SKELLINGTHORPE AND HYKEHAM SOUTH ED

North Kesteven District Wards of: North Hykeham South

Skellingthorpe

SLEAFORD ED

North Kesteven District Wards of: Sleaford East

Sleaford North

Sleaford South

Sleaford West

SLEAFORD RURAL NORTH ED

North Kesteven District Ward's of:

Ruskington

SLEAFORD RURAL SOUTH ED

North Kesteven District Wards of:

Helpringham

North.Kyme

Osbournby

SOUTH HOLLAND DISTRICT

CROWLAND RURAL ED

South Holland District Wards of:

Moulton

Whaplode

DONINGTON RURAL ED

South Holland District Wards of: Donington

Gosberton Village

Surfleet EAST ELLOE ED

South Holland District Ward of: Long Sutton and the parish of and the North Ward of the parish of Gedney.

HOLBEACH ED

South Holland District Wards of:

Holbeach Town

HOLBEACH FEN ED

South Holland District Wards of: Fleet

Holbeach St Johns

The Saints and the parish of and the South Ward of the parish of Gedney.

SPALDING ABBEY ED

South Holland District Wards of: Spalding Central

Spalding South

SPALDING EAST AND WESTON ED

South Holland District Wards of: Spalding East

Weston

SPALDING NORTH WEST ED

South Holland District Wards of: Spalding North

Spalding West

WEST ELLOE ED

South Holland District Wards of:

Pinchbeck East

Pinchbeck West 9

SOUTH KESTEVEN DISTRICT

BOURNE ABBEY ED

South Kesteven District Wards of: Bourne East

Ringstone

BOURNE CASTLE ED

South Kesteven District Wards of: Bourne West

Hillsides

Truesdale

DEVON AND ST JOHNS ED

South Kesteven District Wards of: Devon

Grantham St Johns

EARLESFIELD ED

South Kesteven District Ward of: Earlesfield

FOLKINGHAM RUEAL ED

South Kesteven District Wards of: Aveland

Belmont

Lincrest

Toller

GRANTHAM NORTH ED

South Kesteven District Wards of: Peascliffe

St Wulframs

Witham Valley

GRANTHAM SOUTH ED

South Kesteven District Wards of: Forest

St Annes 10

GRANTHAM WEST ED

South Kesteven District Wards of:

Greyfriars

GRIMSTHORPE ED

South Kesteven District Wards of: Casewick

Glen Eden

Isaac Newton

Morkery

HARROWBY ED

South Kesteven District Ward of: Harrowby

HOUGH ED

South Kesteven District Wards of: Ermine

Heath

Loveden

Saxonwell

STAMFORD NORTH ED

South Kesteven District Wards of: All Saints

St Georges

STAMFORD SOUTH ED

South Kesteven District Wards of: St Marys

Stamford St Johns

THE DEEPINGS ED

South Kesteven District Wards of: Deeping St James

Market and 11

WEST LINDSEY DISTRICT

BARDNEY AND CHERRY WILLINGHAM ED

West Lindsey District Wards of: Bardney and the parishes of:

Cherry Willingham

Fiskerton

Reepham

CAENBY ED

West Lindsey District Wards of: Ancholme Valley

Dunholme

South Cliff

Welton and the parish of: Sudbrooke

GAINSBOROUGH EAST ED

West Lindsey District Ward of: Gainsborough East

GAINSBOROUGH NORTH ED

West Lindsey District Ward of: Gainsborough North

GAINSBOROUGH RURAL NORTH ED

West Lindsey District Wards of: Forest

Hemswell

Scotter

Thonock

GAINSBOROUGH RURAL SOUTH ED

West Lindsey District Wards of: Lea

Scampton

Stow

Torksey 12

GAINSBOROUGH SOUTH ED

West Lindsey District Ward of: Gainsborough South-West

NETTLEHAM AND SAXILBY ED

West Lindsey District Wards of:

Saxilby

NORTH WOLDS ED

West Lindsey District Wards of: Caistor

Kelsey

Wold View

Yarborough

RASEN WOLDS ED

West Lindsey District Wards of: Market Rasen

Middle Rasen Walshcroft