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Torbay Council Ward Boundary Review Submission to the Local Torbay Council ward boundary review Submission to the Local Government Boundary Commission for England Torbay Constituency Conservative Association TORBAY BOUNDARY REVIEW SUBMISSION BY THE TORBAY CONSERVATIVE ASSOCIATION Torbay Borough Council currently consists of 36 councillors representing 15 wards, all of 2 or 3 members. Of these wards, 11 lie within the constituency of Torbay and 4 within the constituency of Totnes. Current proposals from the review of Parliamentary constituency boundaries retains Torbay constituency as it currently exists so the split between the two constituencies will continue for the foreseeable future. Torbay Conservative Association acts in partnership with Totnes Conservative Association but acts as the lead Association in matters concerning Torbay Unitary Authority and is making the submission encompassing the full Torbay Council area. In providing this submission the Association has considered the structure of communities in Torbay and has addressed issues regarding the overall ward structure. The Association is aware that many councillors from all parties across the Bay have submitted minor changes to ward boundaries based upon their detailed personal knowledge and that the Council have incorporated many of those into its submission. We have made no attempt to replicate the minor amendments but accept the validity of this detailed knowledge and the changes that would result from that information. THE THREE TOWNS IN TORBAY Torbay consists of three main towns, Torquay, Paignton and Brixham and it is reasonably easy to associate the few separate communities, such as Cockington, and Collaton St Mary as being associated most closely with one of these towns. Current wards can therefore easily be associated with one of the towns with the only exception being the Churston-with-Galmpton ward where the northern fringe of the ward abuts the Goodrington-with-Roselands ward in Paignton. We recognise that different parts of this ward have associations with both Brixham and Paignton but have chosen to follow the lead set by the community partnership which when given the choice between being included with the Paignton or Brixham Neighbourhood plan has chosen Brixham as the better fit. A significant anomaly however remains in this area of Torbay as the Hookhills area consisting of some 2700 electors in polling districts GB, GC and a small part of GA have chosen to be considered as part of the Goodrington, Roselands and Hookhills community partnership and is therefore forming part of the Paignton neighbourhood plan. Indeed other parts of the ward also have stronger links to Paignton than to Brixham and this is further discussed later in this submission. We have considered at a high level using the current ward structure the population split between these three areas: 2016 electors 2023 electors 2023 Equivalent Proportion councillors TORQUAY WARDS St. Marychurch 8,486 8,689 Watcombe 4,982 4,982 Shiphay-with-the-WIllows 7,209 7,784 Cockington-with-Chelston 8,213 8,339 Tormohun 7,804 8,081 Ellacombe 4,980 5,004 Wellswood 6,383 6,482 TOTAL 48,057 49,361 47.735% 17.18 PAIGNTON WARDS Preston 8,058 8,173 Clifton-with-Maidenway 5,432 5,486 Roundham-with-Hyde 5,582 5,760 Goodrington-with-Roselands 5,675 5,675 Blatchcombe 8,009 9,557 TOTAL 32,756 34,651 33.510% 12.06 BRIXHAM WARDS St. Mary’s-with-Summercombe 5,688 5,741 Berry Head-with-Furzeham 7,455 7,811 Churston-with-Galmpton 5,646 5,842 TOTAL 18,789 19,394 18.755% 6.75 The top level analysis results in a current division of councillors as follows Torquay wards 17 councillors representing an average of 2,904 electors each Paignton wards 12 councillors representing an average of 2,888 electors each Brixham wards 7 councillors representing an average of 2,771 electors each We note however that the report discussed at Council and agreed as a Council submission has recommending moving roads to the south side of Long Road from the Blatchcombe ward to the Churston with Galmpton ward and we have considered this proposal. The eastern part of Long Road, next to the new White Rock housing estate, consists entirely of commercial developments including South Devon College, a hotel and industrial estates. It seems most unlikely therefore that the residents in the new housing development will develop any community links elsewhere in the Blatchcombe ward. The natural community link for these residents is with the Hookhills estate which lies immediately to the East of the new development and which contains the local primary school and thriving community centre. We have noted that the Council expect 500 electors from this new development by 2023.We believe that there is a compelling case for including the area containing this development in the Churston with Galmpton ward and have therefore adjusted the figures above to reflect this change We would suggest this area be added to polling district GC. REVISED TOTALS FOR THE THREE TOWNS after the above adjustment 2016 electors 2023 electors 2023 Equivalent Proportion councillors TORQUAY WARDS St. Marychurch 8,486 8,689 Watcombe 4,982 4,982 Shiphay-with-the-WIllows 7,209 7,784 Cockington-with-Chelston 8,213 8,339 Tormohun 7,804 8,081 Ellacombe 4,980 5,004 Wellswood 6,383 6,482 TOTAL 48,057 49,361 47.735% 17.18 PAIGNTON WARDS Preston 8,058 8,173 Clifton-with-Maidenway 5,432 5,486 Roundham-with-Hyde 5,582 5,760 Goodrington-with-Roselands 5,675 5,675 Blatchcombe 8,009 9,057 TOTAL 32,756 34,151 33.026% 11.89 BRIXHAM WARDS St. Mary’s-with-Summercombe 5,688 5,741 Berry Head-with-Furzeham 7,455 7,811 Churston-with-Galmpton 5,646 6,342 TOTAL 18,789 19,894 19.238% 6.93 This results in a proposed revised division of councillors as follows Torquay wards 17 councillors representing an average of 2,904 electors each Paignton wards 12 councillors representing an average of 2,846 electors each Brixham wards 7 councillors representing an average of 2,842 electors each The number of electors per Councillor in the three towns appears broadly similar and well within the levels of forecasting error. The view of the Association is that the clear accepted boundary between Torquay and Paignton should be preserved and we have therefore proceeded to consider boundary changes within each of the 3 towns as separate tasks. Discussions with ward branches, local Councillors and members have identified local community hubs outside of the main town centres throughout Torbay, generally centred on local shopping areas, churches, housing estates and community centres. Examples in Paignton include Goodrington, Roselands, Collaton St Mary, Great Parks, Foxhole and Preston and examples in Torquay include Livermead, Chelston, Shiphay, Hele, St Marychurch and Wellswood. However, whilst it is possible to identify community focus points, the continuous nature of housing between many of these areas makes it difficult to identify borders between specific communities and there is often little consensus as to where one community ends and another neighbouring one commences. Therefore as a general principle we have tried to avoid changing the basic structure of wards when population numbers are already balanced. Community partnerships have developed throughout Torbay mainly constructed around ward boundaries and we have wished to avoid disruption to these when it can be avoided. Other than the situation in Hookhills discussed above, the main exception to the community partnerships having common boundaries with wards occurs in Torquay. There are three community partnerships covering different parts of the Tormohun ward with one of these incorporating part of the Watcombe ward and we believe it is important to take these divisions into account when reviewing and suggesting ward changes in Torquay. More details on the community partnerships, including a brief description of the areas covered, can be found at: https://www.torbaycdt.org.uk/community-partnerships/ BRIXHAM WARDS Whilst the three Brixham wards contain a reasonable average number of electors between them only St Mary’s-with-Summercombe individually is correctly sized. Berry Head-with-Furzeham has 9% too few electors and Churston-with-Galmpton ( including the 500 transferred from Blatchcombe) has 10% too many. The two Brixham Town wards forming the area represented by The Brixham Town Council between them have some 6% too few electors compared with the average in Torbay and it is perceived in Torbay that this imbalance causes significant friction and the level of over- representation should not continue This numerical imbalance could be resolved by moving around 700 electors from the Churston with Galmpton ward to Berry Head with Furzham ward or by moving around 2000 electors from Berry Head with Furzham into Churston and Galmpton, with a switch between which is the 2 member and which the 3 member ward. It is of interest to note that Churston and Furzeham were linked in a single ward prior to the last boundary review and the concept of these two areas uniting seems to have general support. The proposal adopted by the Council in its submission is to reduce the Berry Head ward to being a 2 member ward and to increase the Churston with Galmpton ward to a 3 member ward. We have considered how these options would reflect on community links in the Brixham area At present Brixham is the only part of Torbay to have a Town Council which presently covers the wards of Berry Head-with-Furzham and St Mary’s-with-Summercombe. The Churston-with-Galmpton ward is not included within the Town Council and it is anticipated that this will continue. It is clear that Churston would not wish to be included in Brixham Town Council but that Furzeham would not wish to be excluded either.
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