Mayers, Mishka

From: Nigel West Sent: 09 February 2016 13:48 To: Porter, Johanna; reviews Cc: Paul Ashforth Subject: response to the consultation Attachments: Consultation response - February 2016 final.docx; Alternative Proposal.pdf; Copy of West Lindsey Alternative Proposal data.xlsx

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Dear Johanna,

My earlier message below has bounced back because of the file size, so I am separating one of the maps from the message and resending. I will forward the map in another email in the hope that it gets through.

Nigel West

Dear Johanna,

I have attached Lincolnshire County Council's response to the consultation on the Boundary Commission's draft recommendations. The response is that of the Administration Group, with support from political Group Leaders where mentioned.

In addition there are new maps for the districts of and West Lindsey, and associated data for West Lindsey.

Please let me know if you require anything else.

Also, I have been asked to forward the following added response from the Leader of the Independent Group on the Council, who represents the current Spalding West Division and is a member of the Administration coalition. This relates to point 2 in the submission relating to South Holland.

"The largest town of the District, Spalding, with a population of 28,722 (2011 census) could be left with only one representative under the proposals put forward by the Boundary Commission. Residents in the West of Spalding, that the commission have suggested be put with , have absolutely no affinity with Crowland (10 miles away) Spalding residents NEVER go to shop in Crowland, never go to school in Crowland, never go to Church in Crowland, never use the Doctors in Crowland and do not wish to be represented by a Crowland Councillor.

Similarly, residents in present Spalding South Division have no affinity with the Crowland Division nor the SH6 division suggested by the Commission."

Kind regards,

Nigel West Head of Democratic Services Lincolnshire County Council

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2 Consultation response to the draft recommendations of the Local Government Boundary Commission for (LGBCE).

The draft recommendations for the review of boundaries published by the LGBCE in December 2015 were based on a council size of 70 councillors, a reduction of seven on the current number.

The previous submission by the County Council had been based upon a council size of 71.

This response is submitted as part of the consultation on the draft recommendations, which ends on 8 February 2016.

Because the district council boundaries cannot be changed by the review, this has in effect created seven separate reviews.

District Council area Current number of divisions Proposed number of divisions Boston 7 6 15 13 Lincoln 10 8 North Kesteven 11 11 South Holland 9 9 15 14 West Lindsey 10 9 TOTAL 77 70

We have achieved consensus from political group leaders on the council in a number of areas, however there have been some areas where this has not been possible.

BOSTON

In Boston the Administration Group agreed with the boundary changes recommended by the LGBCE, but expressed concern about the renaming of the electoral divisions. It was felt that the changes proposed would be divisive and cause confusion. The LGBCE are proposing that the former Boston West Division is renamed Boston South, but it is recognised locally as Boston West and the division contains Boston West Primary School. To avoid perceived favouritism to one or more parishes it is felt the proposed and Marshes Division would be better named Boston South; the proposed and division would be better named Boston Rural; and it would be more appropriate for the proposed Butterwick and Wrangle division to be named Boston Coastal. We understand the LGBCE is likely to receive similar comments from Boston Borough Council.

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EAST LINDSEY

In East Lindsey the Administration Group support the boundary changes as recommended by the LGBCE, but the Commission should expect to receive at least one further proposal from the Independence from Europe Group.

LINCOLN

In Lincoln there was agreement from all Group Leaders for the LGBCE proposals.

NORTH KESTEVEN

In North Kesteven the Administration Group have a number of concerns. They are particularly at odds with the proposal to include polling district AB001 in the newly named division. They contest that there would be no access to this polling district from the Rowston division without crossing the border with the division. The suggested connecting road from the north is in fact a NO THROUGH ROAD and access is prohibited by the Ministry of Defence. To correct this, RAF in polling district AB001 should be included in the new Ruskington division. The knock on effect of this would increase the electorate to a level beyond the 10% variance. To balance this, polling district QB001 (Holdingham) should be included in the Division as this village is within the Sleaford Town boundary. From the information we have the Sleaford Division is ‐10% in electorate, and therefore is able to accommodate the increase in the 2021 figures. To balance this, we are recommending Rowston Division takes the village of Dunston, (north of ) which is in the and Coleby Division.

In addition we would recommend amending the Potterhanworth and Coleby Division in the village of Heighington, as this village has been split in half and we believe it would be more beneficial to divide the village south of the Road and Park Lane in Heighington. It would be much better for the community to have a more defining line than splitting the village by streets on the housing development which appear very confusing.

It is felt that a more appropriate name for the proposed new Rowston division would be Metheringham Rural.

The Commission may receive at least one further proposal from the Lincolnshire Independent Group.

The Council is also aware of objections to the Commission's proposals from Parish Council, North Kesteven District Council and district councillors.

SOUTH KESTEVEN

In South Kesteven concern has been expressed about the size of the Rural Division, which stretches from Thurlby in the south to in the north. The Administration Group believes its original proposal, which included Thurlby connected to Bourne, provides a better option and a more even spread of the electorate, although the south west corner of the proposed Greenhill division could logically be extended westwards south of the A52 road to make the A1 the border with the proposed division.

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It is felt that a more appropriate name for the proposed new division of Upper Glenns would be Rural. The names proposed for the divisions, Belton Park, Spittlegate, Barrowby and Greenhill should be changed to Grantham North East, Grantham South East, Grantham South West and Grantham West respectively. Should the Commission insist on their preferred names the Council would ask that the name 'Grantham' should precede them (i.e Grantham Belton Park, Grantham Spittlegate, Grantham Barrowby and Grantham Greenhill).

SOUTH HOLLAND

The Administration Group prefers the proposal that it originally submitted last year for the South Holland district, for the following reasons:

1) The electorate figures in the Council's submission were within the 10% variance. 2) The town centre of Spalding has no affinity with the proposed divisions of and Crowland. 3) The Boundary Commission proposal divides the parish of since its inception, by removing , and . 4) The original proposal submitted by the Administration Group retained Pinchbeck within one division, something promoted in the Local Plan. 5) There is reduced coterminosity between county and district boundaries with the Boundary Commission proposals.

WEST LINDSEY

The Administration Group's original proposal for West Lindsey was based on there being ten divisions within the district. Having now been asked to comment on an arrangement with nine divisions, we have revisited this area and the Administration Group submits a new proposal for West Lindsey (see attached map and supporting data).

This new proposal retains Gainsborough Trent and Gainsborough Hill as suggested by the Commission, but all other divisions have been redrawn using district wards, with only a small change (moving polling districts Claxby [24B], [24F], [24H] and [24D] from the new North Wolds into the new ) to reduce the electorate in North Wolds to be within the 10% variance. This new proposal, which improves coterminosity, also avoids the need to have two parts of the village of Welton in two different divisions.

The Labour Group's overall position is as follows:

1) It supports the LGBCE proposals for Lincoln 2) It supports the Administration Group's position on South Kesteven 3) It is taking no position on the proposals for the remaining five district council areas.

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Electoral Divisions West Lindsey

February 2016 © Crown Copyright and database right 2015. Ordnance Survey 100025370

LGBCE Proposed New Division

Alternative Proposal

District Ward

Division Electorate (2021) & 8,550 North Wolds 9,097 Welton Rural 8,702 North Wolds Gainsborough Hill 8,966 Gainsborough Trent 8,460 Rural 8,114 Gainsborough Rural South 7,914 Market Rasen Wolds 8,568 & 8,336

Scotter Rural Market Rasen Wolds Gainsborough Trent Gainsborough Hill

Gainsborough Rural South Welton Rural

Nettleham & Saxilby Bardney & Cherry Willingham Polling District Ward Parish Electorate2015 Electorate2021 Proposed new Division 05D Bardney 14 14 Bardney & Cherry Willingham 05F Bardney 101 105 Bardney & Cherry Willingham 05H Bardney Rand 32 33 Bardney & Cherry Willingham 05C Cherry Willingham Fiskerton 1006 1045 Bardney & Cherry Willingham 03D Cherry Willingham Reepham 779 803 Bardney & Cherry Willingham 05A Cherry Willingham 387 398 Bardney & Cherry Willingham 05I Cherry Willingham Stainton By 75 78 Bardney & Cherry Willingham 05G Cherry Willingham Newball 32 34 Bardney & Cherry Willingham 05B Bardney Bullington 30 31 Bardney & Cherry Willingham 01A Bardney 54 61 Bardney & Cherry Willingham 01D Bardney 100 114 Bardney & Cherry Willingham 01B Bardney Bardney 1475 1509 Bardney & Cherry Willingham 01C Bardney Bardney 184 210 Bardney & Cherry Willingham 05E Bardney 58 61 Bardney & Cherry Willingham 03B Cherry Willingham Cherry Willingham 784 814 Bardney & Cherry Willingham 14B Cherry Willingham Greetwell 687 807 Bardney & Cherry Willingham 03A Cherry Willingham Cherry Willingham 1399 1454 Bardney & Cherry Willingham 03C Cherry Willingham Cherry Willingham 943 979 Bardney & Cherry Willingham 16B 86 87 Gainsborough Rural South 16G Scampton Scampton 159 161 Gainsborough Rural South 16C Scampton 93 94 Gainsborough Rural South 16I Scampton 13 13 Gainsborough Rural South 16A Scampton 77 78 Gainsborough Rural South 16H Scampton Scampton 774 787 Gainsborough Rural South 18A Stow Stow 250 252 Gainsborough Rural South 18B Stow 1047 1056 Gainsborough Rural South 11D Lea Upton 367 367 Gainsborough Rural South 11A Lea Kexby 278 278 Gainsborough Rural South 18C Stow Willingham 439 443 Gainsborough Rural South 21H Torksey 673 675 Gainsborough Rural South 16D Scampton 172 175 Gainsborough Rural South 16F Scampton Ingham 717 728 Gainsborough Rural South 21A Torksey Brampton 56 56 Gainsborough Rural South 21E Torksey Kettlethorpe 359 360 Gainsborough Rural South 21G Torksey 302 303 Gainsborough Rural South 21B Torksey Fenton 306 307 Gainsborough Rural South 21F Torksey Marton 572 574 Gainsborough Rural South 21C Torksey 36 36 Gainsborough Rural South 11C Lea Lea 821 821 Gainsborough Rural South 11B Lea 263 263 Gainsborough Rural South 14F Nettleham 227 266 Nettleham & Saxilby 14A Nettleham 31 37 Nettleham & Saxilby 14E Nettleham Nettleham 922 1084 Nettleham & Saxilby 14D Nettleham Nettleham 983 1005 Nettleham & Saxilby 15E Saxilby North Carlton 137 140 Nettleham & Saxilby 15H Saxilby 81 82 Nettleham & Saxilby 15B Saxilby 67 68 Nettleham & Saxilby 15G Saxilby Saxilby with Ingleby 1608 1640 Nettleham & Saxilby 15F Saxilby Saxilby with Ingleby 1806 1842 Nettleham & Saxilby 15A Saxilby 85 87 Nettleham & Saxilby 14C Nettleham Nettleham 1143 1343 Nettleham & Saxilby 15D Saxilby Burton 545 556 Nettleham & Saxilby 15C Saxilby Burton 144 147 Nettleham & Saxilby 21D Saxilby Hardwick 38 39 Nettleham & Saxilby 25C and Yarborough 805 917 North Wolds 25B Caistor and Yarborough Keelby 881 1003 North Wolds 02D Caistor and Yarborough 222 253 North Wolds 25D Caistor and Yarborough 98 112 North Wolds 02E Wold View Swallow 187 214 North Wolds 02A Caistor and Yarborough 64 73 North Wolds 02C Caistor and Yarborough Caistor 1095 1249 North Wolds 25A Caistor and Yarborough 78 88 North Wolds 24I Wold View 133 136 North Wolds 24J Wold View 89 90 North Wolds 24G Wold View Rothwell 175 178 North Wolds 24A Wold View 520 529 North Wolds 24K Wold View Thorganby 38 39 North Wolds 24C Wold View 147 149 North Wolds 24E Wold View Nettleton 565 574 North Wolds 10F Kelsey Wold 504 516 North Wolds 10D Kelsey Wold Searby cum 165 169 North Wolds 02B Caistor and Yarborough Caistor 1229 1260 North Wolds 10E Kelsey Wold 38 39 North Wolds 10B Kelsey Wold 404 414 North Wolds 10A Kelsey Wold Bigby 264 271 North Wolds 10C Kelsey Wold 804 824 North Wolds 17B Scotter and 200 197 Scotter Rural 17E Scotter and Blyton Scotter 1400 1382 Scotter Rural 17C Scotter and Blyton Laughton 320 316 Scotter Rural 17G Scotter and Blyton Scotter 87 86 Scotter Rural 17H Scotter and Blyton Scotton 549 542 Scotter Rural 17F Scotter and Blyton Scotter 1085 1071 Scotter Rural 17D Scotter and Blyton Northorpe 107 108 Scotter Rural 17A Scotter and Blyton 89 88 Scotter Rural 17J Scotter and Blyton 69 68 Scotter Rural 09H 114 109 Scotter Rural 09E Hemswell 76 73 Scotter Rural 09I Hemswell 242 232 Scotter Rural 09F Hemswell Hemswell 249 239 Scotter Rural 09D Hemswell Harpswell 45 43 Scotter Rural 16E Hemswell Glentworth 251 256 Scotter Rural 09A Hemswell 75 72 Scotter Rural 09C Hemswell 91 88 Scotter Rural 09G Hemswell 542 532 Scotter Rural 20A Scotter and Blyton Blyton 988 999 Scotter Rural 20D Scotter and Blyton 27 27 Scotter Rural 20C Scotter and Blyton 56 56 Scotter Rural 17I Scotter and Blyton 59 58 Scotter Rural 20B Scotter and Blyton Morton 1122 1134 Scotter Rural 09B Hemswell Corringham 353 338 Scotter Rural 12D and Welton 111 113 Welton Rural 19B Sudbrooke 1438 1447 Welton Rural 04D Dunholme and Welton 68 68 Welton Rural 23F Dunholme and Welton Welton 1491 1487 Welton Rural 23A Dunholme and Welton 28 28 Welton Rural 23E Dunholme and Welton 385 384 Welton Rural 04C Dunholme and Welton 45 45 Welton Rural 23G Dunholme and Welton Welton 1880 1692 Welton Rural 23G Dunholme and Welton Welton 1880 182 Welton Rural 04B Dunholme and Welton 29 29 Welton Rural 04E Dunholme and Welton 182 182 Welton Rural 12A Dunholme and Welton Buslingthorpe 50 50 Welton Rural 23B Dunholme and Welton 324 323 Welton Rural 23D Dunholme and Welton 181 181 Welton Rural 23C Dunholme and Welton 148 147 Welton Rural 04A Dunholme and Welton Dunholme 1634 1632 Welton Rural 19A Sudbrooke 707 712 Welton Rural 12C Market Rasen Linwood 84 85 Market Rasen Wolds 12F Market Rasen Market Rasen 1814 1842 Market Rasen Wolds 12I Market Rasen 486 493 Market Rasen Wolds 12G Market Rasen 126 128 Market Rasen Wolds 12H Market Rasen 47 47 Market Rasen Wolds 12J Market Rasen Walesby 204 208 Market Rasen Wolds 24F Wold View Normanby Le Wold 53 53 Market Rasen Wolds 24H Wold View Stainton Le Vale 57 58 Market Rasen Wolds 24D Wold View Kirmond Le Mire 33 34 Market Rasen Wolds 22D and Spital 266 260 Market Rasen Wolds 22E Waddingham and Spital Owmby 236 231 Market Rasen Wolds 22F Waddingham and Spital Saxby 29 28 Market Rasen Wolds 22I Waddingham and Spital West 21 20 Market Rasen Wolds 12B Market Rasen 201 204 Market Rasen Wolds 24B Wold View Claxby 153 155 Market Rasen Wolds 12E Market Rasen Market Rasen 1487 1510 Market Rasen Wolds 13E Market Rasen 58 57 Market Rasen Wolds 13A Market Rasen 782 750 Market Rasen Wolds 13D Market Rasen 199 191 Market Rasen Wolds 22H Waddingham and Spital Waddingham 439 429 Market Rasen Wolds 22A Waddingham and Spital 226 221 Market Rasen Wolds 22C Waddingham and Spital 327 320 Market Rasen Wolds 22B Waddingham and Spital 49 48 Market Rasen Wolds 13C Market Rasen Osgodby 429 420 Market Rasen Wolds 13B Market Rasen Middle Rasen 628 603 Market Rasen Wolds 22G Waddingham and Spital 177 173 Market Rasen Wolds Row Labels Sum of Electorate2021 Bardney & Cherry Willingham 8550 Gainsborough Rural South 7914 Market Rasen Wolds 8568 Nettleham & Saxilby 8336 North Wolds 9097 Scotter Rural 8114 Welton Rural 8702 Grand Total 59281