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Draft Recommendations on the Future Electoral Arrangements for Worcestershire County Council Draft recommendations on the future electoral arrangements for Worcestershire County Council February 2004 © Crown Copyright 2004 Applications for reproduction should be made to: Her Majesty’s Stationery Office Copyright Unit. 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. This report is printed on recycled paper. 2 Contents page What is The Boundary Committee for England? 5 Summary 7 1 Introduction 15 2 Current electoral arrangements 19 3 Submissions received 23 4 Analysis and draft recommendations 25 5 What happens next? 47 Appendices A Draft recommendations for Worcestershire: 49 e Detailed mapping B Code of practice on written consultation 51 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. The functions of the Local Government Commission for England were transferred to The Electoral Commission and it’s Boundary Committee on the 1 April 2002 by the Local Government Commission for England (Transfer of Functions) Order 2001 (SI 2001 No. 3692). The Order also transferred to The Electoral Commission the functions of the Secretary of State in relation to taking decisions on recommendations for changes to local authority electoral arrangements and implementing them. Members of the Committee are: Pamela Gordon (Chair) Professor Michael Clarke CBE Robin Gray Joan Jones CBE Ann M Kelly Professor Colin Mellors Archie Gall (Director) We are required by law to review the electoral arrangements of every principal local authority in England. 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 the number of councillors elected to the council, division boundaries and division names. 5 6 Summary We began a review of Worcestershire County Council electoral arrangements on 11 March 2003. • This report summarises the submissions we received during the first stage of the review, and makes draft recommendations for change. We found that the current arrangements provide unequal representation of electors in Worcestershire: • In 29 of the 57 divisions, each of which is currently represented by a single councillor, the number of electors per councillor varies by more than 10% from the average for the county and in 14 divisions by more than 20%; • By 2007 this situation is expected to worsen with the number of electors from the average forecast to vary by more than 10% from the average in 34 divisions and by more than 20% in 13 divisions. Our main proposals for Worcestershire County Council’s future electoral arrangements (see Tables 1 and 2 and Paragraphs 166–167) are that: • Worcestershire should have 57 councillors, the same as at present, representing 52 divisions; • as the divisions are based on district wards which have themselves been changed as a result of recent district reviews, the boundaries of all divisions will be subject to change. The purpose of these proposals is to ensure that, in future, each county councillor represents approximately the same number of electors, bearing in mind local circumstances. • In 39 of the proposed 52 divisions the number of electors per councillor would vary by no more than 10 per cent from the average; • This improved level of electoral equality is forecast to continue with the number of electors per councillor in 45 divisions expected to vary by no more than 10 per cent from the average by 2007. This report sets out draft recommendations on which comments are invited. • We will consult on these proposals for eight weeks from 24 February 2004. We take this consultation very seriously. We may decide to move away from our draft recommendations in light of comments or suggestions that we receive. It is therefore important that all interested parties let us have their views and evidence, whether or not they agree with our draft recommendations. • After considering local views we will decide whether to modify our draft recommendations. We will then submit our final recommendations to The Electoral Commission, which will then be responsible for implementing change to the local authority electoral arrangements. • The Electoral Commission will decide whether to accept, modify or reject our final recommendations. It will also decide when any changes will come into effect. 7 You should express your views by writing directly to us at the address below by 26 April 2004. The Team Leader Worcestershire County Council Review Boundary Committee for England Trevelyan House Great Peter Street London SW1P 2HW 8 Table 1: Draft recommendations: Summary Division name Constituent district wards (by district council area) Bromsgrove 1 Alvechurch Alvechurch ward; Wythall South ward 2 Beacon Beacon ward; Hillside ward; Waseley ward 3 Bromsgrove Central Norton ward: St Johns ward 4 Bromsgrove East Linthurst ward; Slideslow ward; Tardebigge ward 5 Bromsgrove South Charford ward; Stoke Heath ward; Stoke Prior ward 6 Bromsgrove West Sidemoor ward; Whitford ward 7 Clent Hills Furlongs ward; Hagley ward; Uffdown ward 8 Woodvale Catshill ward; Marlbrook ward; Woodvale ward Drakes Cross & Walkers Heath ward; Hollywood & Majors Green 9 Wythall ward Malvern Hills Kempsey ward; Ripple ward; part of Upton & Hanley ( the parish of 10 Croome Upton upon Severn) 11 Hallow Baldwin ward; Broadheath ward; Hallow ward; Martley ward 12 Malvern Chase Chase ward; Wells ward 13 Malvern Langland Pickersleigh ward; Priory ward 14 Malvern Link Alfrick & Leigh ward; Link ward 15 Malvern Trinity Dyson Perrins ward; West ward Longdon ward; Morton ward Powick ward; part of Upton & Hanley 16 Powick ward (the parish of Hanley Castle) 17 Tenbury Lindridge ward; Teme Valley ward; Tenbury ward; Woodbury ward Redditch 18 Arrow Valley East Church Hill ward; Matchborough ward; Winyates ward 19 Arrow Valley West Abbey ward; Greenlands ward; Lodge Park ward 20 Redditch North Batchley ward; Central ward; West ward Astwood Bank & Feckenham ward; Crabbs Cross ward; Headless 21 Redditch South Cross & Oakenshaw ward. Worcester City 22 Bedwardine Bedwardine ward; part of St John ward 23 Claines Part of Arboretum ward; Claines ward 24 Gorse Hill and Warndon Gorse Hill ward; Warndon ward 25 Nunnery Part of Cathedral ward; Nunnery ward; part of Rainbow Hill ward 26 Rainbow Hill Part of Cathedral ward; part of Rainbow Hill ward 27 St Clement Part of Cathedral ward; part of St Clement ward 28 St John Part of St Clement ward; part of St John ward 9 29 St Peter Battenhall ward; St Peter’s Parish ward 30 St Stephen Part of Arboretum ward; St Stephen ward 31 Warndon Parish Warndon Parish North ward; Warndon Parish South ward Wychavon Part of Bowbrook ward (the parishes of Hadzor; Himbleton; Huddington; Tibberton and Oddingley); part of Lovett & North 32 Bowbrook Claines ward (the parishes of Hindlip; Martin Hussingtree; North Claines and Salwarpe); part of Droitwitch South East ward Bredon ward; Eckington ward; part of Elmley Castle & Somerville ward (the parishes of Elmley Castle; Great Comberton; Little 33 Bredon Comberton Netherton); part of Fladbury ward (the parishes of Brickhampton and Wick) and South Bredon Hill ward Broadway & Wickhamford ward; part of Fladbury ward (the parishes of Charlton; Cropthorne and Fladbury); part of Elmley Castle & 34 Broadway Somerville ward (the parishes of Aston Somerville; Hinton on the Green and Sedgeberrow) Droitwitch East ward; part of Droitwitch South East ward; part of 35 Droitwitch East Droitwitch South West ward Droitwich Central ward; part of Droitwich South West ward; Droitwich 36 Droitwitch West West ward Great Hampton ward; Little Hampton ward; part of Evesham North 37 Evesham North West ward (the proposed parish ward of Evesham Avon of Evesham parish) 38 Evesham South Bengeworth ward; Evesham South ward Part of Inkberrow ward (the parishes of Abberton; Abbots Morton; Church Lench; Cook hill; Inkberrow and Rous Lench); Harvington & 39 Harvington Norton ward; part of Evesham North ward (the proposed parish of Evesham Twyford of Evesham parish) Badsey ward; Bretforton and Offenham ward; Honeybourne & 40 Littletons Pebworth ward; The Littletons ward Dodderhill ward; Hartlebury ward; part of Inkberrow ward (the parishes of Hanbury and Stock & Bradley); part of Lovett & North 41 Ombersley Claines ward (the parishes of Elmbridge; Elmley Lovett; Hampton Lovett and Westwood) Ombersley ward 42 Pershore Pershore ward; Pinvin ward Part of Bowbrook ward (the parish of Crowle) Drakes Broughton 43 Upton Snodsbury ward; Upton Snodsbury ward; Norton & Whittington ward Wyre Forest 44 Bewdley Bewdley & Arley ward; Rock ward Part of Aggborough & Spennells ward; Blakedown & Chaddesley 45 Chaddesley ward Cookley, Wolverley and 46 Cookley ward; Wolverley ward; Wribbenhall ward Wribbenhall 47 Hurcott Part of Broadwaters ward; part of Greenhill ward 48 St Barnabas Franche ward; part of Habberley & Blakebrook ward 49 St Chads Offmore & Comberton ward; part of Greenhill ward Part of Aggborough & Spennels ward; part of Broadwaters ward; 50 St Marys part of Greenhill ward; Oldington & Foley Park ward; part of Sutton Park ward 51 Stourport-on-Severn Areley Kings ward; Lickhill ward;
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