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REVIEW OF ELECTORAL ARRANGEMENTS DRAFT PROPOSALS

COUNTY OF

LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOUNDARY COMMISSION FOR WALES

REVIEW OF ELECTORAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE COUNTY OF POWYS

DRAFT PROPOSALS

1. INTRODUCTION

2. SUMMARY OF PROPOSALS

3. SCOPE AND OBJECT OF THE REVIEW

4. REPRESENTATIONS RECEIVED PRIOR TO DRAFT PROPOSALS

5. ASSESSMENT

6. PROPOSALS

7. RESPONSES TO THIS REPORT

APPENDIX 1 GLOSSARY OF TERMS APPENDIX 2 EXISTING COUNCIL MEMBERSHIP APPENDIX 3 PROPOSED COUNCIL MEMBERSHIP APPENDIX 4 MINISTER’S DIRECTIONS AND ADDITIONAL LETTER APPENDIX 5 SUMMARY OF INITIAL REPRESENTATIONS APPENDIX 6 MAP OF

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FOREWORD

Those who have received this report containing our Draft Proposals will already be aware of this Review of Electoral Arrangements for all local authority areas in Wales.

An important principle for our work is to aim to achieve a better democratic balance within each council area so that each vote cast in an election is, so far as reasonably practicable, of the same weight as all others in the council area. The achievement of this aim, along with other measures, would be conducive to effective and convenient local government. At the beginning of this review process we have found some considerable differences between the numbers of voters to councillors not only between council areas in Wales, but also within council areas themselves.

The Commission is constrained by a number of things in the way we undertake our work:

• The basic “building blocks” for electoral divisions are the areas into which Wales is divided. These community areas were set up over 30 years ago and despite the work already done by some local authorities and also ourselves, there are still many places where the community areas do not reflect the present pattern of community life.

• The accuracy of the information on the numbers of residents in each council area in 5 years time challenges all – the future is difficult to predict. The Commission has therefore adopted a cautious approach in using these projections.

• The legal rules by which we operate are also quite strict and again place limitations on what we can do for each electoral division.

This report provides our initial recommendations on what has to be done within this council area. We wish to provide a better democratic balance together with electoral arrangements which contribute to there being effective and convenient local government wherever you live in Wales.

Paul Wood Chairman

1. INTRODUCTION

1.1 We, the members of the Local Government Boundary Commission for Wales, have completed the first stage of the review of electoral arrangements for the County of Powys and present our Draft Proposals for the future electoral arrangements. A glossary of terms used in this report can be found at Appendix 1. The County of Powys currently has an electorate of 103,441. At present it is divided into 73 divisions, all of which are single-member, returning 73 councillors. The overall ratio of members to electors for the County is currently 1,417. The present electoral arrangements are set out in detail in Appendix 2.

2. SUMMARY OF PROPOSALS

2.1 We propose a change to the arrangement of electoral divisions that will achieve a significant improvement in the level of electoral parity across the County of Powys and results in a reduction in the council size from 73 to 64 elected members.

3. SCOPE AND OBJECT OF THE REVIEW

3.1 Section 57 of the Local Government Act 1972 (the 1972 Act) lays upon the Commission the duty, at intervals of not less than 10 and not more than fifteen years, to review the electoral arrangements for every principal area in Wales for the purpose of considering whether or not to make proposals to the Welsh Assembly Government for a change in those electoral arrangements.

3.2 The Minister for Social Justice and Local Government of the Welsh Assembly Government has directed the Commission to submit a report in respect of the review of electoral arrangements for the County of Powys by 30 June 2011.

Electoral Arrangements

3.3 The “electoral arrangements” of a principal area are defined in section 78 of the 1972 Act as:

i) the total number of councillors to be elected to the council;

ii) the number and boundaries of electoral divisions;

iii) the number of councillors to be elected for each electoral division; and

iv) the name of any electoral division.

Rules to Be Observed Considering Electoral Arrangements

3.4 We are required by section 78 to comply, so far as is reasonably practicable, with the rules set out in Schedule 11 to the 1972 Act (as amended by the 1994 Act). These require the Commission to provide for there to be a single member for each electoral division. However, the Minister may direct the Commission to consider

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the desirability of providing for multi-member electoral divisions for the whole or part of a principal area.

3.5 The rules also require that:

Having regard to any change in the number or distribution of local government electors of the principal area likely to take place within the period of five years immediately following consideration of the electoral arrangements:

i) subject to paragraph (ii), the number of local government electors shall be, as nearly as may be, the same in every electoral division in the principal area;

ii) where there are one or more multi-member divisions, the ratio of the number of local government electors to the number of councillors to be elected shall be, as nearly as may be, the same in every electoral division in the principal area (including any that are not multi-member divisions);

iii) every ward of a community having a community council (whether separate or common) shall lie wholly within a single electoral division; and

iv) every community which is not divided into community wards shall lie wholly within a single electoral division.

In considering the electoral arrangements, we must have regard to (a) the desirability of fixing boundaries which are and will remain easily identifiable; and (b) any local ties which would be broken by the fixing of any particular boundary.

Minister’s Directions

3.6 The Minister has directed that the Commission shall consider the desirability of multi member electoral divisions in each county and county borough council in Wales.

3.7 The Minister has also given the following directions to the Commission for their guidance in conducting the review:

(a) it is considered that a minimum number of 30 councillors is required for the proper management of the affairs of a county or county borough council;

(b) it is considered that, in order to minimise the risk of a county council or a county borough council becoming unwieldy and difficult to manage, a maximum number of 75 councillors is ordinarily required for the proper management of the affairs of a county or a county borough council;

(c) it is considered that the aim should be to achieve electoral divisions with a councillor to electorate ratio no lower than 1:1,750;

(d) it is considered that decisions to alter the existing pattern of multi and single member electoral divisions should only be taken where such proposals for

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alteration are broadly supported by the electorate in so far as their views can be obtained in fulfilment of the consultation requirement contained in Section 60 of the Act; and

(e) It is considered that the Commission shall, when conducting reviews under Part 4 of the Act, comply with paragraph 1A of Schedule 11 to the Act that is, the Rules.

The full text of the Directions is at Appendix 4. The Directions were further explained in a letter from the Minister on 12 May 2009. A copy of this letter follows the Directions at Appendix 4.

Local Government Changes

3.8 Since the last review of electoral arrangements there have been 6 changes to local government boundaries in Powys:

• The Community of (Warding Order) 2001 • The Powys (, and Abbey Cwmhir) Order 2003 • The Powys (Brecon and Communities) Order 2004 • The County of Powys (Community Electoral Arrangements) Order 2006 • The Powys (Communities) Order 2008 • The and Powys (Areas) Order 2009

3.9 These made minor changes to 17 boundaries with the following impacting on electoral divisions:

• the boundary between the Communities of Abbey Cwmhir and Llanbadarn Fynydd and made consequential changes to the boundaries of the and electoral divisions. • the boundary within the Community of Brecon and made consequential changes to the boundaries of the St. Mary and St. John electoral divisions. Since this change there has been an anomaly between the boundary of the community wards and the boundary of the electoral divisions. A map showing this boundary anomaly is at Appendix 6. In our consideration of the electoral arrangements we will aim to remove this anomaly in accordance with the Rules (see paragraph 3.5.iii above). • the boundary between the Communities of Brecon and and made consequential changes to the boundaries of the St David Within and Talybont- on-Usk electoral divisions. • the boundary between the Communities of Brecon and Llanfrynach and made consequential changes to the boundaries of the St. Mary and Talybont-on-Usk electoral divisions. • the boundary between the Communities of and and made consequential changes to the boundaries of the Builth and Llanafanfawr electoral divisions. • the boundary between the Communities of and and made consequential changes to the boundaries of the and Llanfair Caereinion electoral divisions.

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• the boundary between the Communities of Churchstoke and Kerry and made consequential changes to the boundaries of the Churchstoke and Kerry electoral divisions. • the boundary between the Communities of Churchstoke and Montgomery and made consequential changes to the boundaries of the Churchstoke and Montgomery electoral divisions. • the boundary between the Communities of Hay and and made consequential changes to the boundaries of the Hay and Llanigon electoral divisions. • the boundary between the Communities of Knighton and Whitton and made consequential changes to the boundaries of the Knighton and electoral divisions. • the boundary between the Communities of and Llansantffraid and made consequential changes to the boundaries of the Llanrhaeadr-ym- Mochnant / and Llansantffraid electoral divisions. • the boundary between the Communities of and and made consequential changes to the boundaries of the Llanidloes and Blaen Hafren electoral divisions. • the boundary between the Communities of and Newtown and made consequential changes to the boundaries of the Dolforwyn and Newtown Llanllwchaiarn North electoral divisions.

3.10 There have also been 4 Community name changes.

Procedure

3.11 Section 60 of the 1972 Act lays down procedural guidelines which are to be followed in carrying out a review. In compliance with Section 60 of the 1972 Act we wrote on 23 October 2009 to , all the community councils in the area, the Members of Parliament for the local constituencies, the assembly members for the area and other interested parties to inform them of our intention to conduct the review and to request their preliminary views. We invited the County Council to submit a suggested scheme or schemes for new electoral arrangements. We also publicised our intention to conduct the review in local newspapers circulating in the County and asked Powys County Council to display a number of public notices in their area. We also made available copies of our electoral reviews guidance booklet. In addition we made a presentation to both City and Community councillors explaining the review process.

4. REPRESENTATIONS RECEIVED PRIOR TO DRAFT PROPOSALS

4.1 We received representations from Powys County Council; 8 and community councils; Kirsty Williams AM (Brecon & ); 7 councillors; and 11 other interested bodies and residents. Two of the representations, one from the Powys Conservative Group and one from a member of the public, include suggestions for new electoral divisions. We considered all of these representations carefully before we formulated our proposals. A summary of these representations can be found at Appendix 5.

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5. ASSESSMENT

Request for a Community Boundary Change

5.1 Before considering the electoral arrangements for the County of Powys, we would like to respond to the representations that asked us to make changes to electoral division boundaries that are community or community ward boundaries. For such changes to take place it would first be necessary to undertake a review of community or community ward boundaries. It is evident from these requests that some uncertainty exists about the appropriate machinery for effecting such reviews. We wish to set out the statutory position.

5.2 Section 55(2) of the 1972 Act (as amended by the 1994 Act) requires each principal council in Wales to the whole of their area under review for the purpose of considering whether to make recommendations to the Commission for the constitution of new communities, the abolition of communities or the alteration of communities in their area. The Commission then consider the principal council’s proposals and report to the Welsh Assembly Government which may, if it thinks fit, by order give effect to any of the proposals.

5.3 Under Section 57(4) of the 1972 Act (as amended by the 1994 Act), the principal councils also have a duty to keep under review the electoral arrangements (which include the community ward boundaries) for the communities within their areas, for the purpose of considering whether to make substantive changes. The principal councils must also consider requests for changes made by a community council or by not less than thirty local government electors of a community and, if they think fit, make an order giving effect to those changes.

5.4 Changes to the boundaries of communities and community wards are therefore a matter for the principal council to consider in the first instance and may not be considered by us as part of this review. We must use the community and community wards as they exist at the start of this review as the building blocks for the proposed electoral divisions.

Councillor to electorate ratio

5.5 The Minister's directions include the following at 3.7 (a): "It is considered that the aim should be to achieve electoral divisions with a councillor to electorate ratio no lower than 1:1,750.” The Minister has indicated to the Commission that this means that the number of electors per councillor should not normally fall below 1,750, and this is how the Commission has interpreted and applied the Direction. We bear very much in mind that the directions are provided as guidance and should not be applied without regard to the special circumstances of the particular area: there may well be circumstances, having to do with topography or population etc of the area where it will be considered that an electoral division of fewer than 1,750 electors to be represented by each councillor is appropriate. This was explained in the letter from the Minister (Appendix 4) which stated: “This means that the ratio remains as the aim to be worked towards and not as a goal to be achieved in each

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case. In doing so attention should be paid to local communities having their own identifiable representation even where the indicative figure of 1,750 electors/ councillor is not always achievable”. In the absence of special circumstances we will aim to propose electoral arrangements in which the level of representation does not fall below 1,750 electors per councillor. We are not constrained in the same way by this direction from proposing electoral arrangement in which the number of electors to be represented by each councillor is, in appropriate cases, higher than 1,750. Throughout this review we will keep the ratio of 1:1,750 very much in mind, and will not normally think it necessary to refer to it expressly in every case.

Council size

5.6 At present the size of the council at 73 members is within the numerical limits advised in the Minister’s direction (Appendix 4). The current member to electorate ratio for the council is 1:1,417 which is 19% below 1,750 electors per councillor (see Councillor to electorate ratio above). There are currently no multi-member divisions. We also noted that, in respect of the number of electors per councillor in each electoral division there is a wide variation from the current county average of 1,417 electors per councillor ranging from 47% below (753) to 89% above (2,681). Given this wide range from the county average it is considered that changes to the present arrangements are desirable in the interests of effective and convenient local government.

5.7 We reviewed the electoral arrangements for the County of Powys in the light of the Minister’s directions for our guidance and took account of the representations which had been made to us. In our deliberations we considered the ratio of local government electors to the number of councillors to be elected, with a view to proposing changes to ensure that the number of local government electors shall be, as near as may be, the same in every division in the principal area. We considered the size and character of the authority and a wide range of other factors including population density, the local topography, road communications and local ties.

5.8 For the reasons given below we believe that in the interests of effective and convenient local government a council size of 64 would be appropriate to represent the County of Powys. This determination of the council size results in an average of 1,616 electors being represented by each councillor.

5.9 The Commission's draft proposals as set out in this Report have the effect of reducing the council size from 73 to 64. The Commission notes that, as set out in Appendix 5, a number of individual members of the public have made representations to the effect that the size of the Council should significantly reduced on the grounds that the Council was simply too large. The Commission should make it clear however that it has not been the Commission's own policy in making its proposals to achieve a reduction in Council size in itself and for its own sake and for this reason: such a reduction as is proposed arises from the Commission's primary aim to attain greater electoral parity.

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Number of Electors

5.10 The numbers shown as the electorate for 2009 and the estimates for the electorate in the year 2014 are those submitted to us by Powys County Council. The forecast figures supplied by Powys County Council show a forecasted rise in the electorate of 4,935 from 103,444 to 108,379.

Suggested Electoral Arrangements

5.11 The Conservative Group proposed a scheme which we considered (See Appendix 5). With a reduction of 13 councillors, the scheme achieves a significant movement towards the “indicative” ratio of 1,750 electors per councillor but achieves only moderately improvement in electoral parity: as explained above the priorities of the Commission are different. Whilst the proposed scheme eliminates the smaller divisions it creates 9 larger divisions (2,000+ electors) in addition to those that already exist (6) and one third of divisions are greater than +/-25% of the county average. In addition, the scheme creates some large geographical divisions and raises issues in terms of the breaking of local ties. However, the scheme maintains single member divisions and ensures that electoral divisions are contained within the former district boundaries. Thus, whilst the proposed scheme was constructive we considered that it did not sufficiently address the issue of parity.

Proposed Electoral Arrangements

5.12 We have considered the electoral arrangements of the existing electoral divisions of Builth, Churchstoke, Cwm-Twrch, Dolforwyn, , , Kerry, Llanafanfawr, , , , Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant / Llansilin, Llansantffraid, Wells, , / , Newtown East, Newtown Llanllwchaiarn North, Newtown Llanllwchaiarn West, , , Talybont-on-Usk, Llanerchyddol and Ynyscedwyn and the ratio of local government electors to the number of councillors to be elected and we propose that the existing arrangements should continue. We considered changes to the remaining electoral divisions. Details of the current electoral arrangements can be found at Appendix 2.

Banwy and

5.13 The existing electoral division consists of the Communities of Banwy (487 electors) and (296 electors) with a total of 783 electors represented by one councillor which is 45% below the county average of 1,417 electors per councillor. The existing Llanbrynmair electoral division consists of the Community of Llanbrynmair with a total of 772 electors represented by one councillor which is 46% below the county average of 1,417 electors per councillor. We consider that such a large variation in the levels of representation between electoral divisions that are formed from wards of the same community is not conducive to effective and convenient local government. We are of the view that it would be desirable to make changes to the electoral arrangements in this area in order to achieve improvements in electoral parity.

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5.14 In their representation Llanbrynmair Community Council wrote to highlight the rural nature of the Community and its wish to retain its present status with one Councillor representing it at the County Council. They also informed us of the strong Welsh speaking population. We are of the view however that the current level of representation is not appropriate when compared to the county average. Consideration was therefore given to combining all or part of this electoral division with other suitable areas in order to form an electoral division with levels of representation closer to the county average.

5.15 It is proposed that the Communities of Banwy and Llanbrynmair combine to form a single electoral division. This electoral division would have 1,259 electors which, if represented by one councillor, is 22% below the proposed county average of 1,616 electors per councillor. We consider that this proposed arrangement gives a better degree of electoral parity than the existing arrangements for the area and both Communities have a large proportion of Welsh speakers and are rural in nature. We put this scheme forward as a proposal. We have given the proposed electoral division the working name of Banwy and Llanbrynmair. We would welcome any suggestions for alternative names.

Banwy and Llanfair Caereinion

5.16 The existing Banwy electoral division consists of the Communities of Banwy (487 electors) and Llanerfyl (296 electors) with a total of 783 electors represented by one councillor which is 45% below the county average of 1,417 electors per councillor. The existing Llanfair Caereinion electoral division consists of the Community of Llanfair Caereinion with 1,339 electors represented by one councillor which is 6% below the county average of 1,417 electors per councillor. We consider that such a large variation in the levels of representation between electoral divisions that are formed from wards of the same community is not conducive to effective and convenient local government. We are of the view that it would be desirable to make changes to the electoral arrangements in this area in order to achieve improvements in electoral parity.

5.17 It is proposed that the Community of Llanerfyl be included with the Llanfair Caereinion electoral division in a single electoral division. This electoral division would have 1,635 electors which, if represented by one councillor, is 6% above the proposed county average of 1,616 electors per councillor. There are good access links between the two communities, this amalgamation would improve the electoral parity and we are not aware of any local ties that would be broken by this combination. We put this scheme forward as a proposal. We have given the proposed electoral division the working name of Llanerfyl and Llanfair Caereinion. We would welcome any suggestions for alternative names.

Beguildy and Llangunllo

5.18 The existing Beguildy electoral division consists of the Communities of Llanbadarn Fynydd (255 electors) and Llanbister (313 electors) and the wards of Beguildy (231 electors) and (313 electors) of the Community of Beguildy with a total of 1,112 electors represented by one councillor which is 22% below the county average of 1,417 electors per councillor. The existing Llangunllo electoral division

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consists of the Communities of (239 electors), (199 electors), Llangunllo (300 electors) and Whitton (296 electors) with 1,034 electors represented by one councillor which is 27% below the county average of 1,417 electors per councillor.

5.19 It is proposed that the whole Beguildy electoral division be combined with the Communities of Llanddewi Ystradenny and Llanfihangel Rhydithon to form a single electoral division. This electoral division would have 1,550 electors which, if represented by one councillor, is 4% below the proposed county average of 1,616 electors per councillor. We consider that this proposed arrangement gives a better degree of electoral parity than the existing arrangements for the area and we are not aware of any local ties that would be broken by this combination. We put this scheme forward as a proposal. We have given the proposed electoral division the working name of Beguildy. We would welcome any suggestions for alternative names.

Berriew and Rhiwcynon

5.20 The existing electoral division consists of the Community of Berriew with 1,068 electors represented by one councillor which is 25% below the county average of 1,417 electors per councillor. The existing Rhiwcynon electoral division consists of the Communities of (341 electors), (241 electors), (620 electors) and the wards of Llanllugan (207 electors) and Llanwyddelan (254 electors) of the Community of with a total of 1,663 electors represented by one councillor which is 17% above the county average of 1,417 electors per councillor.

5.21 In their representation Manafon Community Council wrote with their wish to remain in the Rhiwcynon Electoral Division. This is due to the majority of primary school children attending the Ysgol Rhiew Cynon Bechan school in Tregynon, the present division is presently made of four rural communities, making representation easier as the Communities are similar, and the present electors per councillor is near our ‘aim’. The Councillor for Rhiwcynon also wrote to state that she did not wish for the division to change. We note these representations but are of the view that the current level of representation in neighbouring divisions, 25% below the present county average, is not appropriate when compared to the county average. Consideration was therefore given to combining all or part of this electoral division with other areas in order to form an electoral division with levels of representation closer to the county average.

5.22 It is proposed that the Berriew electoral division be included with the Community of Manafon in a single electoral division. This electoral division would have 1,309 electors which, if represented by one councillor, is 19% below the proposed county average of 1,616 electors per councillor. There are good access links between the two communities, both are rural in nature and this amalgamation would improve the electoral parity. We note that the representation from Manafon Community Council indicates that there are community ties between Manafon and Tregynon (which is also in the current Rhiwcynon electoral division) and, as we are required to have regard for any local ties that may be broken by our proposals, we have given this issue careful consideration. We are of the view however that, in terms of effective

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and convenient local government, any disadvantages in terms of breaking of community ties are outweighed by the improvement in parity in this proposed division, the proposed neighbouring Rhiwcynon division (5.23 below) and surrounding areas. We put this scheme forward as a proposal. We have given the proposed electoral division the working name of Berriew with Manafon. We would welcome any suggestions for alternative names.

5.23 It is proposed that the remaining Communities of the Rhiwcynon electoral division form a single electoral division. This electoral division would have 1,422 electors which is 12% below the proposed county average of 1,616 electors per councillor. We consider that this proposed arrangement gives a better degree of electoral parity than the existing arrangements for the area and we put this scheme forward as a proposal. We have given the proposed electoral division the working name of Rhiwcynon. We would welcome any suggestions for alternative names.

Blaen Hafren and

5.24 The existing Blaen Hafren electoral division consists of the Communities of Llangurig (614 electors), (532 electors) and the wards of Llawrglyn (248 electors) and (486 electors) of the Community of Trefeglwys with 1,880 electors represented by one councillor which is 33% above the county average of 1,417 electors per councillor. The existing Caersws electoral division consists of the Community of (605 electors) and the wards of Caersws (757 electors) and Llanwnog (519 electors) of the Community of Caersws with 1,881 electors represented by one councillor which is 33% above the county average of 1,417 electors per councillor.

5.25 It is proposed that the Community of Trefeglwys be combined with the Community of Carno and ward of Llanwnog to form a single electoral division. This electoral division would have 1,858 electors which, if represented by one councillor, is 15% above the proposed county average of 1,616 electors per councillor. There are good access links between the two communities, are of a similar geographical nature and this amalgamation would improve electoral parity. We put this scheme forward as a proposal. We have given the proposed electoral division the working name of Allt y Genlli. We would welcome any suggestions for alternative names.

Blaen Hafren and Llanidloes

5.26 The existing Llanidloes electoral division consists of the wards of Clywedog (510 electors), Dulas (681 electors) and Hafren (1,063 electors) of the Community of Llanidloes with 2,254 electors represented by one councillor which is 59% above the county average of 1,417 electors per councillor. The existing Blaen Hafren electoral division consists of the Communities of Llangurig (614 electors), Llanidloes Without (532 electors) and the wards of Llawrglyn (248 electors) and Trefeglwys (486 electors) of the Community of Trefeglwys with 1,880 electors represented by one councillor which is 33% above the county average of 1,417 electors per councillor.

5.27 It is proposed that the ward of Clywedog of the Community of Llanidloes be combined with the Communities of Llangurig and Llanidloes Without to form a

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single electoral division. This electoral division would have 1,656 electors which, if represented by one councillor, is 2% above the proposed county average of 1,616 electors per councillor. There are good access links between the two communities and this amalgamation would improve the electoral parity. We put this scheme forward as a proposal. We have given the proposed electoral division the working name of Blaen Hafren. We would welcome any suggestions for alternative names.

Brecon

5.28 Brecon consists of the three electoral divisions, St. David Within, St. John and St. Mary. St. David Within consists of the St. David Within ward of the Community of Brecon with 1,226 electors represented by one councillor which is 13% below the county average of 1,417 electors per councillor. St. John consists of the St. John East (884 electors) and St. John West (1,797 electors) wards of the Community of Brecon with 2,681 electors represented by one councillor which is 89% above the county average of 1,417 electors per councillor. St. Mary consists of the St. Mary ward of the Community of Brecon with 1,859 electors represented by one councillor which is 31% above the county average of 1,417 electors per councillor.

5.29 It is proposed that the whole of the Community of Brecon be combined to form a single 3 member electoral division. This electoral division would have 5,766 electors which, if represented by three councillors, result in a level of representation of 1,922 electors per councillor which is 19% above the proposed county average of 1,616 electors per councillor. Although this is a departure from the existing arrangements the level of disparity in the community is such that a multi-member ward provided the best possible parity for electors. We put this scheme forward as a proposal. We have given the proposed electoral division the working name of Brecon. We would welcome any suggestions for alternative names.

5.30 Several options were considered for the Community of Brecon and it was considered that the only way to achieve electoral parity in the area without causing considerable disruption to the communities surrounding Brecon, was to create the three member division as proposed.

Bronllys, Felin Fâch and

5.31 The existing electoral division consists of the Community of (365 electors) and the wards of Wye (198 electors) and Pontywal (418 electors) of the Community of Bronllys with a total of 981 electors represented by one councillor which is 31% below the county average of 1,417 electors per councillor. The existing Felin Fâch electoral division consists of the Communities of (353 electors) and (187 electors) and the wards of Llandefalle (234 electors), Llanfilo (172 electors) and Tallachddu (153 electors) of the Community of Felin Fâch with a total of 1,099 electors represented by one councillor which is 22% below the county average of 1,417 electors per councillor. The existing Yscir electoral division consists of the Communities of (198 electors) and Yscir (359 electors) and the wards of (93 electors) and Penpont and (188 electors) of the Community of Trallong with a total of 838 electors represented by one councillor which is 41% below the county average of 1,417 electors per councillor.

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5.32 It is proposed that the whole of the Yscir electoral division combine with the Communities of Erwood and Honddu Isaf to form a single electoral division. This electoral division would have 1,556 electors which, if represented by one councillor, is 4% below the proposed county average of 1,616 electors per councillor. We consider that this proposed arrangement gives a better degree of electoral parity than the existing arrangements for the area, are of a similar nature and we are not aware of any local ties that would be broken by this combination. We put this scheme forward as a proposal. We have given the proposed electoral division the working name of Yscir with Erwood and Honddu Isaf. We would welcome any suggestions for alternative names.

Bronllys and

5.33 The existing Bronllys electoral division consists of the Community of Erwood (365 electors) and the wards of Wye (198 electors) and Pontywal (418 electors) of the Community of Bronllys with a total of 981 electors represented by one councillor which is 31% below the county average of 1,417 electors per councillor. The existing Gwernyfed electoral division consists of the Communities of Gwernyfed (805 electors) and Llanigon (411 electors) with 1,216 electors represented by one councillor which is 14% below the county average of 1,417 electors per councillor.

5.34 It is proposed that the whole of the Community of Bronllys combine with the Community of Gwernyfed to form a single electoral division. This electoral division would have 1,421 electors which, if represented by one councillor, is 12% below the proposed county average of 1,616 electors per councillor. There are good access links between the two communities, they are similar in nature and this amalgamation would improve the electoral parity. We put this scheme forward as a proposal. We have given the proposed electoral division the working name of Bronllys. We would welcome any suggestions for alternative names.

Bwlch, and Llangattock

5.35 The existing electoral division consists of the wards of Bwlch (423 electors), Cwmdu (179 electors), and (151 electors) of the Community of Cwmdu and District with 753 electors represented by one councillor which is 47% below the county average of 1,417 electors per councillor. The existing Crickhowell electoral division consists of the Community of Crickhowell (1,674 electors), and the wards of Llanbedr (235 electors) and Llangenny and (404 electors) of the Community of the with 2,313 electors represented by one councillor which is 63% above the county average of 1,417 electors per councillor. The existing Llangattock electoral division consists of the Community of Llangattock with 815 electors represented by one councillor which is 42% below the county average of 1,417 electors per councillor.

5.36 It is proposed that the ward of Tretower of the Community of Cwmdu and District be combined with the whole Crickhowell electoral division and the Community of Llangattock to form a single 2 member electoral division. This electoral division would have 3,279 electors which, if represented by two councillors, result in a level of representation of 1,640 electors per councillor which is 1% above the proposed

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county average of 1,616 electors per councillor. Due to the geographical nature of the communities and wards in the present Crickhowell electoral division, the only way to improve electoral parity was to increase the division size and thus create a multi-member division. We note there are good access links between the communities. We put forward this scheme as a proposal. We have given the proposed electoral division the working name of Crickhowell. We would welcome any suggestions for alternative names.

Bwlch and

5.37 The existing Bwlch electoral division consists of the wards of Bwlch (423 electors), Cwmdu (179 electors), and Tretower (151 electors) of the Community of Cwmdu and District with 753 electors represented by one councillor which is 47% below the county average of 1,417 electors per councillor. The existing Llangynidr electoral division consists of the Community of Llangynidr with 848 electors represented by one councillor which is 40% below the county average of 1,417 electors per councillor.

5.38 It is proposed that the wards of Bwlch and Cwmdu of the Community of Cwmdu and District be combined with the Llangynidr electoral division to form a single electoral division. This electoral division would have 1,450 electors which, if represented by one councillor, is 10% below the proposed county average of 1,616 electors per councillor. There are good access links between the two communities and this amalgamation would greatly improve the electoral parity. We put this scheme forward as a proposal. We have given the proposed electoral division the working name of Bwlch and Llangynidr. We would welcome any suggestions for alternative names.

Caersws and

5.39 The existing Caersws electoral division consists of the Community of Carno (605 electors) and the wards of Caersws (757 electors) and Llanwnog (519 electors) of the Community of Caersws with 1,881 electors represented by one councillor which is 33% above the county average of 1,417 electors per councillor. The existing Llandinam electoral division consists of the wards of Llandinam (594 electors) and Llidiartywaen (159 electors) of the Community of Llandinam and the Community of Mochdre with (381 electors) with 1,134 electors represented by one councillor which is 20% below the county average of 1,417 electors per councillor.

5.40 It is proposed that the ward of Caersws be combined with the Llandinam electoral division to form a single electoral division. This electoral division would have 1,891 electors which, if represented by one councillor, is 17% above the proposed county average of 1,616 electors per councillor. There are good access links between the two communities and this amalgamation would improve the electoral parity. We put this scheme forward as a proposal. We have given the proposed electoral division the working name of Caersws and Llandinam. We would welcome any suggestions for alternative names.

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Disserth and Trecoed and

5.41 The existing electoral division consists of the Community of Disserth and Trecoed with 1,035 electors represented by one councillor which is 27% below the county average of 1,417 electors per councillor. The existing Llanyre electoral division consists of the wards of Llanfihangel Helygen and Llanyre (423 electors) and Newbridge (495 electors) of the Community of Llanyre with 918 electors represented by one councillor which is 35% below the county average of 1,417 electors per councillor.

5.42 It is proposed that the Disserth and Trecoed electoral division combine with the ward of Newbridge to form a single electoral division. This electoral division would have 1,530 electors which, if represented by one councillor, is 5% below the proposed county average of 1,616 electors per councillor. There are good access links between the two communities and this amalgamation would improve the electoral parity. We put this scheme forward as a proposal. We have given the proposed electoral division the working name of Disserth and Trecoed and Llanyre. We would welcome any suggestions for alternative names.

Felin Fâch and

5.43 The existing Felin Fâch electoral division consists of the Communities of Honddu Isaf (353 electors) and Llanddew (187 electors) and the wards of Llandefalle (234 electors), Llanfilo (172 electors) and Tallachddu (153 electors) of the Community of Felin Fâch with a total of 1,099 electors represented by one councillor which is 22% below the county average of 1,417 electors per councillor. The existing Llangors electoral division consists of the wards of (480 electors) and Llangors (423 electors) of the Community of Llangors with 903 electors represented by one councillor which is 36% below the county average of 1,417 electors per councillor.

5.44 It is proposed that the whole of the Llangors electoral division combine with the Communities of Felin Fâch and Llanddew to form a single electoral division. This electoral division would have 1,649 electors which, if represented by one councillor, is 2% above the proposed county average of 1,616 electors per councillor. We consider that this proposed arrangement gives a better degree of electoral parity than the existing arrangements for the area and we put this scheme forward as a proposal. We have given the proposed electoral division the working name of Felin Fâch and Llangors. We would welcome any suggestions for alternative names.

Forden and Montgomery

5.45 The existing electoral division consists of the wards of Forden (821) and (288) of the Community of Forden with Leighton and Trelystan with 1,109 electors represented by one councillor which is 22% below the county average of 1,417 electors per councillor. The existing Montgomery electoral division consists of the Community of Montgomery with 1,083 electors represented by one councillor which is 24% below the county average of 1,417 electors per councillor.

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5.46 It is proposed that the ward of Forden combine with the Montgomery electoral division to form a single electoral division. This electoral division would have 1,904 electors which, if represented by one councillor, is 18% above the proposed county average of 1,616 electors per councillor. There are good access links between the two communities and this amalgamation would improve the electoral parity. We put this scheme forward as a proposal. We have given the proposed electoral division the working name of Forden and Montgomery. We would welcome any suggestions for alternative names.

Forden and

5.47 The existing Forden electoral division consists of the Forden (821) and Trelystan (288) wards of the Community of Forden with Leighton and Trelystan with 1,109 electors represented by one councillor which is 22% below the county average of 1,417 electors per councillor. The existing Trewern electoral division consists of the (764 electors) and Middletown (307 electors) wards of the Community of Trewern with 1,071 electors represented by one councillor which is 24% below the county average of 1,417 electors per councillor.

5.48 In their representation Trewern Community Council informed us they would be opposed to any boundary changes. The Councillor for Trewern also made representation where she commented that she doesn’t think there should be any further boundary changes, the uniqueness of Powys rural sparsity should be taken into consideration as it presents challenges for the provision of services, the significance of travel, as it can often exceed 2-3 hours of travelling to fulfil commitments already, and any additional responsibility could lead to longer working patterns should be considered and the potential merger with the Local Health Board (LHB) will bring additional responsibilities to Councillors as she believes councillors will be responsible for health services. We are of the view however that the current level of representation, Trewern is 24% below the present county average and adjoining Forden is 22% below the average, is not appropriate when compared to the county average. Consideration was therefore given to combining all or part of this electoral division with other areas in order to form an electoral division with levels of representation closer to the county average.

5.49 It is proposed that the Trelystan ward of the Community of Forden with Leighton and Trelystan combine with the Trewern electoral division to form a single electoral division. This electoral division would have 1,359 electors which, if represented by one councillor, is 16% below the proposed county average of 1,616 electors per councillor. We consider that there are good access links between these areas which are of a similar geographical nature and this amalgamation would improve the electoral parity. Although the size of the division will increase (both physically and in terms of electoral numbers) we note that the proposed division is still smaller than comparable divisions under the existing arrangements and with the improvements it brings to electoral parity we consider that this proposal would be of benefit in terms of effective and convenient local government. We therefore put this scheme forward as a proposal. We have given the proposed electoral division the working name of Trewern with Trelystan. We would welcome any suggestions for alternative names.

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Guilsfield and Welshpool Castle

5.50 The existing electoral division consists of the Community of Castle Caereinion (475 electors) and the Guilsfield Rural (423 electors) and Guilsfield Village (972 electors) wards of the Community of Guilsfield with a total of 1,870 electors represented by one councillor which is 23% above the county average of 1,417 electors per councillor. The existing Welshpool Castle electoral division consists of the Castle ward of the Community of Welshpool with 1,072 electors represented by one councillor which is 24% below the county average of 1,417 electors per councillor.

5.51 In his representation the Councillor for Welshpool Castle was of the view that consideration of the representation of a deprived area and Travellers Park should be taken into account. The Councillor suggested amending the boundary with Gungrog ward. We are of the view however that even making allowances for the deprived area, the current level of representation is not appropriate when compared to the county average. Welshpool Castle is 24% below the county average, when compared to the other Welshpool divisions at 21% and 39% above the county average, and is 37% smaller than the lesser of the two neighbouring divisions. Consideration was therefore given to combining all or part of this electoral division with other areas in order to form electoral divisions with levels of representation closer to the county average.

5.52 In their representation the Castle Caereinion Community Council wrote to advise the Commission they would oppose any boundary movements which would see it amalgamated with Welshpool Town. They consider themselves a rural community and unsuitable to be attached with and urban area. They urge maintenance of the status quo but if change was necessary to be paired with an adjacent rural community. We are of the view however that even making allowances for the rural nature of the area, the level of representation of neighbouring divisions (5.51 above) is not appropriate when compared to the county average. Consideration was therefore given to combining all or part of this Community with other areas in order to form an electoral division with levels of representation closer to the county average whilst ensuring that the division the Community was within was not too great a geographical size.

5.53 It is proposed that the Community of Castle Caereinion and the ward of Welshpool Castle be combined to form a single electoral division. This electoral division would have 1,547 electors which, if represented by one councillor, is 4% below the proposed county average of 1,616 electors per councillor. The Commission considered the option of combining the Community of Castle Caereinion with other rural areas but were not satisfied any suitable alternative could be found. We put this scheme forward as a proposal. We have given the proposed electoral division the working name of Welshpool Castle Caereinion. We would welcome any suggestions for alternative names.

Guilsfield and Welshpool Gungrog

5.54 The existing Guilsfield electoral division consists of the Community of Castle Caereinion (475 electors) and the wards of Guilsfield Rural (423 electors) and

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Guilsfield Village (972 electors) of the Community of Guilsfield with a total of 1,870 electors represented by one councillor which is 23% above the county average of 1,417 electors per councillor. The existing Welshpool Gungrog electoral division consists of the Gungrog ward of the Community of Welshpool with 1,972 electors represented by one councillor which is 39% above the county average of 1,417 electors per councillor.

5.55 It is proposed that the whole Community of Guilsfield combine with the Welshpool Gungrog electoral division to form a single two member electoral division. This electoral division would have 3,367 electors which, if represented by two councillors, result in a level of representation of 1,684 electors per councillor which is 4% above the proposed county average of 1,616 electors per councillor. Although this is a departure from the existing arrangements the level of disparity in the community is such that a multi-member ward provided the best possible parity for electors. We put this scheme forward as a proposal. We have given the proposed electoral division the working name of Welshpool Gungrog and Guilsfield. We would welcome any suggestions for alternative names.

Gwernyfed and Hay

5.56 The existing Gwernyfed electoral division consists of the Communities of Gwernyfed (805 electors) and Llanigon (411 electors) with 1,216 electors represented by one councillor which is 14% below the county average of 1,417 electors per councillor. The existing Hay electoral division consists of the Communities of Hay with 1,279 electors represented by one councillor which is 10% below the county average of 1,417 electors per councillor.

5.57 It is proposed that the Communities Hay and Llanigon combine to form a single electoral division. This electoral division would have 1,690 electors which, if represented by one councillor, is 5% above the proposed county average of 1,616 electors per councillor. There are good access links between the two communities and this amalgamation would improve the electoral parity. We put this scheme forward as a proposal. We have given the proposed electoral division the working name of Hay. We would welcome any suggestions for alternative names.

Knighton, Llangunllo and

5.58 The existing Knighton electoral division consists of the wards of Central (556 electors), Outer (189 electors), South East (833 electors) and West (722 electors) of the Community of Knighton with 2,300 electors represented by one councillor which is 62% above the county average of 1,417 electors per councillor. The existing Llangunllo electoral division consists of the Communities of Llanddewi Ystradenny (239 electors), Llanfihangel Rhydithon (199 electors), Llangunllo (300 electors) and Whitton (296 electors) with 1,034 electors represented by one councillor which is 27% below the county average of 1,417 electors per councillor. The existing Presteigne electoral division consists of the wards of Norton (516 electors) and Presteigne Town (1,637 electors), of the Community of Norton & Presteigne with 2,153 electors represented by one councillor which is 52% above the county average of 1,417 electors per councillor.

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5.59 It is proposed that the whole Knighton electoral division be combined with the Communities of Llangunllo and Whitton and the ward of Norton of the Community of Norton & Presteigne to form a single 2 member electoral division. This electoral division would have 3,412 electors which, if represented by two councillors, result in a level of representation of 1,706 electors per councillor which is 6% above the proposed county average of 1,616 electors per councillor. Due to the size and geographical position of Knighton, the only way to improve electoral parity was to increase the division size and thus create a multi-member division. We note there are good access links between the communities. We put forward this scheme as a proposal. We have given the proposed electoral division the working name of Knighton with Llangunllo and Norton. We would welcome any suggestions for alternative names.

Llanbadarn Fawr and Old Radnor

5.60 The existing Llanbadarn Fawr electoral division consists of the Community of Llanbadarn Fawr (554 electors) and the wards of and (179 electors) and Llandegeley (128 electors) of the Community of Penybont and Llandegeley with 861 electors represented by one councillor which is 39% below the county average of 1,417 electors per councillor. The existing Old Radnor electoral division consists of the Communities of (360 electors) and (366 electors) and the wards of Kinnerton/Evenjobb (273 electors) and Old Radnor/Walton (343 electors) of the Community of Old Radnor with a total of 1,342 electors represented by one councillor which is 5% below the county average of 1,417 electors per councillor.

5.61 It is proposed that the Old Radnor electoral division be combined with the ward of Llandegeley of the Community of Penybont and Llandegeley to form a single electoral division. This electoral division would have 1,470 electors which, if represented by one councillor, is 9% below the proposed county average of 1,616 electors per councillor. There are good access links between the two communities and this amalgamation would improve the electoral parity. We put this scheme forward as a proposal. We have given the proposed electoral division the working name of Old Radnor. We would welcome any suggestions for alternative names.

Llanbadarn Fawr and

5.62 The existing Llanbadarn Fawr electoral division consists of the Community of Llanbadarn Fawr (554 electors) and the wards of Penybont and Cefnllys (179 electors) and Llandegeley (128 electors) of the Community of Penybont and Llandegeley with 861 electors represented by one councillor which is 39% below the county average of 1,417 electors per councillor. The existing Llanelwedd electoral division consists of the Communities of (201 electors), Glascwm (418 electors) and Llanelwedd (333 electors) with a total of 952 electors represented by one councillor which is 33% below the county average of 1,417 electors per councillor.

5.63 It is proposed that the Llanelwedd electoral division be combined with the Community of Llanbadarn Fawr and the ward of Penybont and Cefnllys of the Community of Penybont and Llandegeley to form a single electoral division. This

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electoral division would have 1,685 electors which, if represented by one councillor, is 4% above the proposed county average of 1,616 electors per councillor. We consider that this proposed arrangement gives a better degree of electoral parity than the existing arrangements for the area and we put this scheme forward as a proposal. We have given the proposed electoral division the working name of Llanbadarn Fawr and Llanelwedd. We would welcome any suggestions for alternative names.

Llandrindod Wells

5.64 consists of the three electoral divisions, Llandrindod Wells North, Llandrindod Wells East and West and Llandrindod Wells South. Llandrindod Wells North consists of the North ward of the Community of Llandrindod Wells with 1,491 electors represented by one councillor which is 5% above the county average of 1,417 electors per councillor. Llandrindod Wells East and West consists of the East (415 electors) and West (526 electors) wards of the Community of Llandrindod Wells with 941 electors represented by one councillor which is 34% below the county average of 1,417 electors per councillor. Llandrindod Wells South consists of the South No. 1 (545 electors) and South No. 2 (1,114 electors) wards of the Community of Llandrindod Wells with 1,659 electors represented by one councillor which is 17% above the county average of 1,417 electors per councillor.

5.65 It is proposed that the Llandrindod Wells North electoral division and Llandrindod Wells West ward be combined to form a single electoral division. This electoral division would have 2,017 electors which, if represented by one councillor, is 25% above the proposed county average of 1,616 electors per councillor. We, as in the Conservative Group scheme, consider that this proposed arrangement gives a better degree of electoral parity than the existing arrangements for the area and we put this scheme forward as a proposal. We have given the proposed electoral division the working name of Llandrindod Wells North. We would welcome any suggestions for alternative names.

5.66 It is proposed that the Llandrindod Wells South electoral division and Llandrindod Wells East ward be combined to form a single electoral division. This electoral division would have 2,074 electors which, if represented by one councillor, is 28% above the proposed county average of 1,616 electors per councillor. We, as in the Conservative Group scheme, consider that this proposed arrangement gives a better degree of electoral parity than the existing arrangements for the area and we put this scheme forward as a proposal. We have given the proposed electoral division the working name of Llandrindod Wells South. We would welcome any suggestions for alternative names.

Llanfihangel and

5.67 The existing Llanfihangel electoral division consists of the Communities of Llanfihangel (414 electors) and Llangyniew (481 electors) with 895 electors represented by one councillor which is 37% below the county average of 1,417 electors per councillor. The existing Llanwddyn electoral division consists of the Community of Llanwddyn (210 electors), Community of Llangyngog (295 electors) and the Community of Pen-y-Bont-Fawr (360 electors) with a total of 865 electors

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represented by one councillor which is 39% below the county average of 1,417 electors per councillor.

5.68 In their representation Llanfihangel and Llangyniew Community Councils and the local County Councillor were of the view that in the consideration of the representation of rural communities factors such as distances and remoteness should be taken account of as well as their use of the . We are of the view however that even making allowances for rural sparsity, the current level of representation of in excess of 30% below the county average is not conducive to convenient and effective local government. Consideration was therefore given to combining all or part of this electoral division with other areas in order to form electoral divisions with levels of representation closer to the county average.

5.69 It is proposed that the whole of the Llanwddyn electoral division be included with the Community of Llanfihangel in a single electoral division. This electoral division would have 1,279 electors which, if represented by one councillor, is still 21% below the proposed county average of 1,616 electors per councillor. In considering this arrangement we have considered the improvement in electoral parity along with the reasonable access links between these areas and their similarity in terms of their rural nature and their use of the Welsh language. We therefore put this scheme forward as a proposal. We have given the proposed electoral division the working name of Llanfihangel and Llanwddyn. We would welcome any suggestions for alternative names.

Llanfihangel and

5.70 The existing Llanfihangel electoral division consists of the Communities of Llanfihangel (414 electors) and Llangyniew (481 electors) with 895 electors represented by one councillor which is 37% below the county average of 1,417 electors per councillor. The existing Meifod electoral division consists of the Community of Meifod with 1,074 electors represented by one councillor which is 24% below the county average of 1,417 electors per councillor.

5.71 In their representation Meifod Community Council were of the view that in the consideration of the representation of rural communities, factors such as distances and remoteness should be taken into account. We are of the view however that even making allowances for rural sparsity, the current level of representation in excess of 20% and 30% below the county average is not conducive to effective and convenient local government. Consideration was therefore given to combining all or part of this electoral division with other areas in order to form electoral divisions with levels of representation closer to the county average.

5.72 It is proposed that the Community of Meifod be included with the Community of Llangyniew to form a single electoral division. This electoral division would have 1,607 electors which, if represented by one councillor, is 9 electors below the proposed county average of 1,616 electors per councillor. In considering this arrangement we have considered the improvement in electoral parity along with the reasonable access links between these areas and their similarity in terms of their rural nature and their use of the Welsh language. We put this scheme forward as a proposal. We have given the proposed electoral division the working name of

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Llangyniew and Meifod. We would welcome any suggestions for alternative names.

Llanidloes

5.73 The existing Llanidloes electoral division consists of the wards of Clywedog (510 electors), Dulas (681 electors) and Hafren (1,063 electors) of the Community of Llanidloes with 2,254 electors represented by one councillor which is 59% above the county average of 1,417 electors per councillor.

5.74 It is proposed that the wards of Dulas and Hafren be combined to form a single electoral division. This electoral division would have 1,744 electors which, if represented by one councillor, is 8% above the proposed county average of 1,616 electors per councillor. We consider that this proposed arrangement gives a better degree of electoral parity than the existing arrangements for the area and we put this scheme forward as a proposal. We have given the proposed electoral division the working name of Llanidloes. We would welcome any suggestions for alternative names.

Llanyre and Nantmel

5.75 The existing Llanyre electoral division consists of the wards of Llanfihangel Helygen and Llanyre (423 electors) and Newbridge (495 electors) of the Community of Llanyre with 918 electors represented by one councillor which is 35% below the county average of 1,417 electors per councillor. The existing Nantmel electoral division consists of the Communities of Abbey Cwmhir (203 electors), Nantmel (554 electors) and St. Harmon (465 electors) with a total of 1,222 electors represented by one councillor which is 14% below the county average of 1,417 electors per councillor.

5.76 It is proposed that the ward of Llanfihangel Helygen and Llanyre combine with the whole of the Nantmel electoral division to form a single electoral division. This electoral division would have 1,645 electors which, if represented by one councillor, is 2% above the proposed county average of 1,616 electors per councillor. We consider that this proposed arrangement gives a better degree of electoral parity than the existing arrangements for the area and we put this scheme forward as a proposal. We have given the proposed electoral division the working name of Llanyre and Nantmel. We would welcome any suggestions for alternative names.

Newtown Central and South

5.77 The existing electoral division consists of the Central ward of the Community of Newtown with 2,220 electors represented by one councillor which is 57% above the county average of 1,417 electors per councillor. The existing Newtown South electoral division consists of the Newtown South ward of the Community of Newtown with 1,288 electors represented by one councillor which is 9% below the county average of 1,417 electors per councillor.

5.78 In his representation Councillor Bob Mills (Newtown South) considered that Mochdre village could be included within his division. As we have stated at 5.1 to

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5.5 above we are required to use the community and community wards as they exist as the building blocks for the proposed electoral divisions and cannot therefore consider the change suggested by Councillor Mills. In his representation Councillor Mills also indicated that he already had a very high workload and would not wish to see the electoral division expanded. We are of the view that the current variation in the level of representation between these two Newtown electoral divisions is not appropriate. We therefore considered alternative electoral arrangements for the area.

5.79 It is proposed that the wards of Central and South be combined to form a single 2- member electoral division. This electoral division would have 3,508 electors which, if represented by two councillors, result in a level of representation of 1,754 electors per councillor which is 9% above the proposed county average of 1,616 electors per councillor. Although this is a departure from the existing arrangements the level of disparity in the community is such that a multi-member ward provided the best possible parity for electors. We have given the proposed electoral division the working name of Newtown South Central. We would welcome any suggestions for alternative names.

Presteigne

5.80 The existing Presteigne electoral division consists of the Norton (516 electors) and Presteigne Town (1,637 electors) wards, of the Community of Norton & Presteigne with 2,153 electors represented by one councillor which is 52% above the county average of 1,417 electors per councillor.

5.81 It is proposed that the Presteigne Town ward forms a single electoral division. This electoral division would have 1,637 electors which, if represented by one councillor, is 1% above the proposed county average of 1,616 electors per councillor. We consider that this proposed arrangement gives a better degree of electoral parity than the existing arrangements for the area and we put this scheme forward as a proposal. We have given the proposed electoral division the working name of Presteigne Town. We would welcome any suggestions for alternative names. The Norton ward can be found in an alternative proposal at 5.59.

Tawe-Uchaf and the electoral divisions (Aber-Craf, Cwm-Twrch, Ynyscedwyn and Ystradgynlais)

5.82 The existing Tawe-Uchaf electoral division consists of the (355 electors) and (116 electors) wards of the Community of Ystradfellte and the (264 electors), Coelbren (539 electors) and Penycae (488 electors) wards of the Community of Tawe-Uchaf with a total of 1,762 electors represented by one councillor which is 24% above the county average of 1,417 electors per councillor. There are four electoral divisions covering the Community of Ystradgynlais; Aber-Craf, Cwm-Twrch, Ynyscedwyn and Ystradgynlais. The Aber- Craf electoral division consists of the Aber-Craf ward of the Community of Ystradgynlais with 1,164 electors represented by one councillor which is 18% below the county average of 1,417 electors per councillor. The Cwm-Twrch electoral division consists of the Cwm-Twrch ward of the Community of Ystradgynlais with 1,625 electors represented by one councillor which is 15% above the county

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average of 1,417 electors per councillor. The Ynyscedwyn electoral division consists of the Ynyscedwyn ward of the Community of Ystradgynlais with 1,755 electors represented by one councillor which is 24% above the county average of 1,417 electors per councillor. The Ystradgynlais electoral division consists of the Ystradgynlais ward of the Community of Ystradgynlais with 2,060 electors represented by one councillor which is 45% above the county average of 1,417 electors per councillor. There are a total of 5 councillors representing these areas.

5.83 It is proposed that the Caehopkin ward of the Community of Tawe-Uchaf and the Aber-Craf and Ystradgynlais electoral divisions combine to form a single 2 member electoral division. This electoral division would have 3,488 electors which, if represented by two councillors, result in a level of representation of 1,744 electors per councillor which is 8% above the proposed county average of 1,616 electors per councillor. Although this is a departure from the existing arrangements the level of disparity in the community is such that a multi-member ward provided the best possible parity for electors. It was indicated in the meeting with the political leaders that this proposal may be supported. We put this scheme forward as a proposal. We have given the proposed electoral division the working name of Ystradgynlais. We would welcome any suggestions for alternative names.

5.84 It is proposed that the Community of Ystradfellte and the Coelbren and Penycae wards of the Community of Tawe-Uchaf are combined to form a single electoral division. This electoral division would have 1,498 electors which, if represented by one councillor, is 7% below the proposed county average of 1,616 electors per councillor. We consider that this proposed arrangement gives a better degree of electoral parity than the existing arrangements for the area and we put this scheme forward as a proposal. We have given the proposed electoral division the working name of Tawe-Uchaf. We would welcome any suggestions for alternative names. The divisions of Cwm-Twrch and Ynyscedwyn remain unchanged and there remain 5 councillors representing the area.

Summary of Proposed Arrangements

5.85 The proposed electoral arrangements (as shown at Appendix 3) provide a level of parity that ranges from 30% below to 28% above the proposed county average of 1,616 electors per councillor (based on the existing electoral figures). 22 of the electoral divisions have levels of representation more than 10% above or below the proposed county average of 1,616 electors per councillor and the remaining 36 (61%) all less than 10% above or below the proposed county average of 1,616 electors per councillor. This compares with the existing electoral arrangements (as shown at Appendix 2) where the level of parity ranges from 47% below to 89% above the current county average of 1,417 electors per councillor. 32 electoral divisions (44%) having levels of representation more than 25% above or below the current county average of 1,417 electors per councillor, 29 (40%) electoral divisions having levels of representation between 10% and 25% above or below than the current county average of 1,417 electors per councillor and the remaining 12 (16%) electoral divisions having levels of representation less than 10% above or below the current county average of 1,417 electors per councillor.

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5.86 In producing a scheme of electoral arrangements it is necessary to have regard to a number of issues contained in the legislation and in the Minister’s Direction. It is often not possible to resolve all of these sometimes conflicting issues because of the requirement of using the existing community and community wards as building blocks of electoral divisions and the varying level of representation that currently exists within these areas. In our proposed scheme we have placed emphasis on achieving improvements in electoral parity, moving towards 1,750 electors per councillor and retaining, where possible, single member electoral divisions. We recognise that the creation of electoral divisions which depart from the pattern which now exists would inevitably bring some disruption to established ‘ties’ between communities and may straddle community council areas in a way which is different. We have made every effort to ensure that the revised electoral divisions do reflect logical combinations of existing communities and community wards. We have looked at each of these areas and are satisfied that it would be difficult to achieve electoral arrangements that keep the existing combination of communities and community wards within single electoral divisions without having a detrimental effect on one or more of the other issues that are required to be considered. We recognise however that there may be different combinations of communities and community wards that better reflect community ties and we would welcome any alternative suggestions.

5.87 Further considerations in constructing a scheme were the size of proposed electoral divisions and the former district boundaries of , and Radnorshire. Careful consideration was given to the issue of electoral division size and we have ensured that electoral divisions are not significantly larger than those under the present arrangements. We have also maintained the former district boundaries.

5.88 We received several representations concerning the Council’s proposed merger with the Local Health Board (LHB) and its impact on councillor workload. We have however received a copy of the letter from the First Minister to the Leader of Powys County Council which indicates that deliberations on this mater are not at a stage whereby a clear route has emerged. It is probable that any initial arrangements should they emerge soon will impact rather on the executive arrangements for the council and would not have an immediate impact on the electoral arrangements. Therefore the Commission feel unable to attach any informed significance to the proposed merger.

6. PROPOSALS

6.1. We propose a council of 64 members and 58 electoral divisions as set out in Appendix 3. For purposes of comparison the present electoral arrangements for the County are given at Appendix 2. The boundaries of the proposed electoral divisions are shown by continuous yellow lines on the map placed on deposit with this Report at the Offices of Powys County Council and the Office of the Commission in Cardiff.

6.2. This draft scheme represents our preliminary views on the electoral arrangements for the County of Powys. We shall welcome any representations in respect of these

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proposals. We will consider carefully all representations made to us in respect of them before formulating our final proposals and submitting them to the Welsh Assembly Government.

7. RESPONSES TO THIS REPORT

7.1. All observations on this draft scheme should be sent to:

The Secretary Local Government Boundary Commission for Wales Caradog House 1-6 St Andrews Place Cardiff CF10 3BE

not later than 14 September 2010.

MR P J WOOD (Chairman)

REV. HYWEL MEREDYDD DAVIES BD (Deputy Chairman)

Mr D J BADER (Member)

E H LEWIS BSc. DPM FRSA FCIPD (Secretary)

July 2010

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GLOSSARY OF TERMS USED IN THIS REPORT

Commission The Local Government Boundary Commission for Wales

Council size The number of councillors elected to the council

Directions issued to the Commission by the Government Directions under Section 59 of the 1972 Act

How many Councillors there should be on the council of local government area, the parts into which the area Electoral should be divided for the purpose of electing councillors, arrangements the number of councillors for each electoral division, and the name of any electoral area

The divisions into which principal areas are divided for the Electoral purpose of electing councillors, sometimes referred to divisions colloquially as wards

Electoral A review in which the Commission considers electoral review arrangements for a local government area

The number of persons entitled to vote in a local Electorate government area The principle that votes within a principal area should carry equal weight, measured by a comparison between Electoral parity an electoral division and the county average of the number of electors represented by a single councillor. Government The Welsh Assembly Government

Person or body who has an interest in the outcome of an electoral review such as the principal council concerned, Interested person local MPs, AMs and political parties, community and town councils

Multi Electoral division within a principal area represented by member more than one councillor division

Order made by the Government, giving effect to the Order proposals of the Commission, either as submitted or with modifications

The area governed by a principal council: in Wales, a Principal area County or County Borough

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In Wales, one of the unitary authorities: a County or Principal council County Borough council

The five-year forecast of the number of electors provided Projected electorate by the Council for the area under review

Body or individual person who responds to the Respondent Commission’s consultation by making representations or suggesting alternative proposals

Rules to be observed by the Commission in considering Rules electoral arrangements

Single Electoral division of a principal authority represented by member one councillor division

The Local Government Act 1972 as amended by the 1994 The 1972 Act Act

The 1994 Act The Local Government (Wales) Act 1994

A principal council - the single tier organ of local government, responsible for all or almost all local Unitary government functions within its area, which in Wales authority replaced the two tier system of county councils and district councils: a County Council, or a County Borough Council The electoral areas of Community Councils (not all Wards Community Council areas are warded). The term is also used to describe the principal council electoral divisions

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% variance % variance No. OF ELECTORATE 2009 ELECTORATE 2014 No. NAME DESCRIPTION from County from County COUNCILLORS 2009 RATIO 2014 RATIO average average 1 Aber-craf The ward of the Community of Ystragynlais 1 1,164 1,164 -18% 1,159 1,159 -22% Appendix 2 2 Banwy The Communities of Banwy and Llanerfyl 1 783 783 -45% 822 822 -45% 3 Beguildy The Communities of Beguildy, Llanbadarn Fynydd and Llanbister 1 1,112 1,112 -22% 1,130 1,130 -24% 4 Berriew The Community of Berriew 1 1,068 1,068 -25% 1,065 1,065 -28% 5 Blaen Hafren The Communities of Llangurig, Llanidloes Without and Trefeglwys 1 1,880 1,880 33% 2,042 2,042 38% 6 Bronllys The Communities of Bronllys and Erwood 1 981 981 -31% 1,025 1,025 -31% 7 Builth The Community of Builth Wells 1 1,883 1,883 33% 2,007 2,007 35% 8 Bwlch The Community of Cwmdu and District 1 753 753 -47% 788 788 -47% 9 Caersws The Communities of Caersws and Carno 1 1,881 1,881 33% 2,005 2,005 35% 10 Churchstoke The Community of Churchstoke 1 1,268 1,268 -11% 1,369 1,369 -8% 11 Crickhowell The Communities of Crickhowell and Vale of Grwyney 1 2,313 2,313 63% 2,377 2,377 60% 12 Cwm-twrch The Cwm-twrch ward of the Community of Ystragynlais 1 1,625 1,625 15% 1,704 1,704 15% 13 Disserth and Trecoed The Community of Disserth and Trecoed 1 1,035 1,035 -27% 1,109 1,109 -25% 14 Dolforwyn The Communities of with Llandyssil and Bettws Cadewain 1 1,601 1,601 13% 1,795 1,795 21% 15 Felin-fâch The Communities of Felin-fâch, Honddu Isaf and Llanddew 1 1,099 1,099 -22% 1,169 1,169 -21% 16 Forden The Community of Forden with Leighton and Trelystan 1 1,109 1,109 -22% 1,183 1,183 -20% 17 Glantwymyn The Communities of and Glantwymyn 1 1,652 1,652 17% 1,721 1,721 16% 18 Glasbury The Communities of , Glasbury and Paincastle 1 1,775 1,775 25% 1,900 1,900 28% 19 Guilsfield The Communities of Guilsfield and Castle Caereinion 1 1,870 1,870 32% 1,955 1,955 32% 20 Gwernyfed The Communities of Gwernyfed and Llanigon 1 1,216 1,216 -14% 1,293 1,293 -13% 21 Hay The Community of Hay 1 1,279 1,279 -10% 1,322 1,322 -11% 22 Kerry The Community of Kerry 1 1,654 1,654 17% 1,762 1,762 19% 23 Knighton The Community of Knighton 1 2,300 2,300 62% 2,367 2,367 59% 24 Llanafanfawr The Communities of Cilmery, Duhonw, Llanafanfawr and 1 1,131 1,131 -20% 1,147 1,147 -23% 25 Llanbadarn Fawr The Communities of Llanbadarn Fawr and Penybont and Llandegley 1 861 861 -39% 913 913 -39% 26 Llanbrynmair The Community of Llanbrynmair 1 772 772 -46% 810 810 -45% 27 Llandinam The Communities of Llandinam and Mochdre and Penstrowed 1 1,134 1,134 -20% 1,140 1,140 -23% 28 Llandrindod Wells East & West The East and West wards of the Community of Llandrindod Wells 1 941 941 -34% 975 975 -34% 29 Llandrindod Wells North The North ward of the Community of Llandrindod Wells 1 1,491 1,491 5% 1,555 1,555 5% The South No. 1 and South No. 2 wards of the Community of 30 Llandrindod Wells South 1 1,659 1,659 17% 1,683 1,683 13% Llandrindod Wells 31 Llandrinio The Communities of Bausley with and Llandrinio 1 1,641 1,641 16% 1,866 1,866 26% POWYS COUNTY COUNCIL EXISTING COUNCIL MEMBERSHIP

% variance % variance No. OF ELECTORATE 2009 ELECTORATE 2014 No. NAME DESCRIPTION from County from County COUNCILLORS 2009 RATIO 2014 RATIO average average 32 Llandysilio The Communities of and Llandysilio 1 1,432 1,432 1% 1,578 1,578 6% Appendix 2 33 Llanelwedd The Community of Aberdw, Glascwm and Llanelwedd 1 952 952 -33% 1,006 1,006 -32% 34 Llanfair Caereinion The Community of Llanfair Caereinion 1 1,339 1,339 -6% 1,455 1,455 -2% 35 Llanfihangel The Communities of Llanfihangel and Llangyniew 1 895 895 -37% 954 954 -36% 36 Llanfyllin The Community of Llanfyllin 1 1,193 1,193 -16% 1,286 1,286 -13% 37 Llangattock The Community of Llangattock 1 815 815 -42% 830 830 -44% 38 Llangors The Community of Llangors 1 903 903 -36% 945 945 -36% The Communities of Llanddewi Ystradenny, Llanfihangel Rhydithon, 39 Llangunllo 1 1,034 1,034 -27% 1,098 1,098 -26% Llangunllo and Whitton 40 Llangynidr The Community of Llangynidr 1 848 848 -40% 861 861 -42% 41 Llanidloes The Community of Llanidloes 1 2,254 2,254 59% 2,313 2,313 56% Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant / The Communities of Llangedwyn, Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant and 42 1 1,796 1,796 27% 1,886 1,886 27% Llansilin Llansilin 43 Llansantffraid The Communities of and Llansantffraid 1 1,503 1,503 6% 1,610 1,610 8% 44 Llanwddyn The Communities of , Llanwddyn and Pen-y-Bont-Fawr 1 865 865 -39% 961 961 -35% 45 The Communities of Llangamarch, Llanwrtyd Wells and 1 1,476 1,476 4% 1,529 1,529 3% 46 Llanyre The Community of Llanyre 1 918 918 -35% 957 957 -36% 47 Machynlleth The Community of Machynlleth 1 1,665 1,665 17% 1,697 1,697 14% 48 Maescar / Llywel The Communities of Cray, Llywel and Maescar 1 1,403 1,403 -1% 1,471 1,471 -1% 49 Meifod The Community of Meifod 1 1,074 1,074 -24% 1,145 1,145 -23% 50 Montgomery The Community of Montgomery 1 1,083 1,083 -24% 1,127 1,127 -24% 51 Nantmel The Communities of Abbey Cwmhir, Nantmel and St. Harmon 1 1,222 1,222 -14% 1,242 1,242 -16% The Newtown Central ward of the Community of Newtown and 52 Newtown Central 1 2,220 2,220 57% 2,217 2,217 49% Llanllwchaiarn The Newtown East ward of the Community of Newtown and 53 Newtown East 1 1,500 1,500 6% 1,582 1,582 7% Llanllwchaiarn The Newtown Llanllwchaiarn North ward of the Community of Newtown 54 Newtown Llanllwchaiarn North 1 1,777 1,777 25% 1,933 1,933 30% and Llanllwchaiarn The Newtown Llanllwchaiarn West ward of the Community of Newtown 55 Newtown Llanllwchaiarn West 1 1,389 1,389 -2% 1,410 1,410 -5% and Llanllwchaiarn The Newtown South ward of the Community of Newtown and 56 Newtown South 1 1,288 1,288 -9% 1,287 1,287 -13% Llanllwchaiarn 57 Old Radnor The Communities of Gladestry, New Radnor and Old Radnor 1 1,342 1,342 -5% 1,385 1,385 -7% 58 Presteigne The Community of Presteigne and Norton 1 2,153 2,153 52% 2,308 2,308 55% POWYS COUNTY COUNCIL EXISTING COUNCIL MEMBERSHIP

% variance % variance No. OF ELECTORATE 2009 ELECTORATE 2014 No. NAME DESCRIPTION from County from County COUNCILLORS 2009 RATIO 2014 RATIO average average

59 Rhayader The Community of Rhayader 1 1,597 1,597 13% 1,598 1,598 8% Appendix 2 60 Rhiwcynon The Communities of Aberhafesp, Dwyriw, Manafon and Tregynon 1 1,663 1,663 17% 1,842 1,842 24% 61 St. David Within The St. David Within ward of the Community of Brecon 1 1,226 1,226 -13% 1,281 1,281 -14% The St. John East and St. John West wards of the Community of 62 St. John 1 2,681 2,681 89% 2,695 2,695 82% Brecon 63 St. Mary The St. Mary ward of the Community of Brecon 1 1,859 1,859 31% 1,964 1,964 32% 64 Talgarth The Community of Talgarth 1 1,314 1,314 -7% 1,312 1,312 -12% 65 Talybont-on-Usk The Communities of Glyn Tarell, Llanfrynach and Talybont-on-Usk 1 1,586 1,586 12% 1,652 1,652 11% 66 Tawe-Uchaf The Communities of Tawe-Uchaf and Ystrafellte 1 1,762 1,762 24% 1,832 1,832 23% 67 Trewern The Community of Trewern 1 1,071 1,071 -24% 1,207 1,207 -19% 68 Welshpool Castle The Castle ward of the Community of Welshpool 1 1,072 1,072 -24% 1,124 1,124 -24% 69 Welshpool Gungrog The Gungrog ward of the Community of Welshpool 1 1,972 1,972 39% 2,195 2,195 48% 70 Welshpool Llanerchyddol The Llanerchyddol ward of the Community of Welshpool 1 1,718 1,718 21% 1,725 1,725 16% 71 Ynyscedwyn The Ynyscedwyn ward of the Community of Ystragynlais 1 1,755 1,755 24% 1,775 1,775 20% 72 Yscir The Communities of Merthyr Cynog, Trallong and Yscir 1 838 838 -41% 809 809 -46% 73 Ystradgynlais The Ystragynlais ward of the Community of Ystragynlais 1 2,060 2,060 45% 2,137 2,137 44% TOTAL: 73 103,444 1,417 108,379 1,485 Ratio is the number of electors per councillor Electoral figures supplied by Powys County Council

2009 2014 Greater than + or - 50% of County average 68% 5 7% Between + or - 25% and + or - 50% of County average 26 36% 29 40% Between + or - 10% and + or - 25% of County average 29 40% 28 38% Between 0% and + or - 10% of County average 12 16% 11 15% POWYS COUNTY COUNCIL PROPOSED COUNCIL MEMBERSHIP

% variance % variance No. OF ELECTORATE 2009 ELECTORATE 2014 No. NAME DESCRIPTION from County from County COUNCILLORS 2009 RATIO 2014 RATIO average average

The Communities of Carno (605) and Trefeglyws (734) and the 1 Allt y Genlli 1 1,858 1,858 15% 1,995 1,995 18% Appendix 3 Llanwnog (519) ward of the Community of Caersws 2 Banwy and Llanbrynmair The Communities of Banwy (487) and Llanbrynmair (772) 1 1,259 1,259 -22% 1,321 1,321 -22% The Communities of Beguildy (544), Llanbadarn Fynydd (255), 3 Beguildy Llanbister (313), Llanddewi Ystradenny (239) and Llanfihangel 1 1,550 1,550 -4% 1,595 1,595 -6% Rhydithon (199) 4 Berriew with Manafon The Communities of Berriew (1,068) and Manafon (241) 1 1,309 1,309 -19% 1,332 1,332 -21% The Communities of Llangurig (614) and Llanidloes Without (532) and 5 Blaen Hafren 1 1,656 1,656 2% 1,768 1,768 4% the Clywedog (510) ward of the Community of Llanidloes 6 Brecon The Community of Brecon (5,766) 3 5,766 1,922 19% 5,940 1,980 17% 7 Bronllys and Gwrnyfed The Communities of Bronllys (616) and Gwernyfed (805) 1 1,421 1,421 -12% 1,500 1,500 -11% 8 Builth The Community of Builth Wells (1,883) 1 1,883 1,883 16% 2,007 2,007 19% The Community of Llangynidr (848) and the Bwlch (423) and Cwmdu 9 Bwlch and Llangynidr 1 1,450 1,450 -10% 1,491 1,491 -12% (179) wards of the Community of Cwmdu and District

The Communities of Llandinam (753) and Mochdre with Penstrowed 10 Caersws and Llandinam 1 1,891 1,891 17% 1,947 1,947 15% (381) and the Caersws (757) ward of the Community of Caersws

11 Churchstoke The Community of Churchstoke (1,268) 1 1,268 1,268 -22% 1,369 1,369 -19% The Communities of Crickhowell (1,674), Llangattock (815) and the Vale 12 Crickhowell of Grwyney (639) and the Tretower (151) ward of the Community of 2 3,279 1,640 1% 3,365 1,683 -1% Cwmdu and District 13 Cwm-twrch The Cwm-twrch (1,625) ward of the Community of Ystragynlais 1 1,625 1,625 1% 1,704 1,704 1% Disserth and Trecoed with The Community of Disserth and Trecoed (1,035) and the Newbridge 14 1 1,530 1,530 -5% 1,625 1,625 -4% Newbridge (495) ward of the Community of Llanyre The Communities of Abermule with Llandyssil (1,237) and Bettws 15 Dolforwyn 1 1,601 1,601 -1% 1,795 1,795 6% Cadewain (364) The Communities of Felin-fâch (559), Llanddew (187) and Llangors 16 Felin-fâch and Llangors 1 1,649 1,649 2% 1,739 1,739 3% (903) The Community of Montgomery (1,083) and the Forden (821) ward of 17 Forden and Montgomery 1 1,904 1,904 18% 2,003 2,003 18% the Community of Forden with Leighton and Trelystan 18 Glantwymyn The Communities of Cadfarch (701) and Glantwymyn (951) 1 1,652 1,652 2% 1,721 1,721 2%

19 Glasbury The Communities of Clyro (605), Glasbury (767) and Paincastle (403) 1 1,775 1,775 10% 1,906 1,906 13%

20 Hay with Llanigon The Communities of Hay (1,279) and Llanigon (411) 1 1,690 1,690 5% 1,759 1,759 4% 21 Kerry The Community of Kerry (1,654) 1 1,654 1,654 2% 1,762 1,762 4% POWYS COUNTY COUNCIL PROPOSED COUNCIL MEMBERSHIP

% variance % variance No. OF ELECTORATE 2009 ELECTORATE 2014 No. NAME DESCRIPTION from County from County COUNCILLORS 2009 RATIO 2014 RATIO average average

The Communities of Knighton (2,300), Llangunllo (300) and Whitton Knighton with Llangunllo and

22 (296) and the Norton (516) ward of the Community of Presteigne and 2 3,412 1,706 6% 3,553 1,777 5% Appendix 3 Norton Norton The Communities of Cilmery (363), Duhonw (261), Llanafanfawr (369) 23 Llanafanfawr 1 1,131 1,131 -30% 1,147 1,147 -32% and Llanwrthwl (138) The Community of Aberdw (201), Glascwm (418), Llanbadarn Fawr 24 Llanbadarn Fawr & Llanelwedd (554) and Llanelwedd (333) and the Penybont and Cefnllys (179) ward 1 1,685 1,685 4% 1,783 1,783 5% of the Community of Penybont and Llandegley The North (1,491) and West (526) wards of the Community of 25 Llandrindod Wells North 1 2,017 2,017 25% 2,100 2,100 24% Llandrindod Wells The East (415), South No. 1 (545) and South No. 2 (1,114) wards of the 26 Llandrindod Wells South 1 2,074 2,074 28% 2,113 2,113 25% Community of Llandrindod Wells

27 Llandrinio The Communities of (532) and Llandrinio (1,109) 1 1,641 1,641 2% 1,866 1,866 10%

28 Llandysilio The Communities of Carreghofa (531) and Llandysilio (901) 1 1,432 1,432 -11% 1,578 1,578 -7%

29 Llanerfyl and Llanfair Caereinion The Communities of Llanerfyl (296) and Llanfair Caereinion (1,339) 1 1,635 1,635 1% 1,766 1,766 4%

The Communities of Llanfihangel (414), Llangynog (295), Llanwddyn 30 Llanfihangel and Llanwddyn 1 1,279 1,279 -21% 1,402 1,402 -17% (138) and Pen-y-Bont-Fawr (360) 31 Llanfyllin The Community of Llanfyllin (1,193) 1 1,193 1,193 -26% 1,286 1,286 -24% The Dulas (681) and Hafren (1,063) wards of the Community of 32 Llanidloes 1 1,744 1,744 8% 1,790 1,790 6% Llanidloes Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant / The Communities of Llangedwyn (302), Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant (996) 33 1 1,796 1,796 11% 1,886 1,886 11% Llansilin and Llansilin (498) 34 Llansantffraid The Communities of Llanfechain (438) and Llansantffraid (1,065) 1 1,503 1,503 -7% 1,610 1,610 -5% The Communities of Llangamarch (420), Llanwrtyd Wells (675) and 35 Llanwrtyd Wells 1 1,476 1,476 -9% 1,529 1,529 -10% Treflys (381) The Communities of Abbey Cwmhir (203), Nantmel (554) and St. 36 Llanyre and Nantmel Harmon (465) and the Llanfihangel Helygen and Llanyre (423) ward of 1 1,645 1,645 2% 1,683 1,683 -1% the Community of Llanyre 37 Machynlleth The Community of Machynlleth (1,665) 1 1,665 1,665 3% 1,697 1,697 0% 38 Maescar / Llywel The Communities of Cray (210), Llywel (404) and Maescar (789) 1 1,403 1,403 -13% 1,471 1,471 -13% 39 Meifod with Llangyniew The Communities of Meifod (1,074) and Llangyniew (481) 1 1,555 1,555 -4% 1,658 1,658 -2% The Newtown East (1,500) ward of the Community of Newtown and 40 Newtown East 1 1,500 1,500 -7% 1,582 1,582 -7% Llanllwchaiarn POWYS COUNTY COUNCIL PROPOSED COUNCIL MEMBERSHIP

% variance % variance No. OF ELECTORATE 2009 ELECTORATE 2014 No. NAME DESCRIPTION from County from County COUNCILLORS 2009 RATIO 2014 RATIO average average

The Newtown Llanllwchaiarn North (1,777) ward of the Community of 41 Newtown Llanllwchaiarn North 1 1,777 1,777 10% 1,933 1,933 14% Newtown and Llanllwchaiarn

The Newtown Llanllwchaiarn West (1,389) ward of the Community of Appendix 3 42 Newtown Llanllwchaiarn West 1 1,389 1,389 -14% 1,410 1,410 -17% Newtown and Llanllwchaiarn The Newtown Central (2,220) and Newtown South (1,288) wards of the 43 Newtown South Central 2 3,508 1,754 9% 3,504 1,752 3% Community of Newtown and Llanllwchaiarn The Communities of Gladestry (366), New Radnor (360) and Old 44 Old Radnor Radnor (616) and the Llandegley (128) ward of the Community of 1 1,470 1,470 -9% 1,521 1,521 -10% Penybont and Llandegley The Presteigne Town (1,637) ward of the Community of Presteigne and 45 Presteigne Town 1 1,637 1,637 1% 1,755 1,755 4% Norton 46 Rhayader The Community of Rhayader (1,597) 1 1,597 1,597 -1% 1,598 1,598 -6% The Communities of Aberhafesp (341), Dwyriw (461) and Tregynon 47 Rhiwcynon 1 1,422 1,422 -12% 1,575 1,575 -7% (620) 48 Talgarth The Community of Talgarth (1,314) 1 1,314 1,314 -19% 1,312 1,312 -23% The Communities of Glyn Tarell (522), Llanfrynach (483) and Talybont- 49 Talybont-on-Usk 1 1,586 1,586 -2% 1,652 1,652 -2% on-Usk (581) The Community of Ystrafellte (471) and the Coelbren (539) and 50 Tawe-Uchaf 1 1,498 1,498 -7% 1,557 1,557 -8% Penycae (488) wards of the Community of Tawe-Uchaf The Community of Trewern (1,071) and the Trelystan (288) ward of the 51 Trewern with Trelystan 1 1,359 1,359 -16% 1,514 1,514 -11% Community of Forden with Leighton and Trelystan The Community of Castle Caereinion (475) and the Castle (1,072) ward 52 Welshpool Castle Caereinion 1 1,547 1,547 -4% 1,621 1,621 -4% of the Community of Welshpool The Community of Guilsfield (1,395) and Gungrog (1,972) ward of the 53 Welshpool Gungrog & Guilsfield 2 3,367 1,684 4% 3,653 1,827 8% Community of Welshpool 54 Welshpool Llanerchyddol The Llanerchyddol (1,718) ward of the Community of Welshpool 1 1,718 1,718 6% 1,725 1,725 2% 55 Ynyscedwyn The Ynyscedwyn (1,755) ward of the Community of Ystragynlais 1 1,755 1,755 9% 1,775 1,775 5% The Communities of Erwood (365), Honddu Isaf (353), Merthyr Cynog 56 Yscir with Erwood & Honddu Isaf 1 1,556 1,556 -4% 1,565 1,565 -8% (198), Trallong (281) and Yscir (359) The Caehopkin (264) ward of the Community of Tawe-Uchaf and the 57 Ystradgynlais Aber-craf (1,164) and Ystragynlais (2,060) wards of the Community of 2 3,488 1,744 8% 3,571 1,786 5% Ystragynlais TOTAL: 64 103,444 1,616 108,385 1,694 Ratio is the number of electors per councillor Electoral figures supplied by Powys County Council POWYS COUNTY COUNCIL PROPOSED COUNCIL MEMBERSHIP

2009 2014 Appendix 3 Greater than + or - 50% of County average 00% 0 0% Between + or - 25% and + or - 50% of County average 35% 1 2% Between + or - 10% and + or - 25% of County average 19 33% 23 40% Between 0% and + or - 10% of County average 35 61% 33 58% Appendix 4

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SUMMARY OF INITIAL REPRESENTATIONS

1. Powys Council Leaders informally met with two Commissioners to outline their issues directly to the Commission. The summary of concerns raised is as follows:

i. Sparse nature of Powys’ population. ii. Distance required to travel by Councillors to meetings. iii. Brecon Councillors on two authorities. iv. The proposed merger with the Local Health Board would increase Councillors workloads considerably. v. Time factor means many Councillors cannot also maintain a day job. vi. Lack of public transport increases the impracticality of canvassing etc. vii. Greater number of Community Councils within an electoral division increases workloads. viii. The job requires total commitment ix. Maintenance of former district boundaries.

2. Castle Caereinion Community Council wrote to advise the Commission they would be acutely opposed to any boundary movements which would see it amalgamated with Welshpool Town. They consider themselves a rural community with rural needs and unsuitable to be attached with an urban area.

They urge maintenance of the status quo but if change was necessary to be paired with an adjacent rural community.

3. Llanbrynmair Community Council offered the following comments:

i. The community is one of the largest in Wales (approx 50 sq miles) and is very rural in nature and character. Thus, it needs to retain its present status with one Councillor representing it at the County Council. ii. The area is enclosed within the valleys of three rivers. iii. It has a strong Welsh speaking population. iv. Should the proposed wind farm planning applications be granted then further referrals may be made to the Councillor.

4. Manafon Community Council wrote with their wish to remain in the Rhiwcynon Electoral Division. The reasons are as follows:

i. The majority of primary school children attend the Ysgol Rhiew Cynon Bechan school in Tregynon. ii. The Division is presently made of four rural communities, making representation easier as the Communities are similar. iii. The Division is presently approx 1,650 electors with continuing development.

5. Meifod Community Council wrote that their members had agreed that Meifod Electoral Division should stay as it is. They argue that the community is rural with a scattered population and a Division which is approx 20 miles across. They feel that the idea of electors to councillor is too simplistic and that it could work in but not in rural communities such as theirs.

6. Llanfihangel and Llangyniew Community Councils and Councillor W. Barry Thomas wrote collectively and made the following observations.

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i. Powys is unique and covers a quarter of Wales’ land mass. ii. Geographically Llanfihangel Electoral Division covers a vast area and a councillor would have great difficulties representing an enlarged Division. iii. Both communities feel strongly that the Welsh ethos should be maintained and would be threatened if the Division was split. iv. The only school is a Welsh medium school in Llangyniew community, demonstrating the strong Welsh community within the Division. v. Welsh heritage has a stronghold within the communities, represented by the John Hughes Chapel and Anne Griffiths Walk in Llangyniew, and Dolwar Fach in Llanfihangel. These communities span generations when Welsh history was being made and it would be an injustice to separate them and amalgamate them into communities where this is regarded as unimportant. vi. Last year Llanfihangel was chosen as one of four rural areas in Wales to be part of a survey by the Welsh Rural Observatory as part of a social study of ‘deep rural localities’. This is a clear indication of Llanfihangel’s status as a unique and special community as well as its role as a contemporary Welsh rural area. They argue that the loss of this special unit would be a loss to the whole of Wales. vii. Any ‘carving up’ of the Division would be perceived as an attempt to erode rural communities and remove local representation to a more centralised location. This would be particularly true if communities are amalgamated with Town Councils.

7. Trewern Community Council wrote to say they did not want any boundary changes.

8. Welshpool Town Council wrote to suggest that they wish to retain 3 Councillors for its town. It is suggested that all 3 could give the 1,750 electors per Councillor with minor boundary changes. They state they expect the town to grow from approx 4,770 to 5,430 if proposed developments all go ahead.

9. Kirsty Williams AM (Brecon & Radnorshire) wrote to express concern about the effect the 1:1,750 ratio could have if applied too rigorously in Powys. Given the sparse population in parts of the county, there would be a danger that some Divisions would be spread over a vast geographical area. This would greatly disadvantage the Division councillor’s ability to canvass at election time and to have face to face contact with the electorate. It would also impede a Councillors ability to undertake casework and newsletter delivery. This could lead to greater isolation of residents in rural Divisions from the elected representative and so would potentially leave them more disillusioned with the democratic process.

10. Councillor Dawn (Trewern) offered the following comments:

i. She was involved in the last Boundary Review and doesn’t think there should be any further boundary changes. ii. The uniqueness of Powys’ rural sparsity should be taken into consideration as it presents challenges for the provision of services. iii. The significance of travel, as it can often exceed 2-3 hours of travelling to fulfil commitments already. Additional responsibility could lead to longer working patterns. iv. The potential merger with the LHB will bring additional responsibilities to Councillors as she believes councillors will be responsible for health services.

- 2 - Appendix 5 We will also need to ensure there are enough members to undertake both decision making and scrutiny.

11. Councillor Bob Mills (Newtown South) wrote to say that his Division contains 4 housing estates, 3 schools and an industrial estate which he represents all parts of. Mochdre Village is also 2 minutes south of his Division and cannot understand why it was not included in his Division. He is often contacted by people in Mochdre as he lives closer to them than their Councillor. He says he could easily represent these people as well.

He claims he is often called on over neighbour disputes, e.g. Noise complaints drugs, dog fouling, heavy lorries, bullying, parking, street lighting, disabled access, as well as writing letters for those who cannot and help residents complete forms such as those for driving licences or passports. He says weekends are not his own as he is always being asked about something and he considers no problem to be too small.

While he is not complaining he would find it difficult to imagine one person being able to handle this Division if it were expanded.

He noted it was very difficult to make suggestions as any could be construed as poaching from other Councillors.

12. Councillor Wynne Jones (Dolforwyn) wrote to describe the proposed additional dwellings in the Division and the community ties.

He stated that despite Abermule with Llandyssil being two separate communities they are very close knit, sharing services such as one primary school (Abermule), community centre (Abermule), church (Llandyssil) and Post Office (Abermule). He believes these two communities should not be separated.

He considers that the Division should remain as it is as present developments will take the electorate to 1,650, then 1,780 in 5 years time and over 2,000 in the medium term. He also feels that it should remain single member as it is easy to know where responsibilities lie and it is clear for constituents. Furthermore, he mentions the additional workload that the proposed LHB merger would demand.

13. Councillor Phillip Pritchard (Welshpool Castle) wrote to give serious consideration to the following points:

i. A great majority of his Division is made up by the Oldford Estate which is a ‘Deprived area’ of Wales and is a Welsh Assembly Government recognised Communities First Area, which contains a significant number of vital and affordable houses owned and controlled by Alyn Housing Association. This requires extra work as a Councillor in terms of meetings with tenants, groups, children’s groups, schools, the Police, tenant liaisons and Town Council meetings. He claims it is a fact that those from deprived areas contact their Councillor more regularly than those in a ‘normal’ Division. ii. There are four schools in Welshpool and he is a governor of two of them, which, although essential, greatly adds to his responsibilities and workload. iii. The area has had a travellers site provided and controlled by Powys CC which further increases responsibilities and workload of the relevant Councillors.

- 3 - Appendix 5 iv. He asks for consideration be taken that Oldford Infant School has 36% Special Educational Needs children which has arisen from all the ‘adverse’ influences that are contained in this particular Division. This creates more work for the governors and the relevant agencies and directly on is time as Councillor.

He goes on to note the proposed housing developments in adjoining Divisions. He suggests a change of boundary to help alleviate the increase in the other Divisions and increase his own. He provided maps for illustration.

14. Councillor Joy Shearer (Rhiwcynon) wrote providing statistics of growth within her Division. She explained that she meets with four Community Councils regularly which gives a good relationship with the County Council and electorate. She notes that the proposed merger with the LHB there will be an increased workload. She feels that no change is necessary at this time and would not welcome a multi- member Division.

15. Councillor Richard White (Newtown East) wrote to support the Powys Administration coalition letter.

He emphasised the increased workload the proposed merger with the LHB would have and notes the proposed developments in Newtown which would increase the size of his Division.

In addition to the electorate of his Division he also represents businesses in the Town centre as well as 3 industrial estates and 4 schools. He also notes the housing areas in his Division are predominantly social housing which inevitably carry a large case load.

16. Powys County Council Conservative Group proposed a scheme for Powys which was as follows [electorate figures were provided in the scheme by the Group and do not necessarily reflect those provided to the Commission by Powys County Council]:

Radnorshire i. It was proposed that the Communities of St. Harmon, , Llanbadarn Fawr and Llanbister combine to form a division called Abbeycwmhir. This division would have an electorate of 1,222. ii. It was proposed that the Communities of Beguildy, Llangunllo and Whitton combine to form a division called Llangunllo. This division would have an electorate of 1,151. iii. It was proposed that the Communities of Llanddewi Ystradenny, Llanfihangel Rhydithon, Penybont and Llanbadarn Fawr combine to form a division called Penybont. This division would have an electorate of 1,300. iv. It was proposed that the Communities of Llanyre and Nantmel combine to form a division called Nantmel. This division would have an electorate of 1,477. v. It was proposed that the wards of Llandrindod North and Llandrindod East of the Community of Llandrindod combine to form a division called Llandrindod North East. This division would have an electorate of 1,926. vi. It was proposed that the wards of Llandrindod South (1&2) and Llandrindod West of the Community of Llandrindod combine to form a division called Llandrindod South West. This division would have an electorate of 2,186. An alternative proposal for Llandrindod was also provided:

- 4 - Appendix 5 vii. It was proposed that the wards of Llandrindod North and Llandrindod West of the Community of Llandrindod combine to form a division called Llandrindod North West. This division would have an electorate of 2,024. viii. It was proposed that the wards of Llandrindod South (1&2) and Llandrindod East of the Community of Llandrindod combine to form a division called Llandrindod South East. This division would have an electorate of 2,088. ix. It was proposed that the Communities of Disserth & Trecoed and Llanelwedd combine to form a division called Llanelwedd. This division would have an electorate of 1,986. x. The following divisions remain unchanged: Rhayader (1,606), Knighton (2,304), Presteigne (2,152), Old Radnor (1,331) and Glasbury (1,783).

Montgomeryshire i. It was proposed that the Communities of Llanfihangel, Llangyniew, Llangynog, Llanwddyn and Pen-Y-Bont-Fawr combine to form a division called Vyrnwy. This division would have an electorate of 1,719. ii. It was proposed that the Communities of Llanfair Caereinion, Banwy and Llanerfyl combine to form a division called Llanfair Caereinion. This division would have an electorate of 2,060. iii. It was proposed that the Communities of Llanfyllin and Llanfechain combine to form a division called Llanfyllin. This division would have an electorate of 1,615. iv. It was proposed that the Communities of Llanbrynmair and Carno combine to form a division called . This division would have an electorate of 1,396. v. It was proposed that the Communities of Forden and Berriew combine to form a division called Forden and Berriew. This division would have an electorate of 2,169. vi. It was proposed that the Communities of Llansantffraid, Llandysilio and Carreghofa combine to form a division called Afon Cain. This division would have an electorate of 2,190. vii. It was proposed that the Communities of Bettws Cadewain, Aberhafesp, Dwyriw, Manafon and Tregynon combine to form a division called Afon Bechan. This division would have an electorate of 2,025. viii. It was proposed that the Community of Montgomery combine with the Llandyssil ward of the Community of Abermule with Llandyssil to form a division called Montgomery. This division would have an electorate of 2,322. ix. It was proposed that the Community of Kerry combine with the Abermule ward of the Community of Abermule with Llandyssil to form a division called Vale of Kerry. This division would have an electorate of 1,649. x. The following divisions remain unchanged: Blaen Hafren, Caersws [this has been reduced in size as the Community of Carno was removed from the existing division and been placed in the proposed Dolfach division], Churchstoke, Glantwymyn, Guilsfield, Llandinam, Llandrinio, Llanidloes, Llanrhaeadr-ym- Mochant / Llansilin, Machynlleth, Meifod, Newtown Central, Newtown East, Newtown North, Newtown South, Newtown West, Trewern, Welshpool Castle, Welshpool Gungrog Welshpool Llanerchyddol.

Breconshire i. It was proposed that the Communities of Yscir, Erwood, Llanddew and Honddu Isaf combine to form a division called Merthyr Cynog. This division would have an electorate of 1,738.

- 5 - Appendix 5 ii. It was proposed that the Communities of Hay and Llanigon combine to form a division called Hay. This division would have an electorate of 1,686. iii. It was proposed that the Communities of Felin-Fâch, Gwernyfed and Bronllys combine to form a division called Bronllys. This division would have an electorate of 1,960. iv. It was proposed that the Community of Talgarth and Bwlch [electoral division] combine to form a division called Talgarth and Bwlch. This division would have an electorate of 2,080. v. It was proposed that the Communities of Llangattock and Llangynidr combine to form a division called Usk Valley. This division would have an electorate of 1,652. vi. It was proposed that the Communities of Llangorse, Talybont-on-Usk and Llanfrynach combine to form a division called Langorse and Talybont. This division would have an electorate of 1,963. vii. It was proposed that the St. David Within ward of the Community of Brecon combine with the Community of Glyn Tarell to form a division called St. David. This division would have an electorate of 1,755. viii. The following divisions remain unchanged: Builth (1,881), Llanafanfawr (1,130), Llanwrtyd (1,477), Crickhowell (2,309), St. Mary (1,869), St. John (2,698), Maescar [/ Llywel] (1,407), Abercraf (1,165), Ystradgynlais (2,064), Tawe Uchaf (1,762), (1,624) and Ynyscedwyn (1,751).

In addition they had the following comments:

i. They feel multi-member Divisions are not viable because: a. It will inevitably lead to large wards both in terms of population and geographical size; b. It would be difficult for political parties at election time, i.e. should candidates campaign together, leafleting, etc.; c. It would be confusing for the electorate. It runs the risk of causing votes along the lines of alphabetical name rather than the best candidate or spoilt ballots; d. Once elected there could be damaging rivalries between its elected councillors. ii. In several wards, notably in towns, there are large housing developments planned increasing the electorate by hundreds (i.e. Newtown Llanllwchaiarn West and North). They therefore think that the ward structure in the main towns should be left as currently constituted to allow for natural growth. iii. The potential merger with the Local Health Board (LHB) if approved would increase the workload of councillors. Reducing Councillor numbers excessively will result in poorer results for the electorate.

17. Brecon & Radnorshire Liberal Democrats wrote to set out their concerns about the 1:1,750 ratio being applied too rigorously as some Divisions could potentially be enormous in terms of area. Urban Divisions, because of their compact nature, can be quite easily manageable for a Councillor even with electorates of 2,000 or more. However some Divisions with electorates of less than 1,000 are vast in terms of distance between residents. Increasing the physical size or rural Divisions greatly disadvantages a councillor at election time as it is highly unlikely they would be able to make contact with many of their electors. It also makes casework and newsletter delivery more difficult and time consuming compared with an urban Division. This

- 6 - Appendix 5 could lead to residents of rural Divisions feeling isolated and more disillusioned with the democratic process.

Physical barriers also need to be taken into account.

18. A resident of wrote to say that he feels there are far too many Councillors. He feels they are a waste of money that could be put to better use. He says he represents the views of others in his area and hopes the Councillor numbers are substantially reduced.

19. A resident of Caersws wrote to agree that Powys Council should be cut to about 30 members, the same as which manages even though they have more people than Powys. They complain of poor services despite a growing Council.

20. A resident of (former resident of Powys) wrote to suggest some Electoral Divisions which are close to the figure of 1,750 electors per councillor:

i. Machynlleth ii. Welshpool Llanerchyddol iii. Newtown North iv. Newtown East and Dolfor – Comprised of Newtown East Ward and Dolfor Ward of Kerry Community Council.

21. A resident of Newtown wrote to express his belief that since the changes in 1999 the council’s performance had dropped considerably. He would like us to begin our review by seriously considering the number of Councillors needed to sit on the Council.

22. A resident of Montgomery wrote to give his support to very substantially reduce the number of Councillors, to 30 if it can be done. He believes with modern communications this is possible. He believes it is the first time in months that somebody is doing something right.

23. A resident of believes that a reduction in the size of the Council is long overdue. A streamlined Council of active members, well known in their local Division and able to contribute skills and knowledge for the benefit of the County’s welfare and prosperity would not only enhance the County’s image but more importantly its credibility.

24. A resident of Welshpool wrote to express her belief that the present numbers of County Councillors employed are in excess of those required.

25. A member of the public wrote to propose a ‘shake-up’ of County Councillors in the Planning Committees.

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