What happens next? We have now completed our review of Oxford City Council. February 2019 Summary Report The recommendations must now be approved by Parliament. A draft order - the legal document which brings The full report and detailed maps: into force our recommendations - will be laid in Parliament. consultation.lgbce.org.uk www.lgbce.org.uk Subject to parliamentary scrutiny, the new electoral arrangements will come into force at the local elections in @LGBCE May 2020.
Our recommendations:
The table lists all the wards we are proposing as part of our final recommendations along with the number of Oxford City Council voters in each ward. The table also shows the electoral variances for each of the proposed wards, which tells you how we have delivered electoral equality. Finally, the table includes electorate projections for 2024, so you Final recommendations on the new electoral can see the impact of the recommendations for the future. arrangements
Ward Number of Electorate Number of Variance Electorate Number of Variance Name: Councillors: (2017): Electors per from (2024): Electors per from Councillor: average % Councillor: Average % Barton & Sandhills 2 4,111 2,056 -9% 5,020 2,510 4% Blackbird Leys 2 4,339 2,170 -4% 4,577 2,289 -5% Carfax & Jericho 2 4,705 2,353 4% 4,961 2,481 3% Churchill 2 4,620 2,310 2% 4,850 2,425 0% Cowley 2 5,045 2,523 11% 5,315 2,658 10% Cutteslowe & 2 4,975 2,488 10% 4,975 2,488 3% Sunnymead Donnington 2 4,492 2,246 -1% 4,616 2,308 -5% Headington 2 4,973 2,487 10% 5,258 2,629 9% Headington Hill & 2 4,254 2,127 -6% 4,728 2,364 -2% Northway Hinksey Park 2 4,453 2,227 -2% 4,453 2,227 -8% Holywell 2 4,385 2,193 -3% 4,651 2,326 -4% Littlemore 2 4,079 2,040 -10% 4,817 2,409 0% Who we are: Electoral review: Lye Valley 2 4,056 2,028 -10% 4,719 2,360 -2% ■ The Local Government Boundary Commission for An electoral review examines and proposes new Marston 2 4,733 2,367 5% 4,733 2,367 -2% England is an independent body set up by Parliament. electoral arrangements for a local authority, including: ■ We are not part of government or any political party. ■ The total number of councillors representing the Northfield Brook 2 4,491 2,246 -1% 4,707 2,354 -3% ■ We are accountable to Parliament through a council’s voters (‘council size’). Osney & St Thomas 2 4,389 2,195 -3% 4,847 2,424 0% committee of MPs chaired by the Speaker of the House ■ The names, number and boundaries of wards or Quarry & 2 5,130 2,565 13% 5,297 2,649 10% of Commons. electoral divisions. Risinghurst ■ Our main role is to carry out electoral reviews of local ■ The number of councillors for each ward or division. Rose Hill & Iffley 2 4,840 2,420 7% 5,013 2,507 4% authorities throughout England. St Clement’s 2 4,465 2,233 -1% 4,465 2,233 -8% Our proposals: Why Oxford? ■ Oxford City Council currently has 48 St Mary’s 2 5,042 2,521 11% 5,042 2,521 4% ■ Oxford currently has high levels of electoral inequality: councillors. Based on the evidence we received, we Summertown 2 4,808 2,404 6% 4,808 2,404 -1% some councillors represent many more - or many fewer recommend that 48 councillors should serve the city in Temple Cowley 2 4,583 2,292 1% 4,669 2,335 -3% - voters than others. the future. Walton Manor 2 4,080 2,040 -10% 5,015 2,508 4% ■ Therefore the value of your vote, in Oxford City ■ We believe our final recommendations meet our Wolvercote 2 3,619 1,810 -20% 4,501 2,251 -7% Council elections, varies depending on where you live in statutory criteria to: the city. (1) Deliver electoral equality for voters. Totals: 48 108,667 - - 116,037 - - ■ We are seeking to improve levels of electoral equality (2) Reflect community interests and identities. Averages: - - 2,264 - - 2,417 - for local voters. (3) Promote effective and convenient local government. Summary of our recommendations Overview of final recommendations for We have considered all the submissions we received during our consultation on our draft and further draft recommendations. Oxford City Council The final recommendations propose that Oxford should have 48 councillors . This is no change from the current number of councillors. View this map online and explore it in more detail at: Those councillors should represent 24 two-councillor wards across the consultation.lgbce.org.uk city. Follow us on Twitter: @LGBCE In response to local feedback on its draft and further draft recommendations, the Commission has amended some of its proposals. For example, it made substantial changes to its St Clement’s ward and If you are viewing this online, click the map to created a new St Mary’s ward. Following submissions from a residents’ go straight to our consultation portal. association and local residents, the Commission amended its Wolvercote ward and renamed Cutteslowe & Sunnymead ward. Changes were also made to several other wards across the city including the Commission’s renamed its Carfax & Jericho ward, Cowley, Donnington, Summertown, Temple Cowley and Walton Manor wards.
An outline of the proposals is shown in the map to the right. A detailed report on the recommendations and interactive mapping is available on our website at: www.lgbce.org.uk .
Find out more: consultation.lgbce.org.uk :
■ view the map of our recommendations down to street level. ■ zoom into the areas that interest you most. ■ find more guidance on the review process. ■ read the full report of our recommendations.
Stage of Description review
9 January 2018- Public consultation on new ward 2 April 2018 boundaries
5 June 2018- Public consultation on draft 13 August 2018 recommendations
6 November 2018- Public consultation on further draft 4 December 2018 recommendations
5 February 2019 Publication of final recommendations contains Ordnance Survey data © Two-councillor wards Crown copyright Subject to parliamentary approval - and database May 2020 implementation of new arrangements rights 2019 at local elections