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Dorset Council What happens next? We have now completed our review of Dorset Council. October 2018 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 2019. Our recommendations: The table lists all the wards we are proposing as part of our final recommendations, along with the number of Dorset Council councillors proposed for each ward, and the number of voters forecasted to be in each ward in 2023. Final recommendations on the new electoral The table also shows the electoral variances for each of the proposed wards, which tells you how we have delivered electoral equality. arrangements Ward No. of No. of Variance Ward No. of No. of Variance Name: Cllrs: Electors per from Name: Cllrs: Electors per from Cllr (2023): Average % Cllr (2023): Average % Beacon 1 3,984 6% Melcombe Regis 1 3,466 -8% Beaminster 1 3.493 -7% Portland 3 3,466 -8% Blackmore Vale 1 3,482 -7% Puddletown & Lower 1 4,149 10% Winterborne Blandford 2 3,782 1% Radipole 2 3,579 -5% Bridport 3 4,125 10% Rodwell & Wyke 3 3,831 2% Chalk Valleys 1 3,752 0% Shaftesbury Town 2 3,467 -8% Charminster St Mary’s 1 3,841 2% Sherborne East 1 3,904 4% Chesil Bank 1 3,297 -12% Sherborne Rural 1 3,889 4% Chickerell 2 3,724 -1% Sherborne West 1 3,611 -4% Colehill & Wimborne 2 3,710 -1% South East Purbeck 1 3,606 -4% Minster East Corfe Mullen 2 4,125 10% St Leonards &St Ives 2 3,327 -11% Cranborne & Alderholt 1 4,010 7% Stalbridge & Marnhull 1 4,036 7% Cranborne Chase 1 3,916 4% Stour & Allen Vale 1 4,101 9% Crossways 1 3,567 -5% Sturminster Newton 1 3,446 -8% Dorchester East 2 3,451 -8% Swanage 2 4,094 9% Who we are: Electoral review: ■ The Local Government Boundary Commission for An electoral review examines and proposes new Dorchester Poundbury 1 3,781 1% Upwey & Broadwey 1 3,560 -5% England is an independent body set up by Parliament. electoral arrangements for a local authority, including: Dorchester West 2 3,669 -2% Verwood 3 3,824 2% ■ We are not part of government or any political party. ■ The total number of councillors representing the Eggardon 1 4,041 8% Wareham 2 4,081 9% ■ We are accountable to Parliament through a council’s voters (‘council size’). Ferndown North 2 3,796 1% West Moors & Three 2 3,721 -1% committee of MPs chaired by the Speaker of the House ■ The names, number and boundaries of wards or Legged Cross of Commons. electoral divisions. Ferndown South 2 3,450 -8% West Parley 1 3,805 1% ■ Our main role is to carry out electoral reviews of local ■ The number of councillors for each ward or division. authorities throughout England. Gillingham 3 4,056 8% West Purbeck 2 3,832 2% Our proposals: Hill Forts & Upper Tarrants 1 3,832 2% Westham 2 3,559 -5% Why Dorset? ■ Based on the evidence we received, we recommend Littlemoor & Preston 2 3,930 5% Wimborne Minster 2 3,864 3% ■ In May 2018, Parliament approved the creation of a that 82 Councillors should serve the council in the new local authority called Dorset Council. future. Lyme & Charmouth 1 4,020 7% Winterborne & 1 3,904 4% ■ This council consists of the following former councils: ■ We believe our final recommendations meet our Broadmayne East Dorset District Council, North Dorset District statutory criteria to: Lytchett Matravers & 3 3,222 -14% Winterborne North 1 4,013 7% Council, Purbeck District Council, West Dorset District (1) Deliver electoral equality for voters. Upton Marshwood Vale 1 3,790 1% Yetminster 1 3,867 3% Council, and Weymouth & Portland Borough Council. (2) Reflect community interests and identities. ■ The Commission agreed to carry out an electoral (3) Promote effective and convenient local government. Averages: - 3,757 - review to draw up new wards for the new council. Summary of our recommendations Overview of final recommendations for Dorset Council We have considered all the submissions we received during View this map online and explore it in our consultation on our draft recommendations. more detail at: consultation.lgbce.org.uk The final recommendations propose that Dorset Council should have 82 councillors . Follow us on Twitter: @LGBCE Those councillors should represent 6 three-councillor wards, If you are viewing this page online, click 18 two-councillor wards and 28 one-councillor wards across on the map to go straight to our the council. interactive consultation area. In response to local feedback on its draft recommendations, the Commission has amended some of its proposals. For example, the Commission made major changes to its wards in the northern part of Weymouth. In Dorchester, a new single-councillor Dorchester Poundbury ward has been created. The Commission also changed its wards in Bridport, Colehill and Wimborne Minster, West Moors, Sherborne Rural, Wareham and other parts of Purbeck. The Commission changed the names of three of wards it proposed in its draft recommendations. 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 Key: 3 July- Public consultation on draft 16. Dorchester Poundbury 31. Rodwell & Wyke 46. West Parley 27 August 2018 recommendations 1. Beacon 2. Beaminster 17. Dorchester West 32. Shaftesbury Town 47. West Purbeck 3. Blackmore Vale 18. Eggardon 33. Sherborne East 48. Westham 4. Blandford 19. Ferndown North 34. Sherborne Rural 49. Wimborne Minster 20. Ferndown South 35. Sherborne West 50. Winterborne & Broadmayne Publication of final 5. Bridport 6. Chalk Valleys 21. Gillingham 36. South East Purbeck 51. Winterborne North recommendations 23 October 2018 7. Charminster St Mary’s 22. Hill Forts & Upper Tarrants 37. St Leonards & St Ives 52. Yetminster 8. Chesil Bank 23. Littlemoor & Preston 38. Stalbridge & Marnhull 9. Chickerell 24. Lyme & Charmouth 39. Stour & Allen Vale Subject to parliamentary approval 10. Colehill & Wimborne Minster East 25. Lytchett Matravers & Upton 40. Sturminster Newton - implementation of new 11. Corfe Mullen 26. Marshwood Vale 41. Swanage contains Ordnance arrangements at local elections 12. Cranborne & Alderholt 27. Melcombe Regis 42. Upwey & Broadwey May 2019 Survey data © 13. Cranborne Chase 28. Portland 43. Verwood Crown copyright 29. Puddletown & Lower Winterborne 44. Wareham 14. Crossways and database 30. Radipole 45. West Moors & Three Legged Cross 15. Dorchester East rights 2018.
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