What happens next? December 2017 We have now completed our review of Hertsmere Council. 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 Subject to parliamentary scrutiny, the new electoral arrangements will come into force at the local elections in www.lgbce.org.uk May 2019. @LGBCE

Our recommendations: The table lists all the wards we are proposing as part of our final recommendations along with the number of voters in each ward. The table also shows the electoral variances for each of the proposed wards which tells Hertsmere Borough Council you how we have delivered electoral equality. Finally, the table includes electorate projections for 2022 so you can see the impact of the recommendations for the future. Final recommendations on the new electoral arrangements

Ward Number of Electorate Number of Variance Electorate Number of Variance Name: Councillors: (2016): Electors per form (2022): Electors per from Councillor: average % Councillor: Average %

Aldenham 2 3,818 1,909 -1% 4,028 2,014 -6% East 2 3,916 1,958 1% 4,294 2,147 0% West Bentley Heath 2 4,470 2,235 15% 4,557 2,278 6% & The Royds 3 5,970 1,990 3% 6,637 2,212 3% Brookmeadow Borehamwood 3 5,935 1,978 2% 6,786 2,262 6% Cowley Hill Borehamwood 3 5,444 1,815 -6% 6,823 2,274 6% Hillside Borehamwood 3 5,992 1,997 3% 6,787 2,262 6% Kenilworth Who we are: Electoral review: Heath 2 3,597 1,799 -7% 3,959 1,980 -8% ■ The Local Government Boundary Commission for An electoral review examines and proposes new Bushey North 3 5,721 1,907 -2% 6,593 2,198 3% is an independent body set up by Parliament. electoral arrangements for a local authority, including: Bushey Park 3 5,410 1,803 -7% 5,874 1,958 -9% ■ We are not part of government or any political party. ■ The total number of councillors representing the Bushey St 3 5,216 1,739 -10% 5,984 1,995 -7% ■ We are accountable to Parliament through a council’s voters (‘council size’). James committee of MPs chaired by the Speaker of the House ■ The names, number and boundaries of wards or 2 3,823 1,912 -1% 3,985 1,993 -7% of Commons. electoral divisions. ■ Our main role is to carry out electoral reviews of local ■ The number of councillors for each ward or division. 2 4,243 2,122 9% 4,479 2,240 5% authorities throughout England. Furzefield Our proposals: Potters Bar 2 4,275 2,138 10% 4,452 2,226 4% Why Hertsmere Borough Council? ■ Hertsmere Borough Council currently has 39 Oakmere ■ Hertsemere Borough Council currently has high councillors. Based on the evidence we received, the Potters Bar 2 3,809 1,905 -2% 4,235 2,118 -1% levels of electoral inequality: some councillors represent Commission recommends that 39 councillors should Parkfield many more - or many fewer - voters than others. continue to serve the borough in the future. 2 3,938 1,969 2% 4,056 2,028 -5% ■ Therefore the value of your vote, in borough council ■ The Commission believes the final recommendations elections, varies depending on where you live in meet our statutory criteria to: Totals: 39 75,577 - - 83,529 - - Hertsmere. (1) Deliver electoral equality for voters. ■ We are seeking to improve levels of electoral equality (2) Reflect community interests and identities. Averages: - - 1,938 - - 2,142 - for local voters (3) Promote effective and convenient local government. Summary of our recommendations Overview of final recommendations for Hertsmere Borough Council We have considered all the submissions we received during our View this map online and explore it in more detail at: Key: 5 Borehamwood Cowley Hill consultation on our draft recommendations. consultation.lgbce.org.uk 1 Aldenham East 6 Borehamwood Hillside 2 Aldenham West 7 Borehamwood Kenilworth In Bushey, we are confirming the draft recommendations as final, Follow the Commission on Twitter: @LGBCE 3 Bentley Heath & The Royds 8 Bushey Heath subject to renaming Bushey Central as Bushey Park, and Bushey 4 Borehamwood 9 Bushey North South as Bushey Heath. We do not propose any amendments to If you are viewing this page online, click on the map to go Brookmeadow 10 Bushey Park Aldenham East, Aldenham West or Shenely wards. straight to our interactive consultation area. 11 Bushey St James 12 Elstree In Borehamwood and Elstree, we note the Council’s proposed changes. However we were concerned that some of its proposals 13 Potters Bar Furzefield would require the creation of two small parish wards. Therefore 14 Potters Bar Oakmere we have not been persuaded to adopt these. We are however 15 Potters Bar Parkfield adopting a small amendment between Borehamwood Hillside 16 Shenley and Borehamwood Kenilworth wards.

In Potters Bar, in response to the draft recommendations, the Council proposed significant amendments. The Commission was persuaded by these, but given the amount of change it decided to hold a period of limited further consultation. In response to this, we propose one minor amendment to strengthen the boundary of the Potters Bar Oakmere ward.

Our final recommendations propose that Hertsmere’s 39 councillors should represent nine two-councillor wards and seven three-councillor wards across the borough.

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 review Description

10 January - 20 March Public consultation on new ward 2017 boundaries

13 June - 14 August Public consultation on draft 2017 recommendations

3 October - 31 October Public consultation on further draft 2017 recommendations

Publication of final recommendations 5 December 2017

Subject to parliamentary approval - May 2019 implementation of new arrangements at local elections