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Draft Recommendations on the Future Electoral Arrangements for Basildon in Essex Draft recommendations on the future electoral arrangements for Basildon in Essex June 2000 LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND The Local Government Commission for England is an independent body set up by Parliament. Our task is to review and make recommendations to the Government on whether there should be changes to the structure of local government, the boundaries of individual local authority areas, and their electoral arrangements. Members of the Commission are: Professor Malcolm Grant (Chairman) Professor Michael Clarke CBE (Deputy Chairman) Kru Desai Peter Brokenshire Pamela Gordon Robin Gray Robert Hughes CBE Barbara Stephens (Chief Executive) We are statutorily required to review periodically the electoral arrangements – such as the number of councillors representing electors in each area and the number and boundaries of wards and electoral divisions – of every principal local authority in England. In broad terms our objective is to ensure that the number of electors represented by each councillor in an area is as nearly as possible the same, taking into account local circumstances. We can recommend changes to ward boundaries, and the number of councillors and ward names. We can also make recommendations for change to the electoral arrangements of parish and town councils in the district. This report sets out the Commission’s draft recommendations on the electoral arrangements for the district of Basildon in Essex. © Crown Copyright 2000 Applications for reproduction should be made to: Her Majesty’s Stationery Office Copyright Unit The mapping in this report is reproduced from OS mapping by the Local Government Commission for England with the permission of the Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, © Crown Copyright. Unauthorised reproduction infringes Crown Copyright and may lead to prosecution or civil proceedings. Licence Number: GD 03114G. This report is printed on recycled paper. ii LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND CONTENTS page SUMMARY v 1 INTRODUCTION 1 2 CURRENT ELECTORAL ARRANGEMENTS 5 3 REPRESENTATIONS RECEIVED 9 4 ANALYSIS AND DRAFT RECOMMENDATIONS 11 5 NEXT STEPS 25 APPENDICES A Proposed Electoral Arrangements from: Basildon District Council Billericay Branch Liberal Democrats Mr James 27 B The Statutory Provisions 31 A large map illustrating the existing and proposed ward boundaries for Basildon district is inserted inside the back cover of the report. LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND iii iv LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND SUMMARY The Commission began a review of the electoral arrangements for Basildon on 30 November 1999. • This report summarises the representations we received during the first stage of the review, and makes draft recommendations for change. We found that the existing electoral arrangements provide unequal representation of electors in Basildon: • in eight of the 14 wards the number of electors represented by each councillor varies by more than 10 per cent from the average for the district, and two wards vary by more than 20 per cent from the average; • by 2004 electoral equality is not expected to improve, with the number of electors per councillor forecast to vary by more than 10 per cent from the average in 10 wards and by more than 20 per cent in two wards. Our main draft recommendations for future electoral arrangements (Figures 1 and 2 and paragraphs 95–96) are that: • Basildon District Council should have 42 councillors, as at present; • there should be 16 wards, instead of 14 as at present; • the boundaries of 12 of the existing wards should be modified, resulting in a net increase of two, and two wards should retain their existing boundaries; • elections should continue to take place by thirds. These draft recommendations seek to ensure that the number of electors represented by each district councillor is as nearly as possible the same, having regard to local circumstances. • In 15 of the 16 proposed wards the number of electors per councillor would vary by no more than 10 per cent from the district average. • This improved level of electoral equality is expected to improve further, with the number of electors per councillor in all 16 wards expected to vary by no more than 10 per cent from the average for the district in 2004. LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND v Recommendations are also made for changes to parish and town council electoral arrangements which provide for: • revised warding arrangements and the redistribution of councillors for Billericay town. This report sets out our draft recommendations on which comments are invited. • We will consult on our draft recommendations for 11 weeks from 20 June 2000. Because we take this consultation very seriously, we may move away from our draft recommendations in the light of Stage Three responses. It is therefore important that all interested parties let us have their views and evidence, whether or not they agree with our draft recommendations. • After considering local views, we will decide whether to modify our draft recommendations and then make our final recommendations to the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions. • It will then be for the Secretary of State to accept, modify or reject our final recommendations. He will also determine when any changes come into effect. You should express your views by writing directly to the Commission at the address below by 4 September 2000: Review Manager Basildon Review Local Government Commission for England Dolphyn Court 10/11 Great Turnstile London WC1V 7JU Fax: 020 7404 6142 E-mail: [email protected] www.lgce.gov.uk vi LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND Figure 1: The Commission’s Draft Recommendations: Summary Ward name Number of Constituent areas councillors 1 Billericay East 3 Unchanged (Billericay North East and Billericay South East wards of Billericay town) 2 Billericay West 3 Billericay West ward (part – Billericay North ward of Billericay town and Billericay North West ward (part) of Billericay town) 3 Burstead 3 Billericay West ward (part – Billericay North West ward (part) of Billericay town); Burstead ward (part – the parishes of Great Burstead & South Green and Little Burstead, and Billericay South West ward of Billericay town) 4 Crouch 2 Burstead ward (part – the parishes of Ramsden Bellhouse and Ramsden Crays); Laindon ward (part); Wickford South ward (part) 5Fryerns 3 Fryerns Central ward (part); Fryerns East ward (part) (in Basildon New Town) 6 Laindon Park 3 Laindon ward (part); Lee Chapel North ward (part) (in Basildon New Town) 7 Langdon Hills 2 Langdon Hills ward (part); Nethermayne ward (part) (in Basildon New Town) 8 Lee Chapel 3 Lee Chapel North ward (part); Langdon Hills ward (part) (in Basildon New Town) 9 Nethermayne 3 Nethermayne ward (part); Vange ward (part) (in Basildon New Town) 10 Pitsea North West 3 Pitsea East ward (part); Pitsea West ward (part) ward (in Basildon New Town) 11 Pitsea South East 3 Pitsea East ward (part); Pitsea West ward (part); Vange ward ward (in Basildon (part) New Town) 12 St Martin’s 2 Fryerns Central ward (part); Fryerns East ward (part) (in Basildon New Town) 13 Vange (in Basildon 2 Fryerns East ward (part); Pitsea West ward (part); Vange ward New Town) (part) 14 Wickford 2 Wickford South ward (part) Castledon LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND vii Ward name Number of Constituent areas councillors 15 Wickford North 3 Unchanged 16 Wickford Park 2 Wickford South ward (part) Notes: 1 The district contains five parishes: Billericay, Great Burstead & South Green, Little Burstead, Ramsden Bellhouse and Ramsden Crays. The rest of the district is not parished. 2 Map 2 and the large map in the back of the report illustrate the proposed wards outlined above. viii LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND Figure 2: The Commission’s Draft Recommendations for Basildon Ward name Number Electorate Number of Variance Electorate Number of Variance of (1999) electors per from (2004) electors per from councillors councillor average councillor average % % 1 Billericay East 3 8,966 2,989 -1 9,329 3,110 0 2 Billericay West 3 9,390 3,130 4 9,520 3,173 2 3 Burstead 3 8,523 2,841 -6 8,577 2,859 -8 4 Crouch 2 5,891 2,946 -2 6,278 3,139 1 5 Fryerns (in Basildon 3 9,591 3,197 6 9,857 3,286 6 New Town) 6 Laindon Park 3 8,482 2,827 -6 8,801 2,934 -6 (in Basildon New Town) 7 Langdon Hills 2 6,535 3,268 9 6,637 3,319 7 (in Basildon New Town) 8 Lee Chapel 3 8,749 2,916 -3 9,199 3,066 -2 (in Basildon New Town) 9 Nethermayne 3 8,956 2,985 -1 8,959 2,986 -4 (in Basildon New Town) 10 Pitsea North West 3 9,296 3,099 3 9,377 3,126 0 (in Basildon New Town) 11 Pitsea South East 3 8,962 2,987 -1 9,167 3,056 -2 (in Basildon New Town) 12 St Martin's 2 6,015 3,008 0 6,021 3,011 -3 (in Basildon New Town) 13 Vange (in Basildon 2 6,221 3,111 3 6,567 3,284 5 New Town) 14 Wickford Castledon 2 6,250 3,125 4 6,328 3,164 2 15 Wickford North 3 9,319 3,106 3 9,491 3,164 2 16 Wickford Park 2 5,218 2,609 -13 6,648 3,324 7 Totals 42 126,364 – – 130,756 – – Averages – – 3,009 – – 3,113 – Source: Electorate figures are based on Basildon District Council’s submission. Note: The ‘variance from average’ column shows by how far, in percentage terms, the number of electors per councillor varies from the average for the district. The minus symbol (-) denotes a lower than average number of electors. Figures have been rounded to the nearest whole number.
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