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Somerset County Council Electoral Review Submission November 2011 Somerset County Council Electoral Review submission November 2011 For further information contact : Julian Gale Community Governance Resources Directorate County Hall, Taunton. Somerset. TA1 4DY. Tel: 01823 355025 Email : [email protected] 1 AN ELECTORAL SCHEME FOR SOMERSET Submission by Somerset County Council 1 Introduction 1.1 This submission sets out the Council’s response to the LGBCE’s first consultation stage on division patterns in the electoral review of Somerset County Council. This was on the back of the ‘minded to recommend a Council size of 55 members for Somerset County Council’ decision of the Commission set out in their letter of 23 August 2011 to the Council. 1.2 The Council welcomed the Commission’s decision concerning the Council’s proposal on Council size and the opportunity to submit proposals for division arrangements. 1.3 The Council’s submission has been developed by a cross-party group (referred to elsewhere in this submission as the Electoral Review Task & Finish Group) of county councillors meeting with delegated authority from the Council to oversee the Council’s input into the electoral review process. The Council further delegated responsibility to the Chief Executive to submit the Council’s submission for an electoral scheme for Somerset. 1.4 It is hoped that the LGBCE supports the Council’s submission as the basis for formal consultation during 2012 and for subsequent approval in time for their adoption and use for the next County Council elections in May 2013. 2. Process used to arrive at the Council’s submission 2.1 The submission has been informed by:- • Individual councillors’ views in response to invitations to input into the process individually and collectively on a district by district basis; • Informal feedback from officers of the LGBCE on interim proposals submitted by the County Council. • The development of proposals on a district by district basis – in some cases driven by the existing county councillors using their extensive knowledge of local areas • Information provided by the district councils on electorate numbers and projections to polling district level • The LGBCE’s criteria and guidance for electoral reviews • A public consultation process on the Council’s draft proposals which primarily focused on local councils in Somerset • Meetings of the Electoral Review Task & Finish Group who assimilated all of the available information and reached conclusions on proposals for each district area over several meetings to which all members were invited and 76% of members participated. • The Electoral Review Task & Finish Group sanctioned additional in- depth investigations concerning the urban areas of Taunton, Yeovil and Highbridge, involving officers and members of the areas 2 concerned because of the particular challenges facing these urban areas. 3. Somerset – the place 3.1 Somerset is a special place, with a history that is older than that of England itself. Its landscapes are diverse and beautiful and include the rich farmlands in the south of the county, the levels and moors of central Somerset, the Mendip Hills in the north and the Blackdowns, Quantocks and Exmoor further south and west. The importance of many of these landscapes is recognised by special designations to conserve the county’s rich natural environment. 3.2 Somerset’s market towns and villages share the county’s long history and are, as always, proudly individual. The county is made up of this patchwork of distinctive communities, which has fostered a strong sense of local leadership and resilience. 3.3 Somerset’s long history continues to shape the county today as it faces the challenges of the 21st century and seeks new opportunities. It is now home to over 528,800 people, 31% of whom live in market towns and larger villages. Many are from long-established Somerset families. Others have retired here or are among the small but increasing number from European Union countries, Bangladesh, China, India and Africa. 3.4 In terms of transport links, Somerset is divided east to west by the M5 motorway and the main rail link from the South West to Bristol, London and the north. In addition to the motorway there are a number of trunk roads including the A38 and A303 that are arterial routes and which impact on the design of electoral divisions. However, Somerset is largely a rural area of small settlements and market towns linked by a comprehensive network of country lanes which are often the primary transport links between small settlements. 3.5 Some key facts about Somerset: • It covers 3,452 square kilometres or 1,333 square miles. • 76% of the county is classed as rural. • The majority of the Exmoor National Park lies within Somerset. • People aged 65 years and older make up over 20% of Somerset’s population. 3.6 Mendip - Each of Mendip’s five market towns of Frome, Glastonbury, Shepton Mallet, Street and Wells has its own characteristics and identity, which local people value and are proud of. Mendip’s towns are unique - whilst Wells operates as a market town it is in fact a city, whilst Street has the status of a village, with its own parish council. Mendip has about a hundred villages and hamlets. 3 3.7 Sedgemoor - The District is centred on the town of Bridgwater and has unique wetlands forming the Somerset Levels. Burnham-on-Sea and Highbridge is the second largest town in Sedgemoor. Although there are two distinct centres and significant functional differences the town is physically and socially integrated as a single urban area. The District is predominantly rural encompassing two Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONBs), the Somerset Levels and Moors and a host of other international, national and local nature conservation areas. Sedgemoor has the fastest growing electorate of the five Somerset district according to the electorate projections through to 2017. Most of this growth is focused in a relatively small area around Bridgwater. 3.8 South Somerset - South Somerset is one of the largest Districts in the South West, forming the southern side of the County of Somerset. It accounts for nearly a third of the County's area, covering an area of 958 sq km (370 sq miles) and is predominantly rural in nature. South Somerset is a fast growing District, with population growth being almost twice the national average over the past 10 years with even larger increases predicted over the next 10-20 years. Yeovil is home to approximately a quarter of the District's total population and other larger settlements include Chard, Crewkerne, Wincanton and Ilminster. However, over 40% of the District's population lives in settlements of fewer than 2,500 residents. 3.9 Taunton Deane - The Borough is predominantly rural, with the main centres of population being Taunton and Wellington and with a number of smaller towns and villages. Taunton Deane is situated in an outstanding landscape of natural beauty, extending from the Somerset Levels along the River Tone, with the Quantock Hills to the north and the Blackdown Hills to the south. 3.10 West Somerset - West Somerset District covers 280 square miles (725 square kilometres). Two-thirds of West Somerset is covered by the Exmoor National Park. The majority of West Somerset is made up of small rural villages and hamlets with the main settlements at Minehead, Watchet and Williton. 4. The Council’s Rationale 4.1 Part of the Council’s submission on Council size broke down the 55 electoral divisions (based on single member divisions) between district council areas as follows:- • West Somerset – which retains 4 county councillors because of the unique challenges facing this area • Sedgemoor – which retains 12 county councillors on the basis that it is the fastest growing district in Somerset through to 2017 • Taunton Deane – which reduces from 12 to 11 county councillors • South Somerset – which reduces from 18 to 17 county councillors • Mendip - which reduces from 12 to 11 county councillors. 4 4.2 The aim from the outset was to agree and submit a single proposal for each district council area with as broad a range of cross-party support as was possible to achieve. At all stages in the development of the proposals the councillors have been reminded of the Commission’s criteria against which the Council’s proposals will be judged. The Electoral Review Task & Finish Group have actively tested the proposals against these criteria and what became clear early in the process was that the particular circumstances in each area made each proposal the best possible compromise that could be achieved through balancing the requirements of the various criteria. 4.3 One of the challenges that the Electoral Review Task & Finish Group faced was the issue of improving coterminosity with district ward boundaries. The district ward arrangements across Somerset range in age from 2011 to 1998 (South Somerset). South Somerset presented a real problem for members as the ward boundaries do not fit local community interests in many areas and also do not fully reflect recent or projected changes to demography. Members in developing proposals have tended to focus on using parish council boundaries and reflecting community interests all set against the key requirement to balance electorate numbers. In many areas members have tried to align district ward boundaries and county electoral division boundaries and this has resulted in improvements in the alignment of many boundaries The coterminosity map which forms part of this submission indicates that the proposals have resulted in 24% of the county showing total coterminosity where the district ward boundaries completely align with county electoral division boundaries. This only shows part of the overall picture as it does not reflect all of the alignment of boundaries that has taken place.
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