Local Government Boundary Commission For Report No. 71 LOCAL GOVERNMENT

BOUNDARY COMMISSION

FOR ENGLAND

REPORT NO. LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOUNDARY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND

CHAIRMAN Sir Edmund Compton, GCB.KBE. DEPUTY CHAIRMAN

Mr J M Rankin.QC.

MEMBERS The Countess Of Albemarle, DBE. Mr T C Benfield. Professor Michael Chisholjn. Sir Andrew Wheatley,CBE. Mr F B Young, CBE. To the Rt Hon Roy Jenkins, MP Secretary of State for the Home Department

PROPOSALS FOR REVISED EI£CTORAL ARRANGEMENTS FUR THE BOROUGH OF IN THE COUNT*/ OF

1. We, the Local Government Boundary Commission for England, having carried out our initial review of the electoral arrangements for the in accordance with the requirements of section 63 of and Schedule 9 to the Local Government Act 1972, present our proposals for the future electoral arrangements for that borough*

2. In accordance with the procedure laid down in section 60 (l) and (2) of the 1972 Act, notice was given on 18 January 1974 that we were to undertake this review. This was incorporated in a consultation letter addressed to the Gedling Borough Council, copies of which were circulated to the Nottinghamshire County Council, Parish Councils in the district, the Members of Parliament for the constituencies concerned and the headquarters of the main political parties* Copies were also sent to the editors of local newspapers circulating in the area and of the Local Government press and to the local radio broadcasting station* Notices inserted in the local press announced the start of the review and invited comments from members of the public and from any interested bodies.

3. Gedling Borough Council were invited to prepare a scheme of representation for our consideration* In doing so, they were asked to observe the rules laid down in Schedule 11 to the Local Government Act 1972 and the guidelines which we set out in our Report No 6 about the proposed si»e of the council and the proposed number of councillors for each ward. They were asked also to take into account any views expressed to them following their consultation with local interests. We therefore asked that they should publish details of their provisional proposals about a month before they submitted their draft scheme to us, thus allowing an opportunity for local comment. 4. The Council have not passed a resolution under section 7(4) of the Local

Government Act 1972 and a system of whole council elections will therefore apply.

5. On 20 June 1974 the Gedling Borough Council presented their draft scheme of representation. They proposed to divide the area of the borough into twenty-four wards each returning 1, 2 or 3 members to form a council of 56, one more than the existing council.

6. We considered the draft scheme together with the comments we had received. We considered that the Borough Council's scheme provided a sound basis for our draft proposals, but that two of their proposed wards were over-represented. We decided to combine these 2 wards reducing their combined representation by 1 councillor and reducing the total number of councillors to 55. After consultation with Ordnance Survey we made a number of minor adjustments to ward boundaries in order to secure boundary lines which would be more readily identifiable on the ground. We then formulated our draft proposals accordingly.

7« On 31 July 1974 we issued our draft proposals and these were sent to all who had received our consultation letter or had commented on the Council's draft scheme. The Council were asked to make these draft proposals, and the accompanying map which defined the proposed ward boundaries, available for inspection at their main offices. Representations on our draft proposals were invited from thoae to whom they were circulated and, by public notices, from other members of the public and interested bodies. We asked that any comments should reach us by 9 October 1974.

8. The District Council accepted our draft proposals. An alternative scheme for a council of 48 members was put forward by a local political party, and comments supporting this scheme were received. Other comments proposed some redistribution of electorate effecting six of the proposed wards, on grounds of improved compatibility with future county electoral arrangements. There was also opposition to these suggested changes. A local residents' association sought separate representation for their area and there were several requests that the name of one ward should be changed.

9. In view of these reactions to our draft proposals we considered that we needed further information to enable us to reach a conclusion. Therefore, in accordance with section 65(2) of the 1972 Act and, at our request, you appointed Mr V D Knox as an Assistant Commissioner to hold a local meeting and report to us.

10. The Assistant Commissioner held a meeting on 8 May and carried out an inspection of those areas which had been the subject of differing views. A copy of his report to us is attached at Schedule 1 to this report.

11. The Assistant Commissioner, having heard all the local views and having visited the areas concerned, came to the conclusion that our draft proposals should be modified in only one respect, that the name of the ward should be changed.to "St James".

12. We have considered again our draft proposals in the light of the comments which we had received and of the Assistant Commisioner's Report. We accept the conclusions reached by the Assistant Commissioner and the modification which he recommended and, subject to this, we hereby confirm our draft proposals as our final proposals*

13. Details of these final proposals are set out in Schedule 2 to this report and on the attached maps* Schedule 2 gives the names of the wards and the number of councillors to be returned by each. The boundaries of the new wards are defined on the maps.

PUBLICATION 14* In accordance with section 60(5)(b) of the Local Government Act 1972, a copy of this report and a copy of the maps are being sent to Gedling Borough Council and will be available for public inspection at the Council's main offices. Copies of this report are also being sent to those who received the consultation letter and to those who made comments. A detailed description of the boundaries of the proposed wards, as defined on the maps, is set out in Schedule 3 to this report.

L.S.

SIGNED

EDMUND COKFTON (CHAIRMAN)

JOHN M RANKIN (DEPUTY CHAIKMAN)

DIANA ALBEMAKLE

T C BENFIELD

MICHAEL CHISHOIW

ANDREW WHEATLEY

F B YOUNG

DAVID R SMITH (Secretary)

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TO: THE SECRETARY, LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOUNDARY 'COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND.

REVIEW OF THE ELECTORAL ARRANGEMENTS FUR THE BOROUGH OF GEDLING.

Pursuant to my appointment by the Secretary of State as Assistant Commissioner to hold a local enquiry or carry out any consultation or investigation with respect to the review by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England of the electoral arrangements for the Borough of Gedling, I conducted a local meeting at the Council House, Carlton, on Thursday, the 8th May, 1975.

Attendance, The following persons attended the meeting:-

NAME. REPRESENTING or STATUS Herbert Bird Gedling Borough Council P.O. Pepper Gedling Borough Council Michael Sermon Arnold Branches of the Carlton Conservative Association Ron Griffin Gedling Borough Council Peter Wright Notts County Council Conservative Group G.F. Swain Gedling Borough Council H. Pac ey Porchester Conservative Branch Miss M. Wilford Hon. Sec. Porchester Conservative Association Mrs. Edith Butler Porchester Conservative Association David Langridge Nether-field and Branch of the Carlton Conservative Association (Chairman) Miss A.L. Brookes. Secretary and Agent, Carlton Conservative Association H.F. Calladlne Gedling Borough Council L. Allsop Colwick Residents Association (Chairman) J. Bennett. 11 fl " (Sec.) G.B. firth. Deputy Director of Administration Nottinghamshire County Council A.J. Goulden Senior Administrative Officer, Nottinghamshire County Council M.S. Hall Carlton Constituency Labour. Party T.H. Saunderson Carlton Constituency Labour Party - 2 -

HAMS REPRESENTING OR STATUS

D.A. Knight Gedling Borough Labour Sroup Florence Price • East Regions! Labour Party A. Purvis Carlton Constituency Labour Party Fay RLeley Carlton Constituency Labour Party and Arnold Tenants Association G. Corner tt it 11 11 tt W.N. Robson Carlton Constituency Labour Party Dorothy s. Shillito Unification of Steering Committee L.W. Pallard Gedling Borough Conservative Group A.R. Ellis Carlton Conservative Association M. Noble. Gedling Borough Council In addition to those attending, a letter was received from the Clerk to the Parish Council of and this was read to the meeting.

Preliminaries

In opening the meeting I submitted my personal appointment as Assistant Commissioner and emphasised that to facilitate the expression and discussion of views on the Commission's Draft Proposals, the modifications suggested by the Nottinghamshire County Council, the representations relating to the proposed Netherfield and Mapperley Wards and the alternative scheme for the borough submitted by the Carlton Constituency Labour Party, I intended to proceed as informally as possible, I then set out a proposed order of business and this was accepted by those present.

Commission's Draft Proposals

The Commission's Draft Proposals adopted in the main the Gedling Borough Council's draft scheme. Some slight amendments were however made by the Commission. These consisted of the combination, of the parishes of Linby, and Newstead to form one ward represented by two councillors, instead of two wards returning three councillors between them, the total Council thus being reduced from 56 to 55- A small number of boundary realignments were made in the interests of securing better boundaries. In addition, one of the wards was entitled Barton Joyce and instead of Barton Joyce/Stoke Bardolph.

A numerical analysis of the Commission's Draft Proposals is as follows:- TABLE 1 19V9 WARD N0' °F — n"KU COUNCILLORS NO. OF ELECTORATE ELECTORS ESTIMATED NO. OF PER ELECTORATE ELECTORS PER COUNCILLOR NO. COUNCILLOR

1. Oxcloee 2 2465 1232 2800 1400 .2. Bonington 3 3983 1328 4380 1460 3. St. Mary's 3 4310 1437 4500 1500 ^4. 2 ' 2636 1318 3000 1500 *5. Mapperley Plains 3 3754 1251 4400 1467 6. Kingswell 3 4244 1415 4380 1460 7. tfoodthorpe 3 4347 1449 4500 1500 8. Carlton 3 3935 1312 4200 1400 9. Phoenix 2 2293 1146 2400 1200 10. Gedling 3 3452 1151 3900 1300 11. Netherfield 3 4143 1381 4200 1400 12. Carlton Hill 3 3935 1312 4050 1350 13. Conway 2 2609 1304 2700 1350 14. Priory 2 2474 1237 2500 1250 15- Cavendish 2 2833 1416 2900 1450 16. Porchester 3 3734 1245 3900 1300 17. Mapperley 3 3893 1298 4050 1350 18. Bestwood Park 1 945 945 1050 1050 19- and 2950 Stoke Bardolph 2 2833 1416 1475 20. Calverton 3 4371 1490 4650 1550 21. Lambley 1 93? 937 1050 1050 22. Newstead 2 2998 1499 3250 1625 o 23. Woodborough 1 941 941 1050 1050 76760 * 55 72065

Av. 1310 Av. 1396

The Gedliag Borough Council did not dissent from the slight amendments made by the Commission to their original Scheme.

Representations relating to use of "Mapperley" as name of Ward. The name of this Ward was the subject of comment and objection by the Carlton Division of the Porchester Conservative Association, the City of Nottingham Federation of (Jonservative Associations and the all of whom foresaw public confusion in view of the fact that there was a Mapperley Ward in the North Nottingham Constituency«V f . The Gedling Borough Council were also in agreement. All present at the meeting were in favour of a change of name and none objected to the suggested substitute name "St. James". I shall recommend accordingly. The alternative scheme for the borough submitted by the Carlton Constituency Labour Party. Mr. Hall and Mr. Saunclerson, the compilers of the proposals, presented the Csrlton Constituency Labour Partyfs proposals for the Borough of Gedling, for the County Electoral Divisions and the District Wards. These proposals envisage eight county electoral divisions, each of which would be sub-divided into district wards, the 21 wards in the urban areas returning 2 councillors each and the four rural wards, where the electorate was more scattered, returning a total of six, giving an overall total of 48 representing twenty-five wards*'. Mr. Hall stated they felt that in order to obtain the most equitable distribution of Councillors for the present electorate of 72,000, this figure should be divided by 8, giving 1 County Councillor per 9000 electors as the norm in the proposed 8 County Electoral Divisions. The deviation in the Councillor/Electorate ratio ranged from 19% below the norm to li$ above the norm in the proposed wards. The Carlton Labour Party felt that the Borough Council was too large with 55 members and were ia favour of having this number reduced to /f8. The reduction in number of County Councillors from 9 to 8 was merely marginal they felt. In drawing up their scheme, they had been mainly concerned with the urban areas of the Borough, so that in these areas there was as near as may be equal representation. In answer to Mr. KLrth, representing the County Council, Mr. Hall said that the selection of 9,000 electorate per County Division did pre-empt the number of County Councillors and in answer to a question from me, Mr. Hall said that they had not had regard to the number of County Councillors representing the other Districts of the County. It is, however, important to compare the number of Councillors per District and their electorate in the County of Nottinghamshire. The following table shows this;- x^ - 5 - TABLE 2

ESTIMATED NO. OF DISTRICT 1974 1979 COUNCILLORS ELECTORATE ELECTORATE

Ashfield 9 75,020 .78,295 Bassetlaw 9 70,358 75,529 Br ox to we 9 74,440 73,265 Gedling 72,065 76,760 i* 9 8 69,888 80 , 500 Newark 9 71,655 80,913 Nottingham 27 208,802 211,900 9 64,035 70,884

89 706,263 753,0/t6

Av.per cllr. 7935-50 Av.per cllr 8,461

It will be seen that the average per Councillor in 1974 is 7935, v/hich is nearly the number per Councillor for Gedling if there are 9 Councillors. Mr. Firth stated that the County Council had never considered or suggested that the number of County Councillors should be less than 89 and the County Council could not agree with the Carlton Constituency Labour Party's proposals. Amongst the Carlton. Labour Party's proposals was the combination of Bestwood Park and St. Mary's into Redhill. Mr. Pepper on behalf of the Borough Council felt this was not a happy combination on account of road connections between the areas and also the distance between the main communities which would form the electorate of such a Ward, namely around Bestwood Colliery and in the southern tip of St. Maryfs. He also felt that there was no community connection between Colwick and Carlton Hill as was proposed and also that Lambley and Woodborough should be kept separate and not joined as proposed. Mr. Bird, the leader of the Gedling Borough Council, considered that the proposals for the Carlton area would tend to destroy a close-knit community. He felt tnat the proposals were dictated by the proposals for the County Electoral Divisions and that the Wards had been split up to achieve 8 divisions. There had been no regard for local communities and natural boundaries. Mr. Hall did not agree with this. They had regard to natural boundaries and local government re-organisation itself had affected local communities.

Mr. Sermon, a County Councillor, representing the Arnold Branches of the Carlton Conservative) Association, noted that the Labour Party had gone for 2 seater wards rather than 3- This would result in any one area being denied representation on some of the Borough Council Committees. Three representatives per ward would permit a wider spread of representation on Committees. Dealing with the proposed Redhill War.d, he said there was no connection between St. Mary's and Bestwood Park. Mr. Hall admitted that the road communications concerning the Bestwood Park area were poor in any case.

The letter from the Clerk to the Linby Parish Council stated that his Council reject unanimously the Labour Party proposals to split the Parishes of Linby, Papplewick and Newstead to form Newstead and Ravenshead Wards. Their reasons are:-

1. There is no common bond of interest between Newetead (a colliery village) and Linby and Papplewick (farming and residential communities). 2. There is not a direct road link, bus service or footpath between the three villages. 3* That it is wrong in principle to sever Newstead Colliery Village from another residential area (Ravenshead) which is partly in the Parish of Newstead and with which it shares equal representation on the Newstead Parish Council, and to align it with two other parishes with which it has never had the slightest affinity.

Mote: Ravenshead is in a most unfortunate position as regards the Parliamentary Constituencies, the Counties, the Districts and the Parishes in that area on account of the electoral boundary. One-third of the community of a total of about 6,000 is in the Gedling Borough, whilst the remainder lies in the Newark District. Probably this occurred as a result of the Parliamentary Boundary. That part in the Gedling Borough is in Newstead Parish whilst the part outside lies in Parish. It would seem that a boundary change is called for and should form the subject of an Inquiry or proposals at the appropriate time. I did not consider this was the appropriate time.

It was suggested by Mr. Hall that if the J+,000 Ravenshead residents at present living outside the Borough were brought into the Borough of Gedling, there might be a case for another County representative, thus bringing the number his Party had suggested, viz. 8, up to 9.' Mr. Bird, however, contended that the Carlton Constituency Labour

Party could not arguetas Mr. Saundereon had said/that the County Council proposals for one division with a possible electorate of 10,000 was too high above the norm whilst at the same time suggesting one County Councillor might represent only 4,000 electors. The Nottinghamshire County Council proposals. In presenting the Nottinghamshire County Council proposals to vary the Commissions Draft Proposals, Mr. firth expressed the view that in practice the order for review of District, County and Parliamentary Constituency boundaries should have been reversed on account of the difficulties which will be experienced when Counties are reviewed to achieve equal representation. The County Council, therefore, in approaching the Commission's Draft Proposals, had regard to the size of tlie Borough Wards which, would enable County electoral divisions returning one Councillor to be established in which the number of local government electors v/ill be, as nearly as may be, the same in every electoral division. This necessitated the re-distribution of certain of the electorate from some of the Wards contained in the Gedling Borough scheme to others. Their proposals, which were illustrated on Maps submitted by the County Council, show:- a) the transfer from the proposed V.'oodthorpe and Kingswell Wards to the proposed Porchester Ward of approximately 1322 electors (District 4 of the existing Arnold South Polling District). b) the transfer from the proposed Mapperley Ward to the proposed Cavendish Ward of approximately 1^16 electors. c) the transfer from the proposed Porchester Ward to the Mapperley Ward of approximately 973 electors. d) the transfer from the proposed Kingswell Ward to the Killisick Ward of approximately 1374 electors.

Apart from the foregoing the County Council did not v/ish to adjust the Ward boundaries set out in the Commission^-Draft Proposals. Their proposals also meant that the numbers of Councillors for both the enlarged Killisick and Cavendish Wards mould increase to 3 from 2 and in the case of the reduced Kingswell and Woodthorpe Wards the number would be reduced to 2 from 3» The overall number of Councillors would remain the uame as in the Commission's Draft Proposals. The County Council had had regardto the anticipated 6-3/y future growth of the Borough by 1979 as had beun estimated by the Gedling Borough Council in drawing up their suggested combination of Wards to form County electoral division; and these are set out in the following Table:- ,. TABLE 3

NAME OF PROPOSED ARRANGEMENTS FOR DISTRICT ELECTIONS PROPOSED COUNTY COUNC WARD ESTIMATED NO. OF ESTIMATED IL NO. OF ELECTORATE COUNCILLORS ELECTORATE PER COUNCILLOES COUNCILLOR ELECTORAL

Carlton 3935 3 1311 ) 7870 1 Carlton Hill 3935 3 1311 ) Netherfield 3 1381 ) 6752 1 Conv/ay 2609 2 1304 ) Phoenix 2293 2 1146 ) Priory 2474 2 1237 ) 9116 1 Cavendish 4349 3 1449 ) Gedling 3452 3 1151 ) Stoke Bardolph 150 ) Burton Joyce 2683 ) 2 1417 ] Lambley 937 1 937 ) 8163 1 Woodborough 941 1 941 )

Porchester 4083 3 1361 ) 1 Mapperley 3350 3 1116 ) 7433 Mapperley Plains 3750 3 1250 ) Woodthorpe 3128 2 1564 ) 9654 1 Kingswell 2776 2 1388 )

St. Mary's 4250 3 1417 ) 1 Killisick 4024 3 1341 ) 8274 Oxclose 2450 2 1225 ) Bonnington 4160 -3 1386 ) 7555 1 Bestwood Park 945 1 945 ) New stead 2354 ) ) Linby 207 ) 2 1499 ) Papplewick 437 ) ) 7369 1 Calverton 4371 3 1457 )

This shows the Electorate per Councillor varying from 9654 (or 20% over the norm) to 6752 (or 15-8% under the norm).

At the hearing Mr. Birth submitted a further possible formation of County Electoral Divisions under the Commission's Draft Proposals. These are as follov/s:- - 9 TABLE 4 COUNTY DISTRICT NO. OF DIVISION V/AED ELECTORATE COUNTY COUNCILLORS

1 Linby/Papplewick 644) Newstead 2354) 7369 Calverton 437D 2 Wocdborough 94D Lambley 937) Burton Joyce/Stoke 2833) 8354 Bardolph ) Netherfield 4143) 3 Oxcloae 2450) Bonnington 4160) 7555 Bestwood Park 945) .

4 St. Mary's 4250) Kiillsick 2650)10,650 Mapperley Plains 3750)

5 Kings we 11 4250) 8600 1 Woodthorpe 4350)

6 Porchester 3734) 7627 1 Mapperley 3893) 7 Gedling 3452) Phoenix 2293) 8219 l Priory 2474)

8 Conway 2609) 1 Carlton 3935) 6544

9 Carlton Hill 3935) 6768 1 Cavendish 2833)

Under this possible amalgamation of Wards the Electorate per Councillor varied from 10,650 (or 32% above the norm) to 6544 (or 18^ below the norm).

Mr. Pepper, on behalf of the Gedling Borough Council, said his Council did not agree with the proposals put forward by the County Council. Their proposals destroyed natural Ward boundaries and made Killisick Ward very elongated with no natural connections between the areas incorporated. This view was also shared by Mr. Saumlerson, who particularly referred to the natural boundary of Plains Road being destroyed and an electorate of 10,650 being a large number 1'or one County Councillor. Mr. Hall believed that there would be development in the Killisick area in due course which would further increase the electorate for the County Council's proposed electoral divisions v/hich included Killisick.

Mr. jermon also considered that Plains Road was a natural boundary and felt that the new boundary proposed for the Porchecter Ward Wi'.s being - 10 - created merely so that the required number of electorate might be trans- ferred. He felt that.the County Council had not projected the figures to 1979 and using the 197** register the figures for Division 6 in Table 3 above were 10,550, not 9554, and 6900 for Division 2 and not 6752. He put in Table 5 below which showed the 1974 electorate for the various polling districts in the Carlton Parliamentary Constituency. Nor did he consider that the criteria used by the County Council for the proposed alterations to the Wards was any better than that used by the Borough Council in its scheme. TABLE 5-

CARLTON PARLIAMENTARY CONSTITUENCY

Arnold Uast Polling District "A" 9556 Arnold South » it "B» 10,393 Arnold West " 11 "C" 6606 Carlton " 11 "D" 4946 Carlton Hill » it "E» 5490 Cavendish » ii iipii 68^2 Gedling » ti "G" 6505 Hetherfield » M »H» . 4079 Porchester " n Hill 6168 Bestwood Park » 11 IIJII 940 Burton Joyce " n "K»» 2697 Calverton » ii ML ii 4518 Lambley " ti MM M 959 n Linby » "N» 215 Newstead (part)" u "0" 826 Newstead (part)" II llpll 1497 P apple wick » n IIQlf 420 Stoke Bardolph " n MR It 156 Woodborough " 11 IISH 916 73,734

Mrs. Butler, on behalf of the Porchester Conservative Association, also spoke about the destruction of Plains Road as a natural boundary. It was also a physical boundary having regard to the traffic it carried. Nor was there community o.t' interest between the Porchester vVard and that part of the Woodthorne V/ard proposed to be transferred. Mr. Firth, coirimentlng on Plains Road, said it would not be the wish of the County Council that Plains Road would have to be crossed when voting; $GM*r* took place. It should be possible to have a Polling/on each side of this road Mr. Wright, on behalf of the Conservative Councillors on the County - 11 - Council, said they disagreed with the County Council's proposals. Further, the Electoral Divisions being suggested by Mr. Ktrth had not been approved by the County Council. He thought the County Council v/as only dealing with Wards when the matter came before them. The County Council had agreed that there should be 9 representatives for Gedling District on the County Council.

Mr. Bird did not agree with the County Council proposals and said the Gedling Borough Council stood by the draft proposals of the Commission . Nor did he agree with the combination of Wards proposed by the County Council and although not much time had been available to hire to suggest other combinations, he put in a Schedule which is set out in Table 6 which he felt would be better if indeed it was necessary at this time to be considering County Electoral Divisions and not only Wards.

TABLE 6

Porchester 3734 Mapperley 3893 7627 Carlton 3935 Carlton Hill 3935 Cavendish 2833 10703 Conway 2609 Netherfield 4143 6752 Gedling 3452 Phoenix 2293 Priory 2474 8219 Burton Joyce 2833 Calverton 4371 Lambley 937 • i Woodborough 941 9082 Oxclose 2465 Bonington 3983 6448 St. Mary's 4310 Beetwood Pork 945 Linby ) Papplewick) 644 Newstead 2354 3253 Killisick 2636 Mapperley Plains 3754 6390 Kingswell 4244 Woodthorpe 4347 8591 72065

This Schedule retained the community interests which existed and which - 12 - would be destroyed by the County Council scheme. I noted, however, that the electorate per County Councillor in the above Table ranged from 6390 to 10703 although on the 197*f Register I was informed that the figure of 6390 had increased by 300.

Mr. Firth commented that Mr. Bird's proposals showed a range of 33^ above norm to 29/« below and he felt it was possible to arrange combinations of Wards to obtain more Divisions nearer the norm than had been suggested by Mr. Bird.

Mr. Saunderr;on commented that the figures put in by Mr. Bird were certainly no better than the proposals of the Labour Forty and in fact the percentage difference in the proposed combination of Wards was much greater than theirs.

Mr. Bird admitted that the combinations were perhaps not ideal and that they must give greater consideration to the making of reasonable divisions. One thing, however, on which he W&B convinced was that the Warding- for the Borough as contctined in the Commission's Draft Proposals was the correct one.

Netherfield Ward.

The fourth matter for consideration at the meeting was the claim made by the Colwick Residents Association for separate representation for the Colvvick area instead of being linked with the adjoining Nether field area.

Mr. Bennett, the Secretary of the Colwick Residents Association, presented their case and he stated that there were 500 in the Association although the proposal was submitted by the Committee on their behalf. He stated that the Colwick area .was surrounded by and indeed cut off by the , the Race Course and the Railway and was at the extremity of the Netherfield Ward. The only connection with the rest of the Netherfield Ward was by means of a road bridge over the railway, and there was a foot- bridge connecting the area with the Carlton Ward although, on the Carlton side there was a fairly steep approach to the bridge. There were, therefore, natural boundaries to the area and there is to be found there a community with similar interests and spirit. The communities of Colwick and Nether- field had never integrated.

In their letter of comment on the Commission's Draft Proposals, they stated that the present Ward Councillors were sympathetic to this.view.

Mr. Bird, as leader of the Borough Council said that the Council had never considered separate representation for Colwick but he felt that they would have no objection thereto. Mr. Saunderson, whilst agreeing that it - 13 - «P" was a separate area on its own, felt that there were other similar areas v;hich might also claim separ. Le representation, but when pressed on this point said that the areas he had in mind were separate parishes. The County Council representative expressed no views on this issue.

I then asked if there were any further comments and none being forth- coming I closed the meeting.

Inspection.

I proceeded to inspect the Borough and I saw particularly all the areas which had been mentioned in the course of the Meeting. I noted that the roads between the various Wards were not ideal when considering their combination to form Electoral Divisions. This inspection helped me to come to the conclusions which I now set out.

Conclusions. Whilst accepting that much thought and effort had been put into the Carlton Constituency Labour Party's proposals, I feel that they are based on a false premise in that they had selected only 8 County Electoral Uivisions and the Warding of the Borough had apparently been made to fit into this pattern. I recognise that their grouping's of v/ards to form Electoral Divisions ran#e from 8299 to 9247 with most of the other proposed Divisions around the 9000 mark, but in order to achieve these equitable figures it appears that some natural boundaries and communities have been sacrificed.

The Labour Party had not consulted the County Council before drs.v;in£ up their proposals and therefore were not aware thr.t the County Council had no intention of seeking a reduction in the number of County Councillors, and Table 2 shows the spread of Councillors between the various-Districts. It is unlikely, therefore, that Gedling Borough will be entitled to fewer than 9 Electoral Divisions on the 1979 figures and thir; being so I '-id not consider the Labour Party's proposals were vinblc and could not be recommended as ai. alternative. I recognise thut in considering any proposals it is necessary to look ;-uiead and if nos.v.iblc to propose district ariv.m. crnentr; which might allow lor County Ulec tor;-.l DJ.visions to include whole District ...urrts. At the nwme time, community of interests and. natural boundaries are very important. I did not consider that sufficient consider tion had been riven to the.?:e latter aspects in the County Council proposals for a redistribution of the elector,-.to in suver. 1 Wards, but rather they .-.rose out of a derdrc to have an electorate in the proposed County Council Divisions as equal as possible. If a - 14 - combination of i* arris could be found v;hich would meet this desire it seemed thnt the County Council proposals could well be varied or dismissed.

Other combinations of Wards were suggested at the Meeting usinr the Vr'iirdc contained in the Commission's Oraft Proposals and although not much consideration had been given to them prior to submission, I am satisfied that a suitable combination can be found. The following pattern mi^ht be acceptable a.1.; .'in alternative to tho.se put before the meeting.

TAbLE 7 '

'A'AED 1974 COUNCILLORS NO. PEK NO. rli;H NO. PliR . COUNCILLOK CCUKTY COUNTY * °\ 74- COUNCILLOR CO UNCILLOE 1979

1 (1. Oxclose 2 } 1233 ) 6812 7300" (7 . Woodthorpe 38 3 } 5 1449 ) 2 (2. iionington 3983 3 1323 ) 822? 3760 (0. Kinf:swell 3 ) 6 1415 ) (;>. Jt. Mary's 4310 3 ) 1437 ) 3 (4. Kiilisick. 2636 2 ) 6 1318 ) 7887 8550 ( 23 • Vv'oo dborou^h 941 1 ) 941 ( 5- Mapperley Plains 3 1251 ) 7488 8300 4 (Ib.Porcheoter 3734 3 ) 6 1245 )

(8. Carlton 3935 3 1312 ) 7870 8250 5 (12,Csrlton Hill 3935 3 ) 6 1312 ) (9- Phoenix 2293 2 ) 1147 ) 6 (lO.Gedling 3452 3 ) 7 1151 ) 8354 90 00 (13.Conway 2609 2 > 1305 ) (ll.Netherfield 4143 3 ) ' 1331 ) (19. Burton Joyce arid ) 7 ( Stoke Bardoluh. 2833 2 ) 6 1416 ) 7913 8200 (21 .Lambley 937 1 > 937 ) •* (14 -Priory 2474 2 ) 1237 ) 8 (15-Co.vendish ?833 2 ) 7 1416 ) 9 20 u 9450 , U7.Hapi>erley 3893 3 ^ 19/i6 ) ( 1 o . Lie :.; t iv o o d Paris. 945 1 ) 945 ) 9 (20.Cc:lvertoii 4371 3 ) 6 1457 ) 831-': 8950 (22.Neivatesd 2988 2 ) 1499 ) 72065 76760

In view of the foregoinij remarks I do not consider the Corn-ds.v.ion1 s

Draft Propos.-i;' yhouid be modified by the Not: i.in(:;hc::iac;hiro County Council's I.TOortal;;;. - 15 - '

The inspection of the Colv.'ick, Ne bheri'icld and Csrlton are;.-s confirmed ta;:.t Col'.;ick is an area on its ovai. Whether it would necessarily benefit by having separate representation by 1 Councillor on the Borough Council is doubtful, for the 3 representatives i'rom the Netherfield and Colwick areas v/culd have a better Committee spread on the Council. 1 recognise chat Be at wood Park, Lambley and '.Vcndborough V.'ards only return 1 Councillor each but other considerations apoly in their cases. A split \vuuld also mean that the 3000 electors in the Nether.field area would only have 2 Councillors and they might be prejudiced by a drop- in representation on Council Committees. I am inclined, therefore, to the view that overall the best interests of tht Colv/ick electorate will be served by their remaining part of the Nether field IVard which would continue to return 3 Councillors. With regard to the name of Mapperley War-;, as I indicated earlier in tijis Report, the name should be changed to avoid confusion.

I accordingly recommend - that the Commissions Draft Proposals for the electoral arrangements for the Borough of Gedling be modified by the change of name of Mapperley to 3t. J aiiies and that no other modifications be made.

In concluding my Report I should like to express my thanks to the ladies and gentlemen who attended the Meeting for the courteous and informative way they raaue their observations and the officials of the ito rough Council for the arrangements they made for. the Meeting.

V. Douglc-r; Knox. 20, Town Moor Avenue, Aayintant Commissioner, Doncauter, youth York-hire Local Government Boundary May llth, 1975. Tor iiln:.land. SCHEDULE 2

BOROUGH OF GEDLING : NAMES OF PROPOSED WARDS AMD NUMBERS OF COUNCILLORS

NAME OF WARD NO OF COUNCILLORS

BKSTWOOD PARK 1 BOHINGTON 3 BURTON JOYCE JiND STOKE BARDOLPH 2

CALVERTON 3

CARLTON 3 CARLTON HILL 3 CAVENDISH 2 CONWAY 2 GEDLING 3 KILLISICK 2

KINGSWELL 3 LAMBLEY 1

MAPPERLEY PLAINS 3 NETHERFIELD 3

NEWSTEAD 2 OXCLOSE 2 PHOENIX . 2 PORCHESTER 3

PRIORY 2

ST JAMES 3 ST MARY'S 3 WOODBORQUGH 1 WOODTHORPE 3 GEDLING DISTRICT» - SCHEDULE 3

QZCLOSS WARP. Commencing at a point at v/hich the northern boundary of Redhill Cemetery meets the eastern boundary of Bestwood Park CP, thence eastwards along the northern boundary of the said cemetery to - its north eastern corner, thence southwards and eastwards along the eastern boundary of the said cemetery to Mansfield Road,. thence southward along the said road to a point opposite the prolongation eastwards of the southern boundary of the railway property, thence westwards along the said prolongation to the district boundary, thence westwards and following the district boundary and the eastern boundary of Bestwood Park CP to the point of commencementt • ' .

BONINGTON WARD." Commencing at the point at which Nottingham Road meets the eastern boundary of OXCLOSE WARD, thence generally northwards .along the said boundary and the eastern boundary of-Bestwood Park CP to the northern boundary of No I1*, Lodge Close, thence south-eastwards along the said boundary and the northern boundaries of Hos 1? to 1?> Lodge Close and the vacant plot to the east of No 17, Lodge Close to Mansfield Road, thence southwestwards along, the said t road, to Redhill Road, thence southeastward along the said road to High Street, thence southwards along the said street to Front Street, thence southwestwards along the said street and Nottingham Road to the point of commencement, . ST. MARYS WARD. • • -- r -• - - •• Commencing at the point at which Front Street meets the eastern /•' boundary of Bonington Ward, thence generally northwards along the said boundary to the eastern boundary of Bestwood Park CP, thence generally northward along the said boundary to the southern . boundary of Papplewick CP, thence northeastwards along the said boundary to the western boundary of Calverton CP, thence generally eastwards and southwards along the said boundary to the western, boundary of Woodborough CP. thence generally southwards along the said boundary to a point opposite the track and path from Woodborough Lane to Surge/1s Lane, thence southwestwards to and along the said track and path to Surrey's Lane, thence southeastwards along the said lane to a point opposite the eastern boundary of No 220, Surgey's Lane, thence southwestwards along the said boundary and a prolongation southwestwards to the eastern boundary of No 25, Homefield Avenue, thence soutbwestwartis along the said boundary and a prolongation thereof to the eastern boundary of No. 29 Homefield Avenue, thence southwestwards along the said boundary and the eastern boundaries of No 37 to No 79, Homefield Avenue to the path from Homefield Avenue to KiUIsick Lane, thence southeastwards along the said path to the t western boundary of Parcel No 5738 on O.S.'1:2500 Sheet SK 58/59^6 Revision of 1966, thence southwestwards along the said boundary to a point opposite Birchfield Road, thence westwards in a straight line to Birchfield Road, thence southwestwards along the said road - to Vial ton Road, thence northwestwards along the said road to a point opposite the eastern boundary of No 2, Walton Road, thence southwest- ward to and along the said boundary and continuing southwestward along the eastern boundaries of Nos 82 to 26, Willbert Road, thence southeastwards along the northern boundaries of No 6 to 8 and south- westwards along the eastern boundaries of Nos 9 to 13, Kirkley Gardens and continuing southwestwards along the eastern boundary of No 101, Coppice Road to Coppice Road, thence southeastwards along the said road to a point opposite the eastern boundary of No.' .:•:••-.•••.- ' . •- ...;. 3. St. Marys Ward (cont)

110, Coppice Road, thence southwestvards to and along said eastern boundary and the rear boundaries of No 200 to No 2, Ravenswood Road and continuing along the rear boundaries of Nos 13 to 1, Worral Avenue and the southern boundary of No 70, Front Street to Front Street, thence southwestwards along the said street to the point of commencement ing at the point. whore Gedlin/; Koa'3 rceety the aoxithorr. boundary of

St J.'urys Yterd; thence generally northeastwards along the southern and eastern boundaries of the said ward to the southern boundary of Y/oodborough CP; thence eastwards along the said boundary to the v/estem boundary of Lo.rn.bley CP; thence southwards along the said boundary to Woodborou^-h Lane; thcmcc northv:ost-.vards alc.ng the said lane to a point, opposite the north western boundary of Pacel K as shov/n on Ordnance Survey 1:2500 Plan 8X6046 Revision of 1957; thence s to and along the said boundary and the northwes-tern and western boundary of Parcel

No 1673 to- the western boundary of Parcel No1551; thence southwards along the said boundary and the v/estern boundaries of Parcel Nos 0537( 04?7 to the v.'estern boundary of Parcel No 1110; thence continuing southwards and southeaotv;arda along the. western and soxithcrn boundaries- of Parcel No 1110 to a point being the prolongation of Howbeck Road; thence Eouthv/estwards to and along said road and Rollecton Drive to Brookfield Road;, thence north\?estv/ards and westwards along the said road to Gedling Hoad; thonce southweat\vards and northwestwards along said road to the point of commencement.

.Commenoinj at the point where Gedling Road meets plains Road; thence north westwards along Gadling Road to Rolleston Drive; thence northeastwards along the said drive to the southeastern boundary of Killisick Ward; thence northeastwards along said boundary to. the western boundary of Larnbley CP; thence southwards along said boundary to Mapperley Plains; thence southwestv/ards along Mapperley Plains and

J'laina uoad to the point of co . v . . .5 Kireswaj. WARD. ' ' Commencing at the point where the railway crosses the eastern boundary of

Oxclose Ward; thence northwards along the said boundary and northeastwards along the southeastern boundary of Bonington Ward to the southern boundary of St Mary3Ward' Xillisick "Vard to the western boundary of Thence along the said boundary and the southern boundary of/tfapperloy HainSWard; thence southwestv:ard3 and southaastwards along the said boundary to Plains Road; .. thence southwestwards along said road to Somersby Road; thence northwestwards alonn- • ; said road to AIVIO Vale Itoaclj thence westwards along said road to Saville Road;. • thenco northwestwards along said road to the railway; thence westwards along the railway to the point of coi.imencement,

WOOPT:iQRP3 7/ARD ' '

Commencing at the point where Plains Road meets the western boundary of the District; thence westwards and following the District boundary to the southeastern boundary of Oxclose Ward; thence northeastwards along said ward boundary to tho southern boundary of Kingswell Ward; thence eastwards and southeastwards along said ward boundary to Plains Road; thence southwards along said road to the point of commencement.

CARL'CT Y/AHD Commencing on tho woo torn boundary of the .District at the northwest corner of KTo 129

tarkdale Road; thence northeastwards along the Tear boundaries of Hos 129 to 173 . Parkdale Road and continuing along tho rear boundaries of Nos 124 to 114 Southdale * Koad to the footpath loading from Southdale Road to Southcliffe Road; thence. . generally northwards along said path to Southcliffe Road; tbcncoxzxrG-teccrxl^c:Ctt^^>^^vlCft<^3 •

t : ^<^l7^>cx .:lcx-ft*bc>:^;^^ iihci;ii:fcc?lcad<; thence westwards and northwards r.long said road to a point opposite the southern boundary of Ho 101 Southcliffe Road; thence .v/entv/ctrda to and along said southern boundary and continuing northwards an-1 eastwards alon-j tho rear boundaries of Nos 101 to 125 Southcliffe Road to the co-inon boundary betv.'eon Noo 175 ^^d 173 Carl ton 11.111; thenco northv/ards along said boundary to its northwest cornel'; thence northeastwards in a straight line to the common boundary between llos 170 and 180 Carl ton Hill; thenco northeastwards along .the said boundary to itrj most northern point; thence in a straight line to the southwest corner of C_arlton V/ard (cont) No 3 For?oter Grove; thenco nprtheaatwards along tho rear boundaries of Nos 3 to 29- ,i Forester Grove and continuing along tho western boundary of No 52_ivy Grove; thence in a straight line to the eastern boundary of Mo 35 ivy Grove j1 thence northeastwarda along said boundary and continuing northeastwards along tho roar boundaries of Nos 31 to 47 forester Grove; thence northwestwards along the rear boundaries of Vo 125 Foxhill rtoad to the eastern boundary of No 129 Foxhill Road; thence northeastwards along said boundary and continuing in a straight line across Foxhill Road and Foxhill Road Central to the southeast corner of No 190 Foxhill Road Central; thence generally northwards along the eastern boundary of No 190 Foxhill Road Central and continuing northwestwards along the rear boundaries of Nos 190 to 216 Foxhill Road • ^ Central to the footpath leading to Cavendish Road; thence northeastwards along said footpath to Cavendish Road; thence northeastwards to the southeastern corner of No 222 Cavendish Road; thence continuing northeastwards along tho northeastern boundary of No 222 Cavendish Road to a point opposite the rear boundary of Nos 220 to 216 Cavendish Roadj thence southeastwards along said rear boundaries and . continuing along the rear boundary of No 84 Cavendish Road to the rear boundary of No 7 Belper Avenue; thence northeastwards along the rear boundaries of Noa 7 to 59 Belper Avenue; thence aoutheastwarda along the northeastern boundary of No 59 Belper Avenue; thence continuing southeastwards in a straight line to tho northwestern corner of No 64 Belper Avenue; thence southeastwards along the northeastern "boundary of No 64 Belper Avenue1, thence southwostvards along the southeastern boundary of No 64 Belper. Avenueto the northeastern boundary of Carlton Vale Farm;(as shown on Ordnance Survey 1:1250 Plan SIC6042S3 Revision of 1967); thence southeastoards along the said boundary and continuing southeastwards along the northeastern boundary of No 55 Buxton Avenue to Buxton Avenue; thence northeast- wards along said avenue to Castle ton Avonue; thence southeastv;ards alon

wardo along said boxmdary and in prolongation thereof to the northeastern boundary of tho Recreation Groundj thence southeastward3 along the said boundary to the northwestern boundary of Carlton Cemetery; thonco Gouthwostv;nrds along said boundary

t° cavendish ^oad; thenco oouthoastwarda along Raid road to a noint opposite the Carl ton '.Yard (cont) ' •

Y/eatern boundary of No 1J5a Cavendish Hoadj thence sonthwostvards to and alonp c=5d boundary and continuing. southwootwards along the rear "boundaries of NOD 31 to 1a Yforth Street; thence continuing northwestwards along the western boundary of No 63 Foxhill Road East to Fozhill .Road East; thence .southeastwards along the said road

to a point opposite the western boundary of the Recreation Ground; thence southv.-ards to and alon;; said Recreation Ground boundary and continuing southwards along the .boundary western/of Carl ton St Paul's C of E School to Carl t in r. Hill; thence eastwards alonp- said hill to a point opposite the western boundary of St Paul's Church (C of 5); thence southv/ardo and eastwards along the western and southern boundaries of the said Church; thonce continuing eastv/ards in a straight line to the northern boundary of No 14 Shipley Rise; thence .eastwards along the said boiurlary and the northern boundaries of Nos 15 to 1? Shipley TUso to the western boundary of No 15 Greenhill Hise; thence southwards along the said boundary and continuing southwards and eastwards along the western and southern boundaries of No 17 Greenhill Hise to Greenhill. Rise; thence northwards along said rise to a point opposite the northern boundary of the Council Depot; thence eastwards and southwards along the northern and eastern boxuidaries of the said depot to a piint opposite the northern boundary of the Builders Yard in George Road; thence eastwards to and ;..along the said boundary .to George Road; thence northwards along the said road to a point opposite the • soiithern boundary of the vacant plot to the south of No 27 George Road; thence eastwards to and along the said boundary and continuing eastwards along the southern boundary of the orchard to the south of No 111 Station Road; thence southwards along the western boundaries of Nos 50 tO 56 Mar Hill Road; thence eastwards along the southern boundarXc,- of No 56 ?;'ar Hill Road and continuing eastwards in a straight line to the southern boundary of Ho 49 War Hill Road; thence eastwards and northwards along the southern ami eastern boundaries of No 49 Mar Hill Road to the southern boundary of No 12 Prirarouc Crescent; thenco eastwards along the said boundary and continuing eastwards along the soxxthcrn boundaries 6f Nos 11 to 0 Prinrosc the Crescent; thoncc south eastwards along the southern boxmdary of/Parcel oS land to the southwest of No 5 Midland Crescent; thence northeastwards along the southeastern

boundary of tho said parcel and continuing northeastwards along the southeastern Carlton Vford (contj boundary of No 5 Milland Crescent to Midland Crescent; thence southeast-wards alonflf the said crescent and continuing 3outheastwarda in a straight line to the railway; thence oouthwcstwards along the said railway to the western ."boundary, of the District; thenc.c northwestwards and -following the District "boundary to the point of coTKnenconcnt. •: • - ' 9. PHOENIX WART).' '. Commoncing at a point where Freda Avenua meets Cavendish Avenue, thence northwestwards to and along the southern boundary of No 17, Freda Avenue to the eastern boundary of the' property known as "Jerbourg", thence southwestwards, northwestwards and 'northeast- wards along the eastern, southern and western boundaries of the ' . said property to the southern boundary of No 268, Westdale Lane East, thence northwestwards and northeastwards along the southern and eastern boundary of No 268, Westdale Lane East, thence continuing northeastwards along the eastern boundary of No 32, Road, thence continuing northeastwards in a straight line to and along the eastern boundary of No 19, Lowdhara Road, thence northeastwards along the northwestern boundary of No 3^) Freda Close to the southeastern boundary of No 32, Freda Close, thence generally northeastwards along the southeastern boundaries of Nos 32 to 26, Freda Close, thence northwestwards along the northeastern boundary of No 26, Freda Close to the northwestern boundary of No 2k, Freda Close, thence northeastwards along the northwestern boundaries of Nos 2k to 16, Freda Close, thence eastwards along the northern boundary of No Ik, Freda Close to a point opposite the entrance to the road to the west of Nos 9 to 19? County Road, thence northwards along the said road to County Road, thence northeastwards along the said road to Shelford Road, thence southeastwards along the said road to' a point opposite the eastern boundary of Stanhope County Infants School, thence northeastwards to and along the said boundary to Road, thence northwestwards and northwards along the said road to Gunthorpe Road, thence eastwards along the said road to Stanhope Road, thence northwqrds along the said road to Arnold Lane, thence southcastwards along the said lane to a point opposite the access road to the property known as "Oxendon", thence southwcstwards to and along the said access road to the ,.-..- JLO. Phoenix Ward (cont) the northeastern boundary of the said property, thence southeastwards i along the said boundary to the eastern corner of the said property, thence southwards in a straight line to the northeast boundary of No 1*4-, Kings Avenue, thence southeastwards along the northeastern boundaries of. Nos m- to 35, Kings Avenue and continuing southeast- wards along the southwestern boundary of the property known as "Holme Cottage", thence southwestwards, southeastwards and northeastwards • along the northwestern, southwestern and southeastern boundaries of No 2, Avenue, thence southeastwards along the said avenue to the northwestern boundary of No W, Lymn Avenue, thence northeastwards and southeastwards along the northwestern and northeastern boundary of No • MS, Lyinn Avenue and continuing southeastwards along the rear boundaries of Nos MS to *f2, Lymn Avenue to the northwestern boundary of No 3j All Hallows Drive, thence southwestwards along the said boundary and continuing southwestwards along the northwestern boundaries of No *f, All Hallows Drive, the properties known as "St Eia" and "Alpato" to A.pple Tree Lane, thence northwestwards along the said lane to Queens Avenue, thence southwestwards along the said Avenua, southwestwards and northwestwards along Radford Crescent, thence northwestwards along St Mary's Avenue to a point opposite the southwestern boundary of No 28, St Mary's Avenue, thence southwestwards to and along the Nos said boundary and northwestwards along the rear boundaries of/28 to 2, St Mary's Avenue, thence northeastwards along the northwestern boundary of No 2, St Mary's Avenue, thence northeastwards along the said boundary to the northern boundary of No 32, Roslyn Avenue, thence nor th /eastwards and northwestwards along the said boundary to Roslyn Avenue, thence northwestwards along the said Avenue to a point opposite the northeastern boundary of No ^-1, Roslyn Avenue, thence northwestwards to and along the said boundary and southwestwards along the rear boundary of said property to Besecar Close, thence northwestwards along.the said Close to Besecar Avenue, thence northeastwards along

Cf» 1 H A irnnno hn .n rtrti n t; r^nnoc'l fcr-i ithrs r\n i'Vi frtrvm Ha ecu-* nr> A iron lira T.C1 ~< ; ':••. .... • . ' 11. Phoenix Ward (cent) to Thoresby Avenue, thence northwestwards to and along the said path and Rufford Avenue to Lascelles Avenue, thence southwest- wards along the said Avenue to Cavendish Avenue, thence north- westwards along the said Avenue to the point of commencement.

GEDLING WARD.

Commencing at the point where Stoke Lane meets the Nottingham - Gedling railway, thence northwestwards .along the said Lane to Burton Road, thence generally southwestwards along the said road . to a point opposite Burton Close, thence northwestwards along the said Close to a point opposite the southwestern boundary of - No l8b, Burton Close, thence northwestwards to and along the said boundary to the rear boundaries of Nos I8b to 2, Burton Close, thence northeastwards along the said boundaries and in prolong- ation thereof to Ouse Dyke, thence northwestwards along the said Dyke to a point being the prolongation of the northern boundary of No 26, Ddveridge Avenue, thence northwestwards to and along' the said prolongation and northern boundary and southwestwards • along the northwestern boundary of No 26, Doveridge Avenue to the northern boundary of No 21, Doveridge Avenue, thence north- westwards along the said boundary and in prolongation thereof to the rear boundary of No *+2, Vernon Avenue, thence .southwestwards along the said boundary and the rear boundaries of Nos *iO to *f, Vernon Avenue, thence southeastwards along the southwestern boundaries of Nos 7 to 1, Doveridge Road and continuing southeast- wards along the northeastern boundary of No 123, Burton Road to Burton Road, thence southwestwards along the said road to the access road to Park House Clinic, thence northwestwards along the said access road to a point opposite the eastern boundary of No 1, Redland Avenue, thonce northwards to and along the said boundary and 'continuing northwards in a straight line to the eastern Ged.linK Ward (cont) boundary of No 12, Redland Grove, thence northward along the said boundary and the eastern boundary of No 3A, Redland Grove, thence northvestwards along the northern boundary of No l*f, Redland Grove- and continuing northwestwards along the northern boundaries of Nos 16 to 60. Redland Grove, thence northeastwards along the western boundaries of Nos 19 and 2*+, St Austins Drive, thence south- eastwards along the rear boundaries of Nos 2U- to IV, St Austins Drive, and in prolongation thereof to the western boundary of . No l6a, St Austins Drive, thence northwestwards along the western boundary of No l6a, St Austins Drive, thence northeastwards and northeastwards along the eastern boundary of the property known / as "West View", thence continuing northeastwards along the rear boundaries of Nos 12 to 1, Acacia Creacwit, ^ . , to the southern boundary of No 9> Westdale Lane East, thence southeastwards along . the said boundary and the southern boundaries of Nos 7 to 1, Westdale Lane East, thence northeastwards along the eastern boundary of No 1, Westdale Lane East and crossing Westdale Lane East to the road between Westdale Lane East and Albert Street, thence north- eastwards along the said road to the southern boundary of No 17, Victoria Street, thence northwestwards along the said boundary to Victoria Street, thence northeastwards along the said street to a point opposite the northern boundary of No 20, Westdale Lane East, thence northeastwards to and along the said boundary and northwest- wards and southwestwards along the northeastern and northwestern boundaries of No 22, Westdale Lane East to the rear boundary:of No 2"+, Westdale Lane East, thence northwestwards along the said boundary and the northeastern boundaries of Nos 26 to 30, Westdale Lane East and continuing northwestwards in a straight line to the southwestern boundary of No 1, Chesnut Grove, thence northwest- wards and northeastwards along the southwestern and rear'boundary of No 1, Chesnut Grove, thence continuing northeastwards along the • • . .13.

ft V/ard (cont)

the northwe stern boundaries of Nos 3 to 21) Chcsnut Grove and continuing northeastwards along the southeastern boundaries of Nos 3 to 9, Priory Crescent, thence northwestwards along the northeastern boundary of No 9> Priory Crescent to the south- eastern boundary of No 2, Beverley Gardens^ thence northeast- wards along the caid boundary to Beverley Road, thence northwest- wards along. the said road to a point opposite the northwestern boundary of No 1, Beverley Gardens, tbonce northeastwards and southeastward s along the northwestern and northeastern boundaries .of No 1, Beverley Gardens to the northwestern boundary of Mo 9j Beverley Gardens, thence northeastwards along the said boundary and the northwestern boundaries of Nos 11 and 1?, 'Beverley Gardens • to the southwestern boundary of No ?1, Main Road, thence northwest- wards along the said boundary to the southeastern boundary of All Hallows C of E Primary School, thence northeastwards, southeastward?*, northeastwards along the eastern boundary of the said school to the path from Main Road to Priory Road, thence northwestwards along the said path to Priory Road,. thence northeastwards along the said road to Apple Tree Lane, thence northwestwards along the said lane to the southwestern boundary of PHOENIX WARD, thence northeastwards and northwestwards along the southeastern and northeastern boundaries 'of the said Ward and continuing northwestwards along Arnold Lane to N G reference SK 60669^3677, thence northeastward in a straight line to N G reference 6l30WiiPi8 on the southern boundary of Lambley CP, thence eastwards along the said boundary and southeastwards along the southwestern boundary of Burton Joyce CP and southwestwards along the northwestern boundary of Stoke Bardolph CP to the Nottingham - Lincoln railway, thence southwest- wards along the said railway to the point of commencement. WARD.

Commencing at the point where the southeastern boundary of CARLTON WARP meets the western boundary of the district, thence northeastwards along the said ward boundary and continuing along the Nottingham/Lincoln railway and the southeastern boundary of GEDLING WARD to the western, boundary of Stoke Bardolph CP, thence southwards along the said boundary to the southern boundary of the district, thence generally westward along the southern and western boundaries of the district to the point of commencement. .. \i . * 'U HILT. V'ARJl Commencing at the point where the western boundary of Carl ton tfard meets the western boundary of the District ; thence sou thvrest wards and following the District boundary to a point opposite the northv/estern boundary of No 214 Parchester Koad; thence northeastwards- to and along the said boundary and the northwestern boundaries of.Nos 1 to 15 Daisy Road; thence northwestwards' and- ; northeastwards along the southwestern and northwestern boundaries of No 6j

Hillviow Road to Hillview Road; thenco northwestwards along said road to

Kenrick Road; thence northeastwards along said road to a point opposite the ' northeastern boundary of No 94 Hill view Road; thence southeastward^ to and along aaid boundary to tho northwestern boiuidary of No 9?. Hlllvlew Road; thence northeastwards and -southeaotwards along the northv/estem and northeastern boundaries of Ho 92 Hill view Hoad; thence continuing southeastwards along the rear boundaries of Mos 90 to 66 uillview Road to Sim'

boundaries of Not? 1 to85 Prospect Road; thence eastwards in a straight line . to the southern boundary of Mo 66 Ernest Road; thence eastv.-ards along said . boundary to tho roar boundary of No 91 Prospect Road; thence eastwards along said boundary and the roar boundaries of Nos 93 to 155 Prospect Hoad to Valley . • Road; thonce • generally southca^twards along said road and Foxhill Hoad Central to Pirat Avenue; thance oouth-.vestv/ards along said avenue to a point opposite tho northeaatem- boundary of Mo 40 Firsb Avenue; thence southsastwards to and along aaid boundary to tho footpath fro*n Itooton Road to First Avenue; Whence south'.vootv.xirds alon^ said footpath to a point oppocito the roar boundary of No ?A Arthur Crescent; thonce southeast wards to and along said boundary and the 1 rear boundaries of So 22 to 2 Arthur Cro3cent;\ thenco southwoolwards along tho southeast ern boundaries of No 2 Arthur Crescent and No 2^3 Carl ton Hill to Carl ton Hill; thchce eastwards along said hill to a point opposite tho eaiitcm boundary of the Recreation Ground; thonce southwards to And along said boundary to a point opposite 16 Carl ton Hill. V/ar-i (cont)

the northern boundary of the disused pit; thence eastwards to and along

said boundary to the southeast cornor of tho Sloctricty Sub Station; thonce southeastv/ards in a straight line to the western boundary of Carlton '.Yard at

Grid Reference SK6054041Q70? thence southeastwarda and southwestwarda along .said ward boundary to the point of commencement. .

COMWAY Tf Commencing at the point where the northvreotern boundary of Nethorfield !7ard meets the eastern boundary of Carlton !.7ard; thence northwestwards and following the boundax*y of Carlton Ward to the rear boundary of No 31 Cambridge Street; thence southeastwards along said boundary and the rear boundary of Mos 29 to 5

Cambridge Street and the southern boundary of No 50 Redland Grove; thence in a straight line to the southern boundary of No 57 Redland Grove; thence southeastwards to and along

said boundary and continuing south-.&stv&xdft alon;; the rc-.-'.r boundaries of Noo 42 to 48 and 47 to 41 Burlington Road to tho western boundary of Gedling Ward; thence continuing southeast wards and following said boundary to the \ horthv;o3tern boundary of Notherfield V/ard; thence south'.Yestv/ards along said boundary to the point of conrnence.'nent.

' PRIORY -YARD

Comeucing at the point where the western boundary," of Conway- \7ard meets the

northern boundary of Garlton Ward; . thence northuest'.vo.rds along o^.i-'l northern

boundary to c-. point on the northeastern boundary of No 220 Southview rtoad;

thonce northwestwards along aaid boundtiry and continuing nort^wsotwc-.rds alon;; the

roar boundaries of Hos 222 to 2?8 Southvicv; !?o.v.d and ttos 2 and 4 Veronica Drive;

thencs northo

thonco northv/oatwards along the rear boundarioa of No 1^5 Vfeotdalo Lane East .

to a point on tho southeastern boundary of tho Nursery; thence generally

northeaot-.varda along ^aid boundary to V/estdalo Lane East; tlience norlhvrc^twar.ls

along aaid lane to a point oppooito the raau bounaary-.J of No 1 Tlioro^y Avanua; •

thence northcastwardn to and alon^ nald boundary and continuing alon-- tho recir 17 Priory Vfard (cont)' boundaries of Nos 3 to 29 Thorosby Avonue to the southwestern boundary of Phoenix Ward; thence southeastward along the said boundary to the western boundary of Codling Ward; thence coutheastwards and following said boundary to the northern boundary of Conway Ward; thonce northwestwards along said boundary to the point of commencement. . •

Commencing at the point where the northern boundary of Carl ton Hill TTard meets Simkin Avenue i thence northeastwards along the said avenue to the point opposite the rear boundary of No 98 Fraser Road;, thence southeaatwards to and along said boundary and continuing southeast wards along the rear boundariec of Nos 96 to °,Q Fraser Road and Nos J to 16 Fraoer Crescent; thence northeastwards along the rear boundaries of Nos 1 to 1J Fraser Square and No 1 Gardenia Grove; thence in a straight line to the northwestern boundary of Ho 6 Gardenia Grove; thence northeastwards along said boundary and continuing northeastwards along the northwestern boundary of No 19 Fraser Square; thence continuing northeastwards along the northeastern boundary of the area containing the garages in Fraser Square and continuing northeastwards along tho northv/estom boundary of Ho 147 Coningsv;athh Road and in a straight line to the northwestern boundary of No 74 Coniigswath Road; . thence northeastwards along said boundary and the roar boundaries of Nos 100 to 42 Portland Road to the footpath from Portland Road to Cavendish Road; thence along eald footpath to Cavendish Road; thenco southcastwards along said road to the western boundary of Carlton Wardf thenco generally southwards alons said boundary * to the eastern boundary of Carlton Hill Ward; thence northwards and following said boundary to tho point of com-nenconent. POROHSSTER. W 18 Conunencing at the point where the southeastern boundary of Yfoodthorpe 77ard meets s"^

the western boundary of the District; thence northeastwards along said boundary and the southeastern boundaries of Kingswell Ward and l.Tapperley Plain V/ard to the southern boundary of Lambley CP; thence eastwards along the said boundary to the western boundary of Gedling Ward; thence southwest wards along said boundary to Arnold

Lane; thence northwestwards along said lane to a point opposite the northwestern

boundary of Parcel No 2^66 as shown on Ordnance Survey 1:2500 KLan SK60/6143 Revision of 1969; thence southwestv/ards along- said boundary to the v;estern

boundary of Parcol No 1972; thence southwestwards along said boundary and : continuing oouthv/estwards along the western boundary of Parcel No 2566 and continuing southwestwards in a straight line to the north--:.? stern boundary of No 39 7>igby Avenue; thence southv/estv/ards along said boundary to Bigby Avenue; . thence northwards along said avenue to Lambley Avenue; thence southwsstwards along said avenue to ffeatdale Lane West; thence noutheastivards along said lane

to Roseleigh Avenue; thence southwestwards along said avenue to a point opposite;

- .the southwestern boundary of No 94 Roseleigh Avenue; thence northvrastwards to , -t

1 anrl along said boundary and the 'southwestern boundary of Ho 1?2 ttonric ; Koafl to ; - ^ • Kcntlck itoai; tnence southweotwardo alon,^ sai'1 roal to.tho nortnem ^oun.lpr.y of : Carl ton ,-jill ward; thence south\73Stwar;ls alon^ said boundary to ths -:o1.nt of

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in^ at the point on the northern boundary of Garlton Hill 7,'ard v/here it meets the ooaithea.'3tem boundary of Porchecter V/ard; thence northeastv;a?xl3 and EoutheaytwarJo alon^; the southeastern boundary of Porchester V,rard to' the scnthy.'cstern boundary of GcdlinG' '.7ard; thcnco southeaotvrardo alon^ said v;ard boundary to the western boundary of Phoenix V.'ard; thonoe southv;ootv;ar.la and couthenotwards along said boundary to the v/estorn boundary of Priory ""artl; thence southv.'catv/axxls along oaid boundary to the northv;entcrn boundary of Carlton Tard; thence continuing southwestv/arJs along said boundary to the ea.itern "boundary of Cavendish \7ard; thence northv/estv/ards and following said boundary to the northern boundary of Carlton Hi Ward; thence northwestwards along said boundary to tho point of corn-iancement. V . BESTOOD PARK V7ARD The parish of Beetwood Park

BURTON JOYCE AM) STOKE BARDOLPH WARD The parishes of Burton Joyce and Stoke Bardolph

CALVERTOH The parish of Calverton

LAHBLEY WARD The parish of Laribley

NEtfSTEAD WARD The parishes of Linty, Fapplewick and Newstead

WOODBOHOUGH WARD ..The parish of VTood'borough