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N:\Reports\...\Swale.Wp Draft recommendations on the future electoral arrangements for Swale in Kent October 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 local authorities’ electoral arrangements. Members of the Commission are: Professor Malcolm Grant (Chairman) Professor Michael Clarke CBE (Deputy Chairman) Peter Brokenshire Kru Desai 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 borough. © 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 13 5 NEXT STEPS 33 APPENDICES A Draft Recommendations for Swale: Detailed Mapping 35 B Proposed Electoral Arrangements from: Swale Conservatives Swale Labour Party Swale Liberal Democrats 39 C The Statutory Provisions 43 A large map illustrating the existing and proposed ward boundaries for Faversham and Sittingbourne 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 Swale on 9 May 2000. • 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 Swale: • in 14 of the 25 wards the number of electors represented by each councillor varies by more than 10 per cent from the average for the borough and six wards vary by more than 20 per cent from the average; • by 2005 this unequal representation 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 15 wards and by more than 20 per cent in seven wards. Our main draft recommendations for future electoral arrangements (Figures 1 and 2 and paragraphs 91-92) are that: • Swale Borough Council should have 47 councillors, two fewer than at present; • there should be 25 wards, as at present; • the boundaries 23 of the existing wards should be modified, 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 borough councillor is as nearly as possible the same, having regard to local circumstances. • In 22 of the proposed 25 wards the number of electors per councillor would vary by no more than 10 per cent from the borough average. • This improved level of electoral equality is expected to improve further, with the number of electors per councillor in 24 wards expected to vary by no more than 10 per cent from the average for the borough in 2005. 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 the parishes of Faversham and Minster-on-Sea; • an increase in the number of councillors representing Borden parish. This report sets out our draft recommendations on which comments are invited. • We will consult on our draft recommendations for eight weeks from 17 October 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 11 December 2000: Review Manager Swale Review Local Government Commission for England Dolphyn Court 10/11 Great Turnstile London WC1V 7JU Fax: 020 7404 6142 E-mail: [email protected] Website: 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 Borden 1 Borden ward (part - Borden parish) 2 Boughton & 2 Boughton ward; Courtenay ward; East Downs ward (part - the Courtenay parishes of Selling and Sheldwich) 3 Chalkwell 2 Grove ward (part); Woodstock ward (part) 4 East Downs 1 East Downs ward (part - the parishes of Badlesmere, Doddington, Eastling, Leaveland, Newnham, Stalisfield and Throwley); Teynham & Lynsted ward (part - Ospringe parish) 5 Faversham East 2 Abbey ward; St Ann’s ward (part); Watling ward (part) 6 Faversham North 1 Davington Priory ward (part); St Ann’s ward (part) 7 Faversham South 2 St Ann’s ward (part); Watling ward (part) 8 Faversham West 2 Davington Priory ward (part); St Ann’s ward (part) 9 Grove 2 Borden ward (part); Grove ward (part); Milton Regis ward (part) 10 Hartlip, 2 Hartlip & Upchurch ward; Newington ward Newington & Upchurch 11 Iwade & Lower 1 Unchanged (including Iwade parish as modified) Halstow 12 Kemsley 2 Kemsley ward (part); Milton Regis ward (part) 13 Leysdown & 1 Eastern ward (part - Leysdown and Warden parishes) Warden 14 Milton Regis 2 Milton Regis ward (part) 15 Minster Cliffs 3 Minster Cliffs ward (part); Eastern ward (part) 16 Murston 2 Murston ward (part) 17 Queenborough & 3 Unchanged Halfway 18 Roman 2 Roman ward (part); Murston ward (part) 19 St Michael’s 2 Murston ward (part); Roman ward (part); Woodstock ward (part) 20 Sheerness East 2 Sheerness East ward; Sheerness West ward (part) 21 Sheerness West 2 Sheerness West ward (part) LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND vii Ward name Number of Constituent areas councillors 22 Sheppey Central 3 Sheppey Central ward; Eastern ward (part - Eastchurch parish); Minster Cliffs ward (part - part of Minster-on-Sea parish) 23 Teynham & 2 Teynham & Lynsted ward (part - the parishes of Luddenham, Lynsted Lynsted, Norton, Buckland & Stone, Oare and Teynham); West Downs ward (part - Tonge parish and former Kingsdown parish) 24 West Downs 1 West Downs ward (part - the parishes of Bapchild, Bredgar, Milstead and Rodmersham) 25 Woodstock 2 Woodstock ward (part); Borden ward (part) Notes: 1 The parishes referred to above are those operative from 1 April 2003. 2 Sheerness and Sittingbourne are the only unparished parts of the borough. 3 Map 2 and Appendix A, including the large map at the back of this report illustrate the proposed wards outlined above. viii LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND Figure 2: The Commission’s Draft Recommendations for Swale Ward name Number Electorate Number Variance Electorate Number of Variance of (2000) of electors from (2005) electors from councillors per average per average councillor % councillor % 1 Borden 1 1,673 1,673 -12 1,829 1,829 -8 2 Boughton & 2 4,151 2,076 9 4,214 2,107 5 Courtenay 3 Chalkwell 2 3,894 1,947 3 3,908 1,954 -2 4 East Downs 1 2,049 2,049 8 2,081 2,081 4 5 Faversham East 2 3,671 1,836 -3 3,875 1,938 -3 6 Faversham North 1 1,953 1,953 3 2,011 2,011 1 7 Faversham South 2 3,882 1,941 2 3,999 2,000 0 8 Faversham West 2 3,918 1,959 3 3,930 1,965 -2 9 Grove 2 3,499 1,750 -8 3,797 1,899 -5 10 Hartlip, Newington 2 4,357 2,179 15 4,442 2,221 11 & Upchurch 11 Iwade & Lower 1 1,711 1,711 -10 2,074 2,074 4 Halstow 12 Kemsley 2 3,558 1,779 -6 3,896 1,948 -2 13 Leysdown & 1 2,067 2,067 9 2,159 2,159 8 Warden 14 Milton Regis 2 3,731 1,866 -2 4,075 2,038 2 15 Minster Cliffs 3 5,477 1,826 -4 5,743 1,914 -4 16 Murston 2 3,897 1,949 3 4,067 2,034 2 17 Queenborough & 3 5,480 1,827 -4 6,070 2,023 1 Halfway 18 Roman 2 4,035 2,018 6 4,041 2,021 1 19 St Michael’s 2 3,373 1,687 -11 3,804 1,902 -5 20 Sheerness East 2 3,747 1,874 -1 3,812 1,906 -5 21 Sheerness West 2 3,939 1,970 4 3,991 1,996 0 22 Sheppey Central 3 5,212 1,737 -8 5,907 1,969 -1 23 Teynham & 2 4,067 2,034 7 4,202 2,101 5 Lynsted 24 West Downs 1 1,845 1,845 -3 1,985 1,985 -1 LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND ix Ward name Number Electorate Number Variance Electorate Number of Variance of (2000) of electors from (2005) electors from councillors per average per average councillor % councillor % 25 Woodstock 2 3,970 1,985 5 3,981 1,991 0 Totals 47 89,156 – – 93,893 – – Averages – – 1,897 – – 1,998 – Source: Electorate figures are based on Swale Borough Council’s submission.
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