Wandsworth Council the Table Lists All the Wards We Are Proposing As Part of Our Final Recommendations Along with the Number of Voters in Each Ward
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NOVEMBER 2020 Summary Report The full report and detailed maps: www.consultation.lgbce.org.uk www.lgbce.org.uk Our Recommendations Wandsworth Council The table lists all the wards we are proposing as part of our final recommendations along with the number of voters in each ward. The table also shows the electoral variances for each of the proposed wards which tells Final Recommendations on the new electoral you how we have delivered electoral equality. Finally, the table includes electorate projections for 2025 so you can see the impact of the recommendations for the future. arrangements Ward Name Number of Electorate Number of Variance Electorate Number of Variance councillors (2019) electors per from (2025) electors per from councillor average (%) councillor average (%) Balham 3 12,930 4,310 10% 13,094 4,365 4% Battersea Park 3 12,664 4,221 8% 13,060 4,353 4% East Putney 3 12,346 4,115 5% 12,619 4,206 0% Falconbrook 2 8,015 4,008 2% 8,499 4,250 1% Furzedown 3 12,438 4,146 6% 12,558 4,186 0% Lavender 2 8,759 4,380 12% 9,078 4,539 8% Nine Elms 2 1,637 819 -79% 7,875 3,938 -6% Northcote 2 8,756 4,378 12% 8,782 4,391 5% Roehampton 3 11,705 3,902 0% 12,344 4,115 -2% Shaftesbury & Queenstown 3 10,967 3,656 -7% 11,571 3,857 -8% Who we are Why Wandsworth? South Balham 2 7,905 3,953 1% 8,045 4,023 -4% ● The Local Government Boundary Commission ● The Commission has a legal duty to carry out an for England is an independent body set up by electoral review of each council in England ‘from Southfields 2 8,964 4,482 14% 9,015 4,508 7% Parliament. time to time’. ● We are not part of government or any political ● Wandsworth Council has not been reviewed St Mary’s 3 9,784 3,261 -17% 12,349 4,116 -2% party. since 1999 and the Commission has therefore Thamesfield 3 11,704 3,901 0% 12,411 4,137 -1% ● We are accountable to Parliament through a decided that it should review Wandsworth committee of MPs chaired by the Speaker of the in advance of the elections in 2022. Tooting Bec 3 12,542 4,181 7% 12,724 4,241 1% House of Commons. ● Our main role is to carry out electoral reviews of Tooting Broadway 3 12,263 4,088 4% 12,409 4,136 -1% Our proposals local authorities throughout England. ● Wandsworth Council currently has 60 councillors. Trinity 2 8,425 4,213 8% 8,635 4,318 3% Based on the evidence we received, we Electoral review recommend that 58 councillors should serve the Wandle 2 7,891 3,946 1% 8,364 4,182 0% An electoral review examines and proposes new council in the future. Wandsworth Common 3 11,380 3,793 -3% 12,425 4,142 -1% electoral arrangements for a local authority, including: ● We believe our final recommendations meet our ● The total number of councillors representing the statutory criteria to: Wandsworth Town 3 12,589 4,196 7% 13,796 4,599 10% council’s voters (‘council size’). 1. Deliver electoral equality for voters ● The names, number and boundaries of wards or 2. Reflect community interests and identities West Hill 3 11,651 3,884 -1% 11,923 3,974 -5% electoral divisions. 3. Promote effective and convenient local West Putney 3 11,823 3,941 1% 11,863 3,954 -6% ● The number of councillors for each ward or government division. Totals 58 227,138 – – 243,439 – – Averages – – 3,916 – – 4,197 – Summary of our recommendations We have considered all the submissions we received Overview of final recommendations during our consultation on our draft recommendations. The final recommendations propose that Wandsworth should have 58 councillors, a decrease of two from the current for Wandsworth Council arrangement. View this map online and explore it in more detail at: consultation.lgbce.org.uk Wandsworth should have 22 wards, an increase of two. The boundaries of all of the existing wards should change. Follow the review on Twitter: @LGBCE The 58 councillors should represent 14 three-councillor If you are viewing this page online, click on the map to go straight to our wards and 8 two-councillor wards across the borough. interactive consultation area. An outline of the proposals is shown in the map to the right. A detailed report on the recommendations and Nine Elms interactive mapping is available on our website at: www.lgbce.org.uk. Battersea Park Find out more at consultation.lgbce.org.uk: St Mary's ● view the map of our recommendations down to street level. Shaftesbury & ● zoom into the areas that interest you most. Queenstown ● read the full report of our recommendations. ● find more guidance on the review process Falconbrook Thamesfield Lavender Stage of Review Description Wandsworth Town Northcote West Putney East Putney 28 May 2019- Public consultation on warding Roehampton 05 August 2019 arrangments Wandle Balham 27 October 2019- Public consultation on draft Southfields Wandsworth 17 February 2020 recommendations West Hill Common 16 June 2020- Public consultation on further Trinity 27 July 2020 limited draft recommendations South Balham 03 November 2020 Publication of final recommendations Tooting Bec Subject to parliamentary Two-councillors wards approval - implementation of Three-councillor wards Tooting Broadway May 2022 Contains Ordnance Furzedown new arrangements at local Survey data © elections Crown copyright and database rights 2020.