Parish council submissions to the Oxfordshire County Council electoral review. This PDF document contains 23 submissions from parish and town councils. Some versions of Adobe allow the viewer to move quickly between bookmarks. Click on the submission you would like to view. If you are not taken to that page, please scroll through the document. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 01 April 2011 16:48 To: Reviews@ Subject: Custom Form Submission Received - Custom Form Submission Notification Custom Form Submission Received Contact us Email, A new custom form submission has been received. The details of the form submission are as follows: Submission Information Custom Form: Contact us (#212) Form URL: http://www.lgbce.org.uk/about-us/contact-us Submission ID: 434 Time of Submission: Apr 1st 2011 at 3:47pm IP Address: Form Answers Your name: Mr Nigel Warner on behalf of Abingdon Town Council Your email: I am: a parish clerk Comment/enquiry relating to a current review type: Comments: Local Government Boundary Commission – Electoral Review of Oxfordshire 1. Abingdon Town Council note that using the 2016 projected population data there are expected to be 522, 455 electors in Oxfordshire and 25,915 in Abingdon. At first sight it seems appropriate that Abingdon Town should be represented by 3 County Councillors, whose average division size would be 8,638 which is very close to the County–wide average (assuming 64 County councillors) of 8,163 2. The town of Abingdon is a distinct local entity – indeed the present situation of where one County Division consists of two wards in Abingdon plus the adjacent and much smaller village of Drayton is not satisfactory. Therefore the possibility of having three County Councillors representing only the town has great appeal. 3. However, the Council notes that the Commission normally use parish wards as building blocks which causes a problem – currently Abingdon is warded into 7 wards (Dunmore, Northcourt, Peachcroft, Abbey Barton, Fitzharris, Ock Meadow, and Caldecott). Each of these 7 wards elects 3 town councillors and 2 district councillors. Thus re-warding the town into 9 wards to allow 3 wards per new County Division, would mean that the parish and district wards would no longer be co-terminous. 4. The Town Council also understands that the Vale of White Horse District Council has recently proposed its size be reduced from 51 councillors to around 34. If this suggestion was adopted and a pro-rata reduction applied to Abingdon, the number of district councillors would reduce from 14 to about 9 or 10. Should this proposal proceed then it is possible that 9 single member district council wards could be created. However, the Town Council notes that a County Council boundary review is not able to alter district council ward boundaries, which poses a dilemma. This communication is from LGBCE (http://www.lgbce.org.uk) - Sent to Contact us Email From: Tian Davidson Sent: 08 March 2011 15:57 To: Metheringham-Owlett, Jessica Subject: Oxfordshire Electoral Review Dear Jessica , Appleton with Eaton Parish Council met and discussed this issue last night. The Parish Council concluded that they are in agreement with the number of County Councillors (64) and that their preferred option would be: 1. To keep the Parish as a whole rather than split up; 2. The Parish relates to Cumnor more than any other Parish; 3. The children of the Parish go to Matthew Arnold Secondary School; which is also the same for Cumnor. In conclusion, the Parish Council would like to remain in the division with either Cumnor or Cumnor and Wytham. The Parish Council would disapprove of connections with Kingston Bagpuise or Southmoor or North Hinskey as the relationships are not as strong. Please acknowledge receipt of this response. Kind regards Tian Mrs T Davidson Parish Clerk Appleton with Eaton Parish Council From: Clerk to Begbroke Parish Council [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 10 February 2011 13:20 To: Reviews@ Cc: Subject: Electoral review of Oxfordshire Comment from Begbroke PC The committee do not identify with Abingdon but more with West Oxfordshire. We are located in Oxford West and Abingdon. Regards Jeffrey Wright Clerk to Begbroke Parish Council FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (2000) Recipients should be aware that all emails received or sent by The Clerk to Begbroke Parish Council are subject to the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and therefore may be disclosed to a third party.If you have received this email in error, please notify the sender immediately. If you are not the person for whom it is intended you must not copy, distribute or disclose the contents of the email or take any action in reliance on it. From: Sue Cooper Sent: 12 January 2011 13:29 To: Metheringham-Owlett, Jessica Cc: Subject: RE: OCC review If OCC goes down to 64, please can you give us an apportionment (presumably on the basis of population) between the 5 districts? In particular I’d like to know how many OCC councillors South Oxfordshire would have. Given that there is to be a census soon, wouldn’t it make sense to wait until we have up to date population figures to deal with? Sue Cooper Clerk to Benson Parish Council BODICOTE PARISH COUNCIL Mrs V J Russell Clerk to the Council Tel. No.: e-mail: [email protected] Ms J Metheringham-Owlett Review Officer (Oxfordshire) Local Government Boundary Commission for England Layden House, 76-86 Turnmill St London EC1M 5LG 28 March 2011 Dear Ms Metheringham-Owlett Electoral Review of Oxfordshire Thank you for your letter of 11 January regard ing the above. We have given this matter some thought and are all in agreem ent that there m ust be no suggestion of Bodicote village being taken into the Banbury division. This is a complete non-starter for us. Bodicote is mentioned in the Dom esday Book and remains to this day a village with its own identity, notwithstanding its proxim ity to Banbury, which, over the years, has pushed nearer to our village. Our lives, co mmunity and concerns are rural and we feel very strongly that we must retain our rural identity. Also, while we understand the reasons for the possible reduction in the num ber of County Councillors, we are concerned at the suggestion that our County Councillor may take on the responsibility for several other Parishes as well. For many years, our County Councillor has looked after our interests and concerns very well, but we feel that he may become overstretched if he were to repres ent several other Parishes in addition to those for which he already has responsibility. However, there is a large-scale housing development planned for Bodicote Parish, on the eastern side of the Oxford Road, adjacent to Ban bury. Bodicote Parish C ouncil has not yet had time to consult the existing residents of Bodicote as to whether they wish the new housing to remain in Bodicote Parish or to become part of Banbury. If there is any suggestion of splitting Bodicote into two Wards, please be aware that the residents of the existing houses which f orm a ribbon developm ent along the east side of the Oxford Road and along Canal Lane have m ade it clear to us that they wish to rem ain in Bodicote, so we would request that the new boundary be drawn around this existing housing so that these residents can remain in Bodicote. We hope t hat you will take our comments into consideration when looking at the electoral representation for Bodicote. Yours sincerely Valerie J Russell (Mrs) - Clerk to the Council From: Chris Goodwin Sent: 25 November 2010 09:50 To: Reviews@ Subject: Chadlington, Oxfordshire Dear Sirs, In reponse to the proposed review to parish boundaries, Chadlington Parish Council would like the boundaries to remain as they are and no changes be made. Kind regards Chris Goodwin Clerk to Chadlington Parish Council PARISH COUNCIL OF DRAYTON (OXON) David Perrow Clerk n Tel. E-mail: [email protected] The Review Officer (Oxfordshire) Local Government Boundary Commission for England Layden House Turnmill Street London EC1M 5LG 21st March 2011 Dear Sirs, Response from Drayton Parish Council to Consultation on Electoral Review of Oxfordshire At its meeting held on Monday 7th March 2011 Drayton Parish Council considered its response to the questions posed in your consultation on the electoral boundaries in Oxfordshire, and I have been instructed to respond as follows: 1. Which areas do you identify as your local community? Drayton identifies with South Abingdon, Sutton Courtenay and Steventon, and is associated with the Abingdon secondary schools and Abingdon facilities such as Tilsey Park and the NET. 2. Do you have any suggestions about where your electoral division boundaries should be? - with any of the above. 3. How many councillors should there be in your division? Preference is to keep the number of councillors as now. Drayton Parish Council opposes any reduction in the number of councillors representing its ward. 4. Are there any areas that you don’t identify with? Drayton does not identify with Marcham or the Hendreds. Yours sincerely David Perrow Parish Clerk From: A SERMON Sent: 17 March 2011 22:57 To: Reviews@ Subject: Response to Local Govt Boundary Review Dear Sirs, As clerk to Eye & Dunsden Parish Council I have been asked to respond with the Parish Council's views: With the recommended changes it is clear that extra work will fall on the shoulders of a reduced number of councillors. The Parish Council would like to support the idea of making Henley a 2 member division.