DERBYSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL Further Electoral Review of Derbyshire County Council Submission of Proposals for New Patterns of Divisions to the Local Government Boundary Commission for England 2 Table of Contents Page 1. INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................5 2. GUIDANCE ON PROPOSING A PATTERN OF DIVISIONS.......................5 3. THE COUNCIL’S APPROACH.....................................................................6 4. THE COUNCIL’S PROPOSALS...................................................................7 4.1. AMBER VALLEY .......................................................................................8 4.1.1. ALFRETON AND SOMERCOTES.........................................................9 4.1.2. ALPORT AND DERWENT...................................................................10 4.1.3. BELPER...............................................................................................11 4.1.4. DUFFIELD AND BELPER SOUTH ......................................................11 4.1.5. GREATER HEANOR ...........................................................................12 4.1.6. HEANOR CENTRAL............................................................................13 4.1.7. HORSLEY............................................................................................13 4.1.8. RIPLEY EAST AND CODNOR ............................................................14 4.1.9. RIPLEY WEST AND AMBERGATE.....................................................14 4.1.10. SWANWICK AND RIDDINGS..............................................................15 4.2. BOLSOVER.............................................................................................17 4.2.1. BARLBOROUGH AND CLOWNE........................................................18 4.2.2. BOLSOVER WEST..............................................................................19 4.2.3. ELMTON AND WHITWELL .................................................................19 4.2.4. HARDWICK..........................................................................................20 4.2.5. SHIREBROOK .....................................................................................21 4.2.6. SOUTH NORMANTON AND PINXTON ..............................................22 4.3. CHESTERFIELD .....................................................................................23 4.3.1. BIRDHOLME........................................................................................24 4.3.2. BRIMINGTON ......................................................................................25 4.3.3. BOYTHORPE AND BRAMPTON SOUTH...........................................25 4.3.4. LOUNDSLEY GREEN AND NEWBOLD..............................................26 4.3.5. SPIRE ..................................................................................................27 4.3.6. ST. MARYS..........................................................................................27 4.3.7. STAVELEY NORTH AND WHITTINGTON..........................................28 4.3.8. STAVELEY...........................................................................................28 4.3.9. WALTON AND WEST..........................................................................29 4.4. DERBYSHIRE DALES: ...........................................................................30 4.4.1. ASHBOURNE ......................................................................................31 4.4.2. BAKEWELL..........................................................................................32 4.4.3. DERWENT VALLEY ............................................................................32 4.4.4. DOVEDALE..........................................................................................32 4.4.5. MATLOCK............................................................................................33 4.4.6. WIRKSWORTH....................................................................................33 4.5. EREWASH ..............................................................................................35 4.5.1. BREADSALL........................................................................................36 4.5.2. BREASTON .........................................................................................37 4.5.3. ILKESTON WEST................................................................................37 4.5.4. ILKESTON EAST.................................................................................38 3 4.5.5. ILKESTON SOUTH..............................................................................38 4.5.6. LONG EATON......................................................................................39 4.5.7. PETERSHAM.......................................................................................39 4.5.8. SANDIACRE ........................................................................................40 4.5.9. SAWLEY ..............................................................................................40 4.6. HIGH PEAK.............................................................................................42 4.6.1. BUXTON NORTH AND EAST .............................................................43 4.6.2. BUXTON WEST...................................................................................44 4.6.3. CHAPEL AND HOPE VALLEY ............................................................44 4.6.4. ETHEROW...........................................................................................45 4.6.5. GLOSSOP NORTH AND RURAL........................................................46 4.6.6. GLOSSOP SOUTH..............................................................................46 4.6.7. NEW MILLS .........................................................................................47 4.6.8. WHALEY BRIDGE ...............................................................................47 4.7. NORTH EAST DERBYSHIRE.................................................................49 4.7.1. APPERKNOWLE .................................................................................50 4.7.2. CLAY CROSS NORTH ........................................................................51 4.7.3. CLAY CROSS SOUTH ........................................................................51 4.7.4. DRONFIELD EAST..............................................................................52 4.7.5. DRONFIELD WEST AND WALTON....................................................53 4.7.6. KILLAMARSH AND SPINKILL.............................................................54 4.7.7. SUTTON ..............................................................................................54 4.7.8. WINGERWORTH AND SHIRLAND.....................................................55 4.8. SOUTH DERBYSHIRE ...........................................................................56 4.8.1. ASTON.................................................................................................57 4.8.2. ETWALL AND REPTON ......................................................................58 4.8.3. HILTON................................................................................................59 4.8.4. LINTON................................................................................................60 4.8.5. MELBOURNE ......................................................................................60 4.8.6. SWADLINCOTE CENTRAL.................................................................61 4.8.7. SWADLINCOTE NORTH.....................................................................62 4.8.8. SWADLINCOTE SOUTH .....................................................................62 5. CONCLUSIONS .........................................................................................64 Appendix A - Current Electoral Divisions December 2011................................65 Appendix B - Proposed Electoral Divisions.......................................................67 Appendix C - Maps Showing Proposed Electoral Division................................69 Appendix D - Proposed Electoral Division Definition ........................................77 4 1. INTRODUCTION In April 2011, the Boundary Commission confirmed that an electoral review of the county electoral divisions in Derbyshire would commence on 11 July 2011. The Commission’s analysis of the 2010 electorate data for Derbyshire confirmed that significant imbalances exist in the county which meet their criteria for carrying out a Further Electoral Review to improve electoral equality. The analysis showed that 24 of the 64 divisions (38%) had an electoral variance of greater than 10% from the county average and one division, Hatton and Hilton, had an electoral variance of 39%. Details of the electorate and electoral variance for the current electoral divisions are included in Appendix A. The Review covers the entire Council not just the electoral divisions where there is evidence of electoral inequality and consists of three phases: 1. Preliminary period – information gathering; 2. Stage 1 - council size i.e. proposals for the total number of councillors/electoral divisions; 3. Stage 2 – area definition i.e. proposals for revised boundaries and names of electoral divisions. On 11 August 2011, Derbyshire County Council’s Cabinet approved the Council’s response to Stage 1 of the Review which proposed that the current council size