Issue - meetings

The Local Government Boundary Commission for England has recently notified the Council of its intention to carry out an electoral review of the Council. The review will consider the total number of councillors on the Council, and then review the numbers and boundaries of electoral divisions within the Council.

This report sets out proposals for the creation of an Electoral Review Task & Finish Group to consider the issues raised in such a review and to bring recommendations to Strategy & Resources Committee.

Following consideration, it was resolved that the Committee:

(1)      Noted the current position regarding the proposed Electoral Review to be carried out by the Local Government Boundary Commission;

(2)      Established an Electoral Review Task & Finish Group, to progress the proposed Review and to formulate recommendations to Strategy & Resources Committee on any submissions to the Commission during the Review process;

(3)      Agreed the governance structure and the terms of reference for the Electoral Review Task & Finish Group as set out in Appendix 2 to this report;

(4)      Sought member nominations from all Party Leaders to the Electoral Review Task & Finish Group with five from the Residents Association Group, one from Labour, one from the Liberal Democrats and one from the Conservative party;

(5)      Delegated to the Chairman of Strategy & Resources to confirm the member appointments to the Electoral Review Task & Finish Group.

The Local Government Boundary Commission for England had recently notified the Council of its intention to carry out an electoral review of the Council. The review would consider the total number of councillors on the Council, and then review the numbers and boundaries of electoral divisions within the Council.

The Committee received a report setting out proposals for the creation of an Electoral Review Task & Finish Group.

The following matters were considered:

a)            Electoral Review Task and Finish Group. The Committee noted that it was recommended not to permit substitutes on the Task and Finish Group, to enable consistency across its meetings. Meetings of the Task and Finish Group would be arranged in a manner to enable all of its Members to attend.

Following consideration, it was resolved that the Committee:

(1)      Noted the current position regarding the proposed Electoral Review to be carried out by the Local Government Boundary Commission;

(2)      Established an Electoral Review Task & Finish Group, to progress the proposed Review and to formulate recommendations to Strategy & Resources Committee on any submissions to the Commission during the Review process;

(3)      Agreed the governance structure and the terms of reference for the Electoral Review Task & Finish Group as set out in Appendix 2 to this report;

(4)      Sought member nominations from all Party Leaders to the Electoral Review Task & Finish Group with five from the Residents Association Group, one from Labour, one from the Liberal Democrats and one from the Conservative party;

(5)      Delegated to the Chairman of Strategy & Resources to confirm the member appointments to the Electoral Review Task & Finish Group.