Changes to Electoral Arrangements for North Lincolnshire
The Local Government Commission for England published its final proposals for future local government electoral arrangements in North Lincolnshire on 15 May 2001.
Draft recommendations for electoral arrangements were published on 12 December 2000, after which there was an eight-week consultation period. The final report summarises the representations received by the commission during this consultation, and contains the final recommendations to the Secretary of State.
The Commission's main recommendations for North Lincolnshire are:
- North Lincolnshire Council should have 43 councillors, one more than at present;
- there should be 17 wards, instead of the current 15;
- the boundaries of 13 of the existing wards should be modified, resulting in a net increase of two, and two wards should retain their existing boundaries;
- elections should continue to take place every four years.
The recommendations aim to ensure that the number of electors represented by each borough councillor is as nearly as possible the same, taking into account local circumstances.
- In 12 of the proposed 17 wards the number of electors per councillor would vary by less than 10 per cent from the district average.
- This level of electoral equality is expected to improve further, with the number of electors per councillor in all but one ward expected to vary by less than 10 per cent from the average for the district in 2005.
Recommendations have also been made for changes to parish council electoral arrangements which provide for:
- two parish wards to cover Burringham parish;
- the parish of Keadby with Althorpe ceasing to be warded for parish council election purposes.
Full copies of the report are available on the Local Government Commission for England's website. Copies will also be available for reference in North Lincolnshire Council offices, local links and public libraries.
All further correspondence on the recommendations and the matters discussed in the report should be addressed to the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, who will not make an Order implementing the Commission’s recommendations before 26 June 2001.
The Secretary of State
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
Local Government Sponsorship Division
Eland House
Bressenden Place
London
SW1E 5DU