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Electoral Review
After a period of consultation with town, parish and district councils, the County Council met on 18 April to agree the submission to the Boundary Committee. The Council’s recommendations for the new electoral divisions were then submitted to the Boundary Committee on 21 April. The submission is available below:
Representatives of the Boundary Review Working Party met with members of the Boundary Committee on 13 May to clarify some issues around our justification for a Council size of 98. All parties agreed that this was a very useful meeting.
Subsequent requests have been received for further information and clarity on several issues but in particular on:
- composition and role of area boards
- devolution of powers to area boards and parish and town councils
- functions and responsibilities of unitary councillors within this framework
The Boundary Committee met again on 27 May and we are at the time of writing still awaiting their formal response. We do know however that officers of the Boundary Committee are already working on the detail of the submission as we are responding to requests for further details.
Timeline
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26th Feb - 21 April 2008 |
Stage 1: Commencement of review and submission of proposals for future electoral arrangements. |
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21st April – early July 08 |
Stage 2: The Boundary Committee considers proposals and prepares draft recommendations report. |
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Early July - late August |
Stage 3: The Boundary Committee publishes draft recommendations report and invites representations - 8 week consultation process on draft recommendations |
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Sept – 31 October 2008 |
Stage 4: The Boundary Committee considers representations, reaches conclusions on final recommendations and submits a final report to the Electoral Commission. |
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Dec 08 |
Final Decision of the Electoral Commission. |
If you have any queries about Wiltshire’s boundary review, please contact John Quinton, head of Democratic and Member services on 01225 71 3054 or johnquinton@wiltshire.gov.uk
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