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2 Midweek Herald Tuesday 26th March, 2013
Tuesday 26th March, 2013 Midweek Herald 3 First draft of district boundary changes published THE independent Local Government Boundary Commission for England has published its final recommendations for new electoral arrangements for Warwick District Council. The publication follows an 11-week public consultation on its draft proposals last year and draws new boundaries for each council ward across Warwick. The commission’s final recommendations propose that Warwick should be represented by 46 councillors in the future, the same as the current arrangements. The recommendations also propose that those councillors should represent four threemember wards, 16 twomember wards and two single-member wards across the district. Max Caller, chair of the commission, said: “We are extremely grateful to the people of Warwick who took the time and effort to send us their views. The commission considered every piece of evidence it received before finalising these recommendations. “Across the district, we have sought to balance the views expressed to us by local people with the criteria we must apply when we are deciding on new electoral arrangements. As such, we believe these recommendations deliver electoral equality for voters as well as reflecting the identities of communities across Warwick.” In response to the views submitted to it during the consultation, the commission proposes some changes to the draft recommendations it put forward last October. For example, the final recommendations propose to include a threemember Whitnash ward which would cover virtually the whole of that parish. In Warwick town, the commission is now proposing that there should be a Heathcote and Myton ward which would include the Europa Way development with the Heathcote part of the Warwick Town Council area. In the Kenilworth area, the commission was persuaded by the council’s evidence that the ward pattern should remain the same as the current arrangements. It has therefore changed its draft recommendations accordingly. The final recommendations also mean that there Report by Ron Westrich should be a single-member Bishop’s Tachbrook ward to cover the parish. The proposed new arrangements must now be implemented by Parliament. A draft order – the legal document which brings into news@stratford-herald.com force the recommendations – will be laid in Parliament in the next few months. The draft order provides for the new electoral arrangements to come into force at the district council elections in 2015.
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