7 PARISH ELECTORAL REVIEW - FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS PDF 121 KB
To consider a report by the Head of Administration on final recommendations arising from the parish electoral review of the District.
Contact: Mrs L Jablonska 388004
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Minutes:
Further to Minute No. 06/17, the Panel was acquainted with a report by the Head of Administration (a copy of which is appended in the Minute Book) detailing the present position in relation to the parish electoral review of the District, including the consultation exercise and comments received during that process.
Further consideration was given to the proposed new scale of parish council representation which had been developed to replace the existing scale that had been in existence since 1974. The Panel concurred with their previous discussions on the subject and concluded that the current scale was out of date and did not reflect the growth in the size of parishes for the year.
The Panel considered the representations received from interested parties in the formulation of the final recommendations for changes to parish boundaries and electoral arrangements and Members agreed that as a result of representations received from smaller parishes against some of the proposed amalgamations, such proposals affecting these parishes should not be put forward as final proposals.
In considering representations made in respect of Huntingdon, the Panel undertook to re-visit the electoral arrangements in the towns following the emergence of further detailed Regulations on community governance reviews under the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007. Whereupon, the Panel
RESOLVED
that full Council be recommended to –
(a) approve the new scale of parish council representation as outlined in the report now submitted;
(b) approve the final recommendations for changes to parish and electoral arrangements as detailed in the report now submitted for the Council to implement these changes by Order at the next scheduled parish elections;
(c) support the proposal to invite the parishes of Buckden and Diddington to group under a common parish council; and
(d) approve the final recommendations for changes to parish boundaries and electoral arrangements for submission to the Secretary of State and the Electoral Commission.