To receive and note a report by the Managing Director on the forthcoming electoral boundary review.
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Minutes:
The Committee gave consideration to a report by the Managing Director (a copy of which is appended in the Minute Book) on the Local Government Boundary Commission for England’s (LGBCE) process for the electoral review of Huntingdonshire. The first phase of the review was for the Council to produce a submission to the LGBCE, which provided a rationale, backed up with evidence, for a proposed Council size. The timescale for completion of this work was very short, so a working group comprising representatives from political groups had been convened to make a recommendation on the number of councillors the Council needed.
The Committee reviewed the detailed submission, which had been prepared to support the retention of 52 Members. Subject to strengthening the Council’s case through the inclusion of sources for the figures provided, the Committee endorsed the contents of the submission on Council size.
Members noted that the Committee would continue to be involved in the remaining stages of the review.
RESOLVED
that the Council be recommended to approve the Huntingdonshire District Council submission to the Local Government Boundary Commission for England on Council size.
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