Draft orders laid in Parliament for Staffordshire and Gloucestershire

On 30 January 2012 the draft orders for Staffordshire County Council and Gloucestershire County Council were laid in Parliament. The draft orders will be laid in Parliament for 40 days. Parliament can either accept or reject our recommendations.

More information is available on the Staffordshire and Gloucestershire webpages.

Recommendations become Law

Orders to implement recommendations made in Rushmoor, Daventry and Broxbourne were made on 24 January 2012 and published on 27 January 2012.

To read more and view the orders visit our Rushmoor, Daventry, and Broxbourne pages.

Information gathering begins in Northamptonshire

The Commission has begun an information gathering stage to develop a new pattern of division arrangements for Northamptonshire County Council. From 25 January 2012 to 2 April 2012 residents are invited to put forward proposals for division arrangements based on a council size of 57. Continue to our newsrelease.

For more on the Commission's council size recommendation visit the Northamptonshire webpage.

Information on the review timescale and process can be found in the letter sent to the Chief Executive of Northamptonshire (PDF).

Consultation opens on two boundary reviews

Following requests from the councils, local residents are invited to have their say on plans to redraw council boundaries in the following areas:

• Northumberland County Council & Gateshead Council - the area around Ravenside Bungalow
• East Hertfordshire District Council & Stevenage Borough Council - the area around Gordian way, Neptune gate and Trajan gate.

Visit the webpages for East Hertfordshire & Stevenage and Northumberland & Gateshead for more detail and to read the reports. 

For more information on Boundary reviews click here.

Information gathering begins in Boston

Local residents are invited to give their views on what their council will look like in the future as the Commission begins further information gathering for the Boston Borough Council electoral review.

• For more information on the review visit the Boston webpage
• Click here to read our newsrelease
• Read the letter sent to the Chief Executive of Boston

Have your say on council size for Rushcliffe

Local residents are invited to give their views on what their council will look like in the future as the Commission begins the first part of an electoral review of Rushcliffe Borough Council.

• Click here to read our newsrelease
• Read the letter sent to the Chief Executive of Rushcliffe
• For more information on the review visit the Rushcliffe webpage

Final recommendations published

We have published final recommendations for Buckinghamshire (PDF), Hart (PDF), Oxfordshire (PDF) and Surrey (PDF)

Summaries of the reports are available on the Buckinghamshire, Hart, Oxfordshire and Surrey pages

To read the newsrelease for each review see our Latest News