South Derbyshire electoral review
Recommendations become law
The South Derbyshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2011, to implement recommendations made by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England (LGBCE) for new boundaries in South Derbyshire, was made on 28 January 2011 and was published on 2 February 2011). New ward arrangements for South Derbyshire have now successfully completed a 40 day period of Parliamentary scrutiny and will come into force at the local elections on 5 May 2011.
The order for South Derbyshire can be viewed through the following link:
www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/165/contents/made
Draft order laid in Parliament
On 29 November 2010 the South Derbyshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2011 was laid in draft in Parliament.
The draft order if made would give effect to the final recommendations that were consulted on during the Local Government Boundary Commission for England’s review of electoral arrangements in South Derbyshire and published on 12 October 2010.
The draft order will be laid in Parliament for a period of 40 sitting days. Parliament can either accept or reject our recommendations. If accepted, the new electoral arrangements will come into force at the next scheduled elections for South Derbyshire in 2011.
The draft order refers to a map. The map comprises the following sheets:
Final recommendations on future electoral arrangements in South Derbyshire
Final recommendations
On 12 October 2010 we published our final recommendations for the further electoral review (FER) of South Derbyshire District Council. These can be found using the links below.
Please use the links below to access our final recommendations and associated documents.
- Final recommendations for South Derbyshire District Council (PDF)
- Summary of the report (PDF)
- News release on final recommendations for South Derbyshire
- Letter sent to the Chief Executive of South Derbyshire District Council (PDF)
Maps of the area recommendations:
Please note: some of these maps may be very large and may take some time to download.
Stage Three
Draft recommendations
On 25 May 2010 we published our draft recommendations for the further electoral review (FER) of South Derbyshire District Council. These can be found using the links below.
- Draft recommendations for South Derbyshire District Council (PDF)
- Summary of the report (PDF)
- News release on draft recommendations for South Derbyshire
- Letter sent to the Chief Executive of South Derbyshire District Council (PDF)
- Map 1 - Overview (PDF)
- Map 2 – Swadlincote town (PDF)
- Map 3 – Hartshorne parish (PDF)
- Electoral reviews: what they are and how you can get involved (PDF) provides straightforward information for members of the public who want to get involved in the review.
- Electoral reviews: technical guidance (PDF) contains more detailed guidance on the review process and includes details of the legislation that reviews are conducted under.
Maps of the area recommendations:
Please note: some of these maps may be very large and may take some time to download.
On 25 May 2010 we began a consultation on our draft recommendations in South Derbyshire. Between 25 May 2010 and 19 July 2010 we invited comments on the ward boundaries in the authority.
Consultation closed on 19 July 2010.
Below are the submissions we received:
MP's, Councillors and Political groups
Parish and town councils
All the submissions are contained in one PDF document. At the front of the document there is a list of names with internal links to the relevant submissions.
Parish and town councils (PDF)
Local Residents
All the submissions are contained in one PDF document. At the front of the document there is a list of names with internal links to the relevant submissions.
Stage One
On 27 October 2009, we started the further electoral review (FER) of South Derbyshire District Council. Between 27 October and 18 January, we invited comments on the appropriate council size (number of members elected to the district council) and ward boundaries for the authority.
Consultations closed on 18 January 2010
The representations we received are available to view below:
Local authority
South Derbyshire District Council (PDF)
South Derbyshire District Council additional information (PDF)
Political groups, Councillors and MPs
South Derbyshire District Council Labour group (PDF)
South Derbyshire Conservative Association (PDF)
Cllr Bale (PDF)
Cllr Hewlett (PDF)
Cllr Plenderleith (PDF)
Mark Todd MP (PDF)
Parish Councils
Aston-upon-Trent Parish Council(PDF)
Barrow-upon-Trent Parish Council (PDF)
Bretby Parish Council (PDF)
Burnaston Parish Council (PDF)
Castle Gresley Parish Council (PDF)
Coton-in-Elms Parish Council (PDF)
Egginton Parish Council (PDF)
Elvaston Parish Council (PDF)
Etwall Parish Council (PDF)
Findern Parish Council (PDF)
Hilton Parish Council (PDF)
Hatton Parish Council (PDF)
Stenson Fields Parish Council (PDF)
Residents
B Foster (PDF)
M Bordoli (PDF)
SJ and CM Orme (PDF)
W Lythgoe (PDF)
The below links contain more information about this review.
You may find the electorate figures for South Derbyshire (XLS), appendices of these figures (XLS), and their rationale (PDF)) and maps of parished areas (PDF) and unparished areas (PDF) useful. Please also read our advice on how to propose a pattern of wards (PDF).
We produced two different documents to support people where there is an electoral review being conducted in their area:
