Cheshire West & Chester electoral review
Final recommendations on future electoral arrangements in Cheshire West & Chester
On 13 July 2010 we published final recommendations for future electoral arrangements in Cheshire West & Chester. These are available through the links below.
- Final recommendations for new local government electoral arrangements for Cheshire West & Chester Borough Council (PDF)
- Summary of the report (PDF)
- Read our news release
You can see the maps of the proposed recommended boundaries below:
- Map 1 - overview of whole county (PDF)
- Map 2 - Neston (PDF)
- Map 3 - Willaston, Burton and Thornton (PDF)
- Map 4 - Ellesmere Port (PDF)
- Map 5 - Northwich (PDF)
- Map 6 - Chester (PDF)
- Map 7 - Winsford (PDF)
Please note: some of these maps may be very large and may take some time to download.
We have now completed our electoral review of Cheshire West & Chester. The changes we have proposed must be approved by Parliament. An Order - the legal document which brings into force our recommendations - will be laid in Parliament. Parliament can either accept or reject our recommendations. If accepted, the new electoral arrangements will come into force at the next elections for Cheshire West & Chester Council in 2011.
Further consultation - 24 March 2010 to 21 April 2010
Following our analysis of the submissions received during Stage Three, we sought further views in a small area of Cheshire West & Chester. This area covered the proposed wards of Elton, Little Neston & Burton, and Saughall & Mollington.
On 24 March we published a press release.
The further consultation closed on 21 April 2010.
Below are the responses we received to our further consultation. Because of the number of submissions received, we have uploaded these as one document.
We consulted on our draft recommendations until 1 February 2010.
Below are the responses we received during this consultation. Due to the number of submissions received we have not uploaded these as individual documents.
Cheshire West and Chester Council
Cheshire West and Chester Council (PDF)
MPs and political groups
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.
MPs, political parties and political groups in Cheshire West and Chester (PDF)
Councillors
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.
Councillors on Chester West and Cheshire Council (PDF)
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 in Cheshire West and Chester (PDF)
Residents
All the submissions are contained in three PDF documents, arranged by surname: A-G, H-P or Q-Z. At the front of each document there is a list of names with internal links to the relevant submissions.
Non-political organisations
We received submissions from Residents Associations, Community Groups and other non-political groups and organisations. 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.
Residents and Community Associations and non-political groups in Cheshire West and Chest (PDF)
Please note that some of these documents are large and may take some time to download.
Stage Three - draft recommendations
On 10 November 2009 we published our draft recommendations (PDF) for electoral arrangements for Cheshire West & Chester Council. The review is being carried out to decide the number of councillors and the boundaries of electoral wards for the unitary authority which took on local government functions in Cheshire (along with Cheshire East Council) in April 2009.
We have also published a summary of the report (PDF)
Maps of the area:
- Map 1: large map of the area (PDF)
- Map 2: proposed wards in Neston (PDF)
- Map 3: proposed wards in Willaston and Thornton (PDF)
- Map 4: proposed wards in Ellesmere Port (PDF)
- Map 5: proposed wards in Northwich (PDF)
- Map 6: proposed wards in Chester (PDF)
- Map 7: proposed wards in Winsford (PDF)
Please note that some of these maps are large and may take some time to download.
We consulted on our draft recommendations until 1 February 2010.
Stage One
On 12 May 2009, we started Stage One of the electoral review for the new Cheshire West & Chester unitary authority (ending 3 August 2009), consulting on the pattern of electoral arrangements for the authority. In the previous stage, we consulted on the proposed council size for the new council and decided it should have 75 elected members. Consequently, proposals for electoral arrangements should be based on this.
You may find our advice on warding patterns useful. We also provide a map of parishes, a map of unparished areas and a list of electorate figures.
Below are the representations we received during Stage One:
Cheshire West and Chester Council submission (PDF)
Supplementary maps part 1 (PDF)*
Supplementary maps part 2 (PDF)*
* please note that these files are very large and may take some time to download on your computer
Political groups, MPs and councillors
Councillors (PDF)
Cheshire West and Chester Green Party (PDF)
Ellesmere Port & Neston Conservatives (PDF)
Ellesmere Port & Neston Liberal Democrats (PDF)
Chester Conservatives (PDF)
Labour Group (PDF)
Labour Local Government Committee (PDF)
Liberal Democrats Group (PDF)
Neston & Parkgate Labour (PDF)
Lord Harrison (PDF)
M Hall MP (PDF)
A McCarthy MEP (PDF)
A Miller MP (PDF)
C Russell MP (PDF)
S Moseley PPC (PDF)
Parish and town councils
Residents
A-E (PDF)
F-H (PDF)
I-P (PDF)
R-Z (PDF)
Preliminary council size consultation
On 24 February 2009, we started the electoral review for the new Cheshire West & Chester unitary authority. During the current six week preliminary stage of the review (until 6 April 2009) we invited proposals for the council size of the new Cheshire West & Chester Council. We only considered comments on council size at this time, and we will consider detailed electoral arrangements for Cheshire West & Chester during two further periods of consultation later in 2009.
Below are the submissions we recieved:
Cheshire West & Chester Council
Cheshire West & Chester Council submission (PDF)
Parish and town councils and councillors
Acton Bridge Parish Council (PDF)
Broxton & District Parish Council (PDF)
Guilden Sutton Parish Council (PDF)
Huxley Parish Council (PDF)
Lea-by-Backford Parish Council (PDF)
Malpas Parish Council (PDF)
Mickle Tafford & District Parish Council (PDF)
Northwich Town Counil (PDF)
Shocklach Oviatt & District Parish Council (PDF)
Tarpoley Parish Council (PDF)
Tarvin Parish Council (PDF)
Tilston Parish Council (PDF)
Tiverton & Tilstone Fearnall Parish Council (PDF)
Upton-by-Chester Parish Council (PDF)
Weaverham Parish Council (PDF)
Winsford Town Council (PDF)
Political organisations and MPs
Cheshire West & Chester Labour Local Government Committee (PDF)
Cheshire West & Chester Liberal Democrats (PDF) and additional clarification (PDF)
Residents
Mr Norman Angel (PDF)
Mr Keith Butcher (PDF)
Mr Reg Chrimes (PDF)
Ms Jill Houlbrook (PDF)
Dr & Mrs Lanceley (PDF)
Consultation
Letter sent to Chief Executives of County and District Councils at the beginning of the review (PDF)
Letter sent to Parish and local Councils at the beginning of the review (PDF)
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