Cannock Chase

A review of the number of councillors, wards and ward names for Cannock Chase Council
Currently in review

Latest Information

Making our recommendation into law

We ask Parliament to approve our recommendations.

Dates: 28 Jun 2023

Previous stages

Our recommendations for new electoral and boundary arrangements.

Dates: 9 May 2023 - 9 May 2023

We consult with local people and organisations to help us refine our proposals.

Dates: 29 Nov 2022 - 6 Feb 2023

We ask local people and organisations to tell us about their communities.

Dates: 24 May 2022 - 1 Aug 2022

We decide how many councillors an authority should have.

Dates: 24 May 2022 - 1 Aug 2022

We review the electoral and boundary arrangements of councils to make sure they are fair. Our reviews include at least two rounds of public consultation before we make recommendations for change.

We are carrying out an electoral review of Cannock Chase because it has been a long time since the last review.

15 March 2022  We decide how many councillors there should be
24 May - 1 August 2022  We carry out an initial public consultation on communities
29 November 2022 - 6 February 2023 We carry out a public consultation on our proposals
9 May 2023 We publish our recommendations
May 2023 We ask Parliament to approve our recommendations
May 2024 New arrangements apply to local elections

 

 

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Making our recommendation into law

Effective date

The Cannock Chase (Electoral Changes) Order 2023 was made in Parliament on 21 September 2023.

Parliamentary scrutiny of our recommendations

A Draft Cannock Chase (Electoral Changes) Order 2023 was laid in Parliament on 28th June 2023. 

If there is no successful objection by a member of the Commons or Lords within 40 parliamentary sitting days the draft Order will become law.  

Previous stages

Final report

Our recommendations for new electoral and boundary arrangements were published on 9 May 2023.

As a result of our final recommendations on new warding patterns, we are making changes to the parish electoral arrangements for the following parish and town councils: 

Consultation on proposals

Local views on our proposals

You can see comments received from local people and organisations about our revised proposals. 

Consultation on proposals

We have proposed a new pattern of wards. We want to hear the views of local people and organisations to help us produce our recommendations for change.

As a result of our draft recommendations on new warding patterns, we are making changes to the parish electoral arrangements for the following parish and town councils:

Initial consultation

Local views given during our initial consultation

You can see comments received from local people and organisations about their communities.

 

Initial Consultation

We ask local people and organisations to tell us about their communities.

 

Councillor numbers

Decision on the number of councillors

We have decided that Cannock Chase District Council should have 36 councillors.

Previous Reviews

Previous reviews are held on the UK Government Web Archive

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