Canterbury

A review of the number of councillors, wards and ward names for Canterbury City Council
Currently in review

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Final report

Our recommendations for new electoral and boundary arrangements.

Dates: 30 Jul 2024

Previous stages

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

Dates: 27 Feb 2024 - 6 May 2024

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

Dates: 26 Sep 2023 - 4 Dec 2023

We decide how many councillors an authority should have.

Dates: 19 Sep 2023

New arrangements apply to elections after this date.

Dates: 16 Dec 2014 - 16 Dec 2014

Our recommendations for new electoral and boundary arrangements.

Dates: 12 Aug 2014 - 12 Aug 2014

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 Surrey because the number of electors per councillor varies a lot across the council..  

19 September 2023 We decide how many councillors there should be
26 September - 4 December 2023 We carry out an initial public consultation on communities
27 February - 6 May 2024 We carry out a public consultation on our proposals
30 July 2024 We publish our recommendations
TBC We ask Parliament to approve our recommendations
May 2027 New arrangements apply to local elections

 

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Latest Information

Final report

Our recommendations for new electoral arrangements were published on 30 July 2024.

As a result of our final recommendations, we are making changes to the electoral arrangements for the following parish/town councils:

Previous stages

Consultation on proposals

Local views on our proposals

You can see comments received from local people and organisations about our 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 final recommendations on new warding patterns we are making changes to the electoral arrangements for the following parish/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

We have decided that Canterbury should have 39 councillors.

Effective date

The Canterbury (Electoral Changes) Order 2014 was made on 16 December 2014. 

The new arrangements came into effect at the May 2015 elections.

Final report

Our recommendations for new electoral and boundary arrangements were published on 12 August 2014.

Previous Reviews

Most recent and previous reviews are held on the UK Government Web Archive.

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