Canterbury
Give us your views
We want to hear from you.
The views of local people and organisations help shape our proposals and recommendations.
Just tell us what you think and why you think that.
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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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 final recommendations on new warding patterns we are making changes to the electoral arrangements for the following parish/town councils:
Previous stages
Initial consultation
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.