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The Commission's electoral review of Cambridge City Council concluded in July 2019. The aim of the review was to deliver electoral equality for voters in local elections, and recommend ward boundaries that ensure all councillors represent approximately the same number of electors.

 

Our review also aimed to deliver effective and convenient local government, and ensure that ward boundaries reflected the interests and identities of local communities.

Review Dates
  Date from: Date to:
Consultation on warding arrangements 29 May 2018 6 August 2018
Consultation on draft recommendations 2 October 2018 10 December 2018
Final recommendations published 5 February 2019  

 

Latest Information:

Recommendations become law

The Cambridge (Electoral Changes) Order 2019, to implement recommendations made by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England (LGBCE) for new electoral arrangements in Cambridge City Council, was made on 17 July 2019.

New ward arrangements for Cambridge have now successfully completed a 40 day period of Parliamentary scrutiny and will come into force at the local elections in May 2020.

The Order for Cambridge can be viewed through the following link.

Previous Steps:

On 22 May 2019, the Cambridge (Electoral Changes) Order 2019 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 Cambridge and published on 5 February 2019.

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 Cambridge in May 2020.

The draft order can be viewed here.

The draft order refers to a map which can be viewed here.

On 5 February 2019, we published final recommendations for future electoral arrangements in Cambridge.

We have now completed our electoral review of Cambridge City Council.

To view an interactive map of the final recommendations, visit our consultation area. You can view both the existing and proposed boundaries, and search by area or postcode.

The changes we have proposed must now be approved by Parliament.

A draft Order - the legal document which brings into force our recommendations - will now be laid before Parliament.

The draft Order will provide for the new electoral arrangements for Cambridge City Council to come into effect at the local elections in 2020.

 

Opinion Survey

We would be grateful if you could please spare some time to participate in our online survey. The survey seeks feedback on the review processes and procedures, to identify improvements that can be made.

 

*This data has been derived by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England (LGBCE) from the OS OpenData Boundary-Line product during the course of its electoral review of this authority. Its use is governed by the terms of the OS OpenData Licence Agreement. The data is provided in good faith by the LGBCE and is provided for information purposes only. It should not be used for canvasing or other purpose that might give the user any commercial gain.

The consultation on the Commission’s draft recommendations for Cambridge City Council closed on 10 December 2018.

Listed below are the submissions we received:

Local Authority:

Local Residents:*

*(Please note that this will open as a zip file)

 

On 2 October 2018, we published our draft recommendations for the electoral review of Cambridge City Council.

From 2 October 2018 to 10 December 2018, we are accepting opinions and comments (submissions) from the public on these recommendations for Cambridge City Council.

To view an interactive map of the draft recommendations, visit our consultation area. You can view both the existing and proposed boundaries, search by area or postcode, and have your say. A non-interactive image of the proposed ward boundaries is also available.

You can make a submission to the Cambridge electoral review:

  1.   through our consultation area,
  2.   by e-mailing [email protected], or
  3.   writing to the following address:

   The Review Officer (Cambridge)

   Local Government Boundary Commission for England

   1st Floor, Windsor House

   50 Victoria Street

   London

   SW1H 0TL

Information on how reviews work is available on our How Reviews Work Page.

You may also wish to read our document Electoral Reviews: Technical Guidance, which contains guidance on the review process and information on the legislation reviews are carried out under.

The consultation on the warding arrangements for Cambridge City Council closed on 6 August 2018.

 

All submissions (this will download all submissions received into a zip file)

 

The consultation on warding arrangements for Cambridge City Council has now closed.

From 29 May 2018 to 6 August 2018, we accepted opinions and comments (submissions) from the public on where you believe ward boundaries should be in Cambridge City Council.

The Commission is minded to recommend that Cambridge City Council should have 42 councillors in the future. This is no change from the current number of councillors.

For more information, see our:

To view an interactive map of the existing warding boundaries, visit our consultation area. You can search by area or postcode. A non-interactive image of the current ward boundaries is also available.

Information on how reviews work is available on our How Reviews Work Page.

You may also wish to read our document Electoral Reviews: Technical Guidance, which contains guidance on the review process and information on the legislation reviews are carried out under.

As part of the initial stages of the review, we consulted with Cambridge City Council on the most appropriate number of councillors to be elected to the council in future.

We received 1 submission on council size:

The Commission is minded to recommend that 42 councillors should serve Cambridge City Council in the future. This is no change from the current number of councillors.

Previous Reviews:

Final report (PDF), published on 23 April 2002 by the BCFE

Map 1 Existing wards; (PDF)

Map 2 Committee's final recommendations; (PDF)

Large Map (6.38 Mb) Illustrating the existing and proposed ward boundaries for Cambridge City; (PDF)

Draft report (PDF), published on 27 November 2001 by the LGCE

Map 1 Existing wards; (PDF)

Map 2 Committee's draft recommendations; (PDF)

Large Map (6.5 Mb) Illustrating the existing and proposed ward boundaries for Cambridge City; (PDF)