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Review Body
The Commission's electoral review of Tendring District Council concluded in November 2017. 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 aimed to deliver effective and convenient local government, and ensure that ward boundaries reflected the interests and identities of local communities.
Review Dates
| Dates from | Dates to | |
| Consultation on warding arrangements: | 25th October 2016 | 9th January 2017 |
| Consultation on draft recommendations: | 14th March 2017 | 8th May 2017 |
| Final recommendations: | 4th July 2017 |
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Latest Information:
Recommendations become law
The Tendring (Electoral Changes) Order 2017, to implement recommendations made by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England (LGBCE) for new boundaries in Tendring District Council, was made on 23 November 2017.
New ward arrangements for Tendring District Council have now successfully completed a 40 day period of Parliamentary scrutiny and will come into force at the local elections in 2019.
The Order for Tendring can be viewed through the following link.
On 13 September 2017, the Tendring (Electoral Changes) Order 2017 was laid in draft in Parliament.
Now that that draft Order has successfully passed through Parliament, it will give effect to the final recommendations that were consulted on during the Local Government Boundary Commission for England’s review of electoral arrangements in Tendring and published on 4 July 2017.
The draft Order can be viewed here.
The draft Order refers to a map which can be viewed here.
Previous Steps:
On 4 July 2017 we published final recommendations for future electoral arrangements in Tendring District Council. The report is available in the link below.
· Final recommendations for new local government electoral arrangements for Tendring District Council
· Summary of the Tendring report
· Letter to the Chief Executive of Tendring District Council
· Overview map of the Tendring District Council final recommendations
To interact with the final recommendations mapping click on the image above to visit our consultation area. You can view both the existing and proposed boundaries and search by area or postcode.
The mapping files used for the consultation portal can be downloaded here. 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.
We have now completed our electoral review of Tendring. The changes we have proposed must be approved by parliament. A draft Order - the legal document which brings into force our recommendations will be laid before parliament. The draft Order will provide for new electoral arrangements for Tendring District Council to be implemented at the local elections in 2019.
Opinion Survey
We would like to invite you to participate in our online survey. The survey seeks feedback on the review processes and procedures, in order to identify improvements that can be made. We would be grateful if you could spare some time to complete the opinion survey.
The consultation on draft recommendations closed on 8 May 2017.
Listed below are the submissions we received:
Local Authority:
Councillors:
Local Organisations:
Parish and Town Councils:
Frinton and Walton Town Council
Local Residents:
On 14 March 2017, we published our draft recommendations for the electoral review of Tendring District Council. Between 14 March 2017 and 8 May 2017 we are invited comments on our draft recommendations.
· Draft recommendations for Tendring District Council
· Summary of the Tendring report
· News release on draft recommendations for Tendring District Council
· Letter sent to the Chief Executive of Tendring District Council
· An overview map of Tendring District Council draft recommendations is available. Please note: this map is very large and may take some time to download.
To interact with the draft recommendations mapping visit our consultation portal. You can view both the existing and proposed boundaries, searching by area or postcode.
You may find the electoral figures (XLS) useful when thinking about division arrangements.
Guidance is available on our Guidance Page. You may also wish to read our document Electoral Reviews: Technical Guidance, which contains detailed guidance on the review process and information on the legislation reviews are carried out under.
The consultation on warding arrangements closed on the 9 January 2017.
Listed below are the submissions we received for this stage of the consultation:
Local Authority:
Tendring District Council
Councillors:
MPs:
Parish and Town Councils:
Local Residents:
On 25th October 2016, we started the first period of consultation for a pattern of wards for Tendring District Council. Between 25th October 2016 and 9th January 2017, we invited comments on the ward boundaries for the authority.
The Commission had also announced that it is minded to recommend that Tendring District Council should have 48 councillors in the future, which is a reduction by 12 councillors.
The Commission needed information from people and groups across Tendring to help it to produce a new pattern of wards to accommodate 48 councillors.
For more information read our news release and the letter to the Chief Executive of Tendring District Council (PDF).
You may find the electoral figures (XLS) useful when thinking about warding arrangements.
The polling district map may also be useful when thinking about warding arrangements. You can view the polling district map below. Please note polling district mapping data has been supplied by Tendring District Council and may contain boundary errors.
To view the existing warding arrangements visit our consultation area. You can search by area or post code.
Guidance is available on our Guidance Page. You may also wish to read our document Electoral Reviews: Technical Guidance, which contains detailed guidance on the review process and information on the legislation reviews are carried out under.
As part of the preliminary process we consulted with Tendring District Council on the most appropriate council size (the number of councillors on Tendring District Council).
We received two submissions on council size:
Previous Reviews:
This review was carried out by the Local Government Commission for England (LGCE) and started on 30 November 1999.
Final report (PDF), published on 28 November 2000
Map 1 Existing wards; (PDF)
Map 2 Illustrating final recommendations; (PDF)
Map A1 Proposed ward boundaries; (PDF)
Map A2 proposed warding of Harwich town; (PDF)
Map A3 proposed warding of Harwich town; (PDF)
Large map (4.7 Mb) illustrating the proposed ward boundaries for Clacton-on-Sea and Frinton and Walton. This may take some time to download; (PDF)
Draft report (PDF), published on 20 June 2000
Map 1 Existing wards; (PDF)
Map 2 Illustrating draft recommendations; (PDF)
Map A1 Draft recommendations for Tendring: Key Map; (PDF)
Map A2 Proposed warding of Harwich Town; (PDF)
Map A3 Proposed warding of Harwich Town; (PDF)
Large map (5.0 Mb) illustrating the existing and proposed ward boundaries for Clacton-on-Sea and Frinton and Walton. This may take some time to download; (PDF)