Hertsmere

Recommendations become law

The Hertsmere (Electoral Changes) Order 2018, to implement recommendations made by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England (LGBCE) for new electoral arrangements in Hertsmere, was made on 25 April 2018.

New warding arrangements for Hertsmere Borough Council have now successfully completed a 40 day period of Parliamentary scrutiny and will come into force at the local elections in May 2019.

The Order for Hertsmere Borough Council can be viewed through the following link.

On 26 February 2018, the Hertsmere (Electoral Changes) Order 2018 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 Hertsmere, and published on 5 December 2017.

The draft order can be viewed here.

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

 On 5 December 2017, we published final recommendations for future electoral arrangements in Hertsmere Borough Council. The report is available in the link below.

• Final recommendations report for Hertsmere Borough Council
• Final recommendations map for Hertsmere Borough Council - please note: this map is very large and may take some time to download.
• Summary of the Hertsmere Report
• News release
• Letter to the Chief Executive of Hertsmere Borough Council

Parish and Town Councils with electoral changes: 

-      Elstree & Borehamwood      

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.

We have now completed our electoral review of Hertsmere. The changes we have proposed must 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 new electoral arrangements for Hertsmere Borough 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, 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 further limited draft recommendations for Hertsmere Borough Council has now closed.

Listed below are the submissions we received for this stage of the consultation:

Councillors:

Cllr Hodgson-Jones

Local Residents:

Fraser S

Maclean A

The consultation focused on new proposals for borough ward boundaries, in the following areas

• Potters Bar

Earlier this year, the Commission held a public consultation on proposals for new ward boundaries across Hertsmere. The Commission listened to the views put to it during consultation and proposed to make changes to the plans, to reflect the local evidence received.

Due to the significance of the proposed changes in Potters Bar, the Commission opened an extra phase of consultation for those areas, to see what local people thought of the new recommendations. We sought evidence and views about this part of the Hertsmere only.

Between 3 October 2017 and 31 October 2017 we invited comments on our further limited draft recommendations for those areas.

The Commission was satisfied that it had received sufficient evidence to finalise its proposals for new electoral wards for the rest of the Hertsmere Borough Council and will not therefore consider representations about those areas which were not the subject of this extra consultation. The Commission plans to publish its final recommendations for the whole Hertsmere on 5 December 2017.

You can read more about the further limited draft recommendations, and view relevant mapping, in the documents below

·         Letter to the Chief Executive of Hertsmere Borough Council

·         Further limited draft recommendations map for Potters Bar

Read our news release for further information.

You may have found the electoral figures useful when thinking about warding 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 draft recommendations for Hertsmere closed on 14 August 2017.

Listed below are the submissions we received:

Local Authority:

Hertsmere Borough Council

Local Organisations:

Hertfordshire Gardens Trust

The Potters Bar Society

Parish and Town Councils:

Aldenham Parish Council

Elstree and Borehamwood Town Council

Local Residents:

Drinan D

Fleetwood S

Gamse J

Hedges P

Maclean A

On 13 June 2017 we published our draft recommendations for the electoral review of Hertsmere Borough Council. Between 13 June 2017 and 14 August 2017 we invited comments on our draft recommendations.

• Draft recommendations for Hertsmere Borough Council
• Summary of the Hertsmere report
• News release
• Letter sent to the Chief Executive of Hertsmere Borough Council
• An overview map of Hertsmere Borough Council draft recommendations is available. Please note: this map is very large and may take some time to download.
• Summary Map of Hertsmere Borough Council (JPEG)

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 useful when thinking about warding 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 20 March 2017.

Listed below are the submissions we received:

Local Authority:

Hertsmere Borough Council

Political Groups:

Hertsmere Labour Party

Local Organisations:

CPRE Hertfordshire

Parish and Town Councils:

Aldenham Parish Council

Elstree and Borehamwood Town Council

Local Residents:

Barrow M

Bowers R

Clapper C

Fraser A

Harris L

Hedge P

Herbert K

On 10 January 2017, we started the first period of consultation for a pattern of wards for Hertsmere Borough Council. Between 10 January 2017 and 20 March 2017, we invited comments on the ward boundaries for the authority.

The Commission announced that it was minded to recommend that Hertsmere Borough Council should have 39 councillors in the future.

The Commission needed information from people and groups across Hertsmere to help produce a new pattern of wards to accommodate 39 councillors.

For more information, read our news release and the letter to the Chief Executive of Hertsmere Borough Council.

You may find the electoral figures useful when thinking about warding arrangements. 

Polling district maps 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 Hertsmere Borough Council and may contain boundary errors.

Hertsmere polling district map

To view the existing warding arrangements, visit our consultation area. You can search by area or postcode

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 Hertsmere Borough Council on the most appropriate council size (the number of councillors on Hertsmere Borough Council). We received 1 submission on council size:

Hertsmere Borough Council Submission