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The Commission's electoral review of King's Lynn and West Norfolk concluded in July 2018. 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 27 June 2017 4 September 2017
Consultation on draft recommendations 31 October 2017 15 January 2018
Final recommendations published 3 April 2018  
Latest Information:

Recommendations become law

The King's Lynn and West Norfolk (Electoral Changes) Order 2018, to implement recommendations made by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England (LGBCE) for new electoral arrangements in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, was made on 17 July 2018.

New ward arrangements for King's Lynn and West Norfolk 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 King's Lynn and West Norfolk can be viewed through the following link.

On 23 May 2018 the King's Lynn and West Norfolk (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 King's Lynn and West Norfolk, and published on 3 April 2018.

The draft order can be viewed here.

Previous Steps:

On 3 April 2018, we published final recommendations for future electoral arrangements in the Borough Council of King’s Lynn and West Norfolk.

We have now completed our electoral review of King’s Lynn and West Norfolk.

As a result of our final recommendations on new warding patterns, we are making changes to the parish electoral arrangements for the following parish and town councils:

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 the Borough Council of King’s Lynn and West Norfolk to come into effect at the local elections in 2019.

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 draft recommendations for the Borough Council of King's Lynn and West Norfolk has now closed.

On 31 October 2017, we published our draft recommendations for the electoral review of the Borough Council of King's Lynn and West Norfolk. Between 31 October 2017 and 15 January 2018 we invited comments on our draft recommendations.

·         Draft recommendations report for the Borough Council of King's Lynn and West Norfolk

·         Draft recommendations map for the Borough Council of King's Lynn and West Norfolk - please note: this map is very large and may take some time to download.

·         Summary of the King's Lynn and West Norfolk report 

·         News release

·         Letter sent to the Chief Executive of the Borough Council of King's Lynn and West Norfolk

Parish and Town Councils with electoral changes:

·        Downham Market Town Council

·        Hilgay Parish Council

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 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.

 As part of the preliminary process we consulted with the Borough Council of King's Lynn and West Norfolk on the most appropriate council size (the number of councillors). We received 1 submission on council size:

The Borough Council of King's Lynn and West Norfolk

 

Previous Reviews:

This review was started by the Local Government Commission for England (LGCE) on 31 July 2001 but, following the transfer of the LGCE's functions to The Electoral Commission, the review was completed by The Boundary Committee for England (BCFE).

The Order implementing The Electoral Commission's decision on the final recommendations of this review has been made and can be viewed on Her Majesty's Stationery Office's website. The Implementation Team section of the Commission's website explains how the Commission's decisions on The Boundary Committee for England's final recommendations are made into Orders. The current boundaries of the electoral wards and divisions can be viewed on Ordnance Survey's election maps website. Parish warding is not shown on the election maps website. It can be seen on the mapping from the Committee's final recommendations below; any modifications are listed in the Explanatory Note at the back of the Order.

Final report (PDF), published on 30 July 2002 by the BCFE

Map 1 Existing boundary arrangements; (PDF)

Map 2 Proposed final boundaries; (PDF)

Map A1 illustrates, in outline form, the proposed ward boundaries within the borough and indicates the areas which are shown in more detail on Map A2 and the large maps at the back of this report; (PDF)

Map A2 illustrates the proposed parish warding of Walsoken parish; (PDF)

Large map (3.6 Mb) illustrate the proposed warding arrangements for King's Lynn and the proposed borough and parish warding of Downham Market; (PDF)

Draft report (PDF), published on 26 March 2002 by the LGCE

Map 1 Existing boundary arrangements; (PDF)

Map 2 Proposed draft boundaries; (PDF)

Map A1 illustrates, the proposed ward boundaries within the district and indicates the areas that are shown in more detail on Maps A2 and A3 and the large map; (PDF)

Map A2 illustrates the current parish warding of Stow Bardolph parish; (PDF)

Large map (3.6 Mb) illustrating the existing and proposed warding arrangements for King's Lynn and the existing and proposed borough and parish warding of Downham Market. This may take some time to download; (PDF)