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Norfolk County Council

Norfolk Existing Divisions
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This review has been paused while we consider how to carry out effective consultations.

 

Our current expectation is that the publication of the draft recommendations will be delayed until we can be confident that we can consult in ways that enable appropriate input from all local stakeholders. We do not anticipate that we will be able to do this before July 2020, and therefore expect that the implementation date for Norfolk's electoral arrangements will be 2025, not 2021.

 

We are in contact with the local authority and community groups, and any updates will be posted here. Further information about this review can be found below. 

The Commission is carrying out an electoral review of Norfolk County Council.

The aim of the electoral review is to recommend divisions boundaries that mean each councillor represents approximately the same number of voters.

We also aim to ensure that the divisions boundaries reflect the interests and identities of local communities, as well as promoting effective local government.

To achieve these aims, we need to re-draw divisions boundaries across Norfolk. You can find out more about the review below.

 

Review Dates
  Date From: Date To:
Consultation on division arrangements 24 September 2019 24 March 2020
Consultation on draft recommendations TBC TBC
Final recommendations TBC  
Latest Information

The consultation on the division arrangements for Norfolk County Council closed on 24 March 2020. 

Listed below are the submissions we received: 

Local Authority:

District & Borough Councils:

Political Groups:

Councillors:

Parish and Town Councils:

Local Residents:

 

Previous Steps

The consultation on division arrangements for Norfolk County Council closed on 24 March 2020. 

From 24 September to 24 March 2020, we are accepting opinions and comments (submissions) from the public on where you believe division boundaries should be in Norfolk County Council.

The Commission is minded to recommend that Norfolk County Council should have 84 councillors in the future. This is no change from the current number of councillors.

The Commission now needs information from people and groups across Norfolk to help it to produce new divisions boundaries to accommodate 84 councillors.

For more information, see our:

*These forecasts have been updated to reflect revised housing development figures up to 2025.

 

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

You can make a submission to the Norfolk electoral review:

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

   The Review Officer (Norfolk)

   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.

For a quick guide on how to propose a pattern of divisions click here.

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 Norfolk County Council on the most appropriate number of councillors to be elected to the council in future.

We received 3 submissions on council size:

The Commission is minded to recommend that 84 councillors should serve Norfolk County Council in the future. This is no change from the current number of councillors.

Previous Reviews:

The Boundary Committee for England (BCFE) began reviewing the electoral arrangements of Norfolk County Council on 11 March 2003.

The Order implementing The Electoral Commission's final recommendations of this review has been made and can be viewed on Her Majesty's Stationery Office's website. The Order refers to a map comprising Sheet 1 and Sheet 2. The Implementation Team section of The Electoral Commission's website explains how The Boundary Committee for England's final recommendations are made into Orders.

Final recommendations . The Boundary Committee for England published the final recommendations for Norfolk on 12 October 2004.

Large map sheet 1 , illustrates in outline form the proposed divisions for Norfolk County Council, including constituent district wards and parishes.

Large map sheet 2 , illustrates the proposed electoral divisions of Sprowston parish in Broadland district.

Map 2 , illustrates the boundary between the proposed Breydon and Magdalen divisions in Great Yarmouth borough.

Further draft recommendations , published on 29 June 2004.

Sheet 1 illustrates the proposed divisions in Norwich.

Draft recommendations, published on 24 February 2004.

Sheet 1, illustrates the proposed divisions for Norfolk.

Sheet 2,  illustrates the proposed electoral divisions in Sprowston, in Broadland district.

Sheet 3, illustrates proposed electoral divisions in Norwich and Great Yarmouth.