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From July 2018, the Commission is beginning a three-year programme of electoral reviews of London Boroughs, that it has not reviewed in the last 5 years.

 

An electoral review recommends new ward boundaries that mean each councillor will represent approximately the same number of voters. We also aim to ensure that the pattern of wards reflect the interests and identities of local communities as well as promoting effective local government.

 

All London boroughs, except Southwark Council, Tower Hamlets Council, the London Borough of Bexley, Croydon Council, Redbridge Council, Hackney Council, the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, and the City of London, will be reviewed by 2020.

 

For more information, please see this link.

It is Commission policy not to open public consultations in the weeks leading up to elections. Given that Parliament has confirmed a General Election will take place on 12 December 2019, our draft recommendations consultation period has been postponed. An updated timetable for our review of Merton can be found above.

Review Dates
  Date from: Date to:
Consultation on warding arrangements 4 June 2019 12 August 2019
Consultation on draft recommendations 17 December 2019 2 March 2020
Publication of final recommendations 2 June 2020  
Latest information:
Previous steps:

From 4 June 2019 to 12 August 2019, we are accepting opinions and comments (submissions) from the public on where you believe ward boundaries should be in Merton Council.

The Commission is minded to recommend that Merton Council should have 57 councillors in the future. This is 3 fewer than the current number of councillors.

The Commission now needs information from people and groups across Merton to help it to produce new ward boundaries to accommodate 57 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, and have your say. A non-interactive image of the current ward boundaries is also available.

You can make a submission to the Merton electoral review:

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

   The Review Officer (Merton)

   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 wards 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 Merton 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 57 councillors should serve Merton Council in the future. This is 3 fewer than the current number of councillors.

Previous Reviews:

This review was carried out by the Local Government Commission for England (LGCE), beginning on 23 June 1998.

Final report, (PDF) published on 22 June 1999

Draft report, (PDF) published on 26 January 1999.