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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.

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
Consultation on new draft recommendations 07 July 2020 14 September 2020
Publication of final recommendations 01 December 2020  

 

Latest information:

Recommendations become law 

The London Borough of Waltham Forest (Electoral Changes) Order 2021, to implement recommendations made by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England (LGBCE) for new electoral arrangements in Waltham Forest, was made on 17 May 2021. 

New ward arrangements for Waltham Forest Council have now successfully completed a 40 day period of Parliamentary scrutiny and will come into force at the local elections in May 2022. 

The Order for Waltham Forest Council can be viewed through the following link. 

The Order refers to a map which can be viewed here.

Previous Steps:

On 11 March 2021, the London Borough of Waltham Forest (Electoral Changes) Order 2021 was laid in draft in Parliament. 

The draft order, if made, would give effect to the final recommendations that were consulted on during the Local Government Boundary Commission for England’s review of electoral arrangements in Waltham Forest and published on 01 December 2020. 

The draft order will be laid in Parliament for a period of 40 sitting days. Parliament can either accept or reject our recommendations. If accepted, the new electoral arrangements will come into force at the next scheduled elections for Waltham Forest Council in May 2022. 

The draft order can be viewed here. 

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

On 1 December 2020, we published final recommendations for future electoral arrangements in Waltham Forest Council.

We have now completed our electoral review of Waltham Forest.  

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. A non-interactive image of the new ward boundaries is also available. 

 

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 Waltham Forest to come into effect at the local elections in 2022. 

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 Open Data 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 canvassing or other purpose that might give the user any commercial gain. 

 

 

 

The consultation on the Commission’s new draft recommendations for Waltham Forest Council closed on 14 September 2020.

Listed below are the submissions we received:

Political Groups:

Councillors:

MPs:

Local Organisations:

Local Residents:

The consultation on new draft recommendations for Waltham Forest Council closed on 14 September 2020.

On 07 July, we published our new draft recommendations for the electoral review of Waltham Forest Council. 

The Commission withdrew its original draft recommendations, following the discovery that due to an administrative error 22 submissions were not considered during the formulation of those draft recommendations. For more detail, please see the tab '(6) Update - 28 May 2020' below.

We have now considered all the submissions received to date to formulate a set of new draft recommendations. The ward boundaries and names in these new draft recommendations contain a number of significant changes to the original draft recommendations. 

From 07 July to 14 September 2020, we are accepting opinions and comments (submissions) from the public on these recommendations for Waltham Forest Council.  

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

You can make a submission to the Waltham Forest electoral review:  

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

LGBCE c/o Cleardata
Innovation House 
Coniston Court 
Riverside Business Park 
Blyth 
NE24 4RP 

Information on how reviews work is available on our How Reviews Work Page.  

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. 

The Commission was timetabled to consider final recommendations for the borough on 16 June 2020.  

 

During the team’s analysis of the evidence received during the most recent consultation period, officers discovered 22 representations that had been submitted during the consultation on warding arrangements in August 2019. These representations had been retained in the Commission’s administrative IT system and, as a result, were not passed on to the review team working on Waltham Forest. These representations were therefore not taken into account during the preparation of our draft recommendations, as they should have been.

 

Once this issue was discovered, the Commission immediately took the decision to revisit the recommendations in order to ensure these representations are appropriately taken into account in the shaping of our recommendations. We will be publishing new draft recommendations in the first week of July 2020. These recommendations will take account of all the submissions received up to 2 March 2020. We will ask local people to comment on these new draft recommendations during a further 10-week period of consultation before agreeing our final recommendations for the borough in November 2020. This will ensure all representations received from across Waltham Forest are given full and proper consideration, while completing the review in plenty of time for a 2022 implementation.

 

You can find the missed submissions below:

Councillors

Local organisations

Political groups

Residents

Please note that we will be publishing new draft recommendations in early July 2020. Please see the tab above for further details.

The consultation on the Commission’s draft recommendations for Waltham Forest Council closed on 02 March 2020. 

Listed below are the submissions we received: 

Political Groups: 

Councillors: 

MPs: 

Local Organisations: 

Local Residents: 

 

The consultation on warding arrangements for Waltham Forest Council closed on 2 March 2020.

 

 

On 17 December 2019, we published our draft recommendations for the electoral review of Waltham Forest Council.

From 17 December 2019 to 2 March 2020, we are accepting opinions and comments (submissions) from the public on these recommendations for Waltham Forest Council.

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

You can make a submission to the Waltham Forest electoral review:

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

   The Review Officer (Waltham Forest)

   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.

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.

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 Waltham Forest Council.

The Commission is minded to recommend that Waltham Forest Council should have 60 councillors in the future. This is no change from the current number of councillors.

The Commission now needs information from people and groups across Waltham Forest to help it to produce new wards boundaries to accommodate 60 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 Waltham Forest electoral review:

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

   The Review Officer (Waltham Forest)

   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 Waltham Forest Borough Council on the most appropriate number of councillors to be elected to the council in future.

We received 2 submissions on council size:

The Commission is minded to recommend that 60 councillors should serve Waltham Forest Borough Council in the future. This is no change from 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.