North Hertfordshire

A review of the number of councillors, wards and ward names for North Hertfordshire District Council
Currently in review

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Making our recommendation into law

We ask Parliament to approve our recommendations.

Dates: 28 Jun 2023

Previous stages

Our recommendations for new electoral and boundary arrangements.

Dates: 9 May 2023

We consult with local people and organisations to help us refine our proposals.

Dates: 1 Nov 2022 - 9 Jan 2023

We ask local people and organisations to tell us about their communities.

Dates: 1 Jun 2022 - 9 Aug 2022

We decide how many councillors an authority should have.

Dates: 15 Feb 2022 - 15 Feb 2022

We review the electoral and boundary arrangements of councils to make sure they are fair. Our reviews include at least two rounds of public consultation before we make recommendations for change. 

We are carrying out an electoral review of North Hertfordshire because the number of electors per councillor varies a lot across the council and because it has been a long time since the last review.

15 February 2022 We decide how many councillors there should be
1 June - 9 August 2022 We carry out an initial public consultation on communities
1 November 2022 - 9 January 2023 We carry out a public consultation on our proposals
9 May 2023 We publish our recommendations
June 2023 We ask Parliament to approve our recommendations
May 2024 New arrangements apply to local elections

 

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Making our recommendation into law

Effective date

The North Hertfordshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2023 was made in Parliament on 21 September 2023.

Parliamentary scrutiny of our recommendations

A Draft North Hertfordshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2023 was laid in Parliament on 28th June 2023.

If there is no successful objection by a member of the Commons or Lords within 40 parliamentary sitting days the draft Order will become law.  

Previous stages

Final report

Our recommendations for new electoral and boundary arrangements were published on 9 May 2023.

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: 

Consultation on proposals

Local views on our proposals

You can see comments received from local people and organisations about our draft proposals. 

Consultation on proposals

We have proposed a new pattern of wards. We want to hear the views of local people and organisations to help us produce our recommendations for change. 

Initial consultation

Local views given during our initial consultation

You can see comments received from local people and organisations about their communities.

Initial consultation

We ask local people and organisations to tell us about their communities.

Councillor numbers

We have decided that North Hertfordshire should have 50 councillors.

Previous Reviews

Previous reviews are held on the UK Government Web Archive

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