Carlisle

Recommendations become law

The Carlisle (Electoral Changes) Order 2019, to implement recommendations made by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England (LGBCE) for new electoral arrangements in Carlisle, was made on 14 February 2019.

New ward arrangements for Carlisle 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 Carlisle can be viewed here.

On 19 December 2018, the Carlisle (Electoral Changes) Order 2018 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 Carlisle Council and published on 27 November 2018.

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 Carlisle in May 2019.

The draft order can be viewed here.

On 27 November 2018, we published final recommendations for future electoral arrangements in Carlisle City Council.

We have now completed our electoral review of Carlisle.

• Final recommendations report for Carlisle City Council
• Final recommendations map for Carlisle City Council - please note: this map is very large and may take some time to download.
• Summary of the Carlisle report
• News release
• Letter to the Chief Executive of Carlisle City Council
• Mapping files*

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:

• Cummersdale
• Hayton
• St Cuthbert Without

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 Carlisle City Council 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 Commission’s draft recommendations for Carlisle City Council closed on 15 October 2018.

Listed below are the submissions we received:

Submissions (this will download all submissions received into a zip file)

The consultation on the draft recommendations for Carlisle City Council has now closed.

On 7 August 2018, we published our draft recommendations for the electoral review of Carlisle City Council.

From 7 August to 15 October 2018, we are accepting opinions and comments (submissions) from the public on these recommendations for Carlisle City Council.

• Draft recommendations report for Carlisle City Council
• Draft recommendations map for Carlisle City Council - please note: this map is very large and may take some time to download.
• Summary of the Carlisle report 
• News release
• Letter sent to the Chief Executive of Carlisle City Council
• Promotional poster
• Electoral figures

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

• Cummersdale Parish Council
• St Cuthbert Without Parish 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 Carlisle electoral review:

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

   The Review Officer (Carlisle)

   Local Government Boundary Commission for England

   1^st 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.

The consultation on warding arrangements for Carlisle City Council closed on 7 May 2018.

Listed below are the submissions we received:

Local Authority

Returning Officer for Carlisle City Council

Political Groups

Carlisle City Council Conservative Group

Carlisle Labour Group

Carlisle Lib Dems

Councillors

Cllr R Betton

Local Organisations

The Lanes Shopping Centre

Parish Councils

Bewcastle Parish Council

Cummersdale Parish Council

Hethersgill Parish Council

Kirkandrews on Esk

Scaleby Parish Council

Stanwix Rural Parish Council

Residents

A - Z

The consultation on warding arrangements for Carlisle City Council has now closed.

On 27 February 2018, we started the first period of consultation for a pattern of wards for Carlisle City Council. Between 27 February 2018 and 7 May 2018, we invited comments on the ward boundaries for the authority.

The Commission was minded to recommend that Carlisle City Council should have 39 councillors in the future.

For more information, read our news release and the letter to the Chief Executive of Carlisle City Council.

You may have found the electoral figures useful when thinking about warding arrangements. 

Polling district maps may also have been  useful when thinking about warding arrangements. You can view the polling district map below. Please note, polling district mapping data has been supplied by Carlisle City Council and may contain boundary errors.

• Carlisle polling district map

To view the existing warding arrangements, visit our consultation area. You can search by area or postcode. Alternatively, a non-interactive image of the current ward boundaries is also available.

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 Carlisle City Council on the most appropriate number of councillors for Carlisle City Council (council size).

We received three submissions on council size:

• Carlisle City Council
• Cllr Allison
• Carlisle City Council Conservative Group