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Review Body

The Commission is carrying out an electoral review of Chorley Council.

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

We also aim to ensure that the ward 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 ward boundaries across Chorley. You can find out more about the review below.

Review Dates
  Date from: Date to:
Consultation on warding arrangements 26 June 2018 3 September 2018
Consultation on draft recommendations 6 November 2018 14 January 2019
Final recommendations published 26 March 2019  

 

Latest Information:

Recommendations become law

The Chorley (Electoral Changes) Order 2019, to implement recommendations made by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England (LGBCE) for new electoral arrangements in Chorley was made on 22 May 2019.

New ward arrangements for Chorley have now successfully completed a 40 day period of Parliamentary scrutiny and will come into force at the local elections in May 2020.

The Order for Chorley can be viewed through the following link.

Previous Steps:

On 17 July 2019, the Chorley (Electoral Changes) Order 2019 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 Chorley and published on 26 March 2019.

 

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 Chorley in May 2020.

 

The draft order can be viewed here.

On 26 March 2019, we published final recommendations for future electoral arrangements in Chorley Council

We have now completed our electoral review of Chorley.

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: 

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 Chorley Council to come into effect at the local elections in 2020.

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 Chorley Council closed on 14 January 2019.

Listed below are the submissions we received:

 

Local Authority:

Political Groups:

Councillors

Parish and Town Councils:*

Local Residents:*

 

*Please note that this will open as a zip file

This stage of consultation closed on 14 January 2019.

On 6 November 2018, we published our draft recommendations for the electoral review of Chorley Council.

From 6 November 2018 to 14 January 2019, we are accepting opinions and comments (submissions) from the public on these recommendations for Chorley Council.

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: 

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 Chorley electoral review:

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

   The Review Officer (Chorley)

   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.

The consultation on the warding arrangements for Chorley Council closed on 3 September 2018.

Listed below are the submissions we received:

Chorley Borough Council

Political Groups

Parish Town Councils

Residents

From 26 June 2018 to 3 September 2018, we are accepting opinions and comments (submissions) from the public on where you believe ward boundaries should be in Chorley Council.

The Commission is minded to recommend that Chorley Council should have 42 councillors in the future. This is 5 fewer than the current number of councillors.

The Commission now needs information from people and groups across Chorley to help it to produce new wards boundaries to accommodate 42 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 Chorley electoral review:

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

The Review Officer (Chorley)

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

We received 1 submission on council size:

The Commission is minded to recommend that 42 councillors should serve Chorley Council in the future. This is 5 fewer than the current number of councillors.

Previous Reviews:

This review was carried out by the Local Government Commission for England (LGCE), and started on 7 September 1999.

Final report (PDF), published on 5 September 2000

Map 1 Existing wards in Chorley; (PDF)

Map 2 The Commission's final recommendations for Chorley; (PDF)

Map A1 Final recommendations for Chorley: Key map; (PDF)

Map A2 Proposed re-warding of Coppull Parish; (PDF)

Map A3 Proposed re-warding of Euxton Parish; (PDF)

Map A4 Proposed re-warding of Whittle-le-Woods Parish; (PDF)

Map A5 Proposed re-warding of Clayton-le-Woods Parish; (PDF)

Map A6 Proposed re-warding of Withnell Parish; (PDF)

Large map (3.3 Mb) illustrating the proposed warding arrangements for Chorley town. This may take some time to download; (PDF)

Draft report (PDF) published on 15 February 2000.