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The Commission's electoral review of Dover concluded in January 2019. The aim of the review was to deliver electoral equality for voters in local elections, and recommend ward boundaries that ensure all councillors represent approximately the same number of electors.

 

Our review also aimed to deliver effective and convenient local government, and ensure that ward boundaries reflected the interests and identities of local communities.

Review Dates
  Date from: Date to:
Consultation on warding arrangements 30 January 2018 9 April 2018
Consultation on draft recommendations 5 June 2018 13 August 2018
Final recommendations published 2 October 2018  

 

Latest Information:

Recommendations become law

The Dover (Electoral Changes) Order 2019, to implement recommendations made by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England (LGBCE) for new electoral arrangements in Dover, was made on 31 January 2019.

New ward arrangements for Dover 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 Dover can be viewed here.

The Order Map can be viewed here.

Previous Steps:

On 3 December 2018, the Dover (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 Dover and published on 2 October 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 Dover in May 2019.

The draft order can be viewed here.

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

On 2 October 2018, we published final recommendations for future electoral arrangements in Dover District Council.

We have now completed our electoral review of Dover District Council.

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 Dover District 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 draft recommendations from Dover District Council closed on 13 August 2018.

Listed below are the submissions we received:

Dover District Council

Political Groups

Councillors

MP

Local Organisations

Parish and Town Councils

Residents (this will download a zip file of anonymised submissions)

The consultation on warding arrangements for Dover District Council has now closed.

On 30 January 2018, we started the first period of consultation for a pattern of wards for Dover District Council. Between 30 January 2018 and 9 April 2018, we invited comments on the ward boundaries for the authority.

The Commission also announced that it was minded to recommend that Dover District Council should have 32 councillors in the future. This is 13 fewer than the current number of councillors.

For more information, read our news release and the letter to the Chief Executive of Dover District 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 Dover District Council and may contain boundary errors.

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 Dover District Council on the most appropriate council size (the number of councillors on Dover District Council). We received two submissions on council size:

Previous Reviews:

An electoral review of Dover District Council started 9 May 2000.

Final report (PDF) was published 09 May 01

Map 1 Existing wards in Dover; (PDF)

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

Map A1 Final recommendations for Dover Key map; (PDF)

Large map (3.8 Mb) illustrating the existing and proposed ward boundaries for Dover, Deal and Walmer. This may take some time to download; (PDF)

Draft report (PDF) was published14 November 2000

Map 1 Existing wards in Dover; (PDF)

Map 2 The Commission's draft recommendations for Dover; (PDF)

Map A1 Draft recommendations for Dover: Key map; (PDF)

Large map (4.0 Mb) illustrating the existing and proposed ward boundaries for Dover, Deal and Walmer. This may take some time to download; (PDF)