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The Commission's electoral review of Surrey Heath Borough Council was completed in December 2017. The aim of the review was to deliver electoral equality for voters in local elections, and recommend ward boundaries that ensure all councillors represents 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 | 26 July 2016 | 10 October 2016 |
| Consultation on draft recommendations | 24 January 2017 | 20 March 2017 |
| Consultation on further draft recommendations | 13 June 2017 | 10 July 2017 |
| Final recommendations published | 29 August 2017 |
Latest Information:
Recommendations become law
The Surrey Heath Borough Council (Electoral Changes) Order 2017, to implement recommendations made by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England (LGBCE) for new boundaries in Surrey Heath Borough Council, was made on 13 December 2017.
New ward arrangements for Surrey Heath Borough Council have now successfully completed a 40 day period of Parliamentary scrutiny and will come into force at the local elections in 2019.
The Order for Surrey Heath Borough Council can be viewed through the following link.
On 25 October 2017 the Surrey Heath Borough Council (Electoral Changes) Order 2017 was laid in draft in Parliament.
Now that that draft Order has successfully passed through Parliament, it will give effect to the final recommendations that were consulted on during the Local Government Boundary Commission for England’s review of electoral arrangements in Surrey Heath], and published on 29 August 2017.
The draft Order can be viewed here.
The draft Order refers to a map which can be viewed here.
Previous Steps:
On 29 August 2017, we published final recommendations for future electoral arrangements in Surrey Heath Borough Council. The report is available in the link below.
· Summary of the Surrey Heath report
· Letter to the Chief Executive of Surrey Heath Borough Council
· Overview map of the Surrey Heath Borough Council final recommendations
To interact with the final recommendations mapping click on the image above to visit our consultation area. You can view both the existing and proposed boundaries and search by area or postcode.
We have now completed our electoral review of Surrey Heath. The changes we have proposed must be approved by parliament. A draft Order - the legal document which brings into force our recommendations will be laid before parliament. The draft Order will provide for new electoral arrangements for Surrey Heath Borough Council to be implemented at the local elections in 2019.
Opinion Survey
We would like to invite you to participate in our online survey. The survey seeks feedback on the review processes and procedures, to identify improvements that can be made. We would be grateful if you could spare some time to complete the opinion survey.
The consultation on further limited draft recommendations for Surrey Heath closed on 10 July 2017.
Listed below are the submissions we received:
Councillors:
Cllrs for Old Dean, St Paul's and Town Wards
Local Organisations:
Surrey Heath Electoral Services
Local Residents:
All submissions from local residents are combined in the documents below, by surname, alphabetically:
The independent Local Government Boundary Commission for England opened a new phase of public consultation for the review of the Surrey Heath Borough Council electoral ward boundaries.
The consultation focused on new proposals for borough ward boundaries in Town & Crawley Hill, Old Dean, and St Pauls.
Earlier this year, the Commission held a public consultation on proposals for new ward boundaries across Surrey Heath. The Commission listened to the views put to it during consultation and proposed to make changes to the plans to reflect the local evidence received.
Due to the significance of the proposed changes made for the areas of Town & Crawley Hill, Old Dean and St Pauls, the Commission opened an extra phase of consultation for these areas only to see what local people think of the new recommendations.
Between 13 June 2017 and 10 July 2017 we invited comments on our further limited consultation on draft recommendations.
The Commission was satisfied that it has received sufficient evidence to finalise its proposals for new electoral wards for the rest of the borough and did not therefore consider representations about those areas which are not the subject of this extra consulation. The Commission will publish its final recommendations for the whole the borough on 29 August 2017.
You can read more about the further limited draft recommendations, and view relevant mapping, in the documents below:
· Letter to the Chief Executive of Surrey Heath Borough Council
· Draft recommendations map for Town & Crawley Hill, Old Dean and St Pauls
· Further limited draft recommendations map for Town & Crawley Hill, Old Dean and St Pauls
You can also read our news release for further information.
You may find the electoral figures useful when thinking about division arrangements.
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.
The consultation on draft recommendations closed on 20 March 2017.
Listed below are the submissions we received in regards to our draft recommendations:
Local Authority:
Councillors:
Cllrs J Lytle, P Ilnicki and I Cullen
Local Organisations:
Surrey Heath Electoral Services
Parish and Town Councils:
Local Residents:
All submissions from local residents are combined in the document below. At the front of the document is a list of names which links to the relevant submission.
This includes one anonymous submission found here.
On 24 January 2017 we published our draft recommendations for the electoral review of Surrey Heath Borough Council. Between 24 January 2017 and 20 March 2017 we invited comments on our draft recommendations. The recommendations can be found using the links below.
· Draft recommendations for Surrey Heath Borough Council (PDF)
· Summary of Surrey Heath draft recommendations
· News release on draft recommendations for Surrey Heath Borough Council
· Letter sent to the Chief Executive of Surrey Heath Borough Council (PDF)
· An overview map of Surrey Heath Borough Council draft recommendations (PDF) is available. Please note: this map is very large and may take some time to download.
To interact with the draft recommendations mapping visit our consultation portal. You can view both the existing and proposed boundaries, searching by area or postcode.
You may find the electoral figures (XLS) useful when thinking about warding arrangements.
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.
This consultation closed on 10 October 2016.
Below are the submissions that we received:
Local Authorities:
Councillors:
Cllrs Ilnicki, Cullen and Lyttle
Local Organisations:
Parish Councils:
Local Residents:
On 26 July 2016, we started the first period of consultation for a pattern of wards for Surrey Heath Borough Council. Between 26 July and 10 October 2016, we invited comments on the ward boundaries for the authority.
The Commission also announced that it was minded to recommend that Surrey Heath Borough Council should have 34 councillors in the future, which is six fewer than at present.
The Commission needed information from people and groups across Surrey Heath to help it to produce a new pattern of wards to accommodate 34 councillors.
For more information read our news release and the letter to the Chief Executive of Surrey Heath Borough Council (PDF).
You may find the electoral figures (XLS) useful when thinking about warding arrangements.
Polling district map may also be useful when thinking about warding arrangements. You can view the polling district map below. Please note polling district mapping data has been supplied by Surrey Heath Borough Council and may contain boundary errors.
To view the existing warding arrangements visit our consultation area. You can search by area or post code.
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 Surrey Heath Borough Council on the most appropriate council size (the number of councillors on Surrey Heath Borough Council).
We recieved 2 submissions on council size:
Previous Reviews:
This review was carried out by the Local Government Commission for England (LGCE), and was started on 2 September 1997.
Final report, published in September 1998.
Draft report, published in March 1998.