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Review Body
The Commission is carrying out an electoral review of East Devon District Council.
The aim of the electoral review is to recommend ward boundaries that mean each district councillor represents approximately the same number of voters.
We also aim to ensure that the pattern of wards reflects the interests and identities of local communities as well as promoting effective local government. In order to achieve these aims, we need to re-draw boundaries across East Devon Council.
Review Dates
| Dates from | Dates to | |
| Consultation on warding arrangements: | 27th September 2016 | 5th December 2016 |
| Consultation on draft recommendations: | 7th February 2017 | 3rd April 2017 |
| Final recommendations: | 13th June 2017 |
Latest Information:
Recommendations become law
The East Devon (Electoral Changes) Order 2017, to implement recommendations made by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England (LGBCE) for new boundaries in East Devon, was made on 20 December 2017.
New ward arrangements for East Devon 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 East Devon can be viewed here.
On 20 December 2017 the East Devon (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 East Devon, and published on 13 June 2017.
The draft Order can be viewed here.
The draft Order refers to a map which can be viewed here.
Previous Steps:
On 13 June 2017 we published final recommendations for future electoral arrangements in East Devon District Council. The report is available in the link below.
- Final recommendations for new local government electoral arrangements for East Devon District Council
- Summary of the East Devon report
- News release
- Letter to the Chief Executive of East Devon District Council
- Overview map of the East Devon District 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. The mapping files used for the consultation portal can be downloaded here.
We have now completed our electoral review of East Devon. 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 East Devon District 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, in order 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 draft recommendations closed on 3 April 2017.
Listed below are the submissions we received:
Local Authority:
Political Groups:
Councillors:
Local Organisations:
West Seaton and Seaton Hole Association
Parish and Town Councils:
All submissions from parish and town councils are combined in one document. At the front of the document is a list of names with links to the relevant submission.
Local Residents:
All submissions from local residents are combined in one document. At the front of the document is a list of names with links to the relevant submission.
On 7 February 2017 we published our draft recommendations for the electoral review of East Devon District Council. These can be found using the links below.
Draft recommendations for East Devon District Council (PDF)
Summary of the East Devon District Council report
News release on draft recommendations for East Devon District Council
Letter sent to the Chief Executive of East Devon District Council (PDF)
An overview map of our 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 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 warding arrangements closed on 5 December 2016.
Please find listed below the submissions we received for this stage of the review:
Local Authority:
Political Groups:
Councillors:
Local Organisations:
West Hill Residents Association
Parish and Town Councils:
Budleigh Salterton Town Council
Colaton Raleigh Parish Council
Local Residents:
All of the submissions we received from local residents are contained in the document below.
On 27th September 2016, we started the first period of consultation for a pattern of wards for East Devon District Council. Between 27th September 2016 and 5th December 2016, we invited comments on the ward boundaries for the authority.
The Commission announced that it was minded to recommend that East Devon District Council should have 60 councillors in the future, which is an increase by 1 councillor.
The Commission needed information from people and groups across East Devon to help it to produce a new pattern of wards to accommodate 60 councillors.
For more information read our news release and the letter to the Chief Executive of East Devon District Council (PDF).
You may find the electoral figures (XLS) useful when thinking about warding arrangements.
The 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 East Devon District 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 East Devon District Council on the most appropriate council size (the number of councillors on East Devon District Council).
We received one submission on council size:
Previous Reviews:
This review was carried out by the Local Government Commission for England (LGCE).
Final report (PDF) published in January 1999;
Draft report (PDF)published in June 1998.