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

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

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

Review Dates
  Date from: Date to:
Consultation on division arrangements 28 August 2018 5 November 2018
Consultation on draft recommendations 5 February 2019 15 April 2019
Further limited consultation  2 July 2019 29 July 2019
Final recommendations published 1 October 2019  

 

Latest Information:

Recommendations become law 

The Wiltshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2020, to implement recommendations made by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England (LGBCE) for new electoral arrangements in Wiltshire Council, was made on 17 March 2020. 

New division arrangements for Wiltshire Council have now successfully completed a 40 day period of Parliamentary scrutiny and will come into force at the local elections in May 2021. 

The Order for Wiltshire Council can be viewed through the following link: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2020/9780111192313 

The Order Map can be found here.

 

 

Previous Steps:

On 27 January, the Wiltshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2020 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 Wiltshire and published on 1 October 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 Wiltshire Council in May 2021.

 

The draft order can be viewed here.

 

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

 

On 1 October, we published final recommendations for future electoral arrangements in Wiltshire Council.

We have now completed our electoral review of Wiltshire.

As a result of our final recommendations on new division 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 Wiltshire Council to come into effect at the local elections in 2021.

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 further draft recommendations for Wiltshire Council closed on 29 July 2019.

Listed below are the submissions we received:

Local Authority:

Councillors:*

Parish and Town Councils:*

Local Residents:*

Petitions*

*(Please note these will download as zip files)

This stage of consultation has now closed.

From 2 July 2019 to 29 July 2019, we are accepting opinions and comments (submissions) from the public on changed draft recommendations for Wiltshire Council. 

The consultation focuses on new proposals for council division boundaries, in the following areas:

  • South Wiltshire
  • South-East Wiltshire

The Commission has listened to the views of the public put to it during an earlier consultation, and now proposes to change its plans, to reflect the significance of the evidence we received.

Due to the significance of the proposed changes in south and south-east Wiltshire, the Commission is now accepting additional opinions and comments (submissions) from local people about the areas affected. 

The Commission is satisfied with the evidence received for the rest of the council, and is therefore not seeking further opinions and comments (submissions) on areas other than those listed above. 

The Commission plans to publish its final recommendations for the whole council on 1 October 2019.

For more information, see our:

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 Commission’s draft recommendations for Wiltshire Council closed on 15 April 2019.

Listed below are the submissions we received:

Local Authority:*

Political Groups:

Councillors:*

MPs:

Local Organisations:

Parish and Town Councils:*

Local Residents:*

Petitions

*(Please note these will download as zip files)

The consultation on the draft recommendations for Wiltshire Council closed on 15 April 2019.

On 5 February 2019, we published our draft recommendations for the electoral review of Wiltshire Council.

From 5 Febraury 2019 to 15 April 2019, we are accepting opinions and comments (submissions) from the public on these recommendations for Wiltshire Council.

As a result of our draft recommendations on new division 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 division boundaries is also available.

You can make a submission to the Wiltshire electoral review:

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

   The Review Officer (Wiltshire)

   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.

 

From 28 August 2018 to 5 November 2018, we are accepting opinions and comments (submissions) from the public on where you believe division boundaries should be in Wiltshire Council.

The Commission is minded to recommend that Wiltshire Council should have 98 councillors in the future. This is no change from the current number of councillors.

The Commission now needs information from people and groups across Wiltshire to help it to produce new divisions boundaries to accommodate 98 councillors.

For more information, see our:

To view an interactive map of the existing division boundaries, visit our consultation area. You can search by area or postcode, and have your say. A non-interactive image of the current division boundaries is also available.

You can make a submission to the Wiltshire electoral review:

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

   The Review Officer (Wiltshire)

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

We received 2 submissions on council size:

The Commission is minded to recommend that 98 councillors should serve Wiltshire Council in the future. This is no change from the current number of councillors.

Previous Reviews:

The Boundary Committee for England began an electoral review of the new unitary authority of Wiltshire on 26 February 2008. It completed this review on 14 November 2008. 

On 11 February 2009 the Electoral Commission decided to accept the Boundary Commitee for England's recommendations for the new electoral arrangements for the new unitary authority of Wiltshire, with three modifications:

  • Boundaries of county electoral divisions were slightly altered in 17 places to follow new parish boundaries established by the North Wiltshire (Parishes) Order 2008.
  • The ward of Warminster Copheap and Wylye was renamed Warminster Copheap.
  • The Corsham Pickwick and Rudloe electoral division was renamed Corsham Pickwick.

Print (PDF) and web (PDF) versions of the order to give effect to this decision are published by the Office of Public Sector Information. The order refers to Sheet 1 (PDF), Sheet 2 (PDF), Sheet 3 (PDF), Sheet 4 (PDF), Sheet 5 (PDF), Sheet 6 (PDF), Sheet 7 (PDF), Sheet 8 (PDF) and Sheet 9 (PDF) of the order map.

Final recommendations (PDF) and executive summary (PDF) published 14 November 2008.

Maps of the area: Map 1 (PDF), Map 2 (PDF), Map 3 (PDF), Map 4 (PDF), Map 5 (PDF), Map 6 (PDF)

Draft recommendations (PDF) and executive summary (PDF) published 1 July 2008.

Maps of the area: Map 1 (PDF) , Map 2 (PDF) , Map 3 (PDF) , Map 4 (PDF) , Map 5 (PDF) and Map 6 (PDF)

Please note: some of these maps may be very large and may take some time to download.

Following the publication of our draft recommendations it became evident that several stakeholders would like further clarification of our draft recommendations.

Although the Boundary Committee for England did not made any amendments to our draft recommendations for Wiltshire, we felt that it would be useful to provide some clarification at this stage. 

Chippenham (Map 3B) (PDF) 

Warminster (Map 6B) (PDF)

Westbury (Map 6A) (PDF)

Wootton Bassett (Map 3A) (PDF)