Thanet

A review of the number of councillors, wards and ward names for Thanet District Council
Currently in review

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Consultation on proposals

We consult with local people and organisations to help us refine our proposals.

Dates: 8 Oct 2024 - 16 Dec 2024

Previous stages

We ask local people and organisations to tell us about their communities.

Dates: 19 Mar 2024 - 27 May 2024

We decide how many councillors an authority should have.

Dates: 12 Mar 2024 - 12 Mar 2024

New arrangements apply to elections after this date.

Dates: 1 Nov 2001 - 1 Nov 2001

Our recommendations for new electoral and boundary arrangements.

Dates: 9 May 2001 - 9 May 2001

have your say

Give us your views

We want to hear from you.

The views of local people and organisations help shape our proposals and recommendations.

Just tell us what you think and why you think that

We review the electoral and boundary arrangements of councils to make sure they are fair. Our reviews include at least two rounds of public consultation before we make recommendations for change. 

12 March 2024 We decide how many councillors there should be
19 March 2024 - 27 May 2024 We carry out and initial public consultation on communities
8 October 2024 - 16 December 2024 We carry out a public consultation on our proposals
29 April 2025 We publish our recommendations
TBD We ask Parliament to approve our recommendations
2027 New arrangements apply to local elections

The Commission is required to carry out electoral reviews of council areas 'from time to time'. We are carrying out a review of Thanet as it has been a long time since the last review.

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Consultation on proposals

We have proposed a new pattern of divisions. We want to hear the views of local people and organisations to help us produce our recommendations for change.

As a result of our final recommendations on new warding patters, we are making changes to the electoral arrangements for the following parish/town councils:

Previous stages

Initial consultation

Local views given during our initial consultation

You can see comments received from local people and organisations about their communities.

We ask local people and organisations to tell us about their communities. The Commission has decided that the number of councillors in Thanet should be 42. This is a change from the current council which has 56.

Councillor numbers

The first stage of this electoral review is to determine the number of councillors who should represent the local authority in the future.

Effective date

The District of Thanet (Electoral Changes) Order 2001 was made on 1 November 2001.

The new arrangements came into effect at the May 2003 elections.

Final report

Our recommendations for new electoral and boundary arrangements were published on 9 May 2001.

Previous Reviews

Most recent and previous reviews are held on the UK Government Web Archive.

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