Walsall

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

Latest Information

Final report

Our recommendations for new electoral and boundary arrangements.

Dates: 9 Jul 2024 - 9 Jul 2024

Previous stages

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

Dates: 30 Jan 2024 - 8 Apr 2024

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

Dates: 22 Aug 2023 - 30 Oct 2023

We decide how many councillors an authority should have.

Dates: 15 Aug 2023

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. 

We are carrying out an electoral review of Walsall because it has been a long time since the last review.  

15 August 2023 We decide how many councillors there should be
22 August - 30 October 2023 We carry out an initial public consultation on communities
30 January - 8 April 2024 We carry out a public consultation on our proposals
9 July 2024 We publish our recommendations
Autumn 2024 We ask Parliament to approve our recommendations
May 2026 New arrangements apply to local elections

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Latest Information

Final report

Our recommendations for new electoral and boundary arrangements were published on 9 July 2024.

Previous stages

Consultation on proposals

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

Local views given during our consultation on proposals

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

Initial consultation

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

Local views given during our initial consultation

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

Councillor numbers

We have decided that Walsall Council should have 60 councillors.

Submissions received on council size are below.

Previous Reviews

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

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