South Staffordshire

The consultation on draft recommendations for South Staffordshire District Council closed on 10 January 2022.

On 2 November 2021, we published our draft recommendations for the electoral review of South Staffordshire District Council.

From 2 November 2021 to 10 January 2022, we are accepting opinions and comments (submissions) from the public on these recommendations for South Staffordshire District Council.

• Draft recommendations report for South Staffordshire District Council
• Draft recommendations map South Staffordshire District Council - please note: this map is very large and may take some time to download.
• Summary of the draft recommendations report
• Fact Sheet
• News release
• Letter sent to the Chief Executive of South Staffordshire District Council
• Promotional poster [1] [2]
• Electoral figures

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

• Great Wyrley
• Penkridge
• Perton 
• Wombourne 

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 ward boundaries is also available.

You can make a submission to the South Staffordshire electoral review:

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

   The Review Officer (South Staffordshire)

   Local Government Boundary Commission for England

   PO Box 133

   Blyth

   NE24 9FE

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.

If you have any feedback regarding our review process then click here.

The consultation on the warding arrangements for South Staffordshire District Council closed on 2 August 2021.

Listed below are the submissions we received: 

Local Authority

Councillors

Political Groups

Local Organisations

Parish and Town Councils [1] [2] (some submissions are split due to file size)

Residents 

The consultation on warding arrangements for South Staffordshire District Council closed on 02 August 2021.

From 25 May 2021 to 02 August 2021, we are accepting opinions and comments (submissions) from the public on where you believe ward boundaries should be in South Staffordshire District Council.

The Commission is minded to recommend that South Staffordshire District Council should have 41 councillors in the future. This is 8 fewer than the current number of councillors.

The Commission now needs information from people and groups across South Staffordshire to help it to produce new ward boundaries to accommodate 41 councillors.

For more information, see our:

·       News release 

·       Letter to the Chief Executive of South Staffordshire District Council

·       Electoral figures

·       Promotional poster

·       South Staffordshire polling district map (Please note, polling district mapping data has been supplied by South Staffordshire District Council and may contain boundary errors.)

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

You can make a submission to the South Staffordshire electoral review:

(1)  through our consultation area, 

(2)  by e-mailing [email protected], or

(3)  writing to the following address:

   The Review Officer (South Staffordshire)

  Local Government Boundary Commission for England

   PO Box 133

   Blyth

   NE24 9FE

Information on how reviews work is available on our How Reviews Work Page.

For a quick guide on how to propose a pattern of wards 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 South Staffordshire District Council on the most appropriate number of councillors to be elected to the council in future.

We received 2 submissions on council size:

•  South Staffordshire District council
•       Cllr Thomas M Boyle

The Commission is minded to recommend that 41 councillors should serve South Staffordshire District Council in the future. This is 8 fewer than the current number of councillors.

This review was carried out by the Local Government Commission for England (LGCE).

Final report (PDF), published on 10 October 2000

Map 1 Existing wards in South Staffordshire; (PDF)

Map 2 The Commission's final recommendations for South Staffordshire; (PDF)

Map A1 Final recommendations for South Staffordshire: Key map; (PDF)

Map A2 Proposed boundary between Wombourne South East and Wombourne South West wards; (PDF)

Map A3 Proposed warding arrangements for the Perton area; (PDF)

Map A4 Proposed boundary between Bilbrook and Codsall South wards; (PDF)

Map A5 Proposed ward boundaries for the Cheslyn Hay and Great Wyrley area; (PDF)

Map A6 Revised parish warding arrangements for Kinver parish; (PDF)

Large Map (PDF)

Draft report (PDF), published on 9 May 2000

Map 1 Existing wards in South Staffordshire; (PDF)

Map 2 The Commission's draft recommendations for South Staffordshire; (PDF)

Map A1 Draft recommendations for South Staffordshire: Key map; (PDF)

Map A2 Proposed boundary between Wombourne South East and Wombourne South West wards; (PDF)

Map A3 Proposed warding arrangements for the Perton area; (PDF)

Map A4 Proposed boundary between Bilbrook and Codsall South West wards; (PDF)

Map A5 Proposed boundary between Codsall North and Codsall South West wards; (PDF)

Map A6 Proposed ward boundaries for the Cheslyn Hay and Great Wyrley area; (PDF)

Map A7 Revised parish warding arrangements for Kinver parish; (PDF)