Wychavon

A review of the number of councillors, wards and ward names for Wychavon District Council
Completed

Latest Information

Making our recommendation into law

We ask Parliament to approve our recommendations.

Dates: 8 Nov 2022 - 11 Jan 2023

Previous stages

Our recommendations for new electoral and boundary arrangements.

Dates: 16 Sep 2022 - 16 Sep 2022

We may consult on revisions to our original proposals.

Dates: 28 Jun 2022 - 8 Aug 2022

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

Dates: 11 Jan 2022 - 21 Mar 2022

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

Dates: 11 May 2021 - 19 Jul 2021

We decide how many councillors an authority should have.

Dates: 13 Jul 2021 - 20 Sep 2021

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 Wychavon because it has been a long time since the last review and the number of electors per councillor varies a lot across the council. The Council has also asked us to carry out a review.  

Latest Information

Making our recommendation into law

Our recommendations have become law

The Wychavon (Electoral Changes) Order 2023 was made on 11 January 2023. 

Officers within the council will now make sure the new arrangements are in place for elections held after May 2023.  

Parliamentary scrutiny of our recommendations

A Draft Wychavon (Electoral Changes) Order 2023 was laid in Parliament on 8 November 2022. 

If there is no successful objection by a member of the Commons or Lords within 40 parliamentary sitting days the draft Order will become law.  

Previous stages

Final report

Our recommendations for new electoral and boundary arrangements were published on 29 March 2022.

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

Consultation on revised proposals

Local views on our revised proposals

You can see comments received from local people and organisations about our revised proposals. 

Consultation on revised proposals

The Commission is now accepting additional opinions and comments (submissions) from local people about the areas affected.  A four-week consultation on the proposals will run until 8 August 2022.

The Commission is satisfied that it has received sufficient evidence in earlier rounds of consultation to finalise new ward boundaries for the rest of Wychavon. The Commission is not seeking submissions about any other part of the District. A full set of final recommendations for the council will be published in September 2022.   

Consultation on proposals

Local views on our proposals

You can see comments received from local people and organisations about our revised proposals. 

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. 

Initial consultation

Local views given during our initial consultation

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.

Councillor numbers

We have decided that Wychavon District Council should have 43 councillors.

Previous Reviews

Previous reviews are held on the UK Government Web Archive

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