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Review Body
The Commission's electoral review of Scarborough concluded in July 2018. The aim of the review was to deliver electoral equality for voters in local elections, and recommend ward boundaries that ensure all councillors represent approximately the same number of electors.
Our review also aimed to deliver effective and convenient local government, and ensure that ward boundaries reflected the interests and identities of local communities.
Review Dates
| Date from: | Date to: | |
| Consultation on warding arrangements | 27 June 2017 | 4 September 2017 |
| Consultation on draft recommendations | 31 October 2017 | 15 January 2018 |
| Final recommendations published | 3 April 2018 |
Latest Information:
Recommendations become law
The Scarborough (Electoral Changes) Order 2018, to implement recommendations made by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England (LGBCE) for new electoral arrangements in Scarborough, was made on 17 July 2018.
New ward arrangements for Scarborough have now successfully completed a 40 day period of Parliamentary scrutiny and will come into force at the local elections in May 2019.
The Order for Scarborough can be viewed through the following link.
On 23 May 2018 the Scarborough (Electoral Changes) Order 2018 was laid in draft in Parliament.
Now that that draft Order has successfully passed through Parliament, it will give effect to the final recommendations that were consulted on during the Local Government Boundary Commission for England’s review of electoral arrangements in Scarborough, and published on 3 April 2018.
The draft order can be viewed here.
Previous Steps:
On 3 April 2018, we published final recommendations for future electoral arrangements in Scarborough Borough Council.
We have now completed our electoral review of Scarborough.
- Final recommendations report for Scarborough Borough Council
- Final recommendations map for Scarborough Borough Council - please note: this map is very large and may take some time to download.
- Summary of the Scarborough report
- News release
- Letter to the Chief Executive of Scarborough Borough Council
- Mapping files*
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:
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 Scarborough Borough Council to come into effect at the local elections in 2019.
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 draft recommendations for Scarborough Borough Council closed on 15 January 2018.
Listed below are the submissions we received:
Local Authority:
Councillors:
Local Organisations:
Parish and Town Councils:
Hackness and Harwood Dale Group Parish Council
Newby and Scalby Parish Council
Reighton and Speeton Parish Council
Local Residents:
The consultation on the draft recommendations for Scarborough Borough Council has now closed.
On 31 October 2017, we published our draft recommendations for the electoral review of Scarborough Borough Council. Between 31 October 2017 and 15 January 2018 we invited comments on our draft recommendations.
· Draft recommendations report for Scarborough Borough Council
· Draft recommendations map for Scarborough Borough Council - please note: this map is very large and may take some time to download.
· Summary of the Scarborough report
· Letter sent to the Chief Executive of Scarborough Borough Council
Parish and Town Councils with electoral changes:
· Newby and Scalby Parish Council
To interact with the draft recommendations mapping, visit our consultation portal. You can view both the existing and proposed boundaries, searching by area or postcode.
You may have found the electoral figures useful when thinking about warding arrangements.
Guidance is available on our Guidance Page. You may also wish to read our document Electoral Reviews: Technical Guidance, which contains detailed guidance on the review process and information on the legislation reviews are carried out under.
The consultation on our warding arrangements for Scarborough Borough Council has now closed.
Below are all of the submissions we received:
Local Authority:
Councillors:
Parish and Town Councils:
Newby and Scalby Parish Council
Reighton and Speeton Parish Council
Local Residents:
On 27 June 2017, we started the first period of consultation for a pattern of wards for Scarborough Borough Council. Between 27 June 2017 and 4 September 2017, we invited comments on the ward boundaries for the authority.
The Commission has also announced that it is minded to recommend that Scarborough Borough Council should have 45 councillors in the future; a reduction of five.
The Commission needed information from people and groups across Scarborough to help it to produce a new pattern of wards to accommodate 45 councillors.
For more information, read our news release and the letter to the Chief Executive of Scarborough Borough Council.
You may find the electoral figures useful when thinking about warding arrangements.
Polling district maps may also be useful when thinking about warding arrangements. You can view the polling district map below. Please note, polling district mapping data has been supplied by Scarborough Borough Council and may contain boundary errors.
Scarborough polling district map
Summary map of existing ward boundaries
To view the existing warding arrangements, visit our consultation area. You can search by area or postcode.
Guidance is available on our Guidance Page. You may also wish to read our document Electoral Reviews: Technical Guidance, which contains detailed guidance on the review process and information on the legislation reviews are carried out under.
As part of the preliminary process we consulted with Scarborough Borough Council on the most appropriate council size (the number of councillors on Scarborough Borough Council). We received 2 submissions on council size:
Previous Reviews:
This review was carried out by the Local Government Commission for England (LGCE).
Draft report published 25 May 1999.
Final report published 30 November 1999.