Maidstone

A review of the number of councillors, wards and ward names for Maidstone Borough Council
Completed

Latest Information

Making our recommendation into law

We ask Parliament to approve our recommendations.

Dates: 18 Apr 2023 - 16 Jun 2023

Previous stages

Our recommendations for new electoral and boundary arrangements.

Dates: 29 Nov 2022 - 29 Nov 2022

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

Dates: 5 Jul 2022 - 12 Sep 2022

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

Dates: 25 Jan 2022 - 4 Apr 2022

We decide how many councillors an authority should have.

Dates: 25 Jan 2022 - 4 Apr 2022

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

Latest Information

Making our recommendation into law

Our recommendations have become law

The Maidstone (Electoral Changes) Order 2023 was made on 16 June 2023.

Officers within the council will now make sure the new arrangements are in place for elections held after May 2024. 

Parliamentary scrutiny of our recommendations

A Draft Maidstone (Electoral Changes) Order 2023 was laid in Parliament on 18 April 2023.

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 10 January 2023.

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 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. 

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

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 Maidstone Council should have 49 councillors.

Previous Reviews

Previous reviews are held on the UK Government Web Archive

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