Have your say on Exeter boundaries

The independent Local Government Boundary Commission for England is currently consulting local people on its draft proposals for new ward boundaries across Exeter. The consultation closes on 10 August 2015.

The Commission’s draft recommendations propose that Exeter City Council should have 39 councillors in the future: one fewer than the current arrangement. The proposals mean those councillors would represent thirteen three-member wards across the city.

The recommendations propose changes to ward boundaries across Exeter.

Max Caller, Chair of the Commission, said: “We are asking local people to log on to our website or visit their local library to have a look at our proposals for new boundaries across Exeter. We are keen to hear what local people think of the recommendations and to tell us if they agree with the proposals. If you don’t agree with the boundaries we have drawn, we would like to hear your alternatives.

“Our review aims to deliver electoral equality for voters in elections to Exeter City Council. This means that each councillor represents a similar number of electors so that everyone’s vote in council elections is worth roughly the same regardless of where you live. We also aim to ensure that the council’s wards reflect, as far as possible, the interests and identities of local communities across Exeter.

“We will consider all the submissions we receive whoever they are from and whether your evidence applies to the whole of Exeter or just a part of the city.”

Local people can visit the Commission’s interactive consultation portal at www.consultation.lgbce.org.uk to look at detailed maps of the Commission’s proposals and get all the advice they need to make a submission during the consultation.

The full recommendations and detailed maps are also available on the Commission’s main website at www.lgbce.org.uk/current-reviews/south-west/devon/exeter. Hard copies of the Commission’s report and maps have also been made available to view at council buildings and libraries.

Write to:

The Review Officer (Exeter)
Local Government Boundary Commission for England
14th floor, Millbank Tower
London
SW1P 4QP

Or email: reviews@lgbce.org.uk

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