Saturday 10 January 2009

Electoral Review For The New Wiltshire Council

The new Council will be receiving additional responsibilities in 2009.  Before it does the Boundary Committee are carrying out a review and want to hear views on how the new Council should be made up.
  • How many Councillors should there be?
  • Where is your local community?
  • What does community mean to you?
  • Which division should you be in?
  • Where should the boundaries of your division be?

The Review Process

There are four stages to the Review.

Stage Timescale What Happens
Stage One 26/02/08 to 21/04/08 First public consultation
Stage Two 22/04/08 to 01/07/08 Boundary Committee to deliberate and form draft recommendations
Stage Three 02/07/08 to 25/08/08 Consultation of draft recommendations*
Stage Four 26/08/08 to 31/10/08 Boundary Committee to deliberate and finalise recommendations to the Electoral Commissioners


*To view the Electoral Commission's draft recommendations (published 1st July 2008) visit their website at www.electoralcommission.org.uk