Agenda item

Further to minute 2764, the Director: Governance and Partnerships submitted a report updating Council on progress of the periodic electoral review of North Lincolnshire being undertaken by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England (LGBCE) and requested members to consider the recommendation of the Electoral Review Working Group of 16 July 2021 on the proposed Phase 2 ‘Warding Arrangements’ submission to be made by Council to the LGBCE.

The Director in her report explained that the LGBCE from 18 May to 26 July 2021 had been consulting on phase 2 ‘warding arrangements’ across North Lincolnshire inviting residents, key stakeholder groups and organisations, town and parish councils and North Lincolnshire Council to make submissions on warding arrangements in terms of numbers, names, boundaries and the number of councillors to be elected in each ward.  Submissions on warding arrangements should address ‘electoral quality’, ‘community identities and interests’, and ‘effective and convenient local government’ in accordance with LGBCE criteria.

The Electoral Review Working Group met on 16 July 2021 and considered a proposed phase 2 submission on ‘warding arrangements’ and by majority recommended ‘it be submitted to council for it to consider and approve as the council’s submission to the LGBCE’.  Appendix 1 to the report referred.  Submissions had to be submitted to the LGBCE by 26 July 2021. The LGBCE was intending to consult on its draft ‘warding arrangements’ proposals from 5 October to 13 December 2021 and would confirm these to the council in due course. Further reports would be presented to Council as the review progressed in accordance with the review timetable which was detailed in Appendix 2.       

Moved by Councillor R Waltham MBE and seconded by Councillor N Poole –

“That having considered the recommendation of the Electoral Review Working Group, the proposed ‘warding arrangements’ (as at Appendix 1 of the Director’s report) be approved and adopted as the Council’s phase 2 submission to the Local Government Boundary Commission for England (LGBCE)”.                                                                                            

At the request of members and in accordance with Procedure Rule 1.22(d) the names of members voting for, against and abstaining from the motion are as follows –

FOR:  Councillors Armiger, Clark, J Davison, T Foster, Hannigan, Lee, Longcake, Marper, Mitchell, Ogg, Poole, Reed, Rose, Ross Rowson, Saunby, C Sherwood, N Sherwood, P Vickers, Walshe, Waltham MBE and Wells.

AGAINST:  Councillors Ali, Armitage, Bainbridge, A Davison, Ellerby, L Foster, Gosling, Grant, Rayner, Southern, Swift, Wilson and Yeadon.

ABSTAINING:  Nil

                                                                                                  Motion Carried