Issue - meetings

Report CSD19078

The Local Government Boundary Commission for England (LGBCE) was undertaking a review of Bromley’s electoral arrangements, which had been in place since the last review in 1999. The first stage of the Review was for the Commission to determine the overall number of Councillors to be elected for the borough in future, before moving on to consider the detail of ward boundaries and the number of councillors representing each ward. As part of this preliminary stage, the Commission had invited the Council and any other interested parties to make submissions on Council size before the end of May 2019.

The draft submission was included in the report, and amended versions of paragraphs 2.2, 2.3 and 2.8, and table 4, had been circulated. 

A Member drew attention to the projections in the amended table 4 for reductions of voters between 2019 and 2024 in Copers Cope, Cray Valley East and Penge and Cator wards. She also queried whether the figures for Crystal Palace ward reflected developments currently taking place in the ward. The figures for these wards, which were drawn from a number of datasets, would be checked. The Director of Corporate Services also commented that, particularly with the Mayor’s London Plan under consultation, it was difficult to make longer term predictions of electorate numbers. 

RESOLVED that Council be recommended to approve the Council Size submission.