Issue - meetings

To give consideration to the recommendations of the Corporate Policy Committee.

Consideration was given to the recommendations of Corporate Policy Committee on 30 November 2023 in relation to the Cheshire East Electoral Review submission.

During the debate, a small number of minor changes to the submission were suggested by Council members, which were acceptable to the meeting.  These changes will be made to the Council submission prior to this being submitted to the Boundary Commission.

RESOLVED:  That

1          subject to the minor amendments, the council size submission, attached as an appendix to the report, be approved for submission to the Local Government Boundary Commission for England; and

2          authority be delegated to the Electoral Review Sub-Committee to make any final changes to the council size submission and related documentation which may be required following Council approval, prior to submission to the Boundary Commission.

To consider the recommendations of the Electoral Review Sub-Committee in relation to future council size for recommendation to full Council in December.

The Committee considered the recommendations of the Electoral Review Sub-Committee in relation to the future council size of Cheshire East Council.

This was in response to a review being conducted by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England of the electoral arrangements of Cheshire East Council. As part of that review, the Council was being consulted and invited to make a submission on council size to the Commission. The Sub-Committee had prepared the Council’s submission which was appended to the report. The Committee was being asked to recommend the submission to full Council for approval.

This was the first stage of the review, which would go on to consider future warding arrangements. The Electoral Review Sub-Committee would, over the next few weeks, prepare a draft submission on warding arrangements which would be recommended to the Corporate Policy Committee in February for recommendation to full Council.

RESOLVED (unanimously)

That the Committee recommends to Council

1.    that the council size submission attached as an appendix to the report be approved for submission to the Local Government Boundary Commission for England; and

2.    that authority be delegated to the Electoral Review Sub-Committee to make any final changes to the council size submission and related documentation which may be required following Council approval, prior to submission to the Boundary Commission.