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Derbyshire County Council Boundary Review

Today we published draft recommendations for new divisions, division boundaries, and division names for Derbyshire.

 

We are now inviting comments on those recommendations.

 

Our consultation closes on 1 April 2024.

 

If you represent a local organisation or community group in Derbyshire, please pass this message on to your members or anyone you think who might be interested in the review. You can share the message by email or through social media by using the buttons at the bottom right of the page.

 

 

 

Have your say

 

You can take part in the consultation by clicking the button at the top of this message or through our website https://localgovernmentboundarycommissionforengland.cmail20.com/t/j-l-sdihkn-dhhhurzut-d/, which includes further information about the Commission and the review.

 

We encourage everyone who has a view on the draft recommendations to contact us, whether you support them or whether you wish to propose alternative arrangements.

 

We will consider every representation received during consultation, whether it is submitted by an individual, a local group or an organisation.

 

We will weigh each submission against the legal criteria which we must follow when drawing up electoral arrangements:

 

  *   to deliver electoral equality: where each councillor represents roughly the same number of electors as others across the county;

  *   that the pattern of divisions should, as far as possible, reflect the interests and identities of local communities;

  *   that the electoral arrangements should provide for effective and convenient local government.

 

It is important that you take account of the criteria if you are suggesting an alternative pattern of divisions.

 

If you wish to put forward a view, we would also urge you to ensure that evidence supports your submission.

 

For example, if you wish to argue that two areas should be included in the same electoral division, make sure you tell us why they should be together, providing evidence about community facilities, ties, organisations, and amenities, rather than simply asserting that they belong together.

 

Our website features technical guidance https://localgovernmentboundarycommissionforengland.cmail20.com/t/j-l-sdihkn-dhhhurzut-h/ that explains the process and our policies, as well as guidance on how to take part in each part of the process.

 

 

Promote the review in your area with our promotional poster https://localgovernmentboundarycommissionforengland.cmail20.com/t/j-l-sdihkn-dhhhurzut-k/

 

Get in touch

 

We welcome comments on our draft recommendations by 1 April 2024. Representations should be made:

 

 

 

- Or in writing to Review Officer (Derbyshire), Local Government Boundary Commission for England, PO Box 133, Blyth, NE24 9FE




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