Meeting documents

SCC Constitution and Governance Committee
Thursday, 20th October, 2022 2.00 pm

  • Meeting of Constitution and Governance Committee, Thursday 20th October 2022 2.00 pm (Item 9.)

The Monitoring Officer will provide information about the final stage of the review.

 

For context to this item, the ‘Easy read Guide to the 2023 Review’, published by the Boundary Commission for England, is attached. The full version of this Guide is available online here – Guide to the 2023 Review of Parliamentary constituencies

 

Minutes:

The Committee considered a presentation from the Council’s Monitoring Officer and Strategic Manager – Governance and Democratic Services, Scott Wooldridge, which outlined the approach and options for the Parliamentary Constituencies Boundary Review 2023.

 

The following points were highlighted:

·         Concern was raised on how much influence a county submission would have on the final recommendations.

·         Councillors were aware that the Boundary Commission for England were guided by tight guidelines and that could lead to cross boundary constituencies.

·         Councillors requested that the final proposals should be added to the agenda for the next meeting.

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