Bromsgrove Electoral Review

What is an Electoral Review?

An electoral review is an examination of a Council’s electoral arrangements.

The Review is carried out by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England (The Commission).  The Commission is an independent statutory body, whose objectives include the provision of electoral arrangements that are fair and that deliver electoral equality for voters.

The work of the Commission is to:

1. Provide electoral arrangements that are fair and deliver electoral equality for voters.
2. Help deliver effective and convenient local government to citizens.

This review is not exclusive to Bromsgrove District Council, there are many reviews happening across country.

The review was requested by The Commission in 2023. 

Why does an Electoral Review take place?

Electoral reviews are carried out to see whether the boundaries of wards within a local authority need to be altered to ensure effective local governance and electoral equality. The last review was in 2014 and therefore a review was arranged to ensure all Councillors represent around the same number of electors across the Borough.

The Commission work to make recommendations on:

• The number of wards
• The names of wards
• Where the boundaries between wards should lie
• The number of Councillors for each ward.

What is the process?

The Commission has produced detailed technical guidance on how it carries out electoral reviews and the information that it considers in such a review. More information on how reviews work can be found on The Commission's website here. 

There are a number of key stages in the Electoral review process, and these are set out in the Electoral Review Timetable.

The first stage of the review has been completed and as part of this stage The Commission decided that the council would continue to be comprised of 31 Councillors. 

The Commission are now beginning the initial consultation on warding patterns. This consultation will run from 24 September until 02 December 2024. 

Should you wish to submit a response to the consultation, please visit the review page at https://www.lgbce.org.uk/all-reviews/bromsgrove This contains links to useful guidance and maps of the current wards.  

Views can be submitted through the site or:  

by email: reviews@lgbce.org.uk  

 by post:              

Review Officer (Bromsgrove)  

LGBCE  

7th Floor 

3 Bunhill Row 

London 

EC1Y 8YZ 

The Commission will carefully consider all views received during this phase of consultation, and plan to publish proposals for new electoral arrangements in May 2025.