Decision details

The Local Government Boundary Commission for England (LGBCE) is an independent body whose main activity is to carry out electoral reviews of principal local authorities in England. The Commission is carrying out a review of East Sussex County Council in a coordinated process alongside simultaneous reviews of all five districts and boroughs within East Sussex.

The Commission will ultimately make recommendations to Parliament on the electoral arrangements of the six local authorities in East Sussex, namely: the total number of councillors elected to each authority; the boundaries of all wards (for district and borough councils) and divisions (for the county council); the number of councillors elected to each ward and division; and the name of each ward and division.

The new electoral arrangements will come into effect from the next County Council elections in May 2017; Hastings Borough Council elections in 2018 and other district and borough council elections in 2019.

4.1       The Committee considered a report by the Assistant Chief Executive in relation to the County Council’s submission to the Local Government Boundary Commission for England in respect of the review of East Sussex County Council electoral boundaries

4.2       The Committee RESOLVED - to approve the County Council’s response to the Local Government Boundary Commission for England’s proposals for East Sussex County Council electoral divisions as set out in the appendix to the report subject to the proposed county electoral division of Hartfield being named Forest Row and Groombridge