Ernie Clark. Hilperton Division, Wiltshire Council.

No big surprises in Boundary Committee report.
The Draft Recommendations are now available on Wiltshire County Council’s website

A brief analysis of the Draft Recommendations indicates that the Boundary Committee has made minimal changes to the County Council’s original submission. The Boundary Committee has agreed the County Council’s proposal for a council size of 98. This is the fundamental step in agreeing the council’s submission as the remainder of the submission is based on the premise of this council size. Further detailed analysis will now be undertaken and reported to County Council on 15 July.

There will now be a further consultation period of eight weeks up until 25 August 2008 during which the County Council and all other interested parties can make representations on the Draft Recommendations to the Boundary Committee.

In the light of any representations received during Stage Three, the Boundary Committee will review their Draft Recommendations and consider whether they should be altered. The Boundary Committee will then submit their Final Recommendations to The Electoral Commission who will make the Implementation Order not less than six weeks after it receives the Final Recommendations. It is hoped that this process will be completed by the middle of December 2008 in time for the revised electoral arrangements to be in place for the elections to the new unitary council in 2009.