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Post by londonseal80 on Apr 9, 2019 9:46:31 GMT
Two LGBCE decisions on council size today. Islington: 51 (+3) Westminster: 54 (-6) I also note that the decision on councillor numbers for Newham has now been delayed which is not all together unsurprising as they had proposed an increase from 60 to 72 councillors. It now has TBC against the borough which I presume means it has been delayed a number of months. Merton Council councillor number submission is for 57 which is a reduction of three; the Conservatives have apparently put in a submission for 46 councillors a reduction of 14. We'll know the outcome on 23 April along with Wandsworth, Hammersmith and Fulham and Waltham Forest. Shame if Newham increases to 72 councillors. Newham Result: Lab 60 just has a ring to it.
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Post by pl on Apr 9, 2019 9:58:24 GMT
I also note that the decision on councillor numbers for Newham has now been delayed which is not all together unsurprising as they had proposed an increase from 60 to 72 councillors. It now has TBC against the borough which I presume means it has been delayed a number of months. Merton Council councillor number submission is for 57 which is a reduction of three; the Conservatives have apparently put in a submission for 46 councillors a reduction of 14. We'll know the outcome on 23 April along with Wandsworth, Hammersmith and Fulham and Waltham Forest. Shame if Newham increases to 72 councillors. Newham Result: Lab 60 just has a ring to it. Why on God's Earth does Newham need an elected mayor and 72 councillors? Can only imagine they want more people on the gravy train. Tower Hamlets last boundary review had the same calls from Labour for stability or even increases in councillor numbers despite the advent of an elected mayor. The role of councillors in the Mayoral system is so limited, you only really need them to fill the cabinet and quasi-judicial committees... Even full council is a joke.
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Post by londonseal80 on Apr 9, 2019 12:29:07 GMT
Shame if Newham increases to 72 councillors. Newham Result: Lab 60 just has a ring to it. Why on God's Earth does Newham need an elected mayor and 72 councillors? Can only imagine they want more people on the gravy train. Tower Hamlets last boundary review had the same calls from Labour for stability or even increases in councillor numbers despite the advent of an elected mayor. The role of councillors in the Mayoral system is so limited, you only really need them to fill the cabinet and quasi-judicial committees... Even full council is a joke. number of councillors should be based on electorate and nothing else with Croydon, Ealing, Barnet having the most councillors and Kensington and Chelsea, Kingston, Richmond having the fewest. The larger the electorate the more councillors. Makes things fair.
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Post by lancastrian on Apr 9, 2019 19:59:35 GMT
Shame if Newham increases to 72 councillors. Newham Result: Lab 60 just has a ring to it. Why on God's Earth does Newham need an elected mayor and 72 councillors? Can only imagine they want more people on the gravy train. Tower Hamlets last boundary review had the same calls from Labour for stability or even increases in councillor numbers despite the advent of an elected mayor. The role of councillors in the Mayoral system is so limited, you only really need them to fill the cabinet and quasi-judicial committees... Even full council is a joke. Councillors are always saying they're strapped for cash. But there happens to be enough for another dozen of their mates to join the council? There is no need for more politicians anywhere, Newham especially - it should lose either it's mayor or perhaps 10-20 councillors.
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Post by cibwr on May 10, 2019 14:00:02 GMT
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on May 14, 2019 18:29:49 GMT
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on May 28, 2019 12:44:06 GMT
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Post by John Chanin on May 28, 2019 13:49:45 GMT
Not on the LGBCE site yet..... A bit of nostalgia - the ward I stood for in 1978 is long gone, and its territory is split between Hampstead Town, Gospel Oak and Belsize. The bit of the proposed Belsize ward east of Haverstock Hill is classic nonsense, no doubt necessary to make the numbers add up.
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Post by evergreenadam on May 28, 2019 18:56:37 GMT
Draft recommendations also published today for Haringey and Enfield.
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Post by Harry Hayfield on May 31, 2019 12:36:07 GMT
The final recommendations of Ceredigion have FINALLY been released (having been stuck in draft mode since last August) and recommend 38 councillors from 26 single member wards and four double member wards. My recommendations are in the report and I believe that most of my suggestions were adopted by the commission. ldbc.gov.wales/news/05-19/ceredigion-final-recommendations-published
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Post by Adrian on May 31, 2019 12:50:44 GMT
More nonsense. To me it seems unfair on the people of Northampton and on the areas around it that they're going to be lumped together in one authority. By all means allow/encourage them to work together, but there's an obvious democratic deficit in not having separate councils.
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Post by The Bishop on May 31, 2019 13:01:08 GMT
Northampton is big enough to be a unitary on its own, surely?
And the rest of the county can be the other - there, "problem" solved.
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Post by Adrian on May 31, 2019 13:31:16 GMT
Northampton is big enough to be a unitary on its own, surely? And the rest of the county can be the other - there, "problem" solved. Well, I'm not keen on an LA that stretches from Brackley to Oundle. I think 4 UAs: Northampton, Daventry (inc South Northants), Kettering & Corby, and East Northants (inc Wellingborough) would've been appropriate, but the govt will do anything to save money.
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Post by Chris from Brum on May 31, 2019 13:42:13 GMT
Northampton is big enough to be a unitary on its own, surely? And the rest of the county can be the other - there, "problem" solved. Not sure that it is - it's a fair bit smaller than Leicester and Nottingham, and is probably more like Derby, which isn't a Unitary. Those sprawling new town suburbs make it look bigger on the map than it is.
(Checks - Northampton is 212,000 population, Nottingham is 329,200, Leicester 438,300, Derby 248,700.)
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Post by andrewteale on May 31, 2019 16:33:37 GMT
Derby is actually a unitary council.
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Post by Pete Whitehead on May 31, 2019 17:11:42 GMT
Northampton is big enough to be a unitary on its own, surely? And the rest of the county can be the other - there, "problem" solved. Not sure that it is - it's a fair bit smaller than Leicester and Nottingham, and is probably more like Derby, which isn't a Unitary. Those sprawling new town suburbs make it look bigger on the map than it is.
(Checks - Northampton is 212,000 population, Nottingham is 329,200, Leicester 438,300, Derby 248,700.)
Milton Keynes 230,000, Luton 215,000, Peterborough 199,000
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Post by John Chanin on May 31, 2019 17:42:57 GMT
Northampton, Peterborough, and Milton Keynes councils cover pretty much the whole urban area. The latter two include rural chunks outside the town. Luton on the other hand is much bigger, as Dunstable and Houghton Regis are part of the same urban area.
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Post by jm on May 31, 2019 20:45:23 GMT
That is an abomination. Northampton has a population of over 200,000 and should be a unitary in its own right. What is the population requirement for a unitary authority these days? Hartlepool and Darlington are both unitaries and have both populations of only around 100,000.
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Post by andrewteale on May 31, 2019 22:16:12 GMT
That is an abomination. Northampton has a population of over 200,000 and should be a unitary in its own right. What is the population requirement for a unitary authority these days? Hartlepool and Darlington are both unitaries and have both populations of only around 100,000. Rutland...
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Post by greenhert on Jun 1, 2019 11:27:38 GMT
The criteria for creating unitary authorities, especially the minimum population requirement, are arbitrary and not backed by credible evidence. They stifle localism and ignore urban realities.
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