JANUARY 2021Summary Report

The full report and detailed maps:www.consultation.lgbce.org.uk

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Mid Devon District CouncilFinal Recommendations on the new electoral arrangements

Who we are ● The Local Government Boundary Commission

for England is an independent body set up by Parliament.

● We are not part of government or any political party.

● We are accountable to Parliament through a committee of MPs chaired by the Speaker of the House of Commons.

● Our main role is to carry out electoral reviews of local authorities throughout England.

Electoral reviewAn electoral review examines and proposes new electoral arrangements for a local authority, including:

● The total number of councillors representing the council’s voters (‘council size’).

● The names, number and boundaries of wards or electoral divisions.

● The number of councillors for each ward or division.

Why Mid Devon? ● Mid Devon District Council currently has high levels

of electoral inequality: some councillors represent many more - or many fewer - voters than others.

● Therefore the value of your vote, in Mid Devon District Council elections, varies depending on where you live in Mid Devon.

● We are seeking to improve levels of electoral equality for local voters

Our proposals ● Mid Devon District Council currently has 42

councillors. Based on the evidence we received, we recommend that 42 councillors should serve the council in the future.

● We believe our final recommendations meet our statutory criteria to:1. Deliver electoral equality for voters2. Reflect community interests and identities3. Promote effective and convenient local

government

Our Recommendations

The table lists all the wards we are proposing as part of our final recommendations along with the number ofvoters in each ward. The table also shows the electoral variances for each of the proposed wards which tellsyou how we have delivered electoral equality. Finally, the table includes electorate projections for 2026 so youcan see the impact of the recommendations for the future.

Ward Name Number of councillors

Electorate (2019)

Number of electors

per councillor

Variance from

average (%)

Electorate (2026)

Number of electors

per councillor

Variance from

average (%)

Bradninch 1 1,691 1,691 12% 1,711 1,711 3%

Cadbury 1 1,457 1,457 -3% 1,505 1,505 -9%Canonsleigh 2 2,948 1,474 -2% 3,118 1,559 -6%

Clare & Shuttern 2 3,055 1,528 1% 3,171 1,586 -4%

Crediton Boniface 2 2,875 1,438 -5% 3,588 1,794 8%

Crediton Lawrence 2 3,120 1,560 4% 3,401 1,701 2%

Cullompton Padbrook 2 3,197 1,599 6% 3,271 1,636 -1%

Cullompton St Andrews 3 3,845 1,282 -15% 4,799 1,600 -4%Cullompton Vale 1 602 602 -60% 1,505 1,505 -9%

Halberton 1 1,409 1,409 -6% 1,557 1,557 -6%

Lower Culm 3 5,458 1,819 21% 5,617 1,872 13%Sandford & Creedy 2 2,890 1,445 -4% 3,322 1,661 0%

Silverton 1 1,571 1,571 4% 1,612 1,612 -3%Taw Vale 1 1,708 1,708 13% 1,774 1,774 7%

Tiverton Castle 2 3,403 1,702 13% 3,603 1,802 9%

Tiverton Cranmore 3 3,593 1,198 -20% 4,508 1,503 -9%

Tiverton Lowman 3 4,655 1,552 3% 5,360 1,787 8%

Tiverton Westexe 3 4,745 1,582 5% 4,843 1,614 -3%

Upper Culm 2 3,349 1,675 11% 3,432 1,716 3%

Upper Yeo & Taw 2 3,140 1,570 4% 3,257 1,629 -2%

Way 1 1,641 1,641 9% 1,723 1,723 4%Yeo 2 2,920 1,460 -3% 3,047 1,524 -8%

Totals 42 63,272 – – 69,724 – –

Averages – – 1,506 – – 1,660 –

Summary of our recommendations

We have considered all the submissions we received during the three rounds of consultations.

The final recommendations propose that Mid Devon should have 42 councillors, the same number as present.

Mid Devon should have 22 wards, two fewer than there are now. The boundaries of all wards, except two (Silverton and Upper Culm wards), should change.

The 42 councillors should represent seven single-councillor wards, ten two-councillor wards and five three-councillor wards across the district.

An outline of the proposals is shown in the map to theright. A detailed report on the recommendations andinteractive mapping is available on our website at:www.lgbce.org.uk.

Find out more at consultation.lgbce.org.uk:

● view the map of our recommendations down to street level. ● zoom into the areas that interest you most. ● read the full report of our recommendations. ● find more guidance on the review process

Stage of Review Description

27 August 2019 -

04 November 2019

Public consultation on warding

arrangements

04 February 2020 -

13 April 2020

Public consultation on draft

recommendations

08 June 2020 -

20 July 2020

Extension of consultation on

draft recommendations

29 September 2020 -

09 November 2020

Public consultation on further

draft recommendations

12 January 2021 Publication of final recommendations

May 2023

Subject to parliamentary

approval - implementation of

new arrangements at local

elections

Overview of final recommendations for Mid Devon District CouncilView this map online and explore it in more detail at: consultation.lgbce.org.uk

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