Agenda item

(1)          At the beginning of this item, the Head of Democratic Services explained why it had been necessary to re-issue the electorate population forecasts on pages 64 to 76 of the County Council agenda, which was caused by the corruption of data in the spreadsheets used to formulate the forecasts. He offered his sincere apologies for this error.

(2)          Mr Gibbens moved, Mr King seconded the recommendations on page 20 of the agenda as follows:

1.    That the County Council is invited to comment upon, amend as necessary and approve for submission to the Local Government Boundary Commission for England (LGCBE) the County Council’s submission on Council size; and

2.    That authority be delegated to the Head of Democratic Services, in consultation with the Chairman of the Electoral and Boundary Review Committee to make any final amendments to the submission that are necessary prior to the deadline for submission.

(3)          Mr Truelove moved, Ms Harrison seconded the following amendment:

“Paragraph 38, Page 63:

Delete “and that as part of the formal submission, the Commission be asked to note the County Council’s preference for single Member divisions where possible”.

Thus, the paragraph concludes after “84 Members”.

(4)          Following a debate, the Chairman put the Amendment outlined in paragraph (3) above to the vote, whereupon the voting was as follows:

For (18)

Mr Bond, Mrs Brivio, Mr Burgess, Mr Caller, Mr Cowan, Ms Cribbon, Dr Eddy, Ms A Harrison, Mrs Howes, Mr MacDowall, Mr Maddison, Mr Neaves, Mrs Rowbotham, Mr Scobie, Mr Smyth, Mr Thandi, Mr Truelove and Mr Whybrow

Abstain (1)

Mr Heale

Against (64)

Mrs Allen, Mr Angell, Mr Baker, Mr Baldock, Mr Balfour, Mr Bird, Mr Birkby, Mr Bowles, Mr Brazier, Mr Brookbank, Ms Carey, Mr Carter, Mr Chard, Mr Chittenden, Mr Clark, Mrs Cole, Mr Cooke, Mrs Crabtree, Mr Crowther, Mrs Dagger, Mr Daley, Mr Dance, Mr Davies, Mrs Dean, Mr J Elenor, Mrs M Elenor, Mr Gates, Mr Gibbens, Mr Gough, Mr Harman, Mr M Harrison, Mr Hoare, Mr Hill, Mrs Hohler, Mr Homewood, Mr Hotson, Mr King, Mr Kite, Mr Koowaree, Mr Latchford, Mr Long, Mr Lymer, Mr Manion, Mr Marsh, Mr McKenna, Mr Northey, Mr Oakford, Mr Ozog, Mr Parry, Mr Pearman, Mr Ridings, Mr Scholes, Mr Shonk, Mr Simkins, Mr Simmonds, Mr Smith, Mrs Stockell, Mr Sweetland, Mr Terry, Mr Vye, Mr Wedgbury, Mrs Whittle, Mr Wickham and Mrs Wiltshire

Amendment Lost

(5)          The original motion set out in paragraph (2) above was put to the vote, whereupon the voting was as follows:

For (67)

Mrs Allen, Mr Angell, Mr Baker, Mr Baldock, Mr Balfour, Mr Bird, Mr Birkby, Mr Bond, Mr Bowles, Mr Brazier, Mr Brookbank, Mr Burgess, Ms Carey, Mr Carter, Mr Chard, Mr Chittenden, Mr Clark, Mrs Cole, Mr Cooke, Mrs Crabtree, Mr Crowther, Mrs Dagger, Mr Daley, Mr Dance, Mr Davies, Mrs Dean, Mr J Elenor, Mrs M Elenor, Mr Gates, Mr Gibbens, Mr Gough, Mr Harman, Mr M Harrison, Mr Hill, Mr Hoare, Mrs Hohler, Mr Homewood, Mr Hotson, Mr King, Mr Kite, Mr Koowaree, Mr Latchford, Mr Long, Mr Lymer, Mr Manion, Mr Marsh, Mr McKenna, Mr Northey, Mr Oakford, Mr Ozog, Mr Parry, Mr Pearman, Mr Ridings, Mr Scholes, Mr Shonk, Mr Simkins, Mr Simmonds, Mr Smith, Mrs Stockell, Mr Sweetland, Mr Terry, Mr Vye, Mr Wedgbury, Mrs Whittle, Mr Whybrow, Mr Wickham and Mrs Wiltshire

Abstain (14)

Mrs Brivio, Mr Caller, Mr Cowan, Mrs Cribbon, Dr Eddy, Ms A Harrison, Mrs Howes, Mr MacDowall, Mr Maddison, Mrs Rowbotham, Mr Scobie, Mr Smyth, Mr Thandi, Mr Truelove

Against (2)

Mr Heale and Mr Neaves

Motion carried

RESOLVED: That (1) the County Council’s submission to the Local Government Boundary Commission for England on Council Size be approved; and

(2) authority be delegated to the Head of Democratic Services, in consultation with the Chairman of the Electoral and Boundary Review Committee to make any final amendments to the submission that are necessary prior to the deadline for submission