Electoral Boundary Review

This the time when towns and parishes defend or expand their boundaries into neighbouring authorities.

Who are the Commission:

• "We are an independent body accountable to Parliament. We review the electoral and boundary arrangements of councils.
• We consult local people and organisations to help us produce proposals and then recommendations for change.
• Our main focus is a rolling programme of electoral reviews.
• We review councils to make sure their patterns of internal wards or electoral divisions are fair and sensible.
• If new councils are set up we carry out an electoral review.
• If councils ask, we may review their external boundaries.
• Sometimes we need to approve changes after locally-led reviews of parish and town councils."

" Thee Local Government Boundary Commission for England reviews the electoral and boundary arrangements of councils to make sure they are fair.Our reviews include at least two rounds of public consultation before we make recommendations for change. North Somerset Council is due to have it's boundary arrangements reviewed."

The initial consultation began 25 November 2025. The first stage of this electoral review was to determine the number of councillors who should represent the local authority in the future. The Commission has decided that it should be 50, the same as now. Any proposed parish changes resulting from North Somerset Council’s Community Governance Review will be taken into account (see CGR). 

TIMETABLE

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See also:

• Other consultations - including NPPF and Local Plan