Decisions made at Full Council meeting – 24 April 2017

Councillors have agreed to support the Local Government Boundary Commission for England’s warding pattern proposals for Harborough District Council as part an Electoral Review. This includes a reduction in the number of district councillors from 37, as it is currently, to 34.

However, following a meeting of the council’s Electoral Review Committee, councillors have asked that the Local Government Boundary Commission reconsiders its proposals for Lutterworth with a view to retaining the current four single-member wards, instead of recommendations to create two, two-councillor wards. Councillors stated that the current single-councillor wards in Lutterworth were proven to work and offered more effective representation for electors.

The LGBC’s draft recommendations propose 19 wards – seven single-councillor wards, three three-councillor wards and nine two-councillor wards – equating to 34 councillors in total.

A period of public consultation on the LGBC recommendations will finish on 8 May 2017.

View the Harborough District Council agenda and reports in full here