SCHEDULE 2 Electoral Change in England: Considerations on Review

SCHEDULE 2 Electoral Change in England: Considerations on Review

Section 56

County councils

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(1)     This paragraph applies where the Local Government Boundary Commission for England makes recommendations under section 56 in relation to the electoral arrangements for the area of a county council.

(2)     The recommendations must secure the following results—

(a)     an electoral area of the county council must not fall partly inside and partly outside any district,

(b)     every ward of a parish having a parish council (whether separate or common) must lie wholly within a single electoral area of the county council, and

(c)     every parish which is not divided into parish wards must lie wholly within a single electoral area of the county council.

(3)     Subject to sub-paragraph (2), in making the recommendations the Local Government Boundary Commission for England must have regard to—

(a)     the need to secure that the ratio of the number of local government electors to the number of members of the county council to be elected is, as nearly as possible, the same in every electoral area of the council,

(b)     the need to reflect the identities and interests of local communities and in particular—

(i)     the desirability of

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