Agenda item

WARD PATTERN SUBMISSION TO THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOUNDARY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND

To consider the attached report of the Chief Executive.

Minutes:

The Director of Governance introduced the report on the proposed ward pattern submission to the Local Government Boundary Commission for England (LGBCE) as part of the on-going electoral review of Dover District Council.

 

Members were advised that initial proposals had been submitted to the meeting of the Electoral Matters Committee held on 1 March 2018. At that meeting a number of amendments had been agreed resulting in the revised pattern of wards set out in the agenda.

 

The Chairman called for proposals for the pattern of wards to be submitted to the LGBCE as the Council’s formal response.

 

It was moved by Councillor K E Morris, duly seconded by Councillor P G Heath that the following pattern of wards be agreed as the Council’s submission to the LGBCE:

 

Proposal 1 (proposal set out in the agenda papers)

 

Ward No.

Ward Name

Number of Cllrs

1

Little Stour and Ashstone

2

2

Sandwich

2

3

Aylesham Rural

2

4

Eastry Rural

2

5

Ewell and Sibertswold

2

6

Whitfield Rural

2

7

St Margaret’s-at-Cliffe

1

8

Capel, Hougham and Alkham

1

9

River

1

10

Walmer with Kingsdown

3

11

North Deal with Sholden

3

12

Middle Deal

3

13

Pier and Priory

1

14

Maxton, Elms Vale and Tower Hamlets

2

15

Dover Town

2

16

St Radigund’s and Buckland

3

 

It was moved by Councillor M R Eddy, duly seconded by Councillor B Gardner that the pattern of wards submitted to Electoral Matters Committee be agreed as the Council’s submission to the LGBCE:

 

Proposal 2 (alternative proposal)

 

Ward No.

Ward Name

No. of Cllrs

1

Little Stour and Ashstone

2

2

Sandwich

2

3

Aylesham Rural

2

4

Eastry Rural

2

5

Ewell and Sibertswold

2

6

Whitfield Rural

2

7

Kingsdown Rural

1

8

Capel-le-Ferne and River

2

9

St Margaret’s-at-Cliffe

1

10

Walmer

2

11

Deal Coastal

2

12

Middle Deal

2

13

Mill Hill

2

14

St Radigund’s

3

15

Town and Castle

2

16

Maxton and Elms Vale

1

17

Buckland

2

 

The following amendments were moved to Proposal 1:

 

It was moved as an AMENDMENT by Councillor P D Jull and duly seconded that Ward 5 be renamed ‘Coldred’ and that the name rationale be amended accordingly.

 

On being put to the vote it was CARRIED.

 

It was moved as an AMENDMENT by Councillor N J Collor and duly seconded that Ward 15 be renamed ‘Dover Central’.

 

On being put to the vote it was CARRIED.

 

It was moved as an AMENDMENT by Councillor B Gardner and duly seconded that WARD 10 and 11 be renamed as ‘Walmer and Kingsdown’ and ‘North Deal and Sholden’ respectively.

 

On being put to the vote it was CARRIED.

 

It was moved as an AMENDMENT by Councillor P D Jull and duly seconded that Ward 12 be renamed as ‘South Deal and Castle’ and that the name rationale be amended accordingly.

 

On being put to the vote it was CARRIED.

 

It was moved as an AMENDMENT by Councillor B J Glayzer and duly seconded that Ward 14 be renamed as ‘Tower Hamlets, Elms Vale, Maxton’.

 

On being put to the vote it was LOST.

 

This became the SUBSTANTIVE Proposal 1.

 

At the end of the debate, the Chairman called for both proposers to sum up.

 

Councillor M R Eddy with the support of 5 members requested a recorded vote.

 

On being put to the vote, the manner of voting was as followed:

 

FOR Proposal 1 (24)

FOR Proposal 2 (15)

Abstain (0)

J S Back

P M Brivio

 

T J Bartlett

G Cowan

 

P M Beresford

M R Eddy

 

T A Bond

B Gardner

 

B W Butcher

B J Glayzer

 

P I Carter

P J Hawkins

 

S S Chandler

J M Heron

 

N J Collor

S J Jones

 

M D Conolly

L A Keen

 

N Dixon

A M Napier

 

A Friend

A S Pollitt

 

D Hannent

G Rapley

 

P G Heath

D A Sargent

 

M J Holloway

P Walker

 

P D Jull

P M Wallace

 

N S Kenton

 

 

P S Le Chevalier

 

 

S M Le Chevalier

 

 

S C Manion

 

 

K E Morris

 

 

D P Murphy

 

 

M J Ovenden

 

 

M Rose

 

 

F J W Scales

 

 

 

RESOLVED:     That the Chief Executive be authorised to make a submission on ward patterns in accordance with the substantive Proposal 1 on behalf of the Council to the Local Government Boundary Commission for England.

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