Agenda item

To seek agreement to the proposed warding arrangement submission to the Local Government Boundary Commission for England (LGBCE) as North Tyneside Council’s official response.

Council received a report that sought agreement to the proposed warding arrangement submission to the Local Government Boundary Commission for England (LGBCE) as North Tyneside Council’s official response.

It was moved by Councillor C Johnson and seconded by Councillor E Darke that Council:

(1)      Agrees that the proposed warding arrangement submission attached as Appendix A to the report is provided to the Local Government Boundary Commission for England as North Tyneside Council’s official response to the Commission’s request for warding information, in time for the Commission’s stated deadline of 7th November 2022; and that the Chief Executive be given authority to submit the proposed warding arrangement to the Commission on behalf of the Authority.

(2)      Notes that proposals on warding patterns may also be provided to the Local Government Boundary Commission for England by any member of the public, external body, group or organisation which wishes to make a representation regarding potential future warding arrangements within North Tyneside, and that the Commission will consider all such submissions in making recommendations on future warding arrangements for North Tyneside.

(3)      Notes that the formal determination of any future warding arrangements / warding patterns for North Tyneside will be made by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England by 27th June 2023 (following a period of further public consultation between 7th February and 17th April 2023), and confirmed by Parliamentary Order in due course. 

The motion, on being put to the meeting, was approved by 42 votes to 6 votes.