North Tyneside is set to have new boundaries for its council wards.
The Local Government Boundary Commission is the independent body that draws these boundaries. It has reviewed North Tyneside to make sure councillors will represent about the same number of electors, and that ward arrangements will help the council work effectively.
The Commission has published final recommendations for changes in North Tyneside. It says residents should be represented by 60 councillors. This is the same as current arrangements.
There will be 20 wards and three councillors per ward. The boundaries of all wards should change.
Publishing the recommendations Professor Colin Mellors, Chair of the Commission, said: “We are very grateful to people in North Tyneside. We looked at all the views they gave us. They helped us improve our earlier proposals.
"We believe the new arrangements will deliver electoral fairness while maintaining local ties.”
409 people and organisations made comments to help decide the new wards. Changes in response to what local people said include:
- We propose to adopt our further draft recommendations for Northwest North Tyneside after a further round of consultation, this warding pattern of six wards was proposed to us by North Tyneside Council during our consultation on our draft recommendations
- We propose to make a small change to the boundary between Howdon and Wallsend Central to reflect the extent of the Howdon community. This ward will have 13% more electors that the average for the borough by 2028 but we are persuaded that the revised boundary is a better reflection of the Howdon community.
The Commission has made further changes to its earlier proposals. Details can be found on its website at www.lgbce.org.uk/all-reviews/north-tyneside. The changes become law once Parliament has approved them. Staff at the council will ensure that the arrangements are in place for the 2024 elections.
