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Community Governance Review - Didcot

Meeting: 29/11/2022 - Community Governance and Electoral Issues Committee (Item 33)

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At its meeting held on 10 October 2022, the committee did not reach a decision on this community governance review matter – see minute 25/10/2022.

 

The committee is invited to make a final decision in respect of CGR_G.

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Minutes:

Councillor Khan declared an interest in this item as a Dicot Town Councillor, and as such did not take part in the decision-making on this item.

 

Further to minute 25/10/2022, the committee considered the community governance review CGR_G on a review of the number of councillors elected for each town council ward.

 

The committee noted the remarks made by Councillor Victoria Haval, in her capacity as a town councillor for the Ladygrove town ward, at the meeting held on 10 October 2022.

 

The majority of councillors supported the proposal because it would address the current difference in the levels of representation between the different town wards and achieve better effective and convenient local government for both the electorate and councillors. In doing so, the committee noted that the Millbrook ward would continue to have a lower level of representation and acknowledged the community identity and boundary issues identified in the report schedule. However, councillors did note that, whilst Ladygrove had been over represented at recent elections, the reduction of one ward councillor and the construction of new houses in the area could, in a short period of time, result in the ward having a lower ratio of councillors to represent residents. 

 

Councillors expressed the view that Didcot Town Council had insufficient councillors to deal with the workload and that a future review should consider the size of the town council and the levels of representation between each ward. 

 

RESOLVED:

1.    To combine the parish wards of Northbourne and Orchard.

2.    That each parish ward is represented by the following number of councillors:

 

All Saints – 5 councillors

Ladygrove – 6 councillors

Millbrook – 1 councillor

Northbourne and Orchard – 4 councillors

Park – 5 councillors

 

3.    To authorise the head of legal and democratic to make a reorganisation of community governance order to implement the changes agreed.


Meeting: 10/10/2022 - Community Governance and Electoral Issues Committee (Item 25)

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Minutes:

Councillor Mocky Khan declared an interest in this item as a Didcot Town Councillor, and as such did not take part in the decision-making on this item. 

 

Councillor Victoria Haval addressed the committee in her capacity as a town councillor for the Ladygrove town ward. She opposed the revised proposal which would reduce the number of town councillors for Ladygrove ward from seven to six councillors at a time when development is increasing within the ward and would result in an imbalance in electoral representation in the future.

 

With only two members of the committee entitled to vote on this item, and with no agreement on a proposal, the committee agreed to defer this item to a future meeting of the committee. 

 


Meeting: 08/09/2022 - Community Governance and Electoral Issues Committee (Item 12.)

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