North Hertfordshire

A review of the number of councillors, wards and ward names for North Hertfordshire District Council
Completed

Latest Information

Making our recommendation into law

We ask Parliament to approve our recommendations.

Dates: 28 Jun 2023

Previous stages

Our recommendations for new electoral and boundary arrangements.

Dates: 9 May 2023

We consult with local people and organisations to help us refine our proposals.

Dates: 1 Nov 2022 - 9 Jan 2023

We ask local people and organisations to tell us about their communities.

Dates: 1 Jun 2022 - 9 Aug 2022

We decide how many councillors an authority should have.

Dates: 15 Feb 2022 - 15 Feb 2022

We review the electoral and boundary arrangements of councils to make sure they are fair. Our reviews include at least two rounds of public consultation before we make recommendations for change. 

Latest Information

Making our recommendation into law

Effective date

The North Hertfordshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2023 was made in Parliament on 21 September 2023.

Parliamentary scrutiny of our recommendations

A Draft North Hertfordshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2023 was laid in Parliament on 28th June 2023.

If there is no successful objection by a member of the Commons or Lords within 40 parliamentary sitting days the draft Order will become law.  

Previous stages

Final report

Our recommendations for new electoral and boundary arrangements were published on 9 May 2023.

As a result of our final recommendations on new warding patterns, we are making changes to the parish electoral arrangements for the following parish and town councils: 

Consultation on proposals

Local views on our proposals

You can see comments received from local people and organisations about our draft proposals. 

Consultation on proposals

We have proposed a new pattern of wards. We want to hear the views of local people and organisations to help us produce our recommendations for change. 

Initial consultation

Local views given during our initial consultation

You can see comments received from local people and organisations about their communities.

Initial consultation

We ask local people and organisations to tell us about their communities.

Councillor numbers

We have decided that North Hertfordshire should have 50 councillors.

Previous Reviews

Previous reviews are held on the UK Government Web Archive

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