Gloucestershire

A review of the number of councillors, divisions and division names for Gloucestershire County Council
Currently in review

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Making our recommendation into law

We ask Parliament to approve our recommendations.

Previous stages

Our recommendations for new electoral and boundary arrangements.

Dates: 26 Mar 2024 - 26 Mar 2024

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

Dates: 3 Oct 2023 - 11 Dec 2023

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

Dates: 28 Mar 2023 - 5 Jun 2023

We decide how many councillors an authority should have.

Dates: 21 Mar 2023 - 21 Mar 2023

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. 

We are carrying out an electoral review of Gloucestershire because it has been a long time since the last review

21 March 2023 We decide how many councillors there should be
28 March - 5 June 2023 We carry out an initial public consultation on communities
3 October - 11 December 2023 We carry out a public consultation on our proposals
March 2024 We publish our recommendations
25 July 2024 We ask Parliament to approve our recommendations
May 2025 New arrangements apply to local elections

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Making our recommendation into law

Parliamentary scrutiny of our recommendations

A draft Gloucestershire (Electoral Changes) Order 2025 was laid in Parliament on 14 November 2024.

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 26th March 2024.

Consultation on proposals

Local views on our proposals

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

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

Initial consultation

Initial consultation

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

Local views given during our initial consultation

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

Councillor numbers

We have decided that Gloucestershire should have 55 councillors.

Previous Reviews

Previous reviews are held on the UK Government Web Archive

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