Rossendale

A review of the number of councillors, wards and ward names for Rossendale Borough Council
Completed

Latest Information

Effective date

New arrangements apply to elections after this date.

Dates: 4 Jan 2024

Previous stages

We ask Parliament to approve our recommendations.

Dates: 9 Nov 2023 - 9 Nov 2023

Our recommendations for new electoral and boundary arrangements.

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

Dates: 7 Mar 2023 - 15 May 2023

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

Dates: 27 Sep 2022 - 5 Dec 2022

We decide how many councillors an authority should have.

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

Effective date

The Rossendale (Electoral Changes) Order 2024 was made on 4 January 2024.

Officers within the council will now make sure the new arrangements are in place for elections held after May 2024.

Previous stages

Making our recommendation into law

Parliamentary scrutiny of our recommendations

A Draft Rossendale (Electoral Changes) Order 2024 was laid in Parliament on 8 November 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.

Final report

Final Report

Our recommendations for new electoral and boundary arrangements were published on 1st August 2023.

Consultation on proposals

Local views on our proposals

You can see comments received from local people and organisations about our revised 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 want to hear the views of local people and organisations to help us draw up proposals for new wards. We will then consult the public on those proposals. 

Councillor numbers

We have decided that Rossendale should have 30 councillors.

Previous Reviews

Previous reviews are held on the UK Government Web Archive

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