Column: Former councillor, mayor and MP Sir Bob Russell is the only person who still has a public profile from when the current Colchester borough was established in 1974. Here he writes about the political evolution at the town hall over the past five decades THE merger of town and country local councils in 1974 has seen several changes to the political administration of Colchester Council. Back then, it was a joint-administration with the Conservatives and Labour each not quite achieving a majority on the 60-seat council, with three Tiptree Residents’ Association councillors holding the balance. Today’s borough is a combination of the historic area of Colchester, the former urban district council areas of West Mersea and Wivenhoe and the 30 or so villages which formed the former rural district council area called Lexden and Winstree (named after Saxon Hundreds from 1,000 years ago, although urban Lexden was in the historic borough).
Bury s electoral wards could be set to change as new draft boundaries announced
It will mean changes in nearly all of the town s wards.
Bury s council wards could be changing (Image: Copyright Unknown)
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A new political map for Bury is being drawn up with changes to the vast majority of the current council wards.
Stockport residents invited to have say on new political map for borough
The Local Government Boundary Commission is set to review its ward arrangements for the first time since 2003
Stockport town centre. (Image: ABNM Photography)
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Stockport residents have been invited to have their say on a new political map for the borough.
New boundaries are being proposed for council wards in Oldham Borough Council.
The Local Government Boundary Commission wants to hear what residents and local organisations think about the proposals.
A 10-week consultation on the proposals will run until August 9, 2021.
The Commission is the independent body that draws these boundaries.
It is reviewing Oldham Borough Council 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 proposals for changes to Oldham.
It is proposing that there should be 20 wards and three councillors per ward.
Three wards will remain the same, 17 will change.
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SHETLAND could have one extra councillor in the future if proposals for new electoral arrangements are approved.
Under final plans drawn up by Boundaries Scotland in a bid to rebalance the number of electors per councillor in the isles, Shetland could end up with 23 elected members instead of 22.
It proposes to decrease the number of councillors in the Shetland West ward from three to two, and add one to Shetland Central and another to Shetland South.
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This would include Gulberwick moving from Lerwick South to the south ward party to “better reflect local ties”.