Agenda item

Report of Chief Executive

Purpose of report

To advise Council of the 2023 Parliamentary Boundary Review; to seek agreement to conduct a district wide Community Governance Review; to request the establishment of a Parliamentary Boundary and Community Governance Review Working Group to consider issues from the Parliamentary Boundary review and the Community Governance Review.

Recommendations

The meeting is recommended:

1.1         To agree to establish a Parliamentary Boundary and Community Governance Review (PBCGR) Working Group.

1.2         To delegate authority to the Chief Executive, in consultation with Group Leaders/ Spokesperson, to appoint three members from the Conservative Group, two members from the Labour Group, two members from the Progressive Oxfordshire Group and one member from the Independent Group to the Working Group. 

1.3         To agree that Cherwell District Council submit a response to the Parliamentary Boundary Review and delegate authority to the Chief Executive, in consultation with the Member Working Group, to finalise the Council’s first consultation submission on the Parliamentary Boundary review to the Boundary Commission for England.

1.4         To agree that a district wide Community Governance Review be undertaken and, subject to agreement, endorse the next steps detailed at paragraph 3.16.

Resolved

(1)           That it be agreed to establish a Parliamentary Boundary and Community Governance Review (PBCGR) Working Group.

(2)           That authority be delegated to the Chief Executive, in consultation with Group Leaders/ Spokesperson, to appoint three members from the Conservative Group, two members from the Labour Group, two members from the Progressive Oxfordshire Group and one member from the Independent Group to the Working Group. 

(3)           That it be agreed that Cherwell District Council submit a response to the Parliamentary Boundary Review and authority be delegated to the Chief Executive, in consultation with the Member Working Group, to finalise the Council’s first consultation submission on the Parliamentary Boundary review to the Boundary Commission for England.

(4)           That it be agreed to undertake a district wide Community Governance Review and the next steps be endorsed

The Chief Executive submitted a report to advise Council of the 2023 Parliamentary Boundary Review; to seek agreement to conduct a district wide Community Governance Review; to request the establishment of a Parliamentary Boundary and Community Governance Review Working Group to consider issues from the Parliamentary Boundary review and the Community Governance Review.

Resolved

(1)          That it be agreed to establish a Parliamentary Boundary and Community Governance Review (PBCGR) Working Group.

(2)          That authority be delegated to the Chief Executive, in consultation with Group Leaders/ Spokesperson, to appoint three members from the Conservative Group, two members from the Labour Group, two members from the Progressive Oxfordshire Group and one member from the Independent Group to the Working Group. 

(3)          That it be agreed that Cherwell District Council submit a response to the Parliamentary Boundary Review and authority be delegated to the Chief Executive, in consultation with the Member Working Group, to finalise the Council’s first consultation submission on the Parliamentary Boundary review to the Boundary Commission for England.

(4)          That it be agreed to undertake a district wide Community Governance Review and the next steps be endorsed