ELECTORAL REVIEWS

The Commission have a duty to regularly review the electoral arrangements for principal areas in Wales. The intervals between reviews are set at not less than ten or more than fifteen years from the submission of the last report of the Commission on the previous review. In addition, the Commission may also, at any time, undertake a review of a particular principal area at the request of a local authority. The reports on the previous electoral reviews were submitted between September 1996 and March 2001. The current round of reviews began with the receipt of directions from the Welsh Assembly Government on 13 January 2009. Table of existing electoral arrangements. A Guidance Booklet and Presentation has been produced that gives details of what is involved in an electoral review.

Electoral Review

Blaenau Gwent, Start Date: 9 March 2010; Representation Date, 12 May 2010, Existing Electoral Arrangements, Map of Existing Electoral Divisions

Bridgend, Start Date: 24 September 2009; Representation Date, 27 November 2009, Existing Electoral Arrangements, Map of Existing Electoral Divisions

Caerphilly, Anticipated Start Date: March 2010, Existing Electoral Arrangements

Cardiff, Draft Proposals Report [PDF (658Kb)], 8 March 2010; Representation Date, 11 May 2010; Existing Electoral Arrangements, Map of Existing Electoral Divisions

Carmarthenshire, Anticipated Start Date: April 2010, Existing Electoral Arrangements

Ceredigion, Start Date: 21 December 2009; Representation Date, 2 March 2010; Existing Electoral Arrangements; Map of Existing Electoral Divisions

Conwy, Start Date: 28 September 2009 Representation Date, 1 December 2009, Existing Electoral Arrangements, Map of Existing Electoral Divisions

Denbighshire, Draft Proposals Report [PDF (814Kb)], 19 October 2009; Representation Date, 22 December 2009; Existing Electoral Arrangements; Map of Existing Electoral Divisions

Flintshire, Draft Proposals Report [PDF (1.1Mb)], 25 January 2010; Representation Date, 30 March 2010; Existing Electoral Arrangements; Map of Existing Electoral Divisions

Gwynedd, Start Date: 10 November 2009; Representations Date, 20 January 2010; Existing Electoral Arrangements; Map of Existing Electoral Divisions

Isle of Anglesey, Draft Proposals Report [PDF (1.5Mb)], 25 January 2010; Representation Date, 30 March 2010; Existing Electoral Arrangements; Map of Existing Electoral Divisions

Merthyr Tydfil, Start Date, 16 September 2009; Representations Date, 19 November 2009; Existing Electoral Arrangements; Map of Existing Electoral Divisions

Monmouthshire, Start Date: 30 November 2009; Representations Date, 2 February 2010; Existing Electoral Arrangements; Map of Existing Electoral Divisions

Neath Port Talbot, Draft Proposals Report [PDF (746Kb)], 19 October 2009; Representation Date, 22 December 2009; Existing Electoral Arrangements; Map of Existing Electoral Divisions

Newport, Draft Proposals Report [PDF (2Mb)], 19 October 2009; Representation Date, 22 December 2009; Existing Electoral Arrangements; Map of Existing Electoral Divisions

Pembrokeshire, Anticipated Start Date: May 2010, Existing Electoral Arrangements

Powys, Start Date, 23 October 2009; Representations Date, 8 January 2010, Existing Electoral Arrangements; Map of Existing Electoral Divisions

Rhondda Cynon Taff, Draft Proposals Report [PDF (1Mb)], 25 January 2010; Representation Date, 30 March 2010; Existing Electoral Arrangements; Map of Existing Electoral Divisions

Swansea, Anticipated Start Date: May 2010, Existing Electoral Arrangements

The Vale of Glamorgan, Anticipated Start Date: March 2010, Existing Electoral Arrangements

Torfaen, Anticipated Start Date: April 2010, Existing Electoral Arrangements

Wrexham, Start Date, 18 February 2010; Representations Date 29 April 2010, Existing Electoral Arrangements; Map of Existing Electoral Divisions

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