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Report of the Director of Law & Governance and Monitoring Officer

The report recommends some amendments to the draft recommendations following discussions by the cross-party working group.

The Council is RECOMMENDED to support the draft recommendations of the Local Government Boundary Commission for England (LGBCE) relating to the boundaries for 69 single-member divisions with the exception of those divisions in Cherwell District covering the area in and around Banbury for which the following response is proposed:

a)              To request that the areas affected by the community governance review determined by Cherwell District Council on 17 October 2022 be included within the Banbury divisions. 

b)              To request adoption of the boundaries included in the Council submission on 28 March 2023 relating to Cropredy and Wroxton, Adderbury, Bloxham and Bodicote, Deddington and Hook Norton, and Fringford and Heyfords.

c)              To request adoption of the boundaries included in the Council submission on 28 March 2023 relating to Banbury as they better reflect the identity of local communities, subject to one minor amendment:  the area to the west of the railway line and to the east of the canal should become part of Banbury Calthorpe (rather than Grimsbury and Castle). 

RESOLVED, as amended, to support the draft recommendations of the Local Government Boundary Commission for England (LGBCE) relating to the boundaries for 69 single-member divisions with the exception of those divisions in Cherwell District covering the area in and around Banbury for which the following response is proposed:

a)              To request that the areas affected by the community governance review determined by Cherwell District Council on 17 October 2022 be included within the Banbury divisions. 

b)              To request adoption of the boundaries included in the Council submission on 28 March 2023 relating to Cropredy and Wroxton, Adderbury, Bloxham and Bodicote, Deddington and Hook Norton, and Fringford and Heyfords.

c)               To request adoption of the boundaries included in the Council submission on 28 March 2023 relating to Banbury as they better reflect the identity of local communities, subject to one minor amendment:  the area to the west of the railway line and to the east of the canal should become part of Banbury Calthorpe (rather than Grimsbury and Castle). boundaries relating to Banbury that better reflect the identity of local communities as included in the updated map which reflects the adjustment to the boundary between Bodicote and Banbury.

Council considered a report recommending some amendments to the draft recommendations following discussions by the cross-party working group.

The report was introduced and proposed by Councillor Gawrysiak and seconded by Councillor Kieron Mallon.  The proposers also moved an amendment to their own recommendations outlined in Addenda 2:

In recommendation c): To request adoption of the boundaries included in the Council submission on 28 March 2023 relating to Banbury as they better reflect the identity of local communities, subject to one minor amendment:  the area to the west of the railway line and to the east of the canal should become part of Banbury Calthorpe (rather than Grimsbury and Castle). boundaries relating to Banbury that better reflect the identity of local communities as included in the updated map which reflects the adjustment to the boundary between Bodicote and Banbury.

Following discussion, the recommendations were carried as amended with 38 votes in favour, 11 against and 3 abstentions.

RESOLVED: to support the draft recommendations of the Local Government Boundary Commission for England (LGBCE) relating to the boundaries for 69 single-member divisions with the exception of those divisions in Cherwell District covering the area in and around Banbury for which the following response is proposed:

a)              To request that the areas affected by the community governance review determined by Cherwell District Council on 17 October 2022 be included within the Banbury divisions. 

b)              To request adoption of the boundaries included in the Council submission on 28 March 2023 relating to Cropredy and Wroxton, Adderbury, Bloxham and Bodicote, Deddington and Hook Norton, and Fringford and Heyfords.

c)              To request adoption of boundaries relating to Banbury that better reflect the identity of local communities as included in the updated map which reflects the adjustment to the boundary between Bodicote and Banbury.