West Sussex electoral review

Further Electoral Review of West Sussex - final recommendations

On 11 February 2009 the Electoral Commission decided to accept the Boundary Commitee for England's recommendations for the new electoral arrangements for the County of West Sussex, without modification. The new electoral divisions will come into force at the county council elections in 2009. Print and web versions of the order to give effect to this decision will be published shortly by the Office of Public Sector Information. The Order refers to Sheet 1, Sheet 2, Sheet 3, Sheet 4, Sheet 5, Sheet 6, Sheet 7 and Sheet 8 of the Order Map. Current electoral boundaries are published by Ordnance Survey.

Stage Four

Final recommendations

On 14 November 2008 we published our final recommendations (PDF) for new electoral arrangements of West Sussex.
We also published a summary of the report (PDF).
Maps of the area: Map 1 (PDF), Map 2 (PDF), Map 3 (PDF), Map 4 (PDF), Map 5 (PDF)
Please note: some of these maps may be very large and may take some time to download.

For more information please see our news release.

Stage Three

Further consultation

Following consultation on our draft recommendations, the Committee sought further clarification on two areas in West Sussex. These areas were:

Littlehampton
Ashington, Itchingfield and Billingshurst

Below are the submissions we received:

In favor of Option One in Littlehampton (PDF)
In favor of Option Two in Littlehampton (PDF)

In favor of Option One in Ashington, Itchingfield and Billingshurst (PDF)
In favor of Option Two in Ashington, Itchingfield and Billingshurst (PDF)
Not in favor of either option in Ashington, Itchingfield and Billingshurst (PDF)

The attached paper (PDF), Map 1 (PDF) and Map 2 (PDF) sets out two options for each of these areas.

Draft recommendations

On 1 July 2008 we published our draft recommendations (PDF) for the future electoral arrangements of West Sussex.
We also published a summary of the report (PDF).
Maps of the area: Map 1 (PDF), Map 2 (PDF), Map 3 (PDF), Map 4 (PDF) and Map 5 (PDF).
Please note: some of these maps may be very large and may take some time to download.
For more information please see our news release.

Submissions

Stage Three was a consultation period during which representations expressing opinions on the recommendations are sought. Stage Three ended on 25 August 2008.
Below are the submissions we received at Stage Three.

West Sussex County Council and County Councillors

Councillor Mullins (PDF)
Councillor Oppler (PDF)
Councillor Wikinson (PDF)
Councillor Sully (PDF)
Councillor Mortimer (PDF)
Councillor Hodgeson (PDF)
Councillor McDougell (PDF)
Councillor Crow (PDF)
Councillor Deedman (PDF)
Councillor Dennis (PDF)
Councillor McDougall (PDF)
West Sussex County Council 25/07/2008 (PDF)

Local authorities and district councillors

Arun District Council (PDF)
Crawley Borough Labour Group (PDF)
Labour Group Attachments (PDF)
Julia Searle (PDF)
Ray Dawe (PDF)
Roger Arthur (PDF)
Nicholas Wiltshire (PDF)
Bob Lanzer (PDF)

Town and parish councils and councillors

Political organisations

Aundel & South Downs Conservatives (PDF)
Chichester Liberal Democrats (PDF)
Horsham & Crawley Conservatives (PDF)
Mid Sussex Liberal Democrats (PDF)
Nick Herbert MP (PDF)
Worthing Liberal Democrats (PDF)

Residents

AG Spicer (PDF)
A Tavares (PDF)
A Ward (PDF)
A Kynoch (PDF)
Ashington Residents Association (PDF)
B Ladger (PDF)
SA Batchelor (PDF)
B Hardie (PDF)
B Mecrow (PDF)
B Milton (PDF)
C Boon (PDF)
C Belcher (PDF)
Mr & Mrs Collis (PDF)
D Millichamp (PDF)
D Boon (PDF)
DM Harbour (PDF)
EA Spicer (PDF)
F Newby (PDF)
G Watson (PDF)
H Mousdell (PDF)
J Golds (PDF)
JE Hopcroft (PDF)
JL Berry (PDF)
JN Raby (PDF)
J Manvell (PDF)
J Mortimer Petition (PDF)
J Stanley (PDF)
J McGinty (PDF)
JV Gilbert (PDF)
KE Jones (PDF)
K McGinty (PDF)
L Horton (PDF)
M Woolley (PDF)
M Davis (PDF)
N Clark (PDF)
Mr & Mrs Newland (PDF)
Mr & Mrs Norton (PDF)
Mr & Mrs Orchard (PDF)
P Mortimer (PDF)
P Templeman (PDF)
P Grace (PDF)
P Herbertson (PDF)
R Hayler (PDF)
R Tite (PDF)
The Ronney Family (PDF)
R Henry (PDF)
Mr & Mrs Simpkin (PDF)
S Fenn (PDF)
T Stanley (PDF)
Mr & Mrs Timms (PDF)
Mr & Mrs Webb (PDF)
W Ledger (PDF)
Mr & Mrs Yates (PDF)
I Irvine (PDF)

Stage One

On 26 February 2008, we started an electoral review of West Sussex. During the first stage of the review (to 21 April 2008) we invited proposals for the future electoral arrangements of West Sussex, with particular focus on the idea of single-member council wards.

Below are the submissions we received at Stage One.

In order to assist parish and town councils in submitting proposals to the Boundary Committee, the following figures have been received from West Sussex County Council:

Electoral figures by division (PDF)

Electoral figures by parish (grouped by district) and including full information on polling districts (PDF)

The maps of each district in the county, showing ward divisions can be found below:

Adur (PDF)
Arun (PDF)
Chichester (PDF)
Crawley (PDF)
Horsham (PDF)
Mid Sussex (PDF)
Worthing (PDF)