Members of Cornwall Council’s Electoral Review Panel are putting forward three schemes for the future pattern of electoral divisions across Cornwall - one for 87 councillors and two options for 88 councillors – for discussion at next Tuesday’s meeting of the full Council.

Members will be deciding on their proposed response to the Local Government Boundary Commission’s consultation on Cornwall Council’s electoral arrangements.

The Local Government Boundary Commission for England announced in September that from 2021, Cornwall Council should have 87 councillors, down from the current 123.

The Boundary Commission is, therefore, consulting on where to draw the boundaries of 87 divisions in Cornwall, but it has indicated that in exceptional circumstances it may be justifiable to reduce or increase this figure by one member to 86 or 88.

The submission from the council, together with responses from other organisations and individuals, will then be analysed by the LGBCE before it publishes its recommendations for the electoral divisions on May 8.

There will then be a further period of public consultation before the LGBCE publishes its final recommendations on October 2.