Members of the Electoral Review Panel set up to review the future size of Cornwall Council and the boundaries of its electoral divisions have put forward an initial proposal of between 105 and 115 Councillors. 

The Panel will put forward further proposals as the electoral review progresses.

Cornwall Council currently has 123 Councillors.

This first draft submission, which will be considered at the meeting of the full Council on 6 October, follows detailed analysis of a wide range of evidence, including electoral forecasts, the geography and size of Cornwall, the Council’s decision-making and scrutiny arrangements, the findings of the recent Governance Review and the role and workload of Cornwall Councillors.

If approved by the Council at the meeting on 6 October, the draft submission will be submitted to the Local Government Boundary Commission for England by their deadline of 14 October, along with the supporting evidence.

This is the first of three submissions on the size of the Council which the authority will make before the final decision is announced by the LGBCE on 16 May 2017, immediately after the unitary Council elections.