Parliamentary Boundaries are changing so MPs will contest newly drawn areas
This stage of the consultation closes on 8 May 2023. Local Government Boundary Commission England, Surrey County Council, wants to know what you think? Around 71,000 voters per MP.
Review Consultation
who will be standing for election in our area in the next General Election? Who will be our constituency neighbours?
There is a consultation offering for you to join in – please click here to access the website.
The current proposals put Cranleigh in a new constituency outside of Guildford. The 21 areas included are shown here :
Alfold, Cranleigh Rural and Ellens Green; Ash South and Tongham; Ash Vale; Ash Wharf; Blackheath and Wonersh; Bramley, Busbridge and Hascombe; Chiddingfold and Dunsfold; Cranleigh East; Cranleigh West; Elstead and Thursley; Godalming Binscombe; Godalming Central and Ockford; Godalming Charterhouse; Godalming Farncombe and Catteshall; Godalming Holloway; Milford; Pilgrims; Shalford; Shamley green and Cranleigh North; Tillingbourne; Witley and Hambledon;
Review timescales
28/02/23 – 08/05/23 Consultation on new boundaries
Consultation on draft recommendations
Final recommendations published
The Commission is the independent body that draws these boundaries. It is reviewing Surrey to make sure councillors represent about the same number of electors, and that division arrangements help the council work effectively. It wants to be sure that its proposals reflect community ties and identities.
The Commission is interested in views on which communities should be part of the same division. What facilities do people share, such as parks, leisure centres or schools and shopping areas? What issues do neighbouring communities face that they have in common, such as high numbers of visitors or heavy traffic? Have there been new housing or commercial developments that have changed the focus of communities? And are there roads, rivers, railways or other features that people believe form strong boundaries between neighbourhoods?
The Commission will use local views to help it draw up proposals for new division boundaries. There will be a further round of consultation once the Commission has drawn up those proposals.
This electoral review will make recommendations for the electoral arrangements of the county council only. The Commission will seek to use the district ward boundaries where possible as the building blocks for the new county council divisions. For Tandridge, a separate electoral review of the district council is ongoing and is due to be completed in October 2023. New wards in Tandridge will be taken into account before finalising the county council divisions.
