Local Government: Constituencies

(asked on 2nd January 2026) - View Source

Question

To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, pursuant to the answer of 15 October 2025 to Written Question 79886, which (a) District and (b) County Councils have been the subject of reviews; and what the cost was of those reviews by Council.


Answered by
Jeremy Wright Portrait
Jeremy Wright
This question was answered on 8th January 2026

The Local Government Boundary Commission for England estimates the costs incurred for reviews of district and county councils in the period between July 2024 and February 2025 to be as follows:

District councils

Bassetlaw

£23,799

Breckland

£55,455

Bromsgrove

£5,019

Canterbury

£9,248

Cherwell

£3,642

Colchester

£9,812

Cotswold

£3,642

Dacorum

£53,055

Great Yarmouth

£3,642

Hinckley and Bosworth

£3,642

Hyndburn

£3,642

Ipswich

£0

Melton

£5,019

North Warwickshire

£9,812

North West Leicestershire

£49,010

Oadby and Wigston

£9,812

Sevenoaks

£9,812

South Holland

£3,642

Swale

£3,642

Thanet

£53,664

Vale of White Horse

£45,417

Wealden

£0

West Oxfordshire

£3,642

County councils

Derbyshire

£44,247

Essex

£44,247

Oxfords

£5,019

Canterbury

£9,248

Cherwell

£3,642

These estimates have been developed based on the average cost for each stage of the review process. The figures for each individual authority take account of the stage(s) of the review process that were undertaken during the period from July 2024 to February 2025.

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