HC Deb 12 February 1979 vol 962 cc377-8W
Mr. Stephen Ross

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department which metropolitan districts will be having elections in May on new ward boundaries; and, of these, which will be electing the whole council and which will be electing a proportion of the council.

Mr. John

The information requested is as follows:

Metropolitan districts electing the whole council

  • Barnsley
  • Bury
  • Sandwell

Metropolitan districts electing a proportion of the council

  • Oldham
  • Sefton
  • Solihull

Mr. Stephen Ross

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department which non-metropolitan districts will not have their new ward boundaries approved in time for use in the local elections in May.

Mr. John

The information requested is as follows:

  • 55 Non-Metropolitan Districts
    • Arun
    • Beaconsfield
    • Blaby
    • Brighton
    • Bristol
    • Caradon
    • Carlisle*
    • Charnwood
    • Cheltenham
    • East Cambridgeshire
    • East Lindsey
    • Exeter
    • Forest of Dean
    • Great Yarmouth*
    • Harrogate*
    • Harborough*
    • Hinckley and Bosworth
    • Kingston upon Hull*
    • Leicester
    • Lewes
    • Mid Sussex
    • Newbury
    • North Bedfordshire
    • North Devon
    • North Dorset
    • North West Leicestershire
    • North Wiltshire*
    • Poole
    • Portsmouth
    • Reading
    • Redditch
    • Restormel
    • Rother
    • Ryedale
    • Sedgefield*
    • Slough
    • South Oxford
    • Stroud
    • Suffolk Coastal
    • Teesdale*
    • Tewkesbury
    • Torbay
    • Warwick
    • Waverley*
    • Waveney
    • Wealden
    • Wear Valley*
    • Wellingborough
    • West Dorset
    • West Norfolk
    • West Wiltshire
    • Wimbourne
    • Windsor and Maidenhead
    • Worthing*
    • Wycombe

*Report on new electoral arrangements submitted by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England.