Local Government: Constituencies
The 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 Sir Jeremy Wright
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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