In the last few days, the Local Government Boundary commission for England have released their Final Recommendations for the future electoral arrangements for Shropshire.
They are proposing that Shropshire should have 74 Councillors
These Councillors should represent 72 single councillor divisions, and one two-councillor division.
According to LCGB, a draft Order - the legal document which brings into force their recommendations - will now be laid before Parliament.
The draft Order will provide for new electoral arrangements for Shropshire to be implemented at the local elections in 2025.
How is Boraston affected, The report is linked below, but I have pasted an extract below to highlight the proposed change?
On Page 28 part 104 of the report : The Council, and political groups, supported Nash and Boraston parishes remaining within Clee division. However, this would leave Cleobury Mortimer division with 14% fewer electors than average. In light of this poor variance and the fact that little evidence was offered about how Boraston parish in particular has community links with Clee, we are proposing to include only Nash in a Clee division, with Boraston parish being included in Cleobury Mortimer division.
This is a major change, and will see us facing in a different direction politically from our neighbours in Nash. It's something I asked about at the hastily arranged public meeting with our current Councillor, Richard Huffer, at Nash Village Hall - so at least I saw it coming if no-one else did.
Because Nash Parish Council and 53 residents in Nash and Clee Hill objected to the proposal to move both parishes from Clee Hill Electoral Division to Cleobury, the LGBC changed their mind with regard to Nash. Perhaps others don't feel as strongly as I do - and because no-one else in Boraston could even be bothered to comment before the consultation period ended, we were left ou…