The Local Government Boundary Commission for England
Delivering fair electoral and boundary arrangements for English councils
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New Chair and Commissioners appointed
Bev Smith has been appointed as Chair of the Local Government Boundary Commission by HM The King for a five-year term from 1 January 2026 to 31 December 2031.
Bev Smith joins the Commission from her role as Chair of the Democracy and Boundary Commission Cymru. She has an extensive career in local government, having previously been Chief Executive of North West Leicestershire District Council and Mansfield District Council.
Also appointed as Commissioners for a period of five years are Janet Waggott and Dame Gillian Guy.
To find out more about the Commissioners and staff of the Commission, visit our About us pages.
Bev Smith joins the Commission from her role as Chair of the Democracy and Boundary Commission Cymru. She has an extensive career in local government, having previously been Chief Executive of North West Leicestershire District Council and Mansfield District Council.
Also appointed as Commissioners for a period of five years are Janet Waggott and Dame Gillian Guy.
To find out more about the Commissioners and staff of the Commission, visit our About us pages.
Who we are
We are an independent body accountable to Parliament. We review the electoral and boundary arrangements of councils.
We consult local people and organisations to help us produce proposals and then recommendations for change.
Our main focus is a rolling programme of electoral reviews. We review councils to make sure their patterns of internal wards or electoral divisions are fair and sensible.
If new councils are set up we carry out an electoral review.
If councils ask, we may review their external boundaries.
Sometimes we need to approve changes after locally-led reviews of parish and town councils.
You can find out more about the Commission and our approach in our About us pages.
We consult local people and organisations to help us produce proposals and then recommendations for change.
Our main focus is a rolling programme of electoral reviews. We review councils to make sure their patterns of internal wards or electoral divisions are fair and sensible.
If new councils are set up we carry out an electoral review.
If councils ask, we may review their external boundaries.
Sometimes we need to approve changes after locally-led reviews of parish and town councils.
You can find out more about the Commission and our approach in our About us pages.
What are reviews and how do they work?
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