Colchester
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Review History
This timeline shows the key stages of the review process:
Final report
Our recommendations for new electoral and boundary arrangements.
Effective date
New arrangements apply to elections from this date.
Councillor numbers
We decide how many councillors an authority should have.
Initial consultation
We ask local people and organisations to tell us about their communities.
We review the electoral and boundary arrangements of councils to make sure they are fair. Our reviews include at least two rounds of public consultation before we make recommendations for change.
The Commission has been carefully considering the implications of the Government’s English Devolution White Paper on its work programme. In light of this, it has decided that this review should be paused for the foreseeable future. Should there be a change to the status of the review, this page will be updated.
Latest Information
Initial consultation
We ask local people and organisations to tell us about their communities.
Previous stages
Councillor numbers
We have decided that Colchester City Council should have 51 councillors.
Effective date
The Colchester (Electoral Changes) Order 2015 was made on 3 November 2015.
The new arrangements came into effect at the May 2016 elections.
Final report
Our recommendations for new electoral and boundary arrangements were published on 23 March 2015.
Previous Reviews
Most recent and previous reviews are held on the UK Government Web Archive.