North Somerset
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The views of local people and organisations help shape our proposals and recommendations.
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Give us your views
We want to hear from you.
The views of local people and organisations help shape our proposals and recommendations.
Just tell us what you think and why you think that.
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Review History
This timeline shows the key stages of the review process:
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.
North Somerset Council is due to have it's boundary arrangements reviewed. The initial consultation will begin 25 November 2025.
We will take into account any proposed parish changes resulting from North Somerset Council’s Community Governance Review (CGR).
| 18 November 2025 | We decide how many councillors there should be |
| 25 November 2025 - 2 February 2026 | We carry out an initial public consultation with communities |
| 5 May 2026 - 13 July 2026 | We carry out a public consultation on our proposals |
| 29 September 2026 | We publish our recommendations |
| TBC | We ask Parliament to approve our recommendations |
| 2027 | New arrangements apply to local elections |
Latest Information
Initial consultation
We ask local people and organisations to tell us about their communities.
Previous stages
Councillor numbers
The first stage of this electoral review is to determine the number of councillors who should represent the local authority in the future.
The Commission has decided that the number of councillors in North Somerset should be 50, the same as now.
Effective date
The North Somerset (Electoral Changes) Order 2014 was made on 2 December 2014.
The new arrangements came into effect at the May 2015 elections.
Final report
Our recommendations for new electoral and boundary arrangements were published on 29 July 2014.
Previous Reviews
Most recent and previous reviews are held on the UK Government Web Archive.