There is an electoral review under way for South Cambridgeshire District Council. The result is a the Local Government Boundary Commission England (LGBCE) is minded to review the boundaries for the wards for a total of 45 Councillors.
What does this mean for Cambourne? Good news we will have 3 Councillors for Cambourne. Whilst the number of electors per Councillor should average 2895 +/- 10% with 3 Councillors the average is 8685. Therefore the 10 +/- spread means the top limit is 9553 electors and the lower limit is 7817 electors.
Cambourne is predicted to have 7760 electors in 2021. This is slightly below the lower limit. Unless another Parish, like Knapwell is added, it is very likely that Cambourne will be electing three councillors of its own in 2018.
The question I ask is: Why can't we have 3 separate wards for Cambourne? One Councillor each for Great, Lower and Upper Cambourne. Each of the 3 parts of Cambourne have distinctive boundaries. Indeed I've called for the warding of Cambourne Parish before and do so again.
Please do get involved by making a submission to the LGBCE website. The link is here or here
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