Number of city councillors and wards under review

A council could see changes to its number of councillors and ward boundaries under a planned review.

City of York Council said officials would consider setting up a task force to work on proposals after the Boundary Commission for England (BCE) announced an electoral review for the city.

The council currently has 47 councillors with 24 members making up the ruling Labour group, which has a majority of one.

The review would look at York's total number of councillors along with the size, boundaries and populations of its wards.

The first part of the review would look at the council's size - or the total number of councillors that would be elected in future.

Once that stage is completed work would begin on reviewing the council's 21 wards, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service.

The council is also made up of a 19-strong Liberal Democrat group, with three Conservatives and one independent.

The Corporate Scrutiny Committee will decide on 7 July whether to set up a task force to work on the first phase.

The body, made up of two Labour councillors, two Lib Dems and one Conservative, would gather residents' views and attempt to seek cross-party agreement on proposals for the council's size.

The Local Government Boundary Commission for England would provide demographic data with population projects up to 2031 to help with drawing up proposals.

Draft proposals are set to be brought before councillors in September for scrutiny before going to the council's executive in early October.

The executive's recommendations would then be put to a full council meeting and they would be submitted to the BCE if approved.

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