Question reference: S4W-28090
- Asked by: Michael Russell, MSP for Argyll and Bute, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: 22 October 2015
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Current status: Answered by Marco Biagi on 12 November 2015
Question
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will ensure that the Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland provides reasons for what are considered radical changes, such as those proposed for Argyll and Bute in its Fifth Review, other than parity between numbers of voters in wards and roughly equal ratios of councillors to voters.
Answer
The Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland is independent of the Scottish Government. The commission has carried out a series of consultations on its proposals for changes to local government electoral arrangements in the 32 Scottish council areas, including Argyll and Bute. The last of those consultations, a public consultation on proposals for ward boundaries, closed on 22 October 2015. The commission will now consider the responses to those consultations and submit its proposals to ministers.