The Electoral Registration Officer has submitted a report to  brief the City Executive Board on the ward boundary review and ask it to comment on the draft ward scheme as published by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England.

Recommendations: That the City Executive Board resolves to:

Propose amendments to the new scheme of wards published by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England as follows:

1.    in East Oxford the boundaries move from north of St Mary’s Road to south of it, and from the east of Bullingdon Road to the west;

2.    in Headington the boundary reverts to the City Council’s original proposal so the boundary runs up the middle of Old Road. Holyoake Road simply reverts to Quarry and Risinghurst as it would not need to move to enable electoral equality reasons;

3.    to amend the proposed name of St. Clement’s to Bannister

The Electoral Registration Officer had submitted a report to brief the City Executive Board on the ward boundary review and ask it to comment on the draft ward scheme as published by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England.

The Chair briefly introduced the report. The proposal to rename the new St Clement’s Ward as Bannister was an appropriate way for the City  to recognise the achievement of Sir Roger Bannister. She was minded to support the proposal put forward by Councillor Henwood in his submission to the Board.

In discussion agreed that St Luke’s Road and Coleridge Close should be in the new Temple Cowley Ward and that Barton and Sandhills Ward should retain that name rather than be known by the proposed  abbreviated version of Barton.

 The City Executive Board resolved to:

Propose amendments to the new scheme of wards published by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England as follows:

1.         in East Oxford,  the boundaries move from north of St Mary’s Road to south of it, and from the east of Bullingdon Road to the west;

2.         in Headington, the boundary reverts to the City Council’s original proposal so the boundary runs up the middle of Old Road. Holyoake Road simply reverts to Quarry and Risinghurst as it would not need to move to enable electoral equality reasons;

3.         to amend the proposed name of St. Clement’s to Bannister;

4.         to retain Littlehay Road, Maidcroft Road, Clive Road, Lawrence Road, Havelock Road, Cleveland Road, Gerard Place and St Omer Road in Cowley Ward and assign Garsington, Napier, Phipps, St Luke’s Road and Coleridge Close to the new Temple Cowley Ward; and

5.         to retain the original name of the  Barton and Sandhills Ward.