Lucky for some

One of the items on the agenda for the next Council meeting is the Cheshire East proposal for boundary modifications for the next election.

The boundary review is being carried out by the Boundary Committee for the 2011 Elections and it's expected that these new boundaries will be kept for a significant period of time. Cheshire East can submit it's own recommendation, as can any organisation or individual, for consideration by the committee. Whilst it is expected that the committee will treat the Cheshire East submission as a significant input, they are under no obligation to implement what the Council request.

The basics are that the urban area of Macclesfield will remain as 3 member wards - four of them. The boundaries will be slightly modified to keep the number of electors in the ward correct. Therefore:

Macclesfield West - as now but without houses south of Ivy Lane, but gains some north of Chester Road.
Macclesfield South - The moss with Thornton square area
Macclesfield East - Town and Buxton road
Macclesfield North - Tytherington and Broken cross

The outskirts will see single member wards:
Sutton: Bosley, Wincle, Sutton, Rainow. (Think I would have called this Macc Forest)
Gawsworth: Gawsworth, Warren, Siddington, Henbury
Prestbury
Disley

Bollington will make up a 2 member ward, as will Poynton West, and Poynton East will be joined with Adlington and Kettleshume in a very perculiar shaped 2 member ward.

I'm sure there will be some interesting discussion about this. I've had plenty already with local members - and it's one of those situations where you will never make everyone happy.

The most worrying thing about this? We've been sent a map with the wards drawn on and number. Macclesfield West is number 13....