Community Governance Review - stage 2 - Woburn

Responses from consultation

Parish council: No proposal received

1 response

Comments:

“I think there should be better oversight of the parish council and parish secretary ethics and spending by an independent body.”

There was one response to the public consultation, which indicated a preference to retain the current level of representation and to make no other changes. This view has been considered alongside the working group’s rationale to ensure that any final draft recommendation reflects the aims of the terms of reference as well as the views of the community.

Draft recommendations

1. that the parish name of Woburn should remain unchanged
2. that the number of parish councillors on Woburn Parish Council is reduced from 9 to 7

Reason for recommendations

The recommendation to reduce the number of councillors is made in accordance with the terms of reference due to the number of councillors being disproportionate to the electorate or to avoid uncontested elections and the subsequent need to co-opt members to fill the outstanding vacancies.