http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Proposed new ward boundaries for Edinburgh en Thu, 21 May 2026 19:21:51 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16448#post-238357 Wed, 07 Dec 2016 09:36:01 +0000 chdot 238357@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Can't find a thread on Westminster/MP boundaries so I'll put this here. </p> <p><a href="http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/politics/parties-unite-to-fight-anti-democratic-redraw-of-lothian-s-electoral-map-1-4310900" rel="nofollow">http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/politics/parties-unite-to-fight-anti-democratic-redraw-of-lothian-s-electoral-map-1-4310900</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16448#post-221373 Mon, 30 May 2016 07:06:06 +0000 gembo 221373@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>City of edinburgh's smaller neighbour's struggle sometimes to deliver services the larger authority can provide. Two of them were going to merge but those plans collapsed. The other local authorities who did marry (stirling and Clacks.) have recently divorced. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16448#post-221372 Mon, 30 May 2016 00:53:02 +0000 chdot 221372@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"</p> <p>THE Local Government Boundary Commission plans should be stopped until after proper debate, says Lesley Riddoch</p> <p>...</p> <p>Scotland currently has 32 councils and 1,223 councillors.</p> <p>Norway (with roughly the same population) has 429 councils and 10,785 councillors. Compare our statistics with any modern European democracy – or even the rusty old ones. Our councillor cohort is ten times smaller while our councils are ten times larger than the European average. This is the problem the Scottish Government has not yet opted to tackle.</p> <p>"</p> <p><a href="http://www.scotsman.com/news/lesley-riddoch-genuinely-local-system-a-long-way-off-1-4141103" rel="nofollow">http://www.scotsman.com/news/lesley-riddoch-genuinely-local-system-a-long-way-off-1-4141103</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16448#post-221288 Sat, 28 May 2016 13:13:50 +0000 crowriver 221288@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I took part in the consultation on these changes. Not that it made a blind bit of difference, except a wee note that "Ward 11 includes less of Abbeyhill". Aye, as in almost none of it. I'm, happy enough still to be in Leith Walk ward, but still cannot see the logic of much of Abbeyhill being part of Craigentinny/Duddingston. Nor is is logical to include Roseburn and Murrayfield in the City Centre. "Natural communities" my erse! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16448#post-221284 Sat, 28 May 2016 12:39:35 +0000 wangi 221284@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Does anyone know if the CC boundaries will change if this goes ahead"<br /> CC election are in Sep/Oct this year. They'll be on the current boundaries. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16448#post-221177 Fri, 27 May 2016 12:22:21 +0000 chdot 221177@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"the existing and proposed boundaries are on the summary map near the end"</p> <p>Ah yes, p38 (p39 of PDF)</p> <p><a href="http://www.lgbc-scotland.gov.uk/includes/downloadfile.asp?file=/reviews/5th_electoral/edinburgh/edinburgh_report.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://www.lgbc-scotland.gov.uk/includes/downloadfile.asp?file=/reviews/5th_electoral/edinburgh/edinburgh_report.pdf</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16448#post-221175 Fri, 27 May 2016 12:15:15 +0000 slowcoach 221175@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>the existing and proposed boundaries are on the summary map near the end, so I expect it would have been easy to have them on the more detailed maps, or even better to highlight the places the boundary would move. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16448#post-221174 Fri, 27 May 2016 12:14:42 +0000 urchaidh 221174@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I may be off from the relative political calm that is Duddingston to the furnace of (local) political ambition that is Portobello. Does anyone know if the CC boundaries will change if this goes ahead? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16448#post-221173 Fri, 27 May 2016 12:09:56 +0000 kaputnik 221173@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>they could always be put clearly at the end then :P </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16448#post-221172 Fri, 27 May 2016 12:06:26 +0000 chdot 221172@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"What happened to the old "put your conclusions up front" style of writing?"</p> <p>Maybe it was replaced by the fashion for transparency... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16448#post-221170 Fri, 27 May 2016 12:00:51 +0000 kaputnik 221170@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@Murun happy to be corrected, I agree the report seems thoroughly impenetrable. What happened to the old "put your conclusions up front" style of writing? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16448#post-221165 Fri, 27 May 2016 11:35:32 +0000 chdot 221165@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>You just like your local councillors!</p> <p>Might have to move house... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16448#post-221164 Fri, 27 May 2016 11:33:58 +0000 SRD 221164@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@chdot I can see the logic of moving us, but will be disappointed personally. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16448#post-221163 Fri, 27 May 2016 11:32:12 +0000 chdot 221163@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It's a pity the maps don't have the current boundaries on as well. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16448#post-221162 Fri, 27 May 2016 11:29:41 +0000 Murun Buchstansangur 221162@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@kaputnik</p> <p>Paragraph 71 doesn't refer to their final recommendations, rather their former proposals last year which I recall were discussed on here.</p> <p>Part 3/Paragraph 91 onwards allegedly details their now recommendations, of course without saying in words what they're proposing and a set of maps with no details on former ward boundaries :slowhandclap:</p> <p>Paragraph 94 is particularly enleavened with a link to someone's C: drive at the LGBC. Brilliant.</p> <p>Honestly, after <em>literally</em> years at this review, you'd think they'd do a better job of the final report. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16448#post-221161 Fri, 27 May 2016 11:28:49 +0000 chdot 221161@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I sense a 'keep SRD in ward 9' campaign coming... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16448#post-221153 Fri, 27 May 2016 10:59:55 +0000 SRD 221153@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The map makes it look like I've been moved from ward 9 to ward 10, which I'm not keen on, although I can see the logic. Hoping to get some clarification. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16448#post-221151 Fri, 27 May 2016 10:43:28 +0000 kaputnik 221151@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Paragraph 71, page 14 has the overall summary (I can't copy/paste it as the PDF file has been badly set up. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16448#post-221147 Fri, 27 May 2016 10:19:11 +0000 Murun Buchstansangur 221147@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Spylaw kept intact with Colinton, it looks like. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16448#post-221144 Fri, 27 May 2016 10:11:11 +0000 kaputnik 221144@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Report for Embra here;</p> <p><a href="http://www.lgbc-scotland.gov.uk/includes/downloadfile.asp?file=/reviews/5th_electoral/edinburgh/edinburgh_report.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://www.lgbc-scotland.gov.uk/includes/downloadfile.asp?file=/reviews/5th_electoral/edinburgh/edinburgh_report.pdf</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16448#post-221143 Fri, 27 May 2016 10:01:48 +0000 SRD 221143@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.lgbc-scotland.gov.uk/reviews/5th_electoral/" rel="nofollow">http://www.lgbc-scotland.gov.uk/reviews/5th_electoral/</a> </p>