Agenda item

RESOLVED: that

1.            the submission in response to the Welsh Government consultation on Electoral Reform in Local Government in Wales (Appendix B to the report), subject to any appropriate amendments be approved; and

2.            authority be delegated to the Director of Governance and Legal Services, in consultation with the relevant Cabinet member, to notify the Welsh Government of any amendments to the Council’s draft submission.

Councillor Dilwar Ali, Assistant Cabinet Member for Community Engagement introduced the Council’s response to the Welsh Government consultation on Electoral Reform in Local Government in Wales. Many of the proposed changes were welcomed, particularly relating to measures which were intended to increase turn out and promote voter registration.

RESOLVED: that

1.            the submission in response to the Welsh Government consultation on Electoral Reform in Local Government in Wales (Appendix B to the report), subject to any appropriate amendments be approved; and

2.            authority be delegated to the Director of Governance and Legal Services, in consultation with the relevant Cabinet member, to notify the Welsh Government of any amendments to the Council’s draft submission.