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In June 2016 the then Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government took the decision that all 22 electoral boundary reviews should take place within the current Local Government term i.e. in advance of the next elections in May 2022 and in sufficient time to enable changes in the electoral boundaries to be taken into account and reflected in Orders. In order to be in place before the principal council elections in May 2022 the reviews need to be completed and Orders in force by the end of September 2021 to provide local authorities with sufficient time to implement the changes.


On 17 December 2020 I wrote to members setting out an overview of the review process used by the Local Democracy and Boundary Commission for Wales (the Commission) and the position on the current programme of electoral reviews. I confirmed a small number of the electoral reviews have attracted a significant number of representations.


The representations relate to:


* Cardiff – Llanrumney, Pontprennau and Old St Mellons
* Caerphilly –Ystrad Mynach and Llanbradach
* Flintshire  \- Hope and Caergwrle


I have been considering the points made in these representations carefully to inform my decision on those reviews.


In conducting electoral arrangement reviews the Commission is required to:


* Seek to ensure, that the ratio of local government electors to each elected  member of the council is, as nearly as possible, the same in every electoral ward of the principal area,
* Have regard to the desirability of fixing boundaries for electoral wards which are and will remain easily identifiable, and,
* Have regard to the desirability of not breaking local ties when fixing boundaries for electoral wards.


In light of the content of the representations made, I have written to the Commission to ask for further information about the specific recommendations for the areas listed above.


I have asked the Commission to provide this information by 30 April. The information provided will be used to inform decisions of an incoming Welsh Government following the Senedd elections in May.







Translation:


 
Ym mis Mehefin, fe benderfynodd Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Gyllid a Llywodraeth Leol ar y pryd y dylid cynnal pob un o’r 22 o adolygiadau o ffiniau etholiadol yn ystod y tymor Llywodraeth Leol presennol, hy cyn cynnal yr etholiadau nesaf ym mis Mai 2022, gan roi digon o amser i ystyried y newidiadau a’u hadlewyrchu mewn Gorchmynion. Er mwyn ei gwneud yn bosibl cyflwyno’r newidiadau erbyn etholiadau’r prif gynghorau ym mis Mai 2022, bydd angen sicrhau bod yr adolygiadau wedi eu cwblhau a bod y Gorchmynion mewn grym erbyn diwedd mis Medi 2021, er mwyn i’r awdurdodau gael digon o amser i allu gweithredu’r newidiadau hynny.


Ar 17 Rhagfyr 2020, ysgrifennais at yr aelodau i roi trosolwg o’r broses adolygu a ddefnyddir gan Gomisiwn Ffiniau a Democratiaeth Leol Cymru (y Comisiwn), a’r sefyllfa o ran rhaglen yr adolygiadau etholiadol ar hyn o bryd. Cadarnheais fod nifer bach o adolygiadau etholiadol wedi denu nifer sylweddol o sylwadau.


Mae’r sylwadau hynny’n ymwneud â’r canlynol:


* Caerdydd – Llanrhymni, Pontprennau, a Phentref Llaneirwg
* Caerffili –Ystrad Mynach a Llanbradach
* Sir y Fflint – Yr Hob a Chaergwrle


Rwyf wedi ystyried yn ofalus y pwyntiau a wneir yn y sylwadau hyn wrth ddod i benderfyniad ar yr adolygiadau.


Wrth adolygu’r trefniadau etholiadol, rhaid i’r Comisiwn wneud y canlynol:


* Ceisio sicrhau bod y gymhareb o etholwyr llywodraeth leol i bob aelod etholedig o’r cyngor yn debyg ym mhob ward etholiadol y brif ardal, neu mor debyg â phosibl,
* Rhoi sylw i’r ffaith ei bod yn ddymunol pennu ffiniau hawdd eu hadnabod ar gyfer wardiau etholiadol, sef ffiniau a fydd yn parhau felly,
* Rhoi sylw i’r ffaith ei bod yn ddymunol osgoi torri ar draws ymlyniadau lleol wrth bennu ffiniau ar gyfer wardiau etholiadol.


Yng ngoleuni cynnwys y sylwadau a wnaed, rwyf wedi ysgrifennu i’r Comisiwn i ofyn am wybodaeth bellach am yr argymhellion penodol ar gyfer yr ardaloedd a nodir uchod.


Gofynnwyd i’r Comisiwn ddarparu’r wybodaeth honno erbyn 30 Ebrill. Bydd yr wybodaeth a roddir yn cael ei defnyddio i lywio penderfyniadau Llywodraeth Cymru nesaf ar ôl etholiadau’r Senedd ym mis Mai.