What would be the impact on the number of councillors?

To achieve the Government’s objective of streamlining councils, it is expected that the two new unitary authorities in the north and south would have around 60 councillors each. If the government went ahead with a single Warwickshire unitary Council it is expected that there would be around 114 Councillors.

Under both of the proposals the result would be a significant reduction (over 50%) in the number of elected members, from the existing 257 councillors. Currently at district and borough level on average there are 2,244 electors per councillor, under the new proposals this would increase to almost 4,000.
The new unitary authorities would work closely with parish and town councils. In addition, the new Councils would provide new ways of engaging with local communities to ensure that they do not become remote. This could be through neighbourhood committees which would ne held throughout Warwickshire. Subject to local views, opportunities would be explored to create new town or parish councils to represent communities where there are none at present.