Issue - meetings

The Returning Officer and Head of Democratic Services submitted a joint report, which provided a response to the Local Democracy and Boundary Commission for Wales’ Draft Proposals in relation to their Review of the Electoral Arrangements for the City and County of Swansea.

The Head of Democratic Services stated that the report had been considered by the Constitution Working Group on 4 September 2019.  That Group recommended that Council approve the report for submission as part of the consultation period.

The Group also instructed the Head of Democratic Services to ensure that all Electoral Wards and Community Wards have a Welsh Language or Bilingual name.  The proposed names and requests for proposed names were outlined in Appendices B and C of the report.

Resolved that:

1)              The response to the Draft Proposals as detailed in Paragraph 5 of the report be approved and forwarded to the Local Democracy and Boundary Commission for Wales;

2)              The Welsh Language Electoral Ward names as suggested by this Authority and set out in Appendix B of the report be recommended to the Welsh Language Commissioner to be placed on the “Standardisation of Welsh Place Names list”;

3)              The Welsh Language Commissioner be asked to reconsider the use of “Dynfant” as the Welsh form of “Dunvant” so that “Dyfnant” becomes the formal standardised name;

4)              The Welsh Language Community Ward names as suggested by this Authority and set out in Appendix C of the report be recommended to the Welsh Language Commissioner to be placed on the “Standardisation of Welsh Place Names list”;

5)              The Welsh Language Commissioner be asked to consider suitable Welsh Language or Bilingual Community Ward names for those Community Wards as outlined in Appendix C of the report.

Note: Councillor J W Jones asked that it be noted that whilst be supported the majority of the report he did not support, the recommendations in relation to Dunvant and Killay South.