By the end of 2022, a new map of Liverpool will have been drawn.
The overall shape of the city is not set to change, but the wards within it are set to be significantly reshuffled. This, according to the Best Value Inspection report, is being done to improve accountability within local politics.
Currently, each of the city’s wards is represented by three councillors, but draft proposals put forward by the Local Government Boundary Review will see the formation of 71 electoral wards - 41 more than it has now. These would include 58 wards represented by just one councillor, rather than the current three, while there would be 12 larger wards represented by two wards and one even larger three member ward.
