Commentary on Sections Part 2 Elected Bodies and Their Members Chapter 1: Arrangements for Local Government Section 40 – Considerations for a review of principal area electoral arrangements
108.Section 40 substitutes section 30(1) of the 2013 Act and sets out revised considerations for a review of principal area electoral arrangements. The matters which must be considered include the desirability of having a ratio of local government electors to the number of members that is the same or as similar as possible in every electoral ward of the principal area, the geographical size, shape and accessibility of an electoral ward and maintaining local ties including those connected to the use of the Welsh language.