BARNSLEY Council bosses have pushed back on proposed changes to some ward boundaries in the borough.
In a bid to even out voter numbers in Barnsley, the Boundary Commission proposed a number of changes to ward boundaries, some of which the council says it does not agree with.
It was proposed to split Great Houghton into two wards in an effort to reduce the size of the North East ward.
However, the council opposed this proposal and the commission agreed that Great Houghton would remain in the North East ward.
The Dearne North ward is proposed to be renamed Thurnscoe and Goldthorpe North, and Dearne South would be renamed Bolton and Goldthorpe Green, but the council want the original names to remain unaltered.
The council also proposes that Birdwell remains in the Rockingham Ward, after the commission suggested that part of Birdwell should be moved to Worsbrough.
Coun Sharon Howard told last Wednesday’s cabinet meeting that the proposals for Birdwell had caused ‘a lot of conversations’ in the area, with residents feeling that their community would be ‘split’.
