A REVIEW into the number of council wards and councillors in Herefordshire is not being carried out.

The Boundary Commission confirmed it was not reviewing the council areas in Herefordshire, despite carrying out reviews in neighbouring Malvern Hills and Worcester.

A spokesperson confirmed the last review had been carried out in 2014, and as such there were no plans for a new review in the county.

They said: "We review a local authority when they meet one of our statutory criteria for a review – either at the request of a local authority, when the electoral variances between wards meets our intervention criteria, or when it hasn’t been reviewed for a while.

"We last conducted an electoral review of Herefordshire in 2014, and so are not currently considering reviewing the authority in the immediate future."

Across the border from Herefordshire, council area reviews are being carried out in Malvern Hills, Wychavon and Worcester.

These propose major shakeups of the electoral picture for each area, with Malvern potentially losing seven of its councillors if the plans are approved.

During the previous review, councillors and residents in Ledbury reacted angrily to proposals which would have split the town into three county council wards instead of one.

Despite the objections of councillors to the plan, the town's wards were split into new North, West and South wards.

Over the border in Malvern Hills, the Boundary Commission is reviewing the shape of the council wards.

A consultation has launched to ask the public what they think of the plans, which would see the number of Malvern Hills District councillors reduced by seven to 31.

The review says councillors should represent residents across 15 wards. 

There will be four three-councillor wards, eight two-councillor and three single-councillor wards across the district.  

In Worcester, the proposed changes represent the largest shake-up of wards in 20 years, with the last review having been carried out in 2002.

Two key adjustments to Worcester City Council’s boundary map have been proposed which would see the existing city centre Cathedral ward split into two forming new City Centre and Fort Royal wards each represented by two councillors.

The current Cathedral ward, which is represented by three councillors, is seen as ‘too big’ and needs addressing, according to the council.