Principal councils, like Northumberland County Council, have powers to conduct community governance reviews about matters such as the creation of parish councils and their electoral arrangements. This includes looking at administrative boundaries. An essential feature of community governance reviews is consulting with electors and other stakeholders in the area being reviewed.
The County Council agreed to the proposal to increase the number of Councillors in the Cramlington East and Cramlington North Wards of Cramlington Town Council from one to two. This would provide equality of representation and consistency of the electoral arrangements. There were no responses to the consultation process on the proposal.
The County Council agreed to the proposal to de-ward Stamfordham Parish Council. There were two responses to the consultation process in favour of the proposal. It was agreed that the division into wards was unnecessary and created confusions for electors. The seven Parish Councillors should represent all electors within the Parish.