In February 2018, the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government confirmed that he is going to start the legislative process in Parliament to create a single District Council for West Suffolk. If Parliament approves the orders then a new set of wards will need to be created before the first elections May in 2019. Initial options for the new ward boundaries have been proposed. The aim is that each councillor represents roughly the same number of voters (give or take 10% from the average).
The proposed boundary changes for the new West Suffolk cut RAF Honington in two halves again. The northern part in the civil parish of Honington (about 400 voters) going in a new ward with Bardwell and Honington village and the southern part (about 260 voters) in the civil parish of Troston staying in the Pakenham ward.
Click here to see the minutes from the local meeting to discuss the proposed changes.
Current Pakenham Ward map