The Crawley county councillors claim that there is no need for council bosses to change them and they are doing it as they don't like them.

The 'one ward one councillor plan' could mean that neighbourhoods in Crawley could be cut up to fit in with statistics and individual roads could be divided between wards.

Cllr Jim McGough: "If we were to change to single member wards we would have to split up some neighbourhoods as they have to be 9,000 people in each ward.

"If you ask people where they are from they will always give you the neighbourhood that they live in, in the town - each neighbourhood has a strong identity."

Fellow West Sussex County Cllr Chris Mullins slammed the proposals and said: "Gossops Green could be a particular victim of it.

"The proposal is to split it in half with half to Bewbush and the other to Ifield.

"With two of us covering the wards we have found that two heads are normally better than one and if one of us is away the other one is there so we always have the whole patch covered.

"Crawley was built on the neighbourhood principle and each one is like an isolated village.

"Gossops Green is like its own village, with it's own shops and pub, and to split up doesn't make any sense."

Max Caller, chair of the Boundary Committee, said: "In this review, we will take a number of factors into account including local community identities and we will look where possible to propose single-member divisions, although this may not always be possible.

"We want local people to let us know how particular boundaries may impact on communities and we encourage anyone who is interested, from local government to community groups and residents, to submit evidence-based proposals to the committee."

If you wish to voice your concerns then write to the Boundary commission at review@boundarycommittee.org.uk or Review officer, West Sussex Review, The Boundary committee for England, Trevelyan House, Great Peter Street, London, SW1P 2HW.

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