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Dr William Smith has been appointed to the Commission and joins Dick Mackenzie as a member of the Commission. The Deputy Chairman of the Commission is the Hon Mr Justice McLaughlin. The Speaker of the House of Commons acts as Chairman of all UK Parliamentary Boundary Commissions.
The Local Government Boundaries Commissioner for Northern Ireland submitted a report to the Department of the Environment on 22nd June 2009, setting out his Final Recommendations for the names and boundaries of the 11 proposed new local government districts and their constituent wards. The NI Assembly will consider this Report in the autumn of 2009 and may endorse it, with or without modifications. Elections to the proposed new councils are scheduled for 2011.