A BOROUGH council could save more than £30,000 a year by cutting the number of councillors by nearly 20 per cent.
Gedling Borough Council asked the Local Government Boundary Commission for England to look into plans to alter wards in the area.
It had asked for an independent review of electoral arrangements and the plans have now been revealed.
As well as a cut in councillors from 50 to 41, the number of wards will drop from 22 to 17.
Changes include:
Creating a Trent Valley ward, including Stoke Bardolph, Burton Joyce and parts of Gedling.
A new Dumbles ward combining Lambley and Woodborough.
A new Newstead Abbey ward combining Ravenshead and Newstead.
Given that councillors get an annual allowance of £3,685.68, a drop in nine councillors means a saving of £33,171.12.
Terence Ireland, 68, from Lambley, said he supported the plans.
He added: "Reducing the number of councillors is something that should have happened a while ago. We have 50 in Gedling, so many more than other councils around here. I think 40 is just about right."
Chairman of the Commission, Max Caller, said: "We are extremely grateful to the people of Gedling who took the time and effort to send us their views. The Commission considered every piece of evidence it received before finalising these recommendations.
"We believe these recommendations deliver electoral equality for voters as well as reflecting the identities of communities across Gedling."
In response to the views submitted to it during the consultation, the Commission is proposing some minor changes to the draft recommendations it published last year.
For example, the council proposed a change to the southern boundary of Calverton ward so that it runs along Ollerton Road and Lime Lane.
The Commission has accepted the amendment and includes it in its final recommendations.
The commission also proposes a change to its draft recommendation for the boundary between Plains ward and Gedling ward so that any future development on the Gedling Colliery site would be in Plains ward.
A draft order – the legal document which brings into force the recommendations – will be brought to Parliament in the next few months.
The order provides for the new electoral arrangements to come into force at the borough council elections in 2015.
