Yes. The law specifies that each ward should have “as nearly as may be” the same number of electors per councillor as every other ward in a council area. We refer to this as electoral parity. As a result, when we carry out a review, we look closely at the number of electors in each area. We also We consider likely changes to electorate over the following 5 years when we conduct a review. To do this, we use information from the local authority on expected new-build and demolitions of dwellings over the period, together with population projections from the National Records of Scotland.