Eastleigh MP Mims Davies is urging local residents to take part in a public consultation about how local government should operate in Hampshire.
The independent eight-week dialogue, starting tomorrow, sets out the potential options for how the Hampshire County Council and the 11 district councils could change, or be reorganised in a devolution deal.
Mims said she presently favoured a unitary single Hampshire authority with enhanced services along the same lines as the existing county council, but taking over the functions of district councils.
It would do everything from emptying the bins to maintaining the roads and offer considerable cost savings leading to lower council tax, but with local accountability through town and parish councils having more say.
“This is a very important consultation that could do much to change how we are governed locally here in Hampshire, how much we pay for services and how much we can save, in the years to come,” said Mims.
“So I’m pleased local people will have a say on what they think before any decision is made.
“I have made my views clear on what I think is the best solution but it is really for residents to look at the consultation and make up their own minds on what they want, and I urge them to get involved and do so.”
The consultation is about the area covered by Hampshire County Council and the 11 district councils.
It does not concern Portsmouth or Southampton or the Isle of Wight who are asking residents about their proposals for a separate so-called Solent City combined authority.
Those who take part will answer questions on a number of options involving proposals to create combined authorities, elected mayors and unitary councils, as well as the status quo.
It will be carried out on behalf of the county council by independent researchers Ipsos MORI.