 The new commission was under the chairmanship of Sir David Cooksey, previously the chairman of the Audit Commission.The commission published draft proposals on the districts referred back to it in September 1995.It recommended unitary status for Blackpool, Blackburn, Halton, Northampton, Peterborough, Thurrock, Warrington and the Wrekin, and also that Rochester upon Medway and Gillingham should form a Medway Towns unitary authority.