Explanatory note

This Order gives effect to recommendations by the Local Government Commission for England for electoral changes in the borough of Boston.

Article 2 abolishes all of the existing wards of the borough and provides for the creation of 18 new wards. That article and Schedule also make provision for the names and areas of, and numbers of councillors for, the new wards.

Article 3 makes electoral changes in the parish of Fishtoft.

The areas of the new district and parish wards are demarcated on the map described in article 1(3). Prints of the map may be inspected at all reasonable times at the offices of the Boston Borough Council and at the offices of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, which are located at 2nd Floor, Ashdown House, 123 Victoria Street, London SW1E 6DE.