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The Borough of Bournemouth (Electoral Changes) Order 2002

S.I. 2002/1783 · Made 11 July 2002

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LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND

Made 11th July 2002

Coming into force in accordance with article 1(2)

Whereas the Local Government Commission for England, acting pursuant to section 15(4) of the Local Government Act 1992f1, has submitted to the Secretary of State a report dated December 2001 on its review of the boroughf2 of Bournemouth together with its recommendations:

And whereas the Electoral Commissionf3 have decided to give effect, with modifications, to those recommendations:

And whereas a period of not less than six weeks beginning with the submission of the report has expired:

Now, therefore, the Electoral Commission, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 17f4 and 26f5 of the Local Government Act 1992, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1992 c. 19. This section has been amended by the Local Government Commission for England (Transfer of Functions) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/3962).

f2

The non-metropolitan district of Bournemouth has the status of a borough.

f3

The Electoral Commission was established by the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (c. 41). The functions of the Secretary of State, under sections 13 to 15 and 17 of the Local Government Act 1992, to the extent that they relate to electoral changes within the meaning of that Act, were transferred with modifications to the Electoral Commission on 1st April 2002 (S.I. 2001/3962).

f4

This section has been amended by S.I. 2001/3962. There are amendments to this section made otherwise than by S.I. 2001/3962 that are not relevant to this Order.

f5

This section has been amended by S.I. 2001/3962.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Interpretation
  3. 3Wards of the borough of Bournemouth
  4. 4Maps
  5. 5Electoral Registers
  6. 6Revocation
  7. Signature
  8. Schedule NAMES OF WARDS
  9. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Borough of Bournemouth (Electoral Changes) Order 2002.

(2)

This Order shall come into force—

(a)

for the purpose of proceedings preliminary or relating to any election to be held on 1st May 2003, on 15th October 2002;

(b)

for all other purposes, on 1st May 2003.

2Interpretation

In this Order—

  • “borough” means the borough of Bournemouth;

  • “existing”, in relation to a ward, means the ward as it exists on the date this Order is made; and

any reference to the map is a reference to the map marked “Map of the Borough of Bournemouth (Electoral Changes) Order 2002”, of which prints are available for inspection at—

(a)

the principal office of the Electoral Commission; and

(b)

the offices of Bournemouth Borough Council.

3Wards of the borough of Bournemouth

(1)

The existing wards of the boroughf1 shall be abolished.

(2)

The borough shall be divided into eighteen wards which shall bear the names set out in the Schedule.

(3)

The wards shall comprise the areas designated on the map by reference to the name of the ward and demarcated by red lines; and the number of councillors to be elected for each ward shall be three.

(4)

Where a boundary is shown on the map as running along a road, railway line, footway, watercourse or similar geographical feature, it shall be treated as running along the centre line of the feature.

4Maps

Bournemouth Borough Council shall make a print of the map marked “Map of the Borough of Bournemouth (Electoral Changes) Order 2002” available for inspection at its offices by any member of the public at any reasonable time.

5Electoral Registers

The Electoral Registration Officerf1 for the borough shall make such rearrangement of, or adaptation of, the register of local government electors as may be necessary for the purposes of, and in consequence of, this Order.

6Revocation

The Borough of Bournemouth (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978f1 is revoked, save for article 8.

Signature

Signed by the members of the Electoral Commission

Pamela Gordon

Commissioner

11th July 2002

Glyn Mathias

Commissioner

11th July 2002

Neil McIntosh

Commissioner

11th July 2002

Karamjit Singh

Commissioner

11th July 2002

Sam Younger

Commissioner

11th July 2002

Graham Zellick

Commissioner

11th July 2002

NAMES OF WARDS

Name of Ward
Boscombe East
Boscombe West
Central
East Cliff and Springbourne
East Southbourne and Tuckton
Kinson North
Kinson South
Littledown and Iford
Moordown
Queen’s Park
Redhill and Northbourne
Strouden Park
Talbot and Branksome Woods
Throop and Muscliff
Wallisdown and Winton West
Westbourne and West Cliff
West Southbourne
Winton East

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order gives effect, with modifications, to recommendations by the Local Government Commission for England for electoral changes in the borough of Bournemouth. The recommendations were submitted to the Secretary of State, but the functions of the Secretary of State under sections 13 to 15 and 17 of the Local Government Act 1992 so far as they relate to electoral changes were transferred with modifications to the Electoral Commission under The Local Government Commission for England (Transfer of Functions) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/3962) with effect from 1st April 2002. That Order provides that recommendations submitted to the Secretary of State before 1st April would have effect as if they had been submitted to the Electoral Commission.

The modifications relate to the names of two borough wards.

The changes have effect in relation to local government elections to be held on and after 1st May 2003.

Article 3 abolishes the existing wards of the borough and provides for the creation of 18 new wards. That article and the Schedule also make provision for the names and areas of, and numbers of councillors for, the new wards.

Article 5 obliges the Electoral Registration officer to make any necessary amendments to the electoral register to reflect the new electoral arrangements.

Article 6 revokes the Borough of Bournemouth (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978 (S.I. 1978/1813), with the exception of article 8.

The areas of the new borough wards are demarcated on the map described in article 2. Prints of the map may be inspected at all reasonable times at the offices of Bournemouth Borough Council and at the principal office of the Electoral Commission at Trevelyan House, Great Peter Street, London SW1P 2HW.