# The Borough of Charnwood (Electoral Changes) Order 2002

S.I. 2002/2886 · made 19 November 2002

This Order gives effect to recommendations by the Boundary Committee for England, a committee of the Electoral Commission, for electoral changes in the borough of Charnwood.

Made under: Local Government Act 1992 (Section 17, Section 26)

PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/borough-of-charnwood-electoral-changes-order-2002/pdf/uksi_20022886_en.pdf

## Introductory text

LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND
Made 19th November 2002
Coming into force in accordance with article 1(2)
Whereas the Boundary Committee for England, acting pursuant to section 15(4) of the Local Government Act 1992, has submitted to the Electoral Commission recommendations dated June 2002 on its review of the borough of Charnwood:
And whereas the Electoral Commission have decided to give effect to those recommendations:
And whereas a period of not less than six weeks has expired since the receipt of those recommendations:
Now, therefore, the Electoral Commission, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 17 and 26 of the Local Government Act 1992, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:

## 1 Citation and commencement

(1) This Order may be cited as the Borough of Charnwood (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 the day after that on which it is made;
(b) or all other purposes, on 1st May 2003.

## 2 Interpretation

In this Order—
“borough” means the borough of Charnwood;
“existing”, in relation to a ward, means the ward as it exists on the date this Order is made;
any reference to the map is a reference to the map marked “Map referred to in the Borough of Charnwood (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 Charnwood Borough Council; and
any reference to a numbered sheet is a reference to the sheet of the map which bears that number.

## 3 Wards of the borough of Charnwood

(1) The existing wards of the borough shall be abolished.
(2) The borough shall be divided into twenty-eight wards which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of Schedule 1.
(3) The wards shall comprise the areas described in column (2) of that Schedule by reference to parishes and parish wards or, where an area is not so described, the area 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 the number specified in respect of the ward in column (3) of that Schedule.
(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.

## 4 Wards of the parish of Mountsorrel

The parish of Mountsorrel shall be divided into two parish wards which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of Schedule 2; each parish ward shall comprise the area of the borough ward specified in respect of the parish ward in column (2) of that Schedule, and the number of councillors to be elected for each parish ward shall be the number specified in respect of the parish ward in column (3) of that Schedule.

## 5 Wards of the parish of Shepshed

(1) The existing wards of the parish of Shepshed shall be abolished.
(2) The parish shall be divided into two parish wards which shall bear the names Shepshed East and Shepshed West; and each parish ward shall comprise the area of the borough ward bearing the same name, and the number of councillors to be elected for the Shepshed East parish ward shall be seven and for the Shepshed West parish ward shall be eight.

## 6 Wards of the parish of Sileby

(1) The existing wards of the parish of Sileby shall be abolished.
(2) The parish shall be divided into three parish wards which shall bear the names Sileby St Gregory's, Sileby St Mary’s and Sileby West; and the wards shall comprise the areas designated on sheet 4 by reference to the name of the ward and demarcated by orange lines.
(3) The number of councillors to be elected for the Sileby St Gregory’s parish ward shall be eight, for the Sileby St Mary’s parish ward shall be six and for the Sileby West parish ward shall be one.

## 7 Wards of the parish of Syston

(1) The existing wards of the parish of Syston shall be abolished.
(2) The parish shall be divided into four parish wards which shall bear the names Merton, New Barkby, St Peter’s East and St Peter’s West; and the wards shall comprise the areas designated on sheet 4 by reference to the name of the ward and demarcated by orange lines.
(3) The number of councillors to be elected for each parish ward shall be five.

## 8 Numbers of parish councillors in the parish of Thurmaston

The number of parish councillors to be elected for the parish of Thurmaston shall be nineteen; the number of councillors to be elected for the Central parish ward shall be five, for the East parish ward shall be seven, for the North parish ward shall be three and for the South parish ward shall be four.

## 9 Maps

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

## 10 Electoral registers

The Electoral Registration Officer 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.

## 11 Revocation

The Borough of Charnwood (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1980 is revoked, save for article 8.

## Signature

Signed by the members of the Electoral Commission
Pamela Gordon
Commissioner
28th October 2002
Glyn Mathias
Commissioner
14th November 2002
Neil McIntosh
Commissioner
14th November 2002
Karamjit Singh
Commissioner
19th November 2002
Sam Younger
Commissioner
19th November 2002
Graham Zellick
Commissioner
28th October 2002

## Schedule 1 NAMES AND AREAS OF WARDS AND NUMBERS OF COUNCILLORS

(1)
(2)
(3)
Name of Ward
Area of Ward
Number of Councillors
Anstey
The parish of Anstey
2
Barrow and Sileby West
2
Birstall Wanlip
The parish of Wanlip and the parish wards of Birstall Goscote and Birstall Greengate of the parish of Birstall
2
Birstall Watermead
The parish wards of Birstall Netherhall, Birstall Riverside and Birstall Stonehill of the parish of Birstall
2
East Goscote
The parish of East Goscote
1
Forest Bradgate
The parishes of Newtown Linford, Ulverscroft and Woodhouse
1
Loughborough Ashby
2
Loughborough Dishley and Hathern
2
Loughborough Garendon
2
Loughborough Hastings
2
Loughborough Lemyngton
2
Loughborough Nanpantan
2
Loughborough Outwoods
2
Loughborough Shelthorpe
2
Loughborough Southfields
2
Loughborough Storer
2
Mountsorrel
2
Queniborough
The parishes of Barkby, Barkby Thorpe, Beeby, Queniborough and South Croxton
1
Quorn and Mountsorrel Castle
2
Rothley and Thurcaston
The parishes of Rothley, Swithland, and Thurcaston and Cropston
2
Shepshed East
2
Shepshed West
2
Sileby
2
Syston East
2
Syston West
2
The Wolds
The parishes of Burton on the Wolds, Cotes, Hoton, Prestwold, Walton on the Wolds and Wymeswold
1
Thurmaston
The parish of Thurmaston
3
Wreake Villages
The parishes of Cossington, Ratcliffe on the Wreake, Rearsby, Seagrave and Thrussington
1

## Schedule 2 WARDS OF THE PARISH OF MOUNTSORREL NAMES AND AREAS OF WARDS AND NUMBERS OF COUNCILLORS

(1)
(2)
(3)
Name of Ward
Area of Ward
Number of Councillors
Mountsorrel
The borough ward of Mountsorrel
11
Mountsorrel Castle
So much of the borough ward of Quorn and Mountsorrel Castle as comprises the parish of Mountsorrel
2

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order gives effect to recommendations by the Boundary Committee for England, a committee of the Electoral Commission, for electoral changes in the borough of Charnwood.
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 28 new wards. That article and Schedule 1 also make provision for the names and areas of, and numbers of councillors for, the new wards.
Articles 4 to 8 make electoral changes in the parishes of Mountsorrel, Shepshed, Sileby, Syston and Thurmaston.
Article 10 obliges the Electoral Registration Officer to make any necessary amendments to the electoral register to reflect the new electoral arrangements.
Article 11 revokes the Borough of Charnwood (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1980 (S.I. 1980/777) with the exception of article 8.
The areas of the new borough and parish 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 Charnwood Borough Council and at the principal office of the Electoral Commission at Trevelyan House, Great Peter Street, London SW1P 2HW.

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