# The Borough of Gedling (Electoral Changes) Order 2000

S.I. 2000/3297 · made 15 December 2000

This Order gives effect to recommendations by the Local Government Commission for England for electoral changes in the borough of Gedling. The changes have effect in relation to local government elections to be held on or after 1st May 2003.

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

PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/borough-of-gedling-electoral-changes-order-2000/pdf/uksi_20003297_en.pdf

## Introductory text

LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND
Made 15th December 2000
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 1992, has submitted to the Secretary of State a report dated May 2000 on its review of the borough of Gedling together with its recommendations:
And whereas the Secretary of State has decided to give effect to those recommendations:
Now, therefore, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 17 and 26 of the Local Government Act 1992, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

## 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1) This Order may be cited as the Borough of Gedling (Electoral Changes) Order 2000.
(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 10th October 2002;
(b) for all other purposes, on 1st May 2003.
(3) In this Order—
“borough” means the borough of Gedling;
“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 prepared by the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions marked “Map of the Borough of Gedling (Electoral Changes) Order 2000”, and deposited in accordance with regulation 27 of the Local Government Changes for England Regulations 1994; and
any reference to a numbered sheet is a reference to the sheet of the map which bears that number.

## 2 Wards of the borough of Gedling

(1) The existing wards of the borough shall be abolished.
(2) The borough shall be divided into twenty-two 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 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.

## 3 Wards of the parish of Bestwood St Albans

(1) The parish of Bestwood St Albans 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 district ward specified in respect of the parish ward in column (2) of that Schedule.
(2) 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.

## 4 Wards of the parish of Calverton

(1) The existing wards of the parish of Calverton shall be abolished.
(2) The parish shall be divided into three parish wards which shall bear the names No. 1 Parish Ward, No. 2 Parish Ward and No. 3 Parish Ward; and the wards shall comprise the areas designated on sheet 5 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.

## 5 Revocation

The Borough of Gedling (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1975, articles 5(1)(b) and 8 of the Nottinghamshire (District Boundaries) Order 1987 and articles 4(1)(b) and 4(2)(b) of the Nottinghamshire (District Boundaries) Order 1988 are hereby revoked.

## Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions
Beverley Hughes
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
15th December 2000

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

(1)
(2)
(3)
Name of Ward
Area of Ward
Number of Councillors
Bestwood Village
1
Bonington
3
Burton Joyce and Stoke Bardolph
2
Calverton
3
Carlton
3
Carlton Hill
3
Daybrook
2
Gedling
3
Killisick
1
Kingswell
2
Lambley
1
Mapperley Plains
3
Netherfield and Colwick
3
Newstead
1
Phoenix
2
Porchester
3
Ravenshead
The parish of Ravenshead
3
St James
2
St Marys
3
Valley
2
Woodborough
The parish of Woodborough
1
Woodthorpe
3

## Schedule 2 WARDS OF THE PARISH OF BESTWOOD ST ALBANS

NAMES AND AREAS OF WARDS AND NUMBERS OF COUNCILLORS
(1)
(2)
(3)
Name of Ward
Area of Ward
Number of Councillors
Top Valley
So much of the borough ward of Bonington as comprises part of the parish of Bestwood St Albans
5
Village
So much of the borough ward of Bestwood Village as comprises part of the parish of Bestwood St Albans
4

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order gives effect to recommendations by the Local Government Commission for England for electoral changes in the borough of Gedling. The changes have effect in relation to local government elections to be held on or after 1st May 2003.
Article 2 abolishes the existing wards of the borough and provides for the creation of 22 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 3 and 4 make electoral changes in the parishes of Bestwood St Albans and Calverton.
Article 5 revokes the Borough of Gedling (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1975, articles 5(1)(b) and 8 of the Nottinghamshire (District Boundaries) Order 1987 and articles 4(1)(b) and 4(2)(b) of the Nottinghamshire (District Boundaries) Order 1988.
The areas of the new borough 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 Gedling Borough Council and at the offices of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, 2nd Floor, Ashdown House, 123 Victoria Street, London SW1E 6DE.

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