# The Borough of Rushcliffe (Electoral Changes) Order 2000

S.I. 2000/3301 · made 15 December 2000

This Order gives effect to recommendations by the Local Government Commission for England for electoral changes in the borough of Rushcliffe. 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-rushcliffe-electoral-changes-order-2000/pdf/uksi_20003301_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 Rushcliffe 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 Rushcliffe (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 Rushcliffe;
“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 prepared by the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions marked “Map of the Borough of Rushcliffe (Electoral Changes) Order 2000”, and deposited in accordance with regulation 27 of the Local Government Changes for England Regulations 1994.

## 2 Wards of the borough of Rushcliffe

(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 or 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.

## 3 Wards of the parish of Bingham

The parish of Bingham shall be divided into two parish wards which shall bear the names Bingham East and Bingham West; each parish ward shall comprise the area of the borough ward bearing the same name; and the number of councillors to be elected for each parish ward shall be seven.

## 4 Wards of the parish of Radcliffe-on-Trent

(1) The existing wards of the parish of Radcliffe-on-Trent shall be abolished.
(2) The parish 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 nine.

## 5 Numbers of parish councillors

(1) The number of councillors to be elected for the parish of Gamston shall be seven.
(2) The number of councillors to be elected for the parish of Holme Pierrepoint shall be three.

## 6 Revocation

The Borough of Rushcliffe (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1975 is 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
Abbey
2
Bingham East
2
Bingham West
2
Compton Acres
2
Cotgrave
The parish of Cotgrave
3
Cranmer
The parishes of Aslockton, Scarrington and Whatton
1
Edwalton Village
2
Gamston
2
Gotham
The parishes of Barton in Fabis, Gotham and Thrumpton
1
Keyworth North
The North parish ward of Keyworth parish
1
Keyworth South
The South parish ward of Keyworth parish
3
Lady Bay
2
Leake
The parishes of East Leake and West Leake
3
Lutterell
2
Manvers
2
Melton
2
Musters
2
Nevile
The parishes of Hickling, Kinoulton, Owthorpe and Upper Broughton
1
Oak
The parishes of Car Colston, East Bridgford, Kneeton and Screveton
1
Ruddington
The parish of Ruddington
3
Soar Valley
The parishes of Kingston on Soar, Ratcliffe on Soar and Sutton Bonington
1
Stanford
The parishes of Bradmore, Bunny, Costock, Normanton on Soar, Rempstone and Stanford on Soar
1
Thoroton
The parishes of Elton, Flintham, Flawborough, Granby Hawksworth, Orston, Shelton, Sibthorpe and Thoroton
1
Tollerton
The parishes of Clipston and Tollerton
1
Trent
2
Trent Bridge
2
Wiverton
The parishes of Colston Bassett, Cropwell Bishop, Cropwell Butler, Langar cum Barnstone, Tithby and Wiverton Hall
2
Wolds
The parishes of Normanton on the Wolds, Plumtree, Stanton on the Wolds, Thorpe in the Glebe, Willoughby on the Wolds, Wysall and Widmerpool
1

## Schedule 2 WARDS OF THE PARISH OF RADCLIFFE-ON-TRENTNAMES AND AREAS OF WARDS

(1)
(2)
Name of Ward
Area of Ward
Manvers
So much of the borough ward of Manvers as comprises part of the parish of Radcliffe-on-Trent
Trent
So much of the borough ward of Trent as comprises part of the parish of Radcliffe-on-Trent

## 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 Rushcliffe. 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 twenty-eight 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 Bingham and Radcliffe-on-Trent.
Article 5 increases the number of councillors to be elected for Gamston parish from 3 to 7 and decreases the number of councillors to be elected for Holme Pierrepoint parish from 7 to 3.
Article 6 revokes the Borough of Rushcliffe (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1975.
The areas of the new borough 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 Rushcliffe 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.

---
Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/3301 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/borough-of-rushcliffe-electoral-changes-order-2000
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.