# The Borough of Rushcliffe (Electoral Changes) Order 2000, Note: 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/3301/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/borough-of-rushcliffe-electoral-changes-order-2000/note
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