Article 3

The existing wards of the Borough of South Ribble shall be abolished and that borough shall be divided into twenty-two wards which shall bear the names set out in column 1 of Schedule 1 to this Order, and each such ward shall comprise the areas specified in column 2 of that Schedule opposite to the name of the ward as given in column 1, which areas are as they will be constituted on 1st April 1987 when Articles 4, 5 and 6 of the South Ribble (Parishes) Order 1987^f1 and Articles 4 and 5 of the Lancashire (District Boundaries) Order 1986^f2 come into force.

The number of councillors to be elected for each ward constituted by paragraph (1) above shall be the number specified in column 2 of Schedule 2 to this Order opposite to the name of the ward as given in column 1 of that Schedule.