Article 2 Wards of the borough of Stafford
The existing wards of the boroughf1 shall be abolished.
The borough shall be divided into twenty-six wards which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of the Schedule.
The wards shall comprise the areas described in column (2) of the Schedule by reference to parishesf2 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 the Schedule.
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.
Annotations
Footnotes
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See the Borough of Stafford (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976 (S.I. 1976/753) and the Stafford and Staffordshire Moorlands (District Boundaries) Order 1992 (S.I. 1992/1850).
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The Stafford (Parishes) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/3373) makes changes to the parishes of Fulford, Marston, Hyde Lea and Whitgreave which come into effect on 1st April 2003.