Explanatory note

This Order gives effect to recommendations by the Local Government Commission for England for electoral changes in the city of Carlisle.

Article 2 abolishes all of the existing wards of the city 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.

Article 3 makes provision for a whole council election in Carlisle in 1999 and for reversion to elections by thirds in subsequent years. Schedule 2 provides for the order of retirement of councillors.

Article 4 abolishes the existing wards of the parish of Stanwix Rural and provides for the creation of three new wards and for the number of councillors for those wards.

Article 5 makes provision for parish council elections.

The areas of the new city 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 Carlisle City Council and at the offices of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions which are located at 2nd Floor, Ashdown House, 123 Victoria Street, London SW1E 6DE.