# The City of Edinburgh (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1998

S.I. 1998/3182 · made 11 December 1998

This Order gives effect (with minor modifications of a drafting nature) to proposals made by the Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland for the future electoral arrangements for the area of the City of Edinburgh Council. The proposals follow on the review of the whole of Scotland undertaken by the Commission in terms of Schedule 5 to the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973. The area of the City of Edinburgh Council is divided into 58 electoral wards as described in the Schedule to the Order. In terms of paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994, the wards apply with effect from the ordinary election of councillors due to take place in May 1999.

Made under: Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (Section 17, Section 233, Schedule 5)

## Introductory text

LOCAL GOVERNMENT, SCOTLAND
Made 11th December 1998
Coming into force 1st January 1999
Whereas under section 17(1) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, as read with Schedule 5 to that Act, the Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland on 3rd September 1998 submitted to the Secretary of State a report on a review together with its proposals for the future electoral arrangements for the area of the City of Edinburgh Council;
Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 17(2) and 233(3) of, and Schedule 5 to, the said Act and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, the Secretary of State hereby makes the following Order:

## 1 Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the City of Edinburgh (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 1st January 1999.

## 2 Interpretation

In the Schedule to this Order–
(a) a reference to–
(i) an electoral ward is a reference to that electoral ward as constituted in this Order; and
(ii) a road, footpath, railway line, river, burn or canal shall, where the context so admits, be construed as a reference to the centre line of the feature concerned; and
(b) the following abbreviations are used:–
“EW” for electoral ward;
“NG Ref” for National Grid Reference as published on Ordnance Survey Maps.

## 3 Electoral arrangements

The area of the City of the Edinburgh Council shall be divided into 58 wards, having the names, contents and boundaries set forth in the Schedule to this Order.

## Signature

Henry B McLeish
Minister of State, Scottish Office
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
11th December 1998

## ELECTORAL WARDS

Commencing at NG Ref NT 1336 6787 on the western boundary of the City of Edinburgh Council; then northeastward along a field boundary to and southeastward and generally northeastward along Dalmahoy Road to its junction with Warriston Road; then northwestward along the said road to a point in line with the southwestern curtilage of properties at Warriston Farm at NG Ref NT 1632 6873; then westward to and generally northwestward and northeastward along the southwestern and northern curtilages of the said properties to Warriston Road; then generally northeastward along the said road to and southeastward along Curriehill Station Road to NG Ref NT 1757 6833; then southward in a straight line to the rear curtilage of No 84 Forth View Crescent; then southeastward along the rear curtilages of properties on the western side of Forth View Crescent, Forth View Avenue, Pentland Avenue and the western boundary of a Playing Field to the A70 road (Lanark Road West); then southwestward along the said road to a point in line with the eastern curtilage of No 418 Lanark Road West at NG Ref NT 1716 6725; then due south across a dismantled railway line to the Water of Leith at NG Ref NT 1716 6721; then southeastward and northeastward along the said water to a point in line with the eastern boundary of Lymphoy Glen at NG Ref NT 1748 6732; then due south across a dismantled railway line to and generally southeastward along the eastern boundary of Lymphoy Glen and its continuation southeastward as a wooded strip and field boundaries to NG Ref NT 1888 6537; then southwestward and southeastward along field boundaries to the southern boundary of the City of Edinburgh Council; then generally southwestward and northward along the southern and western boundaries of the said Council boundary to the point of commencement.

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order gives effect (with minor modifications of a drafting nature) to proposals made by the Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland for the future electoral arrangements for the area of the City of Edinburgh Council. The proposals follow on the review of the whole of Scotland undertaken by the Commission in terms of Schedule 5 to the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973. The area of the City of Edinburgh Council is divided into 58 electoral wards as described in the Schedule to the Order. In terms of paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994, the wards apply with effect from the ordinary election of councillors due to take place in May 1999.

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