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The City of Leicester (Electoral Changes) Order 2002

S.I. 2002/2988 · Made 2 December 2002

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LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND

Made 2nd December 2002

Coming into force in accordance with article 1(2)

Whereas the Boundary Committee for Englandf1, acting pursuant to section 15(4) of the Local Government Act 1992f2, has submitted to the Electoral Commissionf3 recommendations dated June 2002 on its review of the cityf4 of Leicester:

And whereas the Electoral Commission have decided to give effect, with modifications, to those recommendations:

And whereas a period of not less than six weeks has expired since the receipt of those recommendations:

Now, therefore, the Electoral Commission, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 17f5 and 26f6 of the Local Government Act 1992, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

The Boundary Committee for England is a committee of the Electoral Commission, established by the Electoral Commission in accordance with section 14 of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (c. 41). The Local Government Commission for England (Transfer of Functions) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/3962) transferred to the Electoral Commission the functions of the Local Government Commission for England.

f2

1992 c. 19. This section has been amended by S.I. 2001/3962.

f3

The Electoral Commission was established by the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (c. 41). The functions of the Secretary of State, under sections 13 to 15 and 17 of the Local Government Act 1992, to the extent that they relate to electoral arrangements within the meaning of that Act, were transferred with modifications to the Electoral Commission on 1st April 2002 (S.I. 2001/3962).

f4

The non-metropolitan district of Leicester has the status of a city.

f5

This section has been amended by S.I. 2001/3962. There are amendments to this section made otherwise than by S.I. 2001/3962 that are not relevant to this Order.

f6

This section has been amended by S.I. 2001/3962.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Interpretation
  3. 3Wards of the city of Leicester
  4. 4Maps
  5. 5Electoral registers
  6. 6Revocation
  7. Signature
  8. Schedule NAMES OF WARDS AND NUMBERS OF COUNCILLORS
  9. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

(1)

This Order may be cited as the City of Leicester (Electoral Changes) Order 2002.

(2)

This Order shall come into force—

(a)

for the purpose of proceedings preliminary or relating to any election to be held on 1st May 2003, on the day after that on which it is made;

(b)

for all other purposes, on 1st May 2003.

2Interpretation

In this Order—

  • “city” means the city of Leicester;

  • “existing”, in relation to a ward, means the ward as it exists on the date this Order is made; and

any reference to the map is a reference to the map marked “Map referred to in the City of Leicester (Electoral Changes) Order 2002”, of which prints are available for inspection at—

(a)

the principal office of the Electoral Commission; and

(b)

the offices of Leicester City Council.

3Wards of the city of Leicester

(1)

The existing wards of the cityf1 shall be abolished.

(2)

The city shall be divided into twenty-two wards which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of the Schedule.

(3)

The wards shall comprise the areas 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 (2) of the Schedule.

(4)

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.

4Maps

Leicester City Council shall make a print of the map marked “Map referred to in the City of Leicester (Electoral Changes) Order 2002” available for inspection at its offices by any member of the public at any reasonable time.

5Electoral registers

The Electoral Registration Officerf1 for the city shall make such rearrangement of, or adaptation of, the register of local government electors as may be necessary for the purposes of, and in consequence of, this Order.

6Revocation

The City of Leicester (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1979f1 is revoked.

Signature

Signed by the members of the Electoral Commission

Pamela Gordon

Commissioner

2nd December 2002

Glyn Mathias

Commissioner

2nd December 2002

Neil McIntosh

Commissioner

2nd December 2002

Karamjit Singh

Commissioner

2nd December 2002

Sam Younger

Commissioner

2nd December 2002

Graham Zellick

Commissioner

2nd December 2002

NAMES OF WARDS AND NUMBERS OF COUNCILLORS

(1)(2)
Name of WardNumber of Councillors
Abbey3
Aylestone2
Beaumont Leys3
Belgrave2
Braunstone Park and Rowley Fields3
Castle3
Charnwood2
Coleman2
Evington2
Eyres Monsell2
Fosse2
Freemen2
Humberstone and Hamilton3
Knighton3
Latimer2
New Parks3
Rushey Mead3
Spinney Hills3
Stoneygate3
Thurncourt2
Westcotes2
Western Park2

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order gives effect, with modifications, to recommendations by the Boundary Committee for England, a committee of the Electoral Commission, for electoral changes in the city of Leicester.

The modifications concern the name of the Freemen city ward and the boundary between the New Parks city ward and the Western Park city ward.

The changes have effect in relation to local government elections to be held on and after 1st May 2003.

Article 3 abolishes the existing wards of the city and provides for the creation of 22 new wards. That article and the Schedule also make provision for the names and areas of, and numbers of councillors for, the new wards.

Article 5 obliges the Electoral Registration Officer to make any necessary amendments to the electoral register to reflect the new electoral arrangements.

Article 6 revokes the City of Leicester (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1979 (S.I. 1979/1474).

The areas of the new city wards are demarcated on the map described in article 2. Prints of the map may be inspected at all reasonable times at the offices of Leicester City Council and at the principal office of the Electoral Commission at Trevelyan House, Great Peter Street, London SW1P 2HW.