# The County of Cambridgeshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2005

S.I. 2005/167 · made 1 February 2005

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 county of Cambridgeshire.

Made under: Local Government Act 1992 (Section 17, Section 26)

PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/county-of-cambridgeshire-electoral-changes-order-2005/pdf/uksi_20050167_en.pdf

## Introductory text

LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND
Made 1st February 2005
Coming into force in accordance with article 1(2)
Whereas the Boundary Committee for England, acting pursuant to section 15(4) of the Local Government Act 1992, has submitted to the Electoral Commission recommendations dated September 2004 on its review of the county of Cambridgeshire:
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 17 and 26 of the Local Government Act 1992, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:

## 1 Citation and commencement

(1) This Order may be cited as the County of Cambridgeshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2005.
(2) This Order shall come into force –
(a) for the purpose of proceedings preliminary or relating to any election to be held on the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2005, on the day after that on which it is made;
(b) for all other purposes, on the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2005.

## 2 Interpretation

In this Order –
“county” means the county of Cambridgeshire;
“existing”, in relation to an electoral division or ward, means the electoral division or ward as it exists on the date this Order is made;
references to wards, unless the context otherwise requires, are references to district and city wards in the county; and
any reference to the map is a reference to the map marked “Map referred to in the County of Cambridgeshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2005”, of which prints are available for inspection at –
(a) the principal office of the Electoral Commission; and
(b) the offices of Cambridgeshire County Council.

## 3 Electoral divisions of the county of Cambridgeshire

(1) The existing electoral divisions of the county shall be abolished.
(2) The county shall be divided into sixty electoral divisions which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of the Schedule.
(3) The electoral divisions shall comprise the areas described in column (2) of the Schedule by reference to wards, parishes, or parish wards or, where an area is not so described, the area designated on the map by reference to the name of the electoral division and demarcated by red lines; and the number of councillors to be elected for each electoral division shall be the number specified in respect of the electoral division in column (3) 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.

## 4 Maps

Cambridgeshire County Council shall make a print of the map marked “Map referred to in the County of Cambridgeshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2005” available for inspection at its offices by any member of the public at any reasonable time.

## 5 Electoral registers

The Electoral Registration Officer for each district or city in the county 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.

## 6 Revocation

The County of Cambridgeshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1984 is revoked, save for article 5.

## Signature

Sealed with the seal of the Electoral Commission on the 1st day of February 2005
L.S.
Sam Younger
Chairman of the Commission
1st February 2005
Peter Wardle
Chief Executive to the Commission
1st February 2005

## NAMES AND AREAS OF ELECTORAL DIVISIONS AND NUMBERS OF COUNCILLORS

Column (1)
Column (2)
Column (3)
Name of Electoral Division
Area of Electoral Division
Number of Councillors
In the city of Cambridge
Abbey
Abbey ward
1
Arbury
Arbury ward
1
Castle
Castle ward
1
Cherry Hinton
Cherry Hinton ward
1
Coleridge
Coleridge ward
1
East Chesterton
East Chesterton ward
1
King’s Hedges
King’s Hedges ward
1
Market
Market ward
1
Newnham
Newnham ward
1
Petersfield
Petersfield ward
1
Queen Edith's
Queen Edith’s ward
1
Romsey
Romsey ward
1
Trumpington
Trumpington ward
1
West Chesterton
West Chesterton ward
1
In the district of East Cambridgeshire
Burwell
Burwell ward; The Swaffhams ward
1
Ely North and East
Ely East ward; Ely North ward
1
Ely South and West
Ely South ward; Ely West ward
1
Haddenham
Haddenham ward; Stretham ward
1
Littleport
Littleport East ward; Littleport West ward
1
Soham and Fordham Villages
Fordham Villages ward; Isleham ward; Soham North ward; Soham South ward
2
Sutton
Downham Villages ward; Sutton ward
1
Woodditton
Bottisham ward; Cheveley ward; Dullingham Villages ward
1
In the district of Fenland
Chatteris
Birch ward; The Mills ward; Wenneye ward
1
Forty Foot
Doddington ward; Manea ward; Slade Lode ward; Wimblington ward
1
March East
March East ward; Christchurch parish
1
March North
March North ward
1
March West
March West ward; Benwick parish
1
Roman Bank and Peckover
Peckover ward; Roman Bank ward
1
Waldersey
Parson Drove and Wisbech St Mary ward; Elm parish
1
Whittlesey North
Bassenhally ward; Delph ward; Kingsmoor ward; St Andrews ward
1
Whittlesey South
Lattersey ward; St Marys ward; Whittlesey South parish ward of Whittlesey parish
1
Wisbech North
Clarkson ward; Kirkgate ward; Waterlees ward
1
Wisbech South
Hill ward; Medworth ward; Staithe ward
1
In the district of Huntingdonshire
Brampton and Kimbolton
Brampton ward; Kimbolton and Staughton ward
1
Buckden, Gransden and The Offords
Buckden ward; Gransden and The Offords ward
1
Godmanchester
Godmanchester ward; Huntingdon East ward
2
Huntingdon
Alconbury and The Stukeleys ward; Huntingdon North ward; Huntingdon West ward
2
Little Paxton and St Neots North
Little Paxton ward; St Neots Eaton Ford ward; St Neots Priory Park ward
2
Norman Cross
Elton and Folksworth ward; Stilton ward; Yaxley and Farcet ward
2
Ramsey
Ramsey ward
1
St Ives
St Ives East ward; St Ives South ward; St Ives West ward; Holywell-cum-Needingworth parish
2
St Neots Eaton Socon
St Neots Eaton Socon ward; St Neots Eynesbury ward
2
Sawtry and Ellington
Ellington ward; Sawtry ward
1
Somersham and Earith
Somersham ward; Bluntisham parish; Earith parish
1
The Hemingfords and Fenstanton
Fenstanton ward; The Hemingfords ward
1
Warboys and Upwood
Upwood and The Raveleys ward; Warboys and Bury ward
1
In the district of South Cambridgeshire
Bar Hill
Bar Hill ward; Girton ward
1
Bassingbourn
Bassingbourn ward; The Mordens ward
1
Bourn
1
Cottenham, Histon and Impington
Cottenham ward; Histon and Impington ward
2
Duxford
Duxford ward; The Abingtons ward; Whittlesford ward; Fowlmere parish
1
Fulbourn
Fulbourn ward; Teversham ward; The Wilbrahams ward
1
Gamlingay
Gamlingay ward; Haslingfield and The Eversdens ward; Orwell and Barrington ward
1
Hardwick
Barton ward; Caldecote ward; Comberton ward; Hardwick ward
1
Linton
Balsham ward; Linton ward
1
Melbourn
Melbourn ward; Meldreth ward; Foxton parish
1
Papworth and Swavesey
1
Sawston
Harston and Hauxton ward; Sawston ward; The Shelfords and Stapleford ward
2
Waterbeach
Milton ward; Waterbeach ward
1
Willingham
Longstanton ward; Willingham and Over ward
1

## 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 county of Cambridgeshire.
The modifications concern the boundaries and names of Little Paxton and St Neots North, and St Neots Eaton Socon electoral divisions and the names of Cottenham, Histon and Impington, Ely North and East, and Ely South and West electoral divisions.
The changes have effect in relation to local government elections to be held on and after the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2005.
Article 3 abolishes the existing electoral divisions of the county and provides for the creation of 60 new electoral divisions. That article and the Schedule also make provision for the names and areas of, and numbers of councillors for, the new electoral divisions.
Article 5 obliges the Electoral Registration Officer for each district or city in the county of Cambridgeshire to make any necessary amendments to the electoral register to reflect the new electoral arrangements.
Article 6 revokes the County of Cambridgeshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1984, with the exception of article 5.
The areas of the new electoral divisions are demarcated on the map described in article 2. Prints of the map may be inspected at all reasonable times at the offices of Cambridgeshire County Council and at the principal office of the Electoral Commission at Trevelyan House, Great Peter Street, London SW1P 2HW.

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