# The County of Cheshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2000 S.I. 2000/2486 · made 11 September 2000 This Order gives effect, without modification, to recommendations by the Local Government Commission for England for electoral changes in the county of Cheshire. The changes have effect in relation to local government elections to be held on and after 3rd May 2001. Made under: Local Government Act 1992 (Section 17, Section 26) PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/county-of-cheshire-electoral-changes-order-2000/pdf/uksi_20002486_en.pdf ## Introductory text LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND Made 11th September 2000 Coming into force in accordance with article 1(2) Whereas the Local Government Commission for England, acting pursuant to section 15(4) of the Local Government Act 1992, has submitted to the Secretary of State a report dated January 2000 on its review of the county of Cheshire together with its recommendations: And whereas the Secretary of State has decided to give effect, without modification, to those recommendations: Now, therefore, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 17 and 26 of the Local Government Act 1992, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order: ## 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation (1) This Order may be cited as the County of Cheshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2000. (2) This Order shall come into force— (a) for the purpose of proceedings preliminary or relating to any election to be held on 3rd May 2001, on 10th October 2000; (b) for all other purposes, on 3rd May 2001. (3) In this Order— “county” means the county of Cheshire; “existing”, in relation to a division or ward, means the division or ward as it exists on the date this Order is made; references to wards, unless the context otherwise requires, are references to borough, city and district wards in the county; and any reference to the map is a reference to the map prepared by the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions marked “Map of the County of Cheshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2000”, and deposited in accordance with regulation 27 of the Local Government Changes for England Regulations 1994. ## 2 Divisions of the county of Cheshire (1) The existing divisions of the county shall be abolished. (2) The county shall be divided into fifty-one divisions which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of the Schedule. (3) The divisions shall comprise the areas described in column (2) of that Schedule by reference to wards or wards and parishes, or, where no area is so described, the area designated on the map by reference to the name of the division and demarcated by red lines; and the number of councillors to be elected for each division shall be one. (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. ## 3 Revocation The County of Cheshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1980 is hereby revoked. ## Signature Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions Hilary Armstrong Minister of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 11th September 2000 ## NAMES AND AREAS OF ELECTORAL DIVISIONS (1) (2) Name of Division Area of Division In the city of Chester Blacon The Blacon Hall and Blacon Lodge wards Boughton Heath and Vicars Cross The Boughton Heath, Dodleston, Huntington and Vicars Cross wards Broxton The Farndon, Malpas, Tattenhall and Tilston wards City The Boughton, City and St Anne’s and College wards Gowy The Christleton, Kelsall, Tarvin and Waverton wards Hoole and Newton Mickle Trafford The Barrow, Elton, Mickle Trafford, Mollington and Saughall wards Overleigh The Curzon and Westminster, Handbridge and St Mary’s and Lache Park wards Upton In the borough of Congleton Alsager The Alsager Central, Alsager East and Alsager West wards Congleton Rural The Brereton, Dane Valley and Holmes Chapel wards and the parishes of Hulme Walfield, Smallwood, Somerford and Somerford Booths Congleton Town East The Buglawton, Congleton North and Congleton South wards and the parishes of Moreton-cum-Alcumlow and Newbold Astbury Congleton Town West The Congleton Central, Congleton North West and Congleton West wards Middlewich The Middlewich Cledford and Middlewich Kinderton wards Sandbach The Sandbach North and Sandbach West wards Sandbach East and Rode The Lawton, Odd Rode and Sandbach East wards In the borough of Crewe and Nantwich Cholmondeley The Acton, Audlem, Bunbury, Minshull, Peckforton and Wrenbury wards Crewe East The Delamere, Maw Green and Waldron wards Crewe North The Coppenhall, Grosvenor and Leighton wards Crewe South The Alexandra, St John’s and Valley wards Crewe West The St Barnabas and Wistaston Green wards Doddington The Englesea, Haslington and Wybunbury wards Nantwich The Barony Weaver, Birchin and Wellington wards Rope The St Mary's, Shavington, Wells Green and Willaston wards In the borough of Ellesmere Port and Neston Central and Westminster Grange and Rossmore Groves and Whitby The Groves, Strawberry Fields and Whitby wards Ledsham and Willaston The Burton and Ness, Ledsham and Willaston and Thornton wards Neston and Parkgate The Little Neston, Neston, Parkgate and Riverside wards Sutton and Manor The Pooltown, Sutton and Sutton Green and Manor wards In the borough of Macclesfield Alderley The Alderley Edge, Fulshaw and Henbury wards and the Nether Alderley parish Bollington and Disley The Bollington Central, Bollington East, Bollington West, Disley and Lyme Handley, and Rainow wards Broken Cross The Macclesfield Bollinbrook and Macclesfield Broken Cross wards Bucklow The High Legh, Mere, Mobberley and Plumley wards and the parishes of Chelford, Great Warford and Snelson Knutsford The Knutsford Bexton, Knutsford Nether, Knutsford Norbury Booths and Knutsford Over wards Macclesfield Forest The Gawsworth, Macclesfield Ryles, Macclesfield South and Sutton wards Macclesfield Town Macclesfield West Poynton The Poynton Central, Poynton East and Poynton West wards Prestbury and Tytherington The Maccelsfield Tytherington and Prestbury wards Wilmslow North The Dean Row and Handforth wards Wilmslow South The Hough, Lacey Green and Morley and Styal wards In the borough of Vale Royal Abbey The Davenham and Moulton, and Hartford and Whitegate wards Eddisbury The Cuddington and Oakmere, Mara and Tarporley and Oulton wards Frodsham and Helsby The Frodsham North, Frodsham South and Helsby wards Marbury The Barnton, Cogshall, Lostock and Wincham and Seven Oaks and Marston wards Northwich East and Shakerley The Northwich Witton, Rudheath and South Witton and Shakerley wards Northwich West The Leftwich and Kingsmead, Northwich Castle and Northwich Winnington wards Weaver The Forest, Kingsley, Milton Weaver and Weaverham wards Winsford North and East The Winsford Gravel, Winsford Verdin, and Winsford Wharton wards Winsford South and West The Winsford Dene, Winsford Over and Winsford Swanlow wards ## Explanatory note (This note is not part of the Order) This Order gives effect, without modification, to recommendations by the Local Government Commission for England for electoral changes in the county of Cheshire. The changes have effect in relation to local government elections to be held on and after 3rd May 2001. Article 2 abolishes the existing divisions of the county and provides for the creation of 51 new divisions. That article and the Schedule also make provision for the names and areas of the new divisions. One councillor is to be elected for each division. Article 3 revokes the County of Cheshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1980. The areas of the new divisions 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 Cheshire County Council, County Hall, Chester CH1 1SF and at the offices of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, 2nd Floor, Ashdown House, 123 Victoria Street, London SW1E 6DE. --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/2486 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/county-of-cheshire-electoral-changes-order-2000 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.