# The County of Dorset (Electoral Changes) Order 2004 S.I. 2004/3250 · made 9 December 2004 This Order gives effect to recommendations by the Boundary Committee for England, a committee of the Electoral Commission, for electoral changes in the county of Dorset. Made under: Local Government Act 1992 (Section 17, Section 26) PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/county-of-dorset-electoral-changes-order-2004/pdf/uksi_20043250_en.pdf ## Introductory text LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND Made 9th December 2004 Coming into force in accordance with article 1(2) and 1(3) 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 July 2004 on its review of the county of Dorset: And whereas the Electoral Commission have decided to give effect 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 Dorset (Electoral Changes) Order 2004. (2) This Order, with the exception of article 4, 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. (3) Article 4 shall come into force – (a) for the purpose of proceedings preliminary or relating to the election of a parish councillor for the parish of Symondsbury to be held on the ordinary day of elections in 2007, on 15th October 2006; (b) for all other purposes, on the ordinary day of elections in 2007. ## 2 Interpretation In this Order – “county” means the county of Dorset; “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 borough wards in the county; any reference to the map is a reference to the map marked “Map referred to in the County of Dorset (Electoral Changes) Order 2004”, of which prints are available for inspection at – (a) the principal office of the Electoral Commission; and (b) the offices of Dorset County Council. ## 3 Electoral divisions of the county of Dorset (1) The existing electoral divisions of the county shall be abolished. (2) The county shall be divided into forty-two electoral divisions which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of Schedule 1. (3) The electoral divisions shall comprise the areas described in column (2) of that 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 that 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 Wards of the parish of Symondsbury The parish of Symondsbury shall be divided into two parish wards which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of Schedule 2; each parish ward shall comprise the area of the electoral division specified in respect of the parish ward in column (2) of that Schedule, and the number of councillors to be elected for each parish ward shall be the number specified in respect of the parish ward in column (3) of that Schedule. ## 5 Maps Dorset County Council shall make a print of the map marked “Map referred to in the County of Dorset (Electoral Changes) Order 2004” available for inspection at its offices by any member of the public at any reasonable time. ## 6 Electoral registers The Electoral Registration Officer for each district or borough 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. ## 7 Revocation The County of Dorset (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1983 is revoked, save for article 5. ## Signature Sealed with the seal of the Electoral Commission on the 9th day of December 2004 L.S. Sam Younger Chairman of the Commission 9th December 2004 Jacqui Dixon Secretary to the Commission 9th December 2004 ## Schedule 1 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 borough of Christchurch Burton Grange Burton and Winkton ward; Grange ward 1 Christchurch Central 1 Commons 1 Highcliffe and Walkford North Highcliffe and Walkford ward; West Highcliffe ward 1 Mudeford and Highcliffe Highcliffe ward; Mudeford and Friars Cliff ward 1 In the district of East Dorset Colehill and Stapehill Colehill East ward; Colehill West ward; Stapehill ward 1 Corfe Mullen Corfe Mullen Central ward; Corfe Mullen North ward; Corfe Mullen South ward 1 Cranborne Chase Alderholt ward; Crane ward; Handley Vale ward; Chalbury parish; Hinton Martell parish; Hinton Parva parish; Horton West parish ward of Horton parish 1 Ferndown Ameysford ward; Ferndown Central ward; Ferndown Links ward; Longham ward; Parley ward 2 Minster Stour ward; Wimborne Minster ward 1 St Leonards and St Ives St Leonards and St Ives East ward; St Leonards and St Ives West ward 1 Verwood and Three Legged Cross Three Cross and Potterne ward; Verwood Dewlands ward; Verwood Newtown ward; Verwood Stephen’s Castle ward 2 West Moors and Holt West Moors ward; Holt parish 1 In the district of North Dorset Blackmore Vale Blackmore ward; Lydden Vale ward; Stour Valley ward 1 Blandford Blandford Damory Down ward; Blandford Hilltop ward; Blandford Langton St Leonards ward; Blandford Old Town ward; Blandford Station ward 1 Gillingham Gillingham Town ward; Lodbourne ward; Milton ward; Wyke ward 1 Hambledon Cranborne Chase; Hill Forts ward; The Beacon ward; The Lower Tarrants ward 1 Shaftesbury Shaftesbury Central ward; Shaftesbury Christy’s ward; Shaftesbury Grosvenor ward; Shaftesbury Underhill ward 1 Stour Vale Bourton and District ward; Marnhull ward; Motcombe and Ham ward; The Stours ward 1 Winterborne Abbey ward; Bulbarrow ward; Portman ward; Riversdale ward 1 In the district of Purbeck Egdon Heath Bere Regis ward; Winfrith ward; Wool ward; Morden parish 1 Lytchett Lytchett Minster and Upton East ward; Lytchett Minster and Upton West ward; Lytchett Matravers parish 1 Purbeck Hills Castle ward; Creech Barrow ward; Langton ward; West Purbeck ward 1 Swanage Swanage North ward; Swanage South ward 1 Wareham St. Martin ward; Wareham ward 1 In the district of West Dorset Beaminster Beaminster ward; Broadwindsor ward; Compton Valence parish; Frome Vauchurch parish; Hooke parish; Netherbury parish; Rampisham parish; Toller Fratrum parish; Toller Porcorum parish; West Compton parish; Wraxall parish; Wynford Eagle parish 1 Bride Valley Bradpole ward; Burton Bradstock ward; Loders ward; Bothenhampton parish; Litton Cheney parish; Bradpole Claremont parish ward of Bradpole parish 1 Bridport 1 Chickerell and Chesil Bank Chickerell ward; Abbotsbury parish; Fleet parish; Kingston Russell parish; Langton Herring parish; Littlebredy parish; Long Bredy parish; Portesham parish; Winterbourne Abbas parish; Winterbourne Steepleton parish 1 Dorchester Dorchester East ward; Dorchester North ward; Dorchester South ward; Dorchester West ward 2 Linden Lea Broadmayne ward; Owermoigne ward; Puddletown ward; Bincombe parish; Whitcombe parish; Winterborne Came parish; Winterborne Herringston parish; Winterborne Monkton parish; Winterborne St Martin parish 1 Marshwood Vale 1 Sherborne Sherborne East ward; Sherborne West ward 1 Sherborne Rural Bradford Abbas ward; Cam Vale ward; Halstock ward; Queen Thorne ward; Yetminster ward 1 Three Valleys Charminster and Cerne Valley ward; Frome Valley ward; Piddle Valley ward; Maiden Newton parish 1 In the borough of Weymouth and Portland Broadwey Littlemoor ward; Upwey and Broadwey ward; Wey Valley ward 1 Lodmoor Preston ward; Radipole ward 1 Portland Harbour Underhill ward; Wyke Regis ward 1 Portland Tophill Tophill East ward; Tophill West ward 1 Rodwell Weymouth East ward; Weymouth West ward 1 Westham Westham North ward; Westham West ward 1 Weymouth Town Melcombe Regis ward; Westham East ward 1 ## Schedule 2: WARDS OF THE PARISH OF SYMONDSBURY ## NAMES AND AREAS OF WARDS AND NUMBERS OF COUNCILLORS (1) (2) (3) Name of Ward Area of Ward Number of Councillors Symondsbury So much of the electoral division of Marshwood Vale as comprises the parish of Symondsbury 6 West Cliff So much of the electoral division of Bridport as comprises the parish of Symondsbury 2 ## Explanatory note (This note is not part of the Order) This Order gives effect to recommendations by the Boundary Committee for England, a committee of the Electoral Commission, for electoral changes in the county of Dorset. 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 42 new electoral divisions. That article and Schedule 1 also make provision for the names and areas of, and numbers of councillors for, the new electoral divisions. Article 4 makes electoral changes in the parish of Symondsbury. Article 6 obliges the Electoral Registration Officer in each district or borough in the county of Dorset to make any necessary amendments to the electoral register to reflect the new electoral arrangements. Article 7 revokes the County of Dorset (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1983, 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 Dorset County Council and at the principal office of the Electoral Commission at Trevelyan House, Great Peter Street, London SW1P 2HW. --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/3250 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/county-of-dorset-electoral-changes-order-2004 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.