# The County of Durham (Electoral Changes) Order 2005, Article 3: Divisions of the county of Durham


(1) The existing electoral divisions of the county shall be abolished.
(2) The county shall be divided into sixty-three 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 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/176/article/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/county-of-durham-electoral-changes-order-2005/article-3
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