# The County of Hertfordshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2000 S.I. 2000/2487 · 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 Hertfordshire. 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-hertfordshire-electoral-changes-order-2000/pdf/uksi_20002487_en.pdf ## Introductory text LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND Made 11th September 2000 Coming into force in accordance with article 1(2) and (3) 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 November 1999 on its review of the county of Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2000. (2) This article and articles 2 and 4 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) Article 3 of this Order shall come into force— (a) for the purpose of proceedings preliminary or relating to any election of a parish councillor for the parish of Abbots Langley to be held on 1st May 2003, on 10th October 2002; (b) for all other purposes, on 1st May 2003. (4) In this Order— “county” means the county of Hertfordshire; “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; 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 Hertfordshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2000”, and deposited in accordance with regulation 27 of the Local Government Changes for England Regulations 1994; and any reference to a numbered sheet is a reference to the sheet of the map which bears that number. ## 2 Divisions of the county of Hertfordshire (1) The existing divisions of the county shall be abolished. (2) The county shall be divided into seventy-seven 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 the Schedule by reference to wards, wards and parishes, or wards and parish wards 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 Wards of the parish of Abbots Langley (1) The existing wards of the parish of Abbots Langley shall be abolished. (2) The parish of Abbots Langley shall be divided into six parish wards which shall bear the names Abbots Langley, Bedmond, Hunton Bridge and Langleybury, Leavesden, Primrose Hill and Tanners Wood; and the wards shall comprise the areas designated on sheet 7 by reference to the name of the ward and demarcated by orange lines. (3) The number of councillors to be elected for the Leavesden parish ward shall be five, for the Abbots Langley parish ward shall be four, for the Tanners Wood parish ward shall be three and for each of the Bedmond, Hunton Bridge and Langleybury, and Primrose Hill parish wards shall be one. ## 4 Revocation The County of Hertfordshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1980, and article 5 of the District of Three Rivers (Parishes and Electoral Changes) Order 1998 are 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 DIVISIONS (1) (2) Name of Division Area of Division In the borough of Broxbourne Cheshunt Central The Cheshunt Central and Cheshunt North wards Flamstead End and Turnford Goffs Oak and Bury Green The Bury Green and Goffs Oak wards Hoddesdon North The Hoddesdon North and Rye Park wards Hoddesdon South Waltham Cross The Theobalds and Waltham Cross wards In the borough of Dacorum Berkhamsted The Berkhamsted Castle, Berkhamsted East and Berkhamsted West wards Bridgewater The Ashridge, Northchurch and Watling wards Hemel Hempstead East The Adeyfield East and Leverstock Green wards Hemel Hempstead North East The Grove Hill and Woodhall wards Hemel Hempstead North West The Chaulden and Shrubhill, Gadebridge and Warners End wards Hemel Hempstead St Paul's The Adeyfield West and Highfield and St Paul’s wards Hemel Hempstead South East The Bennetts End, Corner Hall and Nash Mills wards Hemel Hempstead Town The Apsley, Boxmoor and Hemel Hempstead Central wards Kings Langley The Bovingdon, Flaunden and Chipperfield, and Kings Langley wards Tring The Aldbury and Wigginton, Tring Central, Tring East and Tring West wards In the district of East Hertfordshire All Saints The Hertford Bengeo and Hertford Kingsmead wards Bishop’s Stortford East The Bishop’s Stortford All Saints and Bishop’s Stortford Meads wards Bishop’s Stortford Rural The Bishop’s Stortford South, Little Hadham and Much Hadham wards Bishop’s Stortford West The Bishop’s Stortford Central and Bishop’s Stortford Silverleys wards Braughing The Braughing, Buntingford, Puckeridge, and Mundens and Cottered wards Hertford Rural The Datchworth and Aston, Hertford Rural North, Hertford Rural South, Walkern and Watton-at-Stone wards St Andrew's The Hertford Castle and Hertford Sele wards Sawbridgeworth The Hunsdon, Sawbridgeworth and Stanstead Abbots wards Ware North The Thundridge and Standon, Ware St Mary’s and Ware Trinity wards Ware South The Great Amwell, Hertford Heath, Ware Chadwell and Ware Christchurch wards In the borough of Hertsmere Borehamwood North The Borehamwood Brookmeadow and Borehamwood Cowley Hill wards Borehamwood South The Borehamwood Hillside and Borehamwood Kenilworth wards Bushey North Bushey South Potters Bar East The Potters Bar Parkfield and Potters Bar Oakmere wards Potters Bar West and Shenley The Potters Bar Furzefield and Shenley wards Watling The Aldenham East, Aldenham West and Elstree wards In the district of North Hertfordshire Hitchin North The Hitchin Bearton and Hitchin Walsworth wards Hitchin Rural The Cadwell, Hitchin Oughton, Hoo and Offa wards Hitchin South The Hitchin Highbury and Hitchin Priory wards Knebworth and Codicote The Codicote, Hitchwood, Kimpton and Knebworth wards and the parish of Wymondley Letchworth East and Baldock The Baldock Town and Letchworth East wards Letchworth North West The Letchworth Grange and Letchworth Wilbury wards Letchworth South The Letchworth South East and Letchworth South West wards North Herts Rural The Arbury, Baldock East, Ermine, and Weston and Sandon wards and the parish of Graveley Royston The Royston Heath, Royston Meridian and Royston Palace wards In the city of St Albans Harpenden North East The Harpenden East and Harpenden North wards Harpenden South West The Harpenden South and Harpenden West wards St Albans Central The Clarence and St Peters wards St Albans East The Ashley and Cunningham wards St Albans North The Batchwood and Marshalswick South wards St Albans Rural The Redbourn and Wheathampstead wards St Albans South The Sopwell and Verulam wards St Stephen's The St Stephen and Park Street wards Sandridge The Marshalswick North and Sandridge wards The Colneys The Colney Heath and London Colney wards In the borough of Stevenage Bedwell The Bedwell and Pin Green wards Broadwater The Longmeadow and Roebuck wards Chells The Chells and Manor wards Old Stevenage St Nicholas Shephall The Bandley Hill and Shephall wards In the district of Three Rivers Abbots Langley Chorleywood Croxley The Croxley Green, Croxley Green North and Croxley Green South wards Oxhey Park The Carpenders Park, Moor Park and Eastbury, and Oxhey Hall wards Rickmansworth The Maple Cross and Mill End, Penn, Rickmansworth and Rickmansworth West wards South Oxhey The Ashridge, Hayling and Northwick wards In the borough of Watford Callowland Leggatts The Callowland and Leggatts wards Central Oxhey The Central and Oxhey wards Meriden Tudor The Meriden and Tudor wards Nascot Park The Nascot and Park wards Vicarage Holywell The Vicarage and Holywell wards Woodside Stanborough The Woodside and Stanborough wards In the district of Welwyn Hatfield Haldens Handside and Peartree The Handside and Peartree wards Hatfield North The Hatfield Central and Hatfield North wards and the parish ward of East of Hatfield parish Hatfield Rural The Brookmans Park and Little Heath, and Northaw wards and the parish of Essendon Hatfield South The Hatfield South, Hatfield West and Welham Green wards Welwyn Welwyn Garden City South The Hollybush and Howlands 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 Hertfordshire. 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 77 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. Articles 3 make electoral changes in the parish of Abbots Langley. The changes have effect in relation to local government elections to be held on or after 1st May 2003. Article 4 revokes the County of Hertfordshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1980 and article 5 of the District of Three Rivers (Parishes and Electoral Changes) Order 1998. The areas of the new electoral divisions and of the new parish wards of the parish of Abbotts Langley are demarcated on the map described in article 1(4). Prints of the map may be inspected at all reasonable times at the offices of Hertfordshire County Council 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/2000/2487 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/county-of-hertfordshire-electoral-changes-order-2000 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.