The County of Lancashire (Electoral Changes) Order 2005
S.I. 2005/170 · Made 1 February 2005
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND
Made 1st February 2005
Coming into force in accordance with article 1(2)
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 17f4 and 26f5 of the Local Government Act 1992, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:
Annotations to the whole text
Footnotes
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The Boundary Committee for England is a committee of the Electoral Commission, established by the Electoral Commission in accordance with section 14 of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (c. 41). The Local Government Commission for England (Transfer of Functions) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/3962) transferred to the Electoral Commission the functions of the Local Government Commission for England.
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1992 c. 19. This section has been amended by S.I. 2001/3962.
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The Electoral Commission was established by the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (c. 41). The functions of the Secretary of State, under sections 13 to 15 and 17 of the Local Government Act 1992 (c. 19), to the extent that they relate to electoral changes within the meaning of that Act, were transferred with modifications to the Electoral Commission on 1st April 2002 (S.I. 2001/3962).
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This section has been amended by section 89(3) of the Local Government Act 2000 (c. 22), S.I. 2001/3962 and also otherwise in ways not relevant to this Order.
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This section has been amended by S.I. 2001/3962.
Contents
- 1Citation and commencement
- 2Interpretation
- 3Electoral divisions of the county of Lancashire
- 4Maps
- 5Electoral registers
- 6Revocation
- Signature
- Schedule NAMES AND AREAS OF ELECTORAL DIVISIONS
- Explanatory note
1Citation and commencement
This Order may be cited as the County of Lancashire (Electoral Changes) Order 2005.
This Order shall come into force –
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;
for all other purposes, on the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2005.
2Interpretation
In this Order –
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“county” means the county of Lancashire;
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“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;
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references to wards, unless the context otherwise requires, are references to district, borough and city wards in the countyf1; and
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any reference to the map is a reference to the map marked “Map referred to in the County of Lancashire (Electoral Changes) Order 2005”, of which prints are available for inspection at –
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the principal office of the Electoral Commission; and
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the offices of Lancashire County Council.
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3Electoral divisions of the county of Lancashire
The existing electoral divisions of the countyf1 shall be abolished.
The county shall be divided into eighty-four electoral divisions which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of the Schedule.
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 one.
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.
4Maps
Lancashire County Council shall make a print of the map marked “Map referred to in the County of Lancashire (Electoral Changes) Order 2005” available for inspection at its offices by any member of the public at any reasonable time.
5Electoral registers
The Electoral Registration Officerf1 for each district, borough 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.
6Revocation
The County of Lancashire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1981f1 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
| Column (1) | Column (2) |
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| Name of Electoral Division | Area of Electoral Division |
| In the borough of Burnley | |
| Burnley Central East | |
| Burnley Central West | |
| Burnley North East | |
| Burnley Rural | |
| Burnley South West | |
| Padiham and Burnley West | |
| In the borough of Chorley | |
| Chorley East | Chorley East ward; Chorley North East ward |
| Chorley North | Astley and Buckshaw ward; Clayton-le-Woods and Whittle-le-Woods ward; Euxton North ward |
| Chorley Rural East | Adlington and Anderton ward; Heath Charnock and Rivington ward; Pennine ward; Wheelton and Withnell ward |
| Chorley Rural North | Brindle and Hoghton ward; Clayton-le-Woods North ward; Clayton-le-Woods West and Cuerden ward |
| Chorley Rural West | Eccleston and Mawdesley ward; Euxton South ward; Lostock ward |
| Chorley South | Chorley South East ward; Chorley South West ward |
| Chorley West | Chisnall ward; Chorley North West ward; Coppull ward |
| In the borough of Fylde | |
| Fylde East | Kirkham North ward; Kirkham South ward; Medlar-with-Wesham ward; Newton and Treales ward |
| Fylde South | Freckleton East ward; Freckleton West ward; Ribby-with-Wrea ward; Bryning-with-Warton parish |
| Fylde West | Elswick and Little Eccleston ward; Park ward; Singleton and Greenhalgh ward; Staining and Weeton ward; Westby-with-Plumptons parish |
| Lytham | Ansdell ward; Clifton ward; St Johns ward |
| St Annes North | Ashton ward; Kilnhouse ward; St Leonards ward |
| St Annes South | Central ward; Fairhaven ward; Heyhouses ward |
| In the borough of Hyndburn | |
| Accrington North | |
| Accrington South | Barnfield ward; Baxenden ward; Peel ward |
| Accrington West | |
| Great Harwood | Netherton ward; Overton ward |
| Oswaldtwistle | |
| Rishton and Clayton-le-Moors | |
| In the city of Lancaster | |
| Heysham | Heysham Central ward; Heysham South ward; Overton ward |
| Lancaster Central | Castle ward; Scotforth West ward; Cockerham parish; Thurnham parish; Scotforth Burrow Heights parish ward of Scotforth parish |
| Lancaster East | |
| Lancaster Rural East | Halton-with-Aughton ward; Kellet ward; Lower Lune Valley ward; Upper Lune Valley ward; Over Wyresdale parish; North and South parish wards of Ellel parish; Scotforth Parish parish ward of Scotforth parish |
| Lancaster Rural North | Bolton-le-Sands ward; Carnforth ward; Silverdale ward; Warton ward |
| Lancaster South East | |
| Morecambe North | |
| Morecambe South | Torrisholme ward; Westgate ward |
| Morecambe West | |
| Skerton | Skerton West ward; Skerton East ward |
| In the borough of Pendle | |
| Brierfield and Nelson North | Bradley ward; Brierfield ward; Whitefield ward |
| Nelson South | Clover Hill ward; Southfield ward; Walverden ward |
| Pendle Central | Marsden ward; Vivary Bridge ward; Waterside ward |
| Pendle East | Blacko and Higherford ward; Boulsworth ward; Foulridge ward; Horsfield ward |
| Pendle West | Barrowford ward; Higham and Pendleside ward; Old Laund Booth ward; Reedley ward |
| West Craven | Coates ward; Craven ward; Earby ward |
| In the city of Preston | |
| Preston Central North | College ward; Deepdale ward; Moor Park ward |
| Preston Central South | St George’s ward; Tulketh ward; University ward |
| Preston City | Riversway ward; Town Centre ward |
| Preston East | Brookfield ward; Ribbleton ward |
| Preston North | Cadley ward; Greyfriars ward |
| Preston North East | Garrison ward; Sharoe Green ward |
| Preston North West | Ashton ward; Larches ward |
| Preston Rural | Preston Rural East ward; Preston Rural North ward |
| Preston South East | Fishwick ward; St Matthew’s ward |
| Preston West | Ingol ward; Lea ward |
| In the borough of Ribble Valley | |
| Clitheroe | Edisford and Low Moor ward; Littlemoor ward; Primrose ward; St Mary’s ward; Salthill ward |
| Longridge with Bowland | Aighton, Bailey and Chaigley ward; Alston and Hothersall ward; Bowland, Newton and Slaidburn ward; Chipping ward; Derby and Thornley ward; Dilworth ward; Ribchester ward |
| Ribble Valley North East | Chatburn ward; Gisburn, Rimington ward; Read and Simonstone ward; Sabden ward; Waddington and West Bradford ward; Whalley ward; Wiswell and Pendleton ward |
| Ribble Valley South West | Billington and Old Langho ward; Clayton-le-Dale with Ramsgreave ward; Langho ward; Mellor ward; Wilpshire ward |
| In the borough of Rossendale | |
| Rossendale East | Greensclough ward; Stacksteads ward; Whitewell ward |
| Rossendale North | Cribden ward; Goodshaw ward; Hareholme ward |
| Rossendale South | Eden ward; Greenfield ward; Longholme ward |
| Rossendale West | Helmshore ward; Worsley ward |
| Whitworth | Facit and Shawforth ward; Healey and Whitworth ward; Irwell ward |
| In the borough of South Ribble | |
| Bamber Bridge and Walton-le-Dale | Bamber Bridge North ward; Bamber Bridge West ward; Walton-le-Dale ward |
| Farington | Farington East ward; Farington West ward; Lostock Hall ward |
| Leyland Central | Golden Hill ward; Leyland Central ward; Leyland St. Ambrose ward; Leyland St. Mary’s ward |
| Leyland South West | Earnshaw Bridge ward; Lowerhouse ward; Moss Side ward; Seven Stars ward |
| Penwortham North | Broad Oak ward; Howick and Priory ward; Whitefield ward |
| Penwortham South | Charnock ward; Kingsfold ward; Middleforth ward; Tardy Gate ward |
| South Ribble Rural East | Bamber Bridge East ward; Coupe Green and Gregson Lane ward; Samlesbury and Walton ward |
| South Ribble Rural West | Little Hoole and Much Hoole ward; Longton and Hutton West ward; New Longton and Hutton East ward |
| In the district of West Lancashire | |
| Ormskirk West | Knowsley ward; Scott ward |
| Skelmersdale Central | |
| Skelmersdale East | Moorside ward; Up Holland ward; Wrightington ward |
| Skelmersdale West | |
| West Lancashire East | Derby ward; Newburgh ward; Parbold ward |
| West Lancashire North | Hesketh-with-Becconsall ward; North Meols ward; Tarleton ward |
| West Lancashire South | Aughton and Downholland ward; Aughton Park ward; Bickerstaffe ward; Halsall ward |
| West Lancashire West | Burscough East ward; Burscough West ward; Rufford ward; Scarisbrick ward |
| In the borough of Wyre | |
| Amounderness | |
| Fleetwood East | Mount ward; Park ward; Pharos ward |
| Fleetwood West | Rossall ward; Warren ward |
| Garstang | Brock ward; Cabus ward; Calder ward; Catterall ward; Garstang ward; Wyresdale ward |
| Poulton-le-Fylde | |
| Thornton Cleveleys Central | Jubilee ward; Norcross ward; Victoria ward |
| Thornton Cleveleys North | Bourne ward; Cleveleys Park ward |
| Wyreside | Great Eccleston ward; Hambleton and Stalmine-with-Staynall ward; Pilling ward; Preesall ward |
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 Lancashire.
The modifications concern the names of Accrington West, Brierfield and Nelson North, Longridge with Bowland, Nelson South, Pendle Central, and Rishton and Clayton-le-Moors electoral divisions, and the boundary between Burnley Central West and Burnley South 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 84 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, borough or city in the county of Lancashire to make any necessary amendments to the electoral register to reflect the new electoral arrangements.
Article 6 revokes the County of Lancashire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1981, 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 Lancashire County Council and at the principal office of the Electoral Commission at Trevelyan House, Great Peter Street, London SW1P 2HW.