# The County of North Yorkshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2005

S.I. 2005/172 · made 1 February 2005

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 North Yorkshire.

Made under: Local Government Act 1992 (Section 17, Section 26)

PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/county-of-north-yorkshire-electoral-changes-order-2005/pdf/uksi_20050172_en.pdf

## Introductory text

LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND
Made 1st February 2005
Coming into force in accordance with article 1(2)
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 October 2004 on its review of the county of North Yorkshire:
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 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 North Yorkshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2005.
(2) This Order 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.

## 2 Interpretation

In this Order –
“county” means the county of North Yorkshire;
“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; and
any reference to the map is a reference to the map marked “Map referred to in the County of North Yorkshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2005”, of which prints are available for inspection at –
(a) the principal office of the Electoral Commission; and
(b) the offices of North Yorkshire County Council.

## 3 Electoral divisions of the county of North Yorkshire

(1) The existing electoral divisions of the county shall be abolished.
(2) The county shall be divided into sixty-eight electoral divisions which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of the Schedule.
(3) 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 the number specified in respect of the electoral division in column (3) of the 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 Maps

North Yorkshire County Council shall make a print of the map marked “Map referred to in the County of North Yorkshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2005” available for inspection at its offices by any member of the public at any reasonable time.

## 5 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.

## 6 Revocation

The County of North Yorkshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1985 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 AND NUMBERS OF COUNCILLORS

Column (1)
Column (2)
Column (3)
Name of Electoral Division
Area of Electoral Division
Number of Councillors
In the district of Craven
Airedale
Aire Valley with Lothersdale ward; Cowling ward; West Craven ward
1
Mid Craven
Embsay-with-Eastby ward; Gargrave and Malhamdale ward; Grassington ward; Upper Wharfedale ward
1
North Craven
Bentham ward; Ingleton and Clapham ward
1
Ribblesdale
Hellifield and Long Preston ward; Penyghent ward; Settle and Ribblebanks ward
1
Skipton East
Barden Fell ward; Skipton East ward; Skipton South ward
1
Skipton West
Skipton North ward; Skipton West ward
1
South Craven
Glusburn ward; Sutton-in-Craven ward
1
In the district of Hambleton
Bedale
Bedale ward; Crakehall ward; Tanfield ward
1
Easingwold
Easingwold ward; Helperby ward; Tollerton ward
1
Great Ayton
Broughton and Greenhow ward; Great Ayton ward
1
Northallerton
Northallerton Central ward; Northallerton North ward
1
North Hambleton
Brompton ward; Osmotherley ward; Rudby ward
1
Romanby and Broomfield
Northallerton Broomfield ward; Romanby ward
1
Sowerby
Sowerby ward; Thorntons ward; Topcliffe ward
1
Stillington
Huby and Sutton ward; Shipton ward; Stillington ward; White Horse ward
1
Stokesley
Stokesley ward; Swainby ward
1
Swale
Cowtons ward; Leeming ward; Leeming Bar ward; Morton-on-Swale ward
1
Thirsk
Thirsk ward; Whitestonecliffe ward
1
In the borough of Harrogate
Ainsty
Marston Moor ward; Ouseburn ward; Ribston ward
1
Boroughbridge
Boroughbridge ward; Claro ward; Newby ward
1
Harrogate Bilton and Nidd Gorge
Bilton ward; New Park ward; Woodfield ward
2
Harrogate Central
Granby ward; High Harrogate ward; Low Harrogate ward
2
Harrogate Harlow
1
Harrogate Oatlands
1
Harrogate Saltergate
1
Harrogate Starbeck
1
Knaresborough
Knaresborough East ward; Knaresborough King James ward; Knaresborough Scriven Park ward
2
Lower Nidderdale and Bishop Monkton
Bishop Monkton ward; Killinghall ward; Lower Nidderdale ward
1
Masham and Fountains
Kirkby Malzeard ward; Mashamshire ward; Wathvale ward
1
Pannal and Lower Wharfedale
Pannal ward; Spofforth with Lower Wharfedale ward
1
Pateley Bridge
Nidd Valley ward; Pateley Bridge ward; Washburn ward
1
Ripon North
1
Ripon South
1
In the district of Richmondshire
Catterick Bridge
Brompton-on-Swale and Scorton ward; Catterick ward; Hornby Castle ward
1
Central Richmondshire
Colburn ward; Hipswell ward; Scotton ward
1
Middle Dales
Leyburn ward; Lower Wensleydale ward; Middleham ward; Bellerby parish; Carlton Highdale parish; Carlton Town parish; Castle Bolton with East and West Bolton parish; Preston-under-Scar parish; Redmire parish; Wensley parish; West Witton parish
1
Richmond
Richmond Central ward; Richmond East ward; Richmond West ward
1
Richmondshire North
Barton ward; Croft ward; Gilling West ward; Melsonby ward; Middleton Tyas ward; Newsham with Eppleby ward
1
Upper Dales
Addlebrough ward; Hawes and High Abbotside ward; Reeth and Arkengarthdale ward; Swaledale ward; Bishopdale parish; Burton-cum-Walden parish; Carperby-cum-Thoresby parish; Newbiggin parish; Thoralby parish
1
In the district of Ryedale
Hovingham and Sheriff Hutton
Ampleforth ward; Hovingham ward; Sheriff Hutton ward; Ryedale South West ward; Bulmer parish; Coneysthorpe parish; Henderskelfe parish; Howsham parish; Huttons Ambo parish; Welburn parish; Westow parish
1
Kirkbymoorside
Dales ward; Helmsley ward; Kirkbymoorside ward
1
Malton
Amotherby ward; Malton ward; Sinnington ward
1
Norton
Norton East ward; Norton West ward; Acklam parish; Birdsall parish; Burythorpe parish; Langton parish; Leavening parish; Scagglethorpe parish; Scrayingham parish; Settrington parish
1
Pickering
Cropton ward; Pickering East ward; Pickering West ward
1
Thornton Dale and the Wolds
Rillington ward; Sherburn ward; Thornton Dale ward; Wolds ward
1
In the borough of Scarborough
Castle
1
Eastfield and Osgodby
Eastfield ward; Osgodby parish
1
Esk Valley
Danby ward; Esk Valley ward
1
Falsgrave and Stepney
1
Filey
Filey ward
1
Hertford and Cayton
Hertford ward; Cayton parish; Gristhorpe parish; Lebberston parish
1
Newby
Newby ward
1
Northstead
1
Scalby and The Coast
Fylingdales ward; Lindhead ward; Scalby, Hackness and Staintondale ward
1
Seamer and Derwent Valley
Derwent Valley ward; Seamer ward
1
Weaponness and Ramshill
Ramshill ward; Weaponness ward
1
Whitby/Mayfield cum Mulgrave
Mayfield ward; Mulgrave ward
1
Whitby/Streonshalh
Streonshalh ward; Whitby West Cliff ward
1
Woodlands
1
In the district of Selby
Cawood and Saxton
Cawood with Wistow ward; Saxton and Ulleskelf ward
1
Escrick
Appleton Roebuck ward; North Duffield ward; Riccall with Escrick ward
1
Mid Selby
Fairburn with Brotherton ward; Burn parish; Gateforth parish; Hambleton parish; Hillam parish; Monk Fryston parish
1
Osgoldcross
Eggborough ward; Whitley ward
1
Selby Barlby
Barlby ward; Selby North ward; Selby South ward; Selby West ward
2
Selby Brayton
Brayton ward; Thorpe Willoughby parish
1
Sherburn in Elmet
Sherburn in Elmet ward; Huddleston with Newthorpe parish; South Milford parish
1
South Selby
Camblesforth ward; Hemingbrough ward
1
Tadcaster
Tadcaster East ward; Tadcaster West ward
1

## 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 North Yorkshire.
The modifications concern the names of Harrogate Bilton and Nidd Gorge, Harrogate Central, Harrogate Harlow, Hertford and Cayton, Lower Nidderdale and Bishop Monkton, Scalby and The Coast, Seamer and Derwent Valley, Whitby/Mayfield cum Mulgrave, and Whitby/Streonshalh 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 68 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 or borough in the county of North Yorkshire to make any necessary amendments to the electoral register to reflect the new electoral arrangements.
Article 6 revokes the County of North Yorkshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1985, 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 North Yorkshire County Council and at the principal office of the Electoral Commission at Trevelyan House, Great Peter Street, London SW1P 2HW.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/172 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/county-of-north-yorkshire-electoral-changes-order-2005
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