# The County of Northamptonshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2000

S.I. 2000/2489 · made 11 September 2000

This Order gives effect to recommendations by the Local Government Commission for England for electoral changes in the county of Northamptonshire. 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-northamptonshire-electoral-changes-order-2000/pdf/uksi_20002489_en.pdf

## Introductory text

LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND
Made 11th September 2000
Coming into force in accordance with article 1(2)
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 Northamptonshire together with its recommendations:
And whereas the Secretary of State has decided to give effect 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 Northamptonshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2000.
(2) This Order 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) In this Order—
“county” means the county of Northamptonshire;
“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 district and borough wards in the county; and
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 Northamptonshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2000”, and deposited in accordance with regulation 27 of the Local Government Changes for England Regulations 1994.

## 2 Divisions of the county of Northamptonshire

(1) The existing divisions of the county shall be abolished.
(2) The county shall be divided into seventy-three 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, or wards and parishes 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 Revocation

The County of Northamptonshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1981 is 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 ELECTORAL DIVISIONS

(1)
(2)
Name of Division
Area of Division
In the borough of Corby
Central
Corby Rural
The East, Rural East, Rural North and Rural West wards
Danesholme
The Danesholme and Hillside wards
Kingswood
The Kingswood and West wards
Lloyds
Shire Lodge
The Lodge Park and Shire Lodge wards
In the district of Daventry
Braunston
Brixworth
The Brixworth, Clipston and Spratton wards
Daventry East
Daventry West
Long Buckby
The Brampton, Flore and Long Buckby wards
Moulton
The Boughton and Pitsford, Moulton and Walgrave wards
Uplands
The Crick, Ravensthorpe, Welford, West Haddon and Guilsborough, and Yelvertoft wards
Woodford and Weedon
The Byfield, Weedon and Woodford wards
In the district of East Northamptonshire
Higham Ferrers
The Higham Ferrers and Stanwick wards
Irthlingborough
The Irthlingborough and Woodford wards
Oundle
The Dryden, Lyveden and Oundle wards
Prebendal
The Fineshade, Lower Nene, King’s Forest and Prebendal wards
Raunds
The Raunds Saxon and Raunds Windmill wards
Rushden East
Rushden South
Rushden West
Thrapston
The Barnwell, Ringstead and Thrapston wards
In the borough of Kettering
Brambleside
The Brambleside and All Saints wards
Burton
Desborough
The Loatland and St Giles wards
Grange
The Avondale and Warkton wards
Ise
The Millbrook and Spinney wards
Kettering Central
The St Mary’s and St Michael’s wards
Kettering Rural
The Buccleuch, Queen Eleanor, Slade and Welland wards
Rothwell
The Tresham and Trinity wards
St Andrew’s and St Peter's
The St Andrew’s and St Peter’s wards
Wicksteed
In the borough of Northampton
Abington
The Abington ward
Billing
The Billing ward
Boughton Green
Castle
The Castle ward
Delapre
The Delapre ward
East Hunsbury
The East Hunsbury ward
Eastfield
The Eastfield ward
Ecton Brook
The Ecton Brook ward
Headlands
The Headlands ward
Kingsley
The Kingsley ward
Kingsthorpe
Lumbertubs
The Lumbertubs ward
Nene Valley
The Nene Valley ward
New Duston
The New Duston ward
Old Duston
The Old Duston ward
Parklands
The Parklands ward
St Crispin
The St Crispin ward
St David
St James
The St James ward
Spencer
The Spencer ward
Thorplands
The Thorplands ward
West Hunsbury
The West Hunsbury ward
Weston
The Weston ward
In the district of South Northamptonshire
Brackley East
The Astwell, Brackley East and Brackley South wards
Brackley West
The Brackley West, Little Brook and Steane wards
Bugbrooke
The Downs, Grange, Harpole and Heyford wards
Deanshanger
The Cosgrove, Deanshanger and Whittlewood wards and the parish of Yardley Gobion
Greens Norton
The Blakesley, Cote, Kingthorn, Silverstone and Washington wards
Hackleton
The Chase, Cogenhoe, Salcey and Yardley wards
Middleton Cheney
The King’s Sutton, Middleton Cheney and Wardoun wards
Roade
The Blisworth, Courteenhall and Tove wards and the parishes of Ashton and Grafton Regis
Towcester
The Towcester Brook and Towcester Mill wards
In the borough of Wellingborough
Croyland
Earls Barton
The Earls Barton and South wards and the parishes of Grendon and Great Doddington
Finedon
The Finedon, North, and West wards and the parish of Wilby
Hemmingwell
Irchester
The Irchester ward and the parishes of Strixton and Wollaston
Queensway
Redwell
The Redwell East and Redwell West wards
Swanspool

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order gives effect to recommendations by the Local Government Commission for England for electoral changes in the county of Northamptonshire. 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 73 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.
Article 3 revokes the County of Northamptonshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1981.
The areas of the new divisions are demarcated on the map described in article 1(3). Prints of the map may be inspected at all reasonable times at the offices of Northamptonshire 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.

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