# The County of Nottinghamshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2004

S.I. 2004/2816 · made 28 October 2004

This Order gives effect to recommendations by the Boundary Committee for England, a committee of the Electoral Commission, for electoral changes in the county of Nottinghamshire.

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

PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/county-of-nottinghamshire-electoral-changes-order-2004/pdf/uksi_20042816_en.pdf

## Introductory text

LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND
Made 28th October 2004
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 April 2004 on its review of the county of Nottinghamshire:
And whereas the Electoral Commission have decided to give effect 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 Nottinghamshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2004.
(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 Nottinghamshire;
“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 Nottinghamshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2004”, of which prints are available for inspection at –
(a) the principal office of the Electoral Commission; and
(b) the offices of Nottinghamshire County Council.

## 3 Electoral divisions of the county of Nottinghamshire

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

Nottinghamshire County Council shall make a print of the map marked “Map referred to in the County of Nottinghamshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2004” 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 Nottinghamshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1980 is revoked, save for article 5.

## Signature

Sealed with the seal of the Electoral Commission on the 28th day of October 2004
L.S.
Sam Younger
Chairman of the Commission
28th October 2004
Jacqui Dixon
Secretary to the Commission
28th October 2004

## 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 Ashfield
Hucknall
Hucknall Central ward; Hucknall East ward; Hucknall North ward; Hucknall West ward
3
Kirkby in Ashfield North
Kirkby in Ashfield East ward; Kirkby in Ashfield West ward
1
Kirkby in Ashfield South
Kirkby in Ashfield Central ward; Woodhouse ward
1
Selston
Jacksdale ward; Selston ward; Underwood ward
1
Sutton in Ashfield Central
Sutton in Ashfield Central ward
1
Sutton in Ashfield East
Sutton in Ashfield East ward
1
Sutton in Ashfield North
Sutton in Ashfield North ward
1
Sutton in Ashfield West
Sutton in Ashfield West ward
1
In the district of Bassetlaw
Blyth and Harworth
Blyth ward; Harworth ward; Langold ward
1
Misterton
Beckingham ward; Clayworth ward; Everton ward; Misterton ward; Ranskill ward; Sutton ward
1
Retford East
East Retford East ward; East Retford South ward
1
Retford West
East Retford North ward; East Retford West ward
1
Tuxford
East Markham ward; Rampton ward; Sturton ward; Tuxford and Trent ward; Welbeck ward
1
Worksop East
1
Worksop North
1
Worksop North East and Carlton
1
Worksop West
1
In the borough of Broxtowe
Beauvale
Brinsley ward; Greasley (Giltbrook and Newthorpe) ward; Greasley Beauvale parish ward of Greasley parish
1
Beeston North
Beeston North ward; Beeston West ward
1
Beeston South and Attenborough
Attenborough ward; Beeston Rylands ward; Beeston Central ward
1
Bramcote and Stapleford
Bramcote ward; Stapleford North ward; Stapleford South East ward; Stapleford South West ward
2
Chilwell and Toton
Chilwell East ward; Chilwell West ward; Toton and Chilwell Meadows ward
2
Eastwood
Eastwood South ward; Eastwood North parish ward of Eastwood parish
1
Kimberley and Trowell
Awsworth ward; Cossall and Kimberley ward; Trowell ward
1
Nuthall
Nuthall East and Strelley ward; Nuthall West and Greasley (Watnall) ward
1
In the borough of Gedling
Arnold North
2
Arnold South
Daybrook ward; Kingswell ward; Porchester ward; Woodthorpe ward
2
Calverton
Calverton ward; Woodborough ward; Lambley parish
1
Carlton East
Burton Joyce and Stoke Bardolph ward; Gedling ward; Netherfield and Colwick ward; Phoenix ward
2
Carlton West
Carlton ward; Carlton Hill ward; St James ward; Valley ward
2
Newstead
Bestwood Village ward; Newstead ward; Ravenshead ward
1
In the district of Mansfield
East Mansfield
Forest Town East ward; Forest Town West ward; Lindhurst ward; Oak Tree ward
2
North Mansfield
Leeming ward; Priory ward; Robin Hood ward; Sherwood ward
2
South Mansfield
Berry Hill ward; Eakring ward; Portland ward; Ravensdale ward
2
Warsop
Birklands ward; Meden ward
1
West Mansfield
Broomhill ward; Cumberlands ward; Grange Farm ward; Ladybrook ward; Pleasley Hill ward
2
In the district of Newark and Sherwood
Balderton
Balderton North ward; Balderton West ward
1
Blidworth
Blidworth ward; Rainworth ward; Rainworth North parish ward of Rainworth parish
1
Collingham
Bridge ward; Collingham and Meering ward; Winthorpe ward
1
Farndon and Muskham
Farndon ward; Averham parish; Bathley parish; Fiskerton cum Morton parish; Kelham parish; North Muskham parish; Rolleston parish; South Muskham parish; Staythorpe parish
1
Farnsfield and Lowdham
Farnsfield ward; Lowdham ward; Bleasby parish; Thurgarton parish
1
Newark East
Beacon ward; Magnus ward
1
Newark West
Castle ward; Devon ward
1
Ollerton
Boughton ward; Ollerton ward
1
Rufford
Clipstone ward; Edwinstowe ward; Bilsthorpe parish; Rufford parish
1
Southwell and Caunton
Caunton ward; Southwell East ward; Southwell North ward; Southwell West ward; Sutton-on-Trent ward; Upton parish
1
In the borough of Rushcliffe
Bingham
Bingham East ward; Bingham West ward; Cranmer ward; Elton-on-the-Hill parish; Flawborough parish; Granby parish; Hawksworth parish; Orston parish; Shelton parish; Sibthorpe parish; Thoroton parish
1
Cotgrave
Cotgrave ward; Wiverton ward
1
Keyworth
Keyworth North ward; Keyworth South ward; Nevile ward; Stanton on the Wolds parish; Thorpe in the Glebe parish; Widmerpool parish; Willoughby on the Wolds parish; Wysall parish
1
Radcliffe on Trent
Manvers ward; Oak ward; Trent ward; Flintham parish; Holme Pierrepont parish
1
Ruddington
Ruddington ward; Tollerton ward; Bradmore parish; Bunny parish; Costock parish; Normanton on the Wolds parish; Plumtree parish
1
Soar Valley
Gotham ward; Leake ward; Soar Valley ward; Normanton on Soar parish; Rempstone parish; Stanford on Soar parish
1
West Bridgford Central and South
2
West Bridgford West
Compton Acres ward; Lutterell ward; Musters ward
1

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order gives effect to recommendations by the Boundary Committee for England, a committee of the Electoral Commission, for electoral changes in the county of Nottinghamshire.
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 54 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 in each district or borough in the county of Nottinghamshire to make any necessary amendments to the electoral register for that district or borough to reflect the new electoral arrangements.
Article 6 revokes the County of Nottinghamshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1980, 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 Nottinghamshire County Council and at the principal office of the Electoral Commission at Trevelyan House, Great Peter Street, London SW1P 2HW.

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