The District of Hambleton (Electoral Changes) Order 2000
S.I. 2000/2600 · Made 22 September 2000
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND
Made 22nd 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 1992f1, has submitted to the Secretary of State a report dated November 1999 on its review of the district of Hambleton 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 17f2 and 26 of the Local Government Act 1992, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:
Annotations to the whole text
Footnotes
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Section 17 is amended by section 39(4) and (5) of the Police and Magistrates' Courts Act 1994 (c. 29).
Contents
- 1Citation, commencement and interpretation
- 2Wards of the district of Hambleton
- 3Wards of the parish of Northallerton
- 4Number of parish councillors
- 5Revocation
- Signature
- Schedule NAMES AND AREAS OF WARDS AND NUMBERS OF COUNCILLORS
- Explanatory note
1Citation, commencement and interpretation
This Order may be cited as the District of Hambleton (Electoral Changes) Order 2000.
This Order shall come into force—
for the purposes of proceedings preliminary or relating to any election to be held on 1st May 2003, on 10th October 2002;
for all other purposes, on 1st May 2003.
In this Order—
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“district” means the district of Hambleton;
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“existing”, in relation to a ward, means the ward as it exists on the date this Order is made;
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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 District of Hambleton (Electoral Changes) Order 2000”, and deposited in accordance with regulation 27 of the Local Government Changes for England Regulations 1994f1; and
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any reference to a numbered sheet is a reference to the sheet of the map which bears that number.
2Wards of the district of Hambleton
The existing wards of the districtf1 shall be abolished.
The district shall be divided into thirty wards, which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of the Schedule.
The wards shall comprise the areas described in column (2) of the Schedule by reference to parishes, parishes and parish wards, or parish wards or, where no area is so described, the area designated on the map by reference to the name of the ward and demarcated by red lines; and the number of councillors to be elected for each ward shall be the number specified in respect of the ward in column (3) of the Schedule.
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.
3Wards of the parish of Northallerton
The existing wards of the parish of Northallerton shall be abolished.
The parish shall be divided into four parish wards which shall bear the names Central, North East, North West and South; and the wards shall comprise the areas designated on sheet 2 by reference to the name of the ward and demarcated by orange lines.
The number of councillors to be elected for the Central parish ward shall be five, for the North East parish ward shall be three, and for each of the North West and South parish wards shall be two.
4Number of parish councillors
The number of parish councillors to be elected for the parish of Appleton Wiske shall be seven.
5Revocation
The District of Hambleton (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978 and the Parish of Northallerton (Wards) Order 1977 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
22nd September 2000
NAMES AND AREAS OF WARDS AND NUMBERS OF COUNCILLORS
| (1) | (2) | (3) |
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| Name of Ward | Area of Ward | Number of Councillors |
| Bedale | The parish ward of Aiskew of the parish of Aiskew and the parish of Bedale | 2 |
| Brompton | The parish of Brompton | 1 |
| Broughton and Greenhow | The parishes of Great & Little Broughton, Ingleby Greenhow and Kirkby | 1 |
| Cowtons | The parishes of Birkby, Deighton, East Cowton, Girsby, Great Smeaton, High Worsall, Hornby, Little Smeaton, Little Worsall, Over Dinsdale and South Cowton | 1 |
| Crakehall | The parishes of Ainderby Mires with Holtby, Burrill with Cowling, Clifton-on-Yore, Crakehall, Firby, Hackforth, Langthorne, Rand Grange, Rookwith, Snape with Thorp, Thirn and Thornton Watlass | 1 |
| Easingwold | The parish of Easingwold | 2 |
| Great Ayton | The parishes of Easby, Great Ayton, Kildale and Little Ayton | 3 |
| Helperby | The parishes of Birdforth, Brafferton, Fawdington, Helperby, Myton-on-Swale, Raskelf, Tholthorpe and Thormanby | 1 |
| Huby and Sutton | The parishes of Huby and Sutton-on-the-Forest | 1 |
| Leeming | The parishes of Burneston, Carthorpe, Exelby, Leeming & Newton, Gatenby, Swainby with Allerthorpe and Theakston | 1 |
| Leeming Bar | The parishes of Killerby, Kirkby Fleetham with Fencote and Scruton, and the Leeming Bar parish ward of Aiskew parish | 1 |
| Morton-on-Swale | The parishes of Ainderby Steeple, Danby Wiske, Great Langton, Hutton Bonville, Kiplin, Lazenby, Little Langton, Morton-on-Swale, North Otterington, Thrintoft, Warlaby, Whitwell and Yafforth | 1 |
| Northallerton Broomfield | 2 | |
| Northallerton Central | 2 | |
| Northallerton North | 2 | |
| Osmotherley | The parishes of East Harlsey, Ellerbeck, Kepwick, Kirby Sigston, Landmoth-cum-Catto, Nether Silton, Osmotherley, Over Silton, Sowerby-under-Cotcliffe, Thimbleby, Welbury, West Harlsey and Winton, Stank & Hallikeld | 1 |
| Romanby | The parish ward of Romanby of the parish of Romanby | 2 |
| Rudby | The parishes of Appleton Wiske, Crathorne, East Rounton, Hutton Rudby, Middleton-on-Leven, Picton, Potto, Rudby, Sexhow, Skutterskelfe, and West Rounton | 2 |
| Shipton | The parishes of Beninbrough, Linton-on-Ouse, Newton-on-Ouse, Overton and Shipton | 1 |
| Sowerby | The parish of Sowerby | 2 |
| Stillington | The parishes of Brandsby-cum-Stearsby, Crayke, Dalby-cum-Skewsby, Farlington, Marton-cum-Moxby, Stillington, Whenby and Yearsley | 1 |
| Stokesley | The parishes of Newby, Seamer and Stokesley | 3 |
| Swainby | The parishes of Bilsdale Midcable, Carlton, Faceby, Great Busby, Ingleby Arncliffe, Little Busby and Whorlton | 1 |
| Tanfield | The parishes of Ainderby Quernhow, East Tanfield, Holme, Howe, Howgrave, Kirklington-cum-Upsland, Pickhill with Roxby, Sinderby, Sutton with Howgrave, Well and West Tanfield | 1 |
| Thirsk | The parishes of Carlton Miniott and Thirsk | 3 |
| Thorntons | The parishes of Cotcliffe, Crosby, Kirby Wiske, Maunby, Newby Wiske, Newsham with Breckenbrough, Sandhutton, South Otterington, Thornton-le-Beans, Thornton-le-Moor and Thornton-le-Street | 1 |
| Tollerton | The parishes of Aldwark, Alne, Flawith, Tollerton and Youlton | 1 |
| Topcliffe | The parishes of Catton, Dalton, Eldmire with Crakehill, Hutton Sessay, Sessay, Skipton-on-Swale and Topcliffe | 1 |
| White Horse | The parishes of Angram Grange, Bagby, Balk, Carlton Husthwaite, Coxwold, Husthwaite, Kilburn High & Low, Newburgh, Oulston, Thirkleby High & Low with Osgodby, Thornton-on-the-Hill and Wildon Grange | 1 |
| Whitestonecliffe | The parishes of Boltby, Borrowby, Cowesby, Felixkirk, Hood Grange, Kirby Knowle, Knayton with Brawith, Leake, North Kilvington, South Kilvington, Sutton-under-Whitestonecliffe, Thirlby, Thornbrough and Upsall | 1 |
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 district of Hambleton. The changes have effect in relation to local government elections to be held on and after 1st May 2003.
Article 2 abolishes the existing wards of the district and provides for the creation of thirty new wards. That article and the Schedule also make provision for the names and areas of, and numbers of councillors for, the new wards.
Articles 3 and 4 make electoral changes in the parishes of Northallerton and Appleton Wiske.
Article 5 revokes the District of Hambleton (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978 and the Parish of Northallerton (Wards) Order 1977.
The areas of the new district and parish wards 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 the Hambleton District 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.