Explanatory note

This Order gives effect to recommendations by the Local Government Commission for England for electoral changes in the district of North Somerset.

Article 2 abolishes all of the existing wards of the district and provides for the creation of 36 new wards. That article and Schedule 1 also make provision for the names and areas of, and numbers of councillors for, the new wards.

Articles 3 to 5 create new wards for the parishes of Clevedon, Portishead and North Weston and Nailsea and provide for the number of councillors.

Article 6 and Schedule 2 create wards in the parish of Long Aston and provide for the number of councillors.

Article 7 and Schedule 3 create wards in the parish of Easton-in-Gordano and provide for the number of councillors.

Article 8 creates wards in the parish of Wick St. Lawrence and provides for the number of councillors.

Article 9 provides for the number of councillors for Backwell parish.

Article 10 revokes the District of Woodspring (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1977 and the District of Woodspring (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1985.

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 North Somerset District Council and at the offices of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions which are located at 2nd Floor, Ashdown House, 123 Victoria Street, London, SW1E 6DE.