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The District of North West Leicestershire (Electoral Changes) Order 2002

S.I. 2002/2598 · Made 12 October 2002

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LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND

Made 12th October 2002

Coming into force in accordance with article 1(2)

Whereas the Boundary Committee for Englandf1, acting pursuant to section 15(4) of the Local Government Act 1992f2, has submitted to the Electoral Commissionf3 recommendations dated June 2002 on its review of the district of North West Leicestershire:

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 17f4 and 26f5 of the Local Government Act 1992, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

The Boundary Committee for England is a committee of the Electoral Commission, established by the Electoral Commission in accordance with section 14 of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (c. 41). The Local Government Commission for England (Transfer of Functions) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/3962) transferred to the Electoral Commission the functions of the Local Government Commission for England.

f2

1992 c. 19. This section has been amended by S.I. 2001/3962.

f3

The Electoral Commission was established by the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (c. 41). The functions of the Secretary of State, under sections 13 to 15 and 17 of the Local Government Act 1992, to the extent that they relate to electoral arrangements within the meaning of that Act, were transferred with modifications to the Electoral Commission on 1st April 2002 (S.I. 2001/3962).

f4

This section has been amended by S.I. 2001/3962. There are amendments to this section made otherwise than by S.I. 2001/3962 that are not relevant to this Order.

f5

This section has been amended by S.I. 2001/3962.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Interpretation
  3. 3Wards of the district of North West Leicestershire
  4. 4Wards of the parish of Ashby-de-la-Zouch
  5. 5Wards of the parish of Ravenstone with Snibston
  6. 6Numbers of parish councillors
  7. 7Maps
  8. 8Electoral registers
  9. 9Revocation
  10. Signature
  11. Schedule 1NAMES AND AREAS OF WARDS AND NUMBERS OF COUNCILLORS
  12. Schedule 2: WARDS OF THE PARISH OF ASHBY-DE-LA-ZOUCH
  13. NAMES AND AREAS OF WARDS AND NUMBERS OF COUNCILLORS
  14. Schedule 3: WARDS OF THE PARISH OF RAVENSTONE WITH SNIBSTON
  15. NAMES AND AREAS OF WARDS AND NUMBERS OF COUNCILLORS
  16. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

(1)

This Order may be cited as the District of North West Leicestershire (Electoral Changes) Order 2002.

(2)

This Order shall come into force—

(a)

for the purpose of proceedings preliminary or relating to any election to be held on 1st May 2003, on the day after that on which it is made;

(b)

for all other purposes, on 1st May 2003.

2Interpretation

In this Order—

  • “district” means the district of North West Leicestershire;

  • “existing”, in relation to a ward, means the ward as it exists on the date this Order is made; and

any reference to the map is a reference to the map marked “Map referred to in the District of North West Leicestershire (Electoral Changes) Order 2002”, of which prints are available for inspection at—

(a)

the principal office of the Electoral Commission; and

(b)

the offices of North West Leicestershire District Council.

3Wards of the district of North West Leicestershire

(1)

The existing wards of the districtf1 shall be abolished.

(2)

The district shall be divided into twenty wards which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of Schedule 1.

(3)

The wards shall comprise the areas described in column (2) of that Schedule by reference to parishes and parish wards or, where an area is not 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 that 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.

4Wards of the parish of Ashby-de-la-Zouch

(1)

The existing wards of the parish of Ashby-de-la-Zouch shall be abolished.

(2)

The parish shall be divided into four parish wards which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of Schedule 2; each parish ward shall comprise the area of the district ward specified in respect of the parish ward in column (2) of that Schedule, and the number of councillors to be elected for each parish ward shall be the number specified in respect of the parish ward in column (3) of that Schedule.

5Wards of the parish of Ravenstone with Snibston

The parish of Ravenstone with Snibston shall be divided into two parish wards which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of Schedule 3; each parish ward shall comprise the area of the district ward specified in respect of the parish ward in column (2) of that Schedule, and the number of councillors to be elected for each parish ward shall be the number specified in respect of the parish ward in column (3) of that Schedule.

6Numbers of parish councillors

The number of parish councillors to be elected for the parish of Worthington shall be five; the number of councillors to be elected for the Griffydam parish ward shall be one and for each of the Newbold and Worthington parish wards shall be two.

7Maps

North West Leicestershire District Council shall make a print of the map marked “Map referred to in the District of North West Leicestershire (Electoral Changes) Order 2002” available for inspection at its offices by any member of the public at any reasonable time.

8Electoral registers

The Electoral Registration Officerf1 for the district 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.

9Revocation

The District of North West Leicestershire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1980f1 is revoked, save for article 8.

Signature

Signed by the members of the Electoral Commission

Pamela Gordon

Commissioner

4th October 2002

Glyn Mathias

Commissioner

4th October 2002

Neil Mcintosh

Commissioner

4th October 2002

Karamjit Singh

Commissioner

4th October 2002

Sam Younger

Commissioner

4th October 2002

Graham Zellick

Commissioner

12th October 2002

Schedule 1NAMES AND AREAS OF WARDS AND NUMBERS OF COUNCILLORS

(1)(2)(3)
Name of WardArea of WardNumber of Councillors
ApplebyThe parishes of Appleby Magna, Chilcote, Snarestone, Stretton en le Field and Swepstone1
Ashby Castle1
Ashby Holywell2
Ashby Ivanhoe2
Bardon1
BreedonThe parishes of Belton, Breedon on the Hill and Isley cum Langley, and the parish ward of Diseworth of the parish of Long Whatton and Diseworth1
Castle DoningtonThe parishes of Castle Donington and Lockington-Hemington3
Coalville2
Greenhill3
Hugglescote2
Ibstock and HeatherThe parishes of Heather and Ibstock3
Kegworth and WhattonThe parish of Kegworth and the parish ward of Long Whatton of the parish of Long Whatton and Diseworth2
MeashamThe parish of Measham2
MoiraThe parish of Ashby Woulds and the parish ward of Blackfordby of the parish of Ashby-de-la-Zouch2
Oakthorpe and DonisthorpeThe parish of Oakthorpe and Donisthorpe1
Ravenstone and Packington1
Snibston2
Thringstone2
ValleyThe parishes of Coleorton, Osgathorpe, Staunton Harold, Swannington and Worthington2
Whitwick3

NAMES AND AREAS OF WARDS AND NUMBERS OF COUNCILLORS

(1)(2)(3)
Name of WardArea of WardNumber of Councillors
BlackfordbySo much of the district ward of Moira as comprises the parish of Ashby-de-la-Zouch2
CastleThe district ward of Ashby Castle3
HolywellThe district ward of Ashby Holywell6
IvanhoeThe district ward of Ashby Ivanhoe6

NAMES AND AREAS OF WARDS AND NUMBERS OF COUNCILLORS

(1)(2)(3)
Name of WardArea of WardNumber of Councillors
RavenstoneSo much of the district ward of Ravenstone and Packington as comprises the parish of Ravenstone with Snibston5
The LimesSo much of the district ward of Snibston as comprises the parish of Ravenstone with Snibston2

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 district of North West Leicestershire.

The changes have effect in relation to local government elections to be held on and after 1st May 2003.

Article 3 abolishes the existing wards of the district and provides for the creation of 20 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 4 to 6 make electoral changes in the parishes of Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Ravenstone with Snibston and Worthington.

Article 8 obliges the Electoral Registration Officer to make any necessary amendments to the electoral register to reflect the new electoral arrangements.

Article 9 revokes the District of North West Leicestershire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1980 (S.I. 1980/778), with the exception of article 8.

The areas of the new district wards 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 West Leicestershire District Council and at the principal office of the Electoral Commission at Trevelyan House, Great Peter Street, London SW1P 2HW.