# The District of South Northamptonshire (Electoral Changes) Order 1998

S.I. 1998/2509 · made 8 October 1998

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

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

## Introductory text

LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES
Made 8th October 1998
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 March 1997 on its review of the district of South 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 District of South Northamptonshire (Electoral Changes) Order 1998.
(2) This Order shall come into force for all purposes on 6th May 1999, except that for the purpose of all proceedings preliminary or relating to an election to be held on or after that date this Order shall come into force on 10th October 1998.
(3) In this Order–
“the district” means the district of South Northamptonshire;
“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 prepared by the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions, marked “Map of the District of South Northamptonshire (Electoral Changes) Order 1998”, and deposited in accordance with regulation 27 of the Local Government Changes for England Regulations 1994.

## 2 Wards of South Northamptonshire

(1) The existing wards of the district shall be abolished.
(2) The district shall be divided into thirty-one 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, 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 that Schedule.
(4) Where a boundary is shown on the map as running along a road, railway line, footway, waterway or other similar geographical feature, it shall be treated as running along the centre line of the feature.

## 3 Wards of the parish of Brackley

(1) The existing wards of the parish of Brackley shall be abolished.
(2) The parish shall be divided into three 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 that parish ward in column (2) of that Schedule and the number of councillors to be elected for each parish ward shall be five.

## 4 Wards of the parish of Towcester

The parish 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 that parish ward in column (2) of that Schedule and the number of councillors to be elected for each parish ward shall be eight.

## 5 Revocation

The District of South Northamptonshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976 is hereby revoked.

## Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
Hilary Armstrong
Minister of State,
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
8th October 1998

## Schedule 1 DISTRICT OF SOUTH NORTHAMPTONSHIRE: NAMES AND AREAS OF WARDS AND NUMBERS OF COUNCILLORS

(1)
(2)
(3)
Name of ward
Areas of ward
Number of councillors
Astwell
The parishes of Helmdon, Radstone, Syresham and Whitfield
1
Blakesley
The parishes of Adstone, Blakesley, Cold Higham, Litchborough, Maidford, Slapton and Woodend
1
Blisworth
The parish of Blisworth
1
Brackley East
2
Brackley South
2
Brackley West
2
Chase
The parishes of Brafield-on-the-Green, Hackleton, Little Houghton and Quinton
2
Cogenhoe
The parish of Cogenhoe and Whiston
1
Cosgrove
The parishes of Cosgrove and Old Stratford
1
Cote
The parishes of Pattishall and Tiffield
1
Courteenhall
The parishes of Courteenhall, Milton Malsor and Roade
2
Deanshanger
The parishes of Deanshanger and Wicken
2
Downs
The parishes of Bugbrooke and Gayton
2
Grafton
The parishes of Ashton, Grafton Regis and Yardley Gobion
1
Grange
The parishes of Kislingbury and Rothersthorpe
1
Harpole
The parish of Harpole
1
Heyford
The parishes of Nether Heyford and Upper Heyford
1
Kings Sutton
The parish of Kings Sutton
1
Kingthorn
The parishes of Bradden and Greens Norton
1
Little Brook
The parishes of Aynho, Croughton and Evenley
1
Middleton Cheney
The parishes of Middleton Cheney and Warkworth
2
Salcey
The parish of Hartwell
1
Silverstone
The parish of Silverstone
1
Steane
The parishes of Farthinghoe, Greatworth, Hinton-in-the Hedges and Newbottle
1
Tove
The parishes of Paulerspury, Shutlanger and Stoke Bruerne
1
Towcester Brook
2
Towcester Mill
2
Wardoun
The parishes of Aston le Walls, Boddington, Chacombe, Chipping Warden, Culworth, Edgcote, Eydon, Marston St Lawrence, Thenford and Thorpe Mandeville
2
Washington
The parishes of Abthorpe, Moreton Pinkney, Sulgrave, Wappenham and Weston and Weedon
1
Whittlewood
The parishes of Potterspury and Whittlebury
1
Yardley
The parishes of Castle Ashby, Denton and Yardley Hastings
1

## Schedule 2 WARDS OF THE PARISH OF BRACKLEY: NAMES AND AREAS

(1)
(2)
Name of ward
Description of area
East
The Brackley East ward
West
The Brackley West ward
South
The Brackley South ward

## Schedule 3 WARDS OF THE PARISH OF TOWCESTER: NAMES AND AREAS

(1)
(2)
Name of ward
Description of area
Brook
The Towcester Brook district ward
Mill
Such part of the parish of Towcester as is within the Towcester Mill ward

## 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 South Northamptonshire.
Article 2 abolishes all of the existing wards of the district and provides for the creation of 31 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 and 4 make electoral changes in the parishes of Brackley and Towcester.
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 South Northamptonshire 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.

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