Explanatory note

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

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 to 5 make electoral changes in the parishes of Hexham, Prudhoe, Ovingham, Slaley and Simonburn.

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 Tynedale 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.