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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/district-of-west-lancashire-electoral-changes-order-2001/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2001/2432",
  "legislation_title": "The District of West Lancashire (Electoral Changes) Order 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/district-of-west-lancashire-electoral-changes-order-2001",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order gives effect, with modifications, to recommendations by the Local Government Commission for England for electoral changes in the district of West Lancashire. The changes have effect in relation to local government elections to be held on and after 2nd May 2002.\nThe modifications relate to ward names. The Secretary of State has decided that the wards shown in the first column of the Table below with the names proposed by the Commission should be named in accordance with the second column.\nProposed Ward Name\nWard Name\nBurscough\nBurscough West\nLathom\nBurscough East\nArticle 2 abolishes the existing wards of the district and provides for the creation of 25 new wards. That article and Schedule 1 also make provision for the names and areas of, and numbers of councillors for, the new wards.\nArticle 3 makes provision for a whole council election in 2002 and for reversion to elections by thirds in subsequent years. Schedule 2 regulates the order of retirement of councillors.\nArticles 4 to 6 make electoral changes in the parishes of Aughton, Burscough and Up Holland.\nArticle 7 provides for elections of parish councillors for certain parishes in the district.\nArticle 8 revokes the District of West Lancashire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976.\nThe 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 West Lancashire District Council and at the offices of the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, 2nd Floor, Ashdown House, 123 Victoria Street, London SW1E 6DE.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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