The District of Wychavon (Electoral Changes) Order 2002
S.I. 2002/2987 · Made 2 December 2002
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND
Made 2nd December 2002
Coming into force in accordance with article 1(2)
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
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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.
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1992 c. 19. This section has been amended by S.I. 2001/3962.
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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).
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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.
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This section has been amended by S.I. 2001/3962.
Contents
- 1Citation and commencement
- 2Interpretation
- 3Wards of the district of Wychavon
- 4Wards of the parish of Bredon
- 5Wards of the parish of Droitwich Spa
- 6Wards of the parish of Evesham
- 7Maps
- 8Electoral registers
- 9Revocation
- Signature
- Schedule 1NAMES AND AREAS OF WARDS AND NUMBERS OF COUNCILLORS
- Schedule 2WARDS OF THE PARISH OF BREDON
- Explanatory note
1Citation and commencement
This Order may be cited as the District of Wychavon (Electoral Changes) Order 2002.
This Order shall come into force—
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;
for all other purposes, on 1st May 2003.
2Interpretation
In this Order—
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“district” means the district of Wychavon;
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“existing”, in relation to a ward, means the ward as it exists on the date this Order is made;
any reference to the map is a reference to the map marked “Map referred to in the District of Wychavon (Electoral Changes) Order 2002”, of which prints are available for inspection at—
the principal office of the Electoral Commission; and
the offices of Wychavon District Council.
3Wards of the district of Wychavon
The existing wards of the districtf1 shall be abolished.
The district shall be divided into thirty-two wards which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of Schedule 1.
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.
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 Bredon
The parish of Bredon shall be divided into two 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 Droitwich Spa
The existing wards of the parish of Droitwich Spa shall be abolished.
The parish shall be divided into five parish wards which shall bear the names Droitwich Central, Droitwich East, Droitwich South East, Droitwich South West and Droitwich West; and each parish ward shall comprise the area of the district ward bearing the same name, and the number of councillors to be elected for each of the Droitwich East, Droitwich South East, Droitwich South West and Droitwich West parish wards shall be four and for the Droitwich Central parish ward shall be two.
6Wards of the parish of Evesham
The existing wards of the parish of Evesham shall be abolished.
The parish shall be divided into five parish wards which shall bear the names Bengeworth, Evesham North, Evesham South, Great Hampton and Little Hampton; and each parish ward shall comprise the area of the district ward bearing the same name, and the number of councillors to be elected for the Evesham North parish ward shall be six, for each of the Bengeworth, Evesham South and Little Hampton parish wards shall be five and for the Great Hampton parish ward shall be three.
7Maps
Wychavon District Council shall make a print of the map marked “Map referred to in the District of Wychavon (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 Wychavon (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978f1 is revoked, save for article 5.
Signature
Signed by the members of the Electoral Commission
Pamela Gordon
Commissioner
2nd December 2002
Glyn Mathias
Commissioner
2nd December 2002
Neil McIntosh
Commissioner
2nd December 2002
Karamjit Singh
Commissioner
2nd December 2002
Sam Younger
Commissioner
2nd December 2002
Graham Zellick
Commissioner
2nd December 2002
Schedule 1NAMES AND AREAS OF WARDS AND NUMBERS OF COUNCILLORS
| (1) | (2) | (3) |
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| Name of Ward | Area of Ward | Number of Councillors |
| Badsey | The parish of Aldington; the parish wards of Badsey and Bowers Hill of the parish of Badsey | 1 |
| Bengeworth | 2 | |
| Bowbrook | The parishes of Crowle, Hadzor, Himbleton, Huddington, Oddingley and Tibberton | 1 |
| Bredon | 1 | |
| Bretforton and Offenham | The parishes of Bretforton and Offenham; the parish ward of Blackminster of the parish of Badsey | 1 |
| Broadway and Wickhamford | The parishes of Broadway, Childswickham, and Wickhamford | 2 |
| Dodderhill | The parishes of Dodderhill and Upton Warren | 1 |
| Drakes Broughton | The parishes of Drakes Broughton and Wadborough, Pirton and Stoulton | 1 |
| Droitwich Central | 1 | |
| Droitwich East | 2 | |
| Droitwich South East | 2 | |
| Droitwich South West | 2 | |
| Droitwich West | 2 | |
| Eckington | The parishes of Besford, Birlingham, Defford, Eckington and Strensham | 1 |
| Elmley Castle and Somerville | The parishes of Aston Somerville, Elmley Castle, Great Comberton, Hinton on the Green, Little Comberton, Netherton and Sedgeberrow | 1 |
| Evesham North | 2 | |
| Evesham South | 2 | |
| Fladbury | The parishes of Bricklehampton, Charlton, Cropthorne, Fladbury and Wick | 1 |
| Great Hampton | 1 | |
| Hartlebury | The parish of Hartlebury | 1 |
| Harvington and Norton | The parishes of Harvington, and Norton and Lenchwick | 1 |
| Honeybourne and Pebworth | The parishes of Bickmarsh, Honeybourne and Pebworth | 1 |
| Inkberrow | The parishes of Abberton, Abbots Morton, Church Lench, Cookhill, Hanbury, Inkberrow, Rous Lench, and Stock and Bradley | 2 |
| Little Hampton | 2 | |
| Lovett and North Claines | The parishes of Elmbridge, Elmley Lovett, Hampton Lovett, Hindlip, Martin Hussingtree, North Claines, Salwarpe and Westwood | 2 |
| Norton and Whittington | The parishes of Norton-Juxta-Kempsey and Whittington | 1 |
| Ombersley | The parishes of Doverdale and Ombersley | 1 |
| Pershore | The parish of Pershore | 3 |
| Pinvin | The parishes of Bishampton, Hill and Moor, Pinvin, Throckmorton and Wyre Piddle | 1 |
| South Bredon Hill | 1 | |
| The Littletons | The parishes of Cleeve Prior, North and Middle Littleton and South Littleton | 1 |
| Upton Snodsbury | The parishes of Bredicot, Broughton Hackett, Churchill, Dormston, Flyford Flavell, Grafton Flyford, Kington, Naunton Beauchamp, North Piddle, Peopleton, Spetchley, Upton Snodsbury and White Ladies Aston | 1 |
Schedule 2WARDS OF THE PARISH OF BREDON
| (1) | (2) | (3) |
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| Name of Ward | Area of Ward | Number of Councillors |
| Bredon | So much of the district ward of Bredon as comprises the parish of Bredon | 9 |
| Westmancote | So much of the district ward of South Bredon Hill as comprises the parish of Bredon | 2 |
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 Wychavon.
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 32 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 Bredon, Droitwich Spa and Evesham.
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 Wychavon (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978 (S.I. 1978/49), with the exception of article 5.
The areas of the new district and parish 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 Wychavon District Council and at the principal office of the Electoral Commission at Trevelyan House, Great Peter Street, London SW1P 2HW.