The Isle of Wight (Electoral Changes) Order 2000
S.I. 2000/2606 · Made 22 September 2000
This instrument is made for the purpose of correcting errors in the map referred to in, but not part of, S.I. 1999/2393 and is being issued, free of charge, to all known recipients of that statutory instrument.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND
Made 22nd September 2000
Coming into force in accordance with article 1(2) and (3)
Whereas the Local Government Commission for England, acting pursuant to section 15(4) of the Local Government Act 1992f1 has submitted to the Secretary of State a report dated June 1997 on its review of the Isle of Wight together with its recommendations:
And whereas the Isle of Wight Council, acting in accordance with Part II of Local Government and Rating Act 1997f2 has made recommendations to the Secretary of State for new wards in the parish of East Cowes:
And whereas the Secretary of State has decided to give effect, subject to modifications, to the recommendations of the Local Government Commission for England:
Now, therefore, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 17f3 and 26 of the Local Government Act 1992, and sections 14 and 23 of the Local Government and Rating Act 1997, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:
Annotations to the whole text
Footnotes
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Section 17 is amended by section 39(4) and (5) of the Police and Magistrates' Courts Act 1994 (c. 29).
Contents
- 1Citation, commencement and interpretation
- 2Divisions of the Isle of Wight
- 3Wards of the parish of Bembridge
- 4Wards of the parish of Cowes
- 5Wards of the parish of East Cowes
- 6Wards of the parish of Lake
- 7Wards of the parish of Sandown
- 8Wards of the parish of Shanklin
- 9Wards of the parish of Shorwell
- 10Wards of the parish of Ventnor
- 11Wards of the parish of Yarmouth
- 12Revocations
- Signature
- Schedule 1THE ISLE OF WIGHT: NAMES AND AREAS OF DIVISIONS
- Schedule 2WARDS OF THE PARISH OF VENTNOR: NAMES OF WARDS AND NUMBERS OF COUNCILLORS
- Explanatory note
1Citation, commencement and interpretation
This Order may be cited as the Isle of Wight (Electoral Changes) Order 2000.
This article and article 12 shall come into force on 9th October 2000.
The provisions of this Order, other than this article and article 12, shall come into force—
for the purpose of proceedings preliminary or relating to any election to be held on 3rd May 2001, on 10th October 2000;
for all other purposes, on 3rd May 2001.
In this Order—
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“county” means the county of the Isle of Wight;
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“division” means an electoral division of the county;
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“existing”, in relation to a division, means the division as it exists on the date this Order is made;
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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 Isle of Wight (Electoral Changes) Order 2000”, and deposited in accordance with regulation 27 of the Local Government Changes for England Regulations 1994f1; and
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any reference to a numbered sheet is a reference to the sheet of the map which bears that number.
2Divisions of the Isle of Wight
The existing divisions of the countyf1 shall be abolished.
The county shall be divided into forty-eight divisions which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of Schedule 1.
The divisions shall comprise the areas described in column (2) of that Schedule by reference to parishes or parish wards or, where no area is so described, the area designated on the map by reference to the name of the division and demarcated by red lines.
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.
3Wards of the parish of Bembridge
The parish of Bembridge shall be divided into two parish wards which shall bear the names Bembridge North and Bembridge South; and each parish ward shall comprise the area of the division of the county bearing the same name.
The number of councillors to be elected for each ward shall be six.
4Wards of the parish of Cowes
The existing wards of the parish of Cowes shall be abolished.
The parish shall be divided into four parish wards which shall bear the names Cowes Castle East, Cowes Castle West, Cowes Central and Cowes Medina; and each parish ward shall comprise the area of the division of the county bearing the same name.
The number of councillors to be elected for each ward shall be four.
5Wards of the parish of East Cowes
The existing wards of the parish of East Cowes shall be abolishedf1.
The parish shall be divided into three parish wards which shall bear the names East Cowes North, East Cowes South and Osborne; the parish wards of East Cowes North and East Cowes South shall be coterminous with the county divisions of the same name, and the Osborne parish ward shall consist of the rest of the parish.
The number of councillors to be elected for each of the East Cowes North and East Cowes South wards shall be three and, for the Osborne ward, shall be two.
6Wards of the parish of Lake
The parish of Lake shall be divided into two parish wards which shall bear the names Lake North and Lake South; and each parish ward shall comprise the area of the division of the county bearing the same name.
The number of councillors to be elected for each ward shall be six.
7Wards of the parish of Sandown
The parish of Sandown shall be divided into two parish wards which shall bear the names Sandown North and Sandown South; and each parish ward shall comprise the area of the division of the county bearing the same name.
The number of councillors to be elected for each ward shall be six.
8Wards of the parish of Shanklin
The existing wards of the parish of Shanklin shall be abolished.
The parish shall be divided into three parish wards which shall bear the names Shanklin Central, Shanklin North and Shanklin South; and each parish ward shall comprise the area of the division of the county bearing the same name.
The number of councillors to be elected for each ward shall be five.
9Wards of the parish of Shorwell
The existing wards of the parish of Shorwell shall be abolished and the number of councillors to be elected for the council of that parish shall be six.
10Wards of the parish of Ventnor
The existing wards of the parish of Ventnor shall be abolished.
The parish shall be divided into five parish wards which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of Schedule 2; each parish ward shall comprise the area designated on sheet 2 by reference to the name of the ward and demarcated by orange lines, and the number of councillors to be elected for each parish ward shall be the number specified in column (2) of that Schedule.
11Wards of the parish of Yarmouth
The number of councillors to be elected for the Thorley ward of the parish of Yarmouth shall be two.
12Revocations
The Isle of Wight (Electoral Changes) Order 1999f1 and article 5(3) of the Isle of Wight (Structural Change) Order 1994 are hereby revoked.
Signature
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions
Hilary Armstrong
Minister of State,
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
22nd September 2000
Schedule 1THE ISLE OF WIGHT: NAMES AND AREAS OF DIVISIONS
| (1) | (2) |
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| Name of Division | Area of division |
| Ashey | |
| Bembridge North | |
| Bembridge South | |
| Binstead | |
| Brading and St Helens | The parishes of Brading and St Helens |
| Brighstone and Calbourne | The parishes of Brighstone and Calbourne |
| Carisbrooke East | |
| Carisbrooke West | |
| Central Rural | The parishes of Arreton, Gatcombe, Rookley and Shorwell |
| Chale, Niton and Whitwell | The parishes of Chale, and Niton and Whitwell |
| Cowes Castle East | |
| Cowes Castle West | |
| Cowes Central | |
| Cowes Medina | |
| East Cowes North | |
| East Cowes South | |
| Fairlees | |
| Freshwater Afton | The parish ward of Freshwater Afton of the parish of Freshwater |
| Freshwater Norton | The parish ward of Freshwater Norton of the parish of Freshwater |
| Gurnard | The parish of Gurnard |
| Lake North | |
| Lake South | |
| Mount Joy | |
| Newchurch | The parish of Newchurch |
| Newport North | |
| Newport South | |
| Northwood | |
| Osborne | |
| Pan | |
| Parkhurst | |
| Ryde North East | |
| Ryde North West | |
| Ryde South East | |
| Ryde South West | |
| St Johns East | |
| St Johns West | |
| Sandown North | |
| Sandown South | |
| Seaview and Nettlestone | The parish of Nettlestone and Seaview |
| Shalfleet and Yarmouth | The parishes of Shalfleet and Yarmouth |
| Shanklin Central | |
| Shanklin North | |
| Shanklin South | |
| Totland | The parish of Totland |
| Ventnor East | |
| Ventnor West | |
| Wootton | The parish of Wootton Bridge |
| Wroxall and Godshill | The parishes of Godshill and Wroxall |
Schedule 2WARDS OF THE PARISH OF VENTNOR: NAMES OF WARDS AND NUMBERS OF COUNCILLORS
| (1) | (2) |
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| Name of Ward | Number of Councillors |
| Bonchurch | 1 |
| Lowtherville | 2 |
| St Lawrence | 2 |
| Ventnor East | 3 |
| Ventnor West | 3 |
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order revokes and replaces the Isle of Wight (Electoral Changes) Order 1999 (“the 1999 Order”) which will not now come into force. There are no substantive changes from the 1999 Order. The purpose of making the new Order is to secure the correction of boundaries of county divisions recorded incorrectly on the map referred to in the 1999 Order.
The Order gives effect, subject to modifications, to recommendations by the Local Government Commission for England. The modifications relate to wards of the parish of East Cowes recommended by the Isle of Wight Council as a consequence of alterations to the county divisions. The changes have effect in relation to local government elections to be held on and after 3rd May 2001.
Article 2 abolishes the existing divisions of the county and provides for the creation of 48 new divisions. That article and Schedule 1 also make provision for the names and areas of the new divisions.
Articles 3 to 11 make electoral changes in the parishes of Bembridge, Cowes, East Cowes, Lake, Sandown, Shanklin, Shorwell, Ventnor (to which Schedule 2 is also relevant) and Yarmouth.
Article 12 revokes the 1999 Order and article 5(3) of the Isle of Wight (Structural Change) Order 1994 which established the existing county divisions.
The areas of the new county divisions and parish wards are demarcated on the map described in article 1(4). Prints of the map may be inspected at all reasonable times at the offices of the Isle of Wight Council and at the offices of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, 2nd Floor, Ashdown House, 123 Victoria Street, London SW1E 6DE.