# The Isle of Wight (Electoral Changes) Order 2000 S.I. 2000/2606 · made 22 September 2000 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. Made under: Local Government Act 1992 (Section 17, Section 26); Local Government and Rating Act 1997 PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/isle-of-wight-electoral-changes-order-2000/pdf/uksi_20002606_en.pdf ## Introductory text 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 1992 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 1997 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 17 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: ## 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation (1) This Order may be cited as the Isle of Wight (Electoral Changes) Order 2000. (2) This article and article 12 shall come into force on 9th October 2000. (3) The provisions of this Order, other than this article and article 12, shall come into force— (a) for the purpose of proceedings preliminary or relating to any election to be held on 3rd May 2001, on 10th October 2000; (b) for all other purposes, on 3rd May 2001. (4) In this Order— “county” means the county of the Isle of Wight; “division” means an electoral division of the county; “existing”, in relation to a division, means the division as it exists on the date this Order is made; 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 1994; and any reference to a numbered sheet is a reference to the sheet of the map which bears that number. ## 2 Divisions of the Isle of Wight (1) The existing divisions of the county shall be abolished. (2) The county shall be divided into forty-eight divisions which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of Schedule 1. (3) 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. (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 Bembridge (1) 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. (2) The number of councillors to be elected for each ward shall be six. ## 4 Wards of the parish of Cowes (1) The existing wards of the parish of Cowes shall be abolished. (2) 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. (3) The number of councillors to be elected for each ward shall be four. ## 5 Wards of the parish of East Cowes (1) The existing wards of the parish of East Cowes shall be abolished. (2) 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. (3) 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. ## 6 Wards of the parish of Lake (1) 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. (2) The number of councillors to be elected for each ward shall be six. ## 7 Wards of the parish of Sandown (1) 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. (2) The number of councillors to be elected for each ward shall be six. ## 8 Wards of the parish of Shanklin (1) The existing wards of the parish of Shanklin shall be abolished. (2) 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. (3) The number of councillors to be elected for each ward shall be five. ## 9 Wards 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. ## 10 Wards of the parish of Ventnor (1) The existing wards of the parish of Ventnor shall be abolished. (2) 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. ## 11 Wards of the parish of Yarmouth The number of councillors to be elected for the Thorley ward of the parish of Yarmouth shall be two. ## 12 Revocations The Isle of Wight (Electoral Changes) Order 1999 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 1 THE ISLE OF WIGHT: NAMES AND AREAS OF DIVISIONS (1) (2) 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 2 WARDS OF THE PARISH OF VENTNOR: NAMES OF WARDS AND NUMBERS OF COUNCILLORS (1) (2) 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. --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/2606 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/isle-of-wight-electoral-changes-order-2000 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.