{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/isle-of-wight-electoral-changes-order-2008/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/isle-of-wight-electoral-changes-order-2008/article-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2008/2435",
  "legislation_title": "The Isle of Wight (Electoral Changes) Order 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/isle-of-wight-electoral-changes-order-2008",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Electoral divisions of the Isle of Wight",
  "text": "(1) The existing electoral divisions of the county shall be abolished.\n(2) The county shall be divided into thirty-nine electoral divisions which shall be named as set out in column (1) of the Schedule.\n(3) Each electoral division shall comprise the area designated on the map by reference to the name of the electoral division and demarcated by red lines.\n(4) The number of councillors to be elected for each electoral division shall be the number specified in respect of the electoral division in column (2) of the Schedule.\n(5) 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.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "See the Isle of Wight (Electoral Changes) Order 2000 (S.I. 2000/2606)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/2435/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:24:33.708572+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}