The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead (Electoral Changes) Order 2002
S.I. 2002/2372 · Made 11 September 2002
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND
Made 11th September 2002
Coming into force in accordance with article 1(2)
And whereas the Electoral Commission have decided to give effect, with one modification, 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 17f5 and 26f6 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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The non-metropolitan district of Windsor and Maidenhead has the status of a royal borough.
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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 Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead
- 4Wards of the parish of Bray
- 5Wards of the parish of Eton
- 6Wards of the parish of Old Windsor
- 7Wards of the parish of Sunninghill
- 8Number of parish councillors in the parish of Hurley
- 9Maps
- 10Electoral Registers
- 11Revocation
- Signature
- Schedule NAMES AND AREAS OF WARDS AND NUMBERS OF COUNCILLORS
- Explanatory note
1Citation and commencement
This Order may be cited as the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead (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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“borough” means the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead;
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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 Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead (Electoral Changes) Order 2002”, of which prints are available for inspection at—
the principal office of the Electoral Commission; and
the offices of the council of the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead; and
any reference to a numbered sheet is a reference to the sheet of the map which bears that number.
3Wards of the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead
The existing wards of the boroughf1 shall be abolished.
The borough shall be divided into twenty-three wards which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of the Schedule.
The wards shall comprise the areas described in column (2) of the Schedule by reference to parishes 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 the 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 Bray
The existing wards of the parish of Bray shall be abolished.
The parish shall be divided into five parish wards which shall bear the names Alexander, Bray, Dedworth, Holyport, and Oakley Green and Fifield; and the wards shall comprise the areas designated on sheet 4 by reference to the name of the ward and demarcated by orange lines.
The number of councillors to be elected for each of the Alexander and Dedworth parish wards shall be one, for the Oakley Green and Fifield parish ward shall be two, for the Bray parish ward shall be five, and for the Holyport parish ward shall be six.
5Wards of the parish of Eton
The existing wards of the parish of Eton shall be abolished.
The parish shall be divided into two parish wards which shall bear the names Eton and Eton Wick; the Eton Wick parish ward shall comprise the area of the borough ward bearing the same name and the Eton parish ward shall consist of the rest of the parish. The number of parish councillors to be elected for each parish ward shall be seven.
6Wards of the parish of Old Windsor
The existing wards of the parish of Old Windsor shall be abolished.
The number of councillors to be elected for the parish shall be thirteen.
7Wards of the parish of Sunninghill
The existing wards of the parish of Sunninghill shall be abolished.
The parish shall be divided into two parish wards which shall bear the names Ascot and Cheapside, and Sunninghill and South Ascot; each parish ward shall comprise the area of the borough ward bearing the same name.
The number of councillors to be elected for the Ascot and Cheapside parish ward shall be seven, and for the Sunninghill and South Ascot parish ward shall be nine.
8Number of parish councillors in the parish of Hurley
The number of parish councillors to be elected for the Hurley North parish ward shall be four, and for the Hurley South parish ward shall be six.
9Maps
The council of the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead shall make a print of the map marked “Map referred to in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead (Electoral Changes) Order 2002” available for inspection at its offices by any member of the public at any reasonable time.
10Electoral Registers
The Electoral Registration Officerf1 for the borough 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.
11Revocation
The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1980f1 is revoked, save for article 8.
Signature
Signed by the members of the Electoral Commission
Pamela Gordon
Commissioner
11th September 2002
Glyn Mathias
Commissioner
11th September 2002
Neil McIntosh
Commissioner
11th September 2002
Karamjit Singh
Commissioner
11th September 2002
Sam Younger
Commissioner
11th September 2002
Graham Zellick
Commissioner
11th September 2002
NAMES AND AREAS OF WARDS AND NUMBERS OF COUNCILLORS
| (1) | (2) | (3) |
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| Name of Ward | Area of Ward | Number of Councillors |
| Ascot and Cheapside | 2 | |
| Belmont | 3 | |
| Bisham and Cookham | The parishes of Bisham and Cookham | 3 |
| Boyn Hill | 3 | |
| Bray | 3 | |
| Castle Without | 3 | |
| Clewer East | 2 | |
| Clewer North | 3 | |
| Clewer South | 2 | |
| Cox Green | The parish of Cox Green | 3 |
| Datchet | The parish of Datchet | 2 |
| Eton and Castle | 1 | |
| Eton Wick | 1 | |
| Furze Platt | 3 | |
| Horton and Wraysbury | The parishes of Horton and Wraysbury | 2 |
| Hurley and Walthams | The parishes of Hurley, Shottesbrooke, Waltham St Lawrence and White Waltham | 3 |
| Maidenhead Riverside | 3 | |
| Oldfield | 3 | |
| Old Windsor | The parish of Old Windsor | 2 |
| Park | 2 | |
| Pinkneys Green | 3 | |
| Sunningdale | The parish of Sunningdale | 2 |
| Sunninghill and South Ascot | 3 |
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order gives effect, with one modification, to recommendations by the Boundary Committee for England, a committee of the Electoral Commission, for electoral changes in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead.
The modification relates to the boundary between the Clewer East borough ward and the Clewer South borough ward.
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 borough and provides for the creation of 23 new wards. That article and the Schedule also make provision for the names and areas of, and numbers of councillors for, the new wards.
Articles 4 to 8 make electoral changes in the parishes of Bray, Eton, Old Windsor, Sunninghill and Hurley.
Article 10 obliges the Electoral Registration Officer to make any necessary amendments to the electoral register to reflect the new electoral arrangements.
Article 11 revokes the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1980 (S.I. 1980/733), with the exception of article 8.
The areas of the new borough 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 the council of the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead and at the principal office of the Electoral Commission at Trevelyan House, Great Peter Street, London SW1P 2HW.