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2002 No. 2369

LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND

The City of Cambridge (Electoral Changes) Order 2002

  Made 11th September 2002 
  Coming into force in accordance with article 1(2)

Whereas the Boundary Committee for England[1], acting pursuant to section 15(4) of the Local Government Act 1992[2], has submitted to the Electoral Commission[3] a report dated April 2002 on its review of the City[4] of Cambridge together with its recommendations:

     And whereas a period of not less than six weeks has expired since the receipt of those recommendations:

     And whereas the Electoral Commission have decided to give effect to those recommendations:

     Now, therefore, the Electoral Commission, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 17[5] and 26[6] of the Local Government Act 1992, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:

Citation and commencement
     1.  - (1) This Order may be cited as the City of Cambridge (Electoral Changes) Order 2002.

    (2) This Order shall come into force - 

Interpretation
     2. In this Order - 

any reference to the map is a reference to the map marked "Map referred to in the City of Cambridge (Electoral Changes) Order 2002" of which prints are available for inspection at - 

Wards of the City of Cambridge
     3.  - (1) The existing wards of the city[7] shall be abolished.

    (2) The city shall be divided into fourteen wards which shall bear the names set out in the Schedule.

    (3) The wards shall comprise 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 three.

    (4) 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.

Elections of the council of the City of Cambridge
     4.  - (1) Elections of all councillors for all wards of the city shall be held simultaneously on the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2004[8][9].

    (2) The councillors holding office for any ward of the city immediately before 10th May 2004 shall retire on that date and the newly elected councillors for those wards shall come into office on that date.

    (3) Of the councillors elected in 2004 for any ward of the city, one shall retire in 2006, one in 2007 and one in 2008.

    (4) Of the councillors elected in 2004 for any ward of the city - 

    (5) In the case of an equality of votes between any persons elected which makes it uncertain which of them is to retire in any year, the person to retire in that year shall be determined by lot.

    (6) If an election of councillors for any ward is not contested, the person to retire in each year shall be determined by lot.

    (7) Where under this article any question is to be determined by lot, the lot shall be drawn at the next practicable meeting of the council after the question has arisen and the drawing shall be conducted under the direction of the person presiding at the meeting.

Maps
     5. Cambridge City Council shall make a print of the map marked "Map referred to in the City of Cambridge (Electoral Changes) Order 2002" available for inspection at its offices by any member of the public at any reasonable time.

Electoral Registers
     6. The Electoral Registration Officer for the city 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.

Revocation
     7. The City of Cambridge (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1975[10] is revoked, save for articles 8 and 9.



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



SCHEDULE
Article 3


NAMES OF WARDS


Name of Ward
Abbey
Arbury
Castle
Cherry Hinton
Coleridge
East Chesterton
King's Hedges
Market
Newnham
Petersfield
Queen Edith's
Romsey
Trumpington
West Chesterton


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 City of Cambridge. The changes have effect in relation to local government elections to be held on and after 6th May 2004.

Article 3 abolishes the existing wards of the city and provides for the creation of 14 new wards. That article and the Schedule also make provision for the names and areas of, and numbers of councillors for, the new wards.

Article 4 makes provision for a whole council election in 2004 and for reversion to the existing system of elections by thirds in subsequent years.

Article 6 obliges the Electoral Registration Officer to make any necessary amendments to the electoral register to reflect the new electoral arrangements.

Article 7 revokes the City of Cambridge (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1975 (S.I. 1975/2143), with the exception of articles 8 and 9.

The areas of the new city 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 Cambridge City Council and at the principal office of the Electoral Commission at Trevelyan House, Great Peter Street, London SW1P 2HW.

Notes:

 [1] 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.back

[2] 1992 c. 19. This section has been amended by S.I. 2001/3962.back

[3] 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 1 April 2002 (S.I. 2001/3962).back

[4] The non-metropolitan district of the City of Cambridge has the status of a city.back

[5] 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.back

[6] This section has been amended by S.I. 2001/3962.back

[7] See the City of Cambridge (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1975 (S.I. 1975/2143).back

[8] Article 4 provides for a single election of all the councillors and for reversion to the system of elections by thirds, as established by articles 8 and 9 of the City of Cambridge (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1975 (S.I. 1975/2143).back

[9] For the ordinary day of election of councillors of local government areas, see section 37 of the Representation of the People Act 1983 (c. 2)., amended by section 18(2) of the Representation of the People Act (c. 50) and section 17 of, and paragraphs 1 and 5 of Schedule 3 to, the Greater London Authority Act 1999 (c. 29).back

[10] S.I. 1975/2143.back


ISBN 0 11 042788 2


  Prepared 20 September 2002

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