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2002 No. 2886

LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND

The Borough of Charnwood (Electoral Changes) Order 2002

  Made 19th November 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] recommendations dated June 2002 on its review of the borough[4] of Charnwood:

     And whereas the Electoral Commission have decided to give effect 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 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 Borough of Charnwood (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 Borough of Charnwood (Electoral Changes) Order 2002", of which prints are available for inspection at - 

any reference to a numbered sheet is a reference to the sheet of the map which bears that number.

Wards of the borough of Charnwood
     3.  - (1) The existing wards of the borough[7] shall be abolished.

    (2) The borough shall be divided into twenty-eight wards which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of Schedule 1.

    (3) The wards shall comprise the areas described in column (2) of that Schedule by reference to parishes and parish wards 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 that Schedule.

    (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.

Wards of the parish of Mountsorrel
     4. The parish of Mountsorrel shall be divided into two parish wards which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of Schedule 2; each parish ward shall comprise the area of the borough ward specified in respect of the parish ward in column (2) of that Schedule, and the number of councillors to be elected for each parish ward shall be the number specified in respect of the parish ward in column (3) of that Schedule.

Wards of the parish of Shepshed
     5.  - (1) The existing wards of the parish of Shepshed shall be abolished.

    (2) The parish shall be divided into two parish wards which shall bear the names Shepshed East and Shepshed West; and each parish ward shall comprise the area of the borough ward bearing the same name, and the number of councillors to be elected for the Shepshed East parish ward shall be seven and for the Shepshed West parish ward shall be eight.

Wards of the parish of Sileby
     6.  - (1) The existing wards of the parish of Sileby shall be abolished.

    (2) The parish shall be divided into three parish wards which shall bear the names Sileby St Gregory's, Sileby St Mary's and Sileby West; and the wards shall comprise the areas designated on sheet 4 by reference to the name of the ward and demarcated by orange lines.

    (3) The number of councillors to be elected for the Sileby St Gregory's parish ward shall be eight, for the Sileby St Mary's parish ward shall be six and for the Sileby West parish ward shall be one.

Wards of the parish of Syston
     7.  - (1) The existing wards of the parish of Syston shall be abolished.

    (2) The parish shall be divided into four parish wards which shall bear the names Merton, New Barkby, St Peter's East and St Peter's West; and the wards shall comprise the areas designated on sheet 4 by reference to the name of the ward and demarcated by orange lines.

    (3) The number of councillors to be elected for each parish ward shall be five.

Numbers of parish councillors in the parish of Thurmaston
     8. The number of parish councillors to be elected for the parish of Thurmaston shall be nineteen; the number of councillors to be elected for the Central parish ward shall be five, for the East parish ward shall be seven, for the North parish ward shall be three and for the South parish ward shall be four.

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

Electoral registers
     10. The Electoral Registration Officer[8] 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.

Revocation
     11. The Borough of Charnwood (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1980[9] is revoked, save for article 8.



Signed by the members of the Electoral Commission


Pamela Gordon
Commissioner

28th October 2002


Glyn Mathias
Commissioner

14th November 2002


Neil McIntosh
Commissioner

14th November 2002


Karamjit Singh
Commissioner

19th November 2002


Sam Younger
Commissioner

19th November 2002


Graham Zellick
Commissioner

28th October 2002



SCHEDULE 1
article 3


NAMES AND AREAS OF WARDS AND NUMBERS OF COUNCILLORS


(1) (2) (3)
Name of Ward Area of Ward Number of Councillors
Anstey The parish of Anstey 2
Barrow and Sileby West      2
Birstall Wanlip The parish of Wanlip and the parish wards of Birstall Goscote and Birstall Greengate of the parish of Birstall 2
Birstall Watermead The parish wards of Birstall Netherhall, Birstall Riverside and Birstall Stonehill of the parish of Birstall 2
East Goscote The parish of East Goscote 1
Forest Bradgate The parishes of Newtown Linford, Ulverscroft and Woodhouse 1
Loughborough Ashby      2
Loughborough Dishley and Hathern      2
Loughborough Garendon      2
Loughborough Hastings      2
Loughborough Lemyngton      2
Loughborough Nanpantan      2
Loughborough Outwoods      2
Loughborough Shelthorpe      2
Loughborough Southfields      2
Loughborough Storer      2
Mountsorrel      2
Queniborough The parishes of Barkby, Barkby Thorpe, Beeby, Queniborough and South Croxton 1
Quorn and Mountsorrel Castle      2
Rothley and Thurcaston The parishes of Rothley, Swithland, and Thurcaston and Cropston 2
Shepshed East      2
Shepshed West      2
Sileby      2
Syston East      2
Syston West      2
The Wolds The parishes of Burton on the Wolds, Cotes, Hoton, Prestwold, Walton on the Wolds and Wymeswold 1
Thurmaston The parish of Thurmaston 3
Wreake Villages The parishes of Cossington, Ratcliffe on the Wreake, Rearsby, Seagrave and Thrussington 1



SCHEDULE 2
article 4


WARDS OF THE PARISH OF MOUNTSORREL NAMES AND AREAS OF WARDS AND NUMBERS OF COUNCILLORS


(1) (2) (3)
Name of Ward Area of Ward Number of Councillors
Mountsorrel The borough ward of Mountsorrel 11
Mountsorrel Castle So much of the borough ward of Quorn and Mountsorrel Castle as comprises the parish of Mountsorrel 2


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 borough of Charnwood.

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 28 new wards. That article and Schedule 1 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 Mountsorrel, Shepshed, Sileby, Syston and Thurmaston.

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 Borough of Charnwood (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1980 (S.I. 1980/777) 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 Charnwood Borough 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 1st April 2002 (S.I. 2001/3962).back

[4] The non-metropolitan district of Charnwood has the status of a borough.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 Borough of Charnwood (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1980 (S.I. 1980/777).back

[8] As to electoral registration officers and the register of local government electors, see sections 8 to 13 of the Representation of the People Act 1983 (c.2).back

[9] S.I. 1980/777.back


ISBN 0 11 043980 5


  Prepared 26 November 2002

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