The Borough of Taunton Deane (Electoral Changes) Order 1998

Statutory Instruments

1998 No. 2461

LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Borough of Taunton Deane (Electoral Changes) Order 1998

Made

5th October 1998

Coming into force in accordance with article 1(2)

Whereas the Local Government Commission for England, acting pursuant to section 15(4) of the Local Government Act 1992(1), has submitted to the Secretary of State a report dated November 1997 on its review of the borough(2) of Taunton Deane together with its recommendations:

And whereas the Secretary of State has decided to give effect to those recommendations:

Now, therefore, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 17(3) and 26 of the Local Government Act 1992, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Borough of Taunton Deane (Electoral Changes) Order 1998.

(2) This Order shall come into force on 6th May 1999, except that for the purpose of all proceedings preliminary or relating to an election to be held on or after that date this Order shall come into force on 10th October 1998.

(3) In this Order—

“the borough” means the borough of Taunton Deane;

“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 prepared by the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions marked “Map of the Borough of Taunton Deane (Electoral Changes) Order 1998”, and deposited in accordance with regulation 27 of the Local Government Changes for England Regulations 1994(4); and

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

Wards of Taunton Deane

2.—(1) The existing wards of the borough(5) shall be abolished.

(2) The borough shall be divided into twenty-seven 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, or, where no area is 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, waterway or other similar geographical feature, it shall be treated as running along the centre line of the feature.

Wards of the parish of Cheddon Fitzpaine

3.—(1) The parish of Cheddon Fitzpaine shall be divided into two parish wards which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of Schedule 2.

(2) The parish wards shall comprise the areas described in column (2) of the Schedule by reference to wards of the borough, and the number of parish councillors to be elected for each parish ward shall be the number specified in column (3) of that Schedule.

Wards of the parish of Trull

4.—(1) The parish of Trull shall be divided into two parish wards which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of Schedule 3.

(2) The parish wards shall comprise the areas described in column (2) of the Schedule by reference to wards of the borough, and the number of councillors to be elected for each parish ward shall be the number specified in column (3) of that Schedule.

Wards of the parish of Wellington

5.—(1) The existing wards of the parish of Wellington shall be abolished.

(2) The parish shall be divided into four parish wards which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of Schedule 4; 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 column (3) of that Schedule.

Revocation

6.  The Borough of Taunton Deane (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1986 is hereby revoked.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

Hilary Armstrong

Minister of State,Department of the Environment,Transport and the Regions

5th October 1998

Article 2

SCHEDULE 1 NAMES AND AREAS OF WARDS AND NUMBERS OF COUNCILLORS

(1)	(2)	(3)
Name of ward	Description of area	Number of councillors
Bishop’s Hull		2
Bishop’s Lydeard	The parishes of Bishop’s Lydeard and Cothelstone	2
Blackdown	The parishes of Churchstanton, Otterford and Pitminster	1
Bradford-on-Tone	The parishes of Bradford-on-Tone, Langford, Budville, Nynehead and Oake	1
Comeytrowe	The parish of Comeytrowe	3
Milverton and North Deane	The parishes of Ash Priors, Combe Florey, Fitzhead, Halse, Lydeard St. Lawrence, Milverton, Tolland and West Bagborough	2
Monument	The parishes of Sampford Arundel, Wellington Without and West Buckland	1
Neroche	The parishes of Bickenhall, Corfe, Curland, Hatch Beauchamp, Orchard Portman, Staple Fitzpaine, Stoke St. Mary and West Hatch	1
North Curry	The parishes of Durston and North Curry	1
Norton Fitzwarren	The parish of Norton Fitzwarren	1
Ruishton and Creech	The parishes of Creech St. Michael, Ruishton and Thornfalcon	2
Staplegrove		2
Stoke St. Gregory		1
Taunton Blackbrook and Holway		3
Taunton Eastgate		2
Taunton Fairwater		3
Taunton Halcon		3
Taunton Killams and Mountfield		2
Taunton Lyngford		3
Taunton Manor and Wilton		3
Taunton Pyrland and Rowbarton		3
Trull		1
Wellington East		2
Wellington North		2
Wellington Rockwell Green and West		3
West Monkton		2
Wiveliscombe and West Deane	The parishes of Ashbrittle, Bathealton, Chipstable, Stawley and Wiveliscombe	2

Article 3

SCHEDULE 2 WARDS OF THE PARISH OF CHEDDON FITZPAINE NAMES, AREAS AND NUMBERS OF COUNCILLORS

(1)	(2)	(3)
Name of ward	Description of area	Number of councillors
Cheddon	Such part of the parish of Cheddon Fitzpaine as is within the borough ward of Staplegrove	5
Maidenbrook	Such part of the parish of Cheddon Fitzpaine as is within the borough ward of West Monkton	1

Article 4

SCHEDULE 3 WARDS OF THE PARISH OF TRULLNAMES, AREAS AND NUMBERS OF COUNCILLORS

(1)	(2)	(3)
Name of ward	Description of area	Number of councillors
Trull	Such part of the parish of Trull as is within the borough ward of Trull	9
Killams	Such part of the parish of Trull as is within the borough ward of Taunton Killams & Mountfield	1

Article 5

SCHEDULE 4 WARDS OF THE PARISH OF WELLINGTONNAMES, AREAS AND NUMBERS OF COUNCILLORS

(1)	(2)	(3)
Name of ward	Description of area	Number of councillors
Wellington East	The Wellington East borough ward	4
Wellington North	The Wellington North borough ward	4
Rockwell Green	The area designated on sheet 4 by reference to the name of the ward and demarcated by orange lines	3
Wellington West	The area designated on sheet 4 by reference to the name of the ward and demarcated by orange lines	4

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order gives effect to recommendations by the Local Government Commission for England for electoral changes in the borough of Taunton Deane.

Article 2 abolishes all of the existing wards of the borough and provides for the creation of 27 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 3 and 4 wards the parishes of Cheddon Fitzpaine and Trull and Schedules 2 and 3 provides for the names and areas of, and numbers of councillors for, the new wards.

Article 5 abolishes the existing wards of the parish of Wellington and provides for the creation of four new parish wards and Schedule 4 provides for the names and areas of, and numbers of councillors for, the new wards.

The areas of the new borough and parish wards are demarcated on the map described in article 1(3). Prints of the map may be inspected at all reasonable times at the offices of Taunton Deane Borough Council and at the offices of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, which are located at 2nd Floor, Ashdown House, 123 Victoria Street, London SW1E 6DE.

(1)

1992 (c. 19).

(2)

The non-metropolitan district of Taunton Deane has the status of a borough.

(3)

Section 17 is amended by section 39(4) and (5) of the police and Magistrates' Courts Act 1994 (c. 29).

(4)

SI 1994/867, to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order.

(5)

See The Borough of Taunton Deane (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1986 (SI 1986/1912).