The District of North East Derbyshire (Electoral Changes) Order 1999

Statutory Instruments

1999 No. 2696

LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND

The District of North East Derbyshire (Electoral Changes) Order 1999

Made

27th September 1999

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 1998 on its review of the district of North East Derbyshire 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(2) 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 District of North East Derbyshire (Electoral Changes) Order 1999.

(2) This Order shall come into force—

(a) for the purposes of proceedings preliminary or relating to any election to be held on 1st May 2003, on 10th October 2002;

(b) for all other purposes, on 1st May 2003.

(3) In this Order—

“district” means the district of North East Derbyshire;

“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 District of North East Derbyshire (Electoral Changes) Order 1999”, and deposited in accordance with regulation 27 of the Local Government Changes for England Regulations 1994(3); and

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

Wards of North East Derbyshire

2.—(1) The existing wards of the district(4) shall be abolished.

(2) The district shall be divided into twenty-five 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 parish wards 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 similar geographical feature, it shall be treated as running along the centre line of the feature.

Wards of the parish of Clay Cross

3.—(1) The existing wards of the parish of Clay Cross shall be abolished.

(2) The parish shall be divided into two wards which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of Schedule 2; each parish ward shall comprise the area of the district 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 town of Dronfield

4.—(1) The existing wards of the town of Dronfield shall be abolished.

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

Wards of the parish of Eckington

5.—(1) The existing wards of the parish of Eckington 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 district 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 Killamarsh

6.—(1) The existing wards of the parish of Killamarsh shall be abolished.

(2) The parish shall be divided into two wards which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of Schedule 5; each parish ward shall comprise the area of the district 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 North Wingfield

7.  The parish of North Wingfield shall be divided into two wards which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of Schedule 6; each parish ward shall comprise the area of the district 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 Wingerworth

8.—(1) The parish of Wingerworth shall be divided into four wards which shall bear the names Adlington, Hardwick Wood, Wingerworth and Woodthorpe and the wards shall comprise the areas designated on sheet 6 by reference to the names of the wards and demarcated by orange lines.

(2) The number of councillors to be elected for the parish ward of Wingerworth shall be eleven and for each of the other parish wards shall be one.

Revocation

9.  The District of North East Derbyshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978 is hereby revoked.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Beverley Hughes

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

27th September 1999

Article 2

SCHEDULE 1 NAMES AND AREAS OF WARDS AND NUMBERS OF COUNCILLORS

(1)	(2)	(3)
Name of ward	Area of ward	Number of Councillors
Ashover	The parish of Ashover	1
Barlow and Holmesfield	The parishes of Barlow and Holmesfield	1
Brampton and Walton		2
Clay Cross North		3
Clay Cross South		2
Coal Aston		2
Dronfield North		2
Dronfield South		3
Dronfield Woodhouse		2
Eckington North		2
Eckington South		2
Gosforth Valley		3
Grassmoor	The parishes of Grassmoor, Hasland and Winswick, and Temple Normanton	2
Holmewood and Heath		2
Killamarsh East		2
Killamarsh West		3
North Wingfield Central		3
Pilsley and Morton	The parishes of Morton, Pilsley and Stretton	3
Renishaw	The parish ward of Renishaw of the parish of Eckington	1
Ridgeway and Marsh Lane	The parish ward of Ridgeway and Marsh Lane of the parish of Eckington	1
Shirland	The parishes of Brackenfield, Shirland and Higham, and Wessington	3
Sutton	The parishes of Calow and Sutton cum Duckmanton	2
Tupton		2
Unstone	The parish of Unstone	1
Wingerworth		3

Article 3

SCHEDULE 2 WARDS OF THE PARISH OF CLAY CROSS: NAMES AND AREAS OF WARDS AND NUMBERS OF COUNCILLORS

(1)	(2)	(3)
Name of ward	Area of ward	Number of Councillors
North	So much of the district ward of Clay Cross North as comprises part of the parish of Clay Cross	7
South	So much of the district ward of Clay Cross South as comprises part of the parish of Clay Cross	4

Article 4

SCHEDULE 3 WARDS OF THE TOWN OF DRONFIELD: NAMES AND AREAS OF WARDS AND NUMBERS OF COUNCILLORS

(1)	(2)	(3)
Name of ward	Area of ward	Number of Councillors
Coal Aston	So much of the district ward of Coal Aston as comprises part of the town of Dronfield	3
Dronfield Woodhouse	So much of the district ward of Dronfield Woodhouse as comprises part of the town of Dronfield	3
Gosforth Valley	So much of the district ward of Gosforth Valley as comprises part of the town of Dronfield	5
North	So much of the district ward of Dronfield North as comprises part of the town of Dronfield	3
South	So much of the district ward of Dronfield South as comprises part of the town of Dronfield	5

Article 5

SCHEDULE 4 WARDS OF THE PARISH OF ECKINGTON: NAMES AND AREAS OF WARDS AND NUMBERS OF COUNCILLORS

(1)	(2)	(3)
Name of ward	Area of ward	Number of Councillors
North	So much of the district ward of Eckington North as comprises part of the parish of Eckington	6
Renishaw	So much of the district ward of Renishaw as comprises part of the parish of Eckington	3
Ridgeway and Marsh Lane	So much of the district ward of Ridgeway and Marsh Lane as comprises part of the parish of Eckington	3
South	So much of the district ward of Eckington South as comprises part of the parish of Eckington	5

Article 6

SCHEDULE 5 WARDS OF THE PARISH OF KILLAMARSH: NAMES AND AREAS OF WARDS AND NUMBERS OF COUNCILLORS

(1)	(2)	(3)
Name of ward	Area of ward	Number of Councillors
East	So much of the district ward of Killamarsh East as comprises part of the parish of Killamarsh	6
West	So much of the district ward of Killamarsh West as comprises part of the parish of Killamarsh	9

Article 7

SCHEDULE 6 WARDS OF THE PARISH OF NORTH WINGFIELD: NAMES AND AREAS OF WARDS AND NUMBERS OF COUNCILLORS

(1)	(2)	(3)
Name of ward	Area of ward	Number of Councillors
East	So much of the district ward of Holmewood and Heath as comprises part of the parish of North Wingfield	1
West	So much of the district ward of North Wingfield Central as comprises part of the parish of North Wingfield	9

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 district of North East Derbyshire. The changes have effect in relation to local government elections to be held on and after 1st May 2003.

Article 2 abolishes all of the existing wards of the district and provides for the creation of 25 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 to 8 make electoral changes in the parishes of Clay Cross, Dronfield, Eckington, Killamarsh, North Wingfield and Wingerworth.

Article 9 revokes the District of North East Derbyshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978.

The areas of the new district 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 North East Derbyshire District Council and at the offices of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, 2nd Floor, Ashdown House, 123 Victoria Street, London SW1E 6DE.

(1)

1992 c. 19.

(2)

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

(3)

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

(4)

See the District of North East Derbyshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978 (S.I. 1978/1768).