The District of North Wiltshire (Electoral Changes) Order 1999

Statutory Instruments

1999 No. 2923

LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND

The District of North Wiltshire (Electoral Changes) Order 1999

Made

22nd October 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 March 1999 on its review of the district of North Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire (Electoral Changes) Order 1999.

(2) This Order shall come into force—

(a) for the purpose 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 Wiltshire;

“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 Wiltshire (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 Wiltshire

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

(2) The district shall be divided into thirty-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, or parish or town wards, or parishes and 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 town of Calne

3.—(1) The existing wards of the town of Calne shall be abolished.

(2) The town shall be divided into six town wards which shall bear the names Abberd, Chilvester, Lickhill, Marden, Priestley and Quemerford; and the wards shall comprise the areas designated on sheet 5 by reference to the names of the wards and demarcated by orange lines.

(3) The number of councillors to be elected for each of the Abberd, Lickhill, Marden, Priestley and Quemerford town wards shall be three and for the Chilvester town ward shall be two.

Wards of the parish of Calne Without

4.—(1) The existing wards of the parish Calne Without shall be abolished.

(2) The parish shall be divided into six parish wards which shall bear the names of Calne Without, East, Middle, Pewsham, Sandy Lane and West; and the wards shall comprise the areas designated on sheet 5 by reference to the names of the wards and demarcated by orange lines.

(3) The number of councillors to be elected for the West parish ward shall be six, for each of the East and Middle parish wards shall be three, for the Pewsham parish ward shall be two and for each of the Calne Without and Sandy Lane parish wards shall be one.

Wards of the town of Chippenham

5.—(1) The existing wards of the town of Chippenham shall be abolished.

(2) The town shall be divided into nine town wards which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of Schedule 2; 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 Chippenham Without

6.  The parish of Chippenham Without shall be divided into two parish wards which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of Schedule 3; 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 Corsham

7.—(1) The existing wards of the parish of Corsham shall be abolished.

(2) The parish shall be divided into five parish wards which shall bear the names Corsham, Gastard, Neston, Pickwick and Rudloe; and the wards shall comprise the areas designated on sheet 6 by reference to the names of the wards and demarcated by orange lines.

(3) The number of councillors to be elected for each of the Corsham and Pickwick parish wards shall be seven, for the Neston parish ward shall be three, for the Gastard parish ward shall be two, and for the Rudloe parish ward shall be one.

Wards of the parish of Langley Burrell Without

8.  The parish of Langley Burrell Without shall be divided into two 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.

Councillors for the parish of Kington St. Michael

9.  The number of councillors to be elected for the parish of Kington St. Michael shall be nine.

Revocation

10.  The District of North Wiltshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1979 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

22nd October 1999

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
Ashton Keynes and Minety	The parishes of Ashton Keynes, Crudwell, Leigh, Minety and Oaksey	2
Box		2
Bremhill		1
Brinkworth and The Somerfords	The parishes of Brinkworth, Charlton, Dauntsey, Great Somerford, Hankerton, Lea and Cleverton, and Little Somerford	2
Calne Abberd		1
Calne Chilvester		1
Calne Lickhill		1
Calne Marden		1
Calne Priestley		1
Calne Quemerford		1
Calne Without		1
Cepen Park		2
Chippenham Allington		1
Chippenham Audley		1
Chippenham Avon	The town ward of Avon	1
Chippenham Hill Rise		1
Chippenham London Road		1
Chippenham Monkton Park	The town ward of Monkton Park	1
Chippenham Park		1
Chippenham Pewsham		2
Chippenham Redland		1
Chippenham Westcroft/Queens		1
Colerne	The parish of Colerne	1
Corsham		2
Cricklade	The parishes of Cricklade, Latton and Marston Meysey	2
Hilmarton		1
Kington Langley	The parishes of Kington Langley, Seagry and Sutton Benger	1
Kingston St. Michael		1
Lacock with Neston and Gastard		1
Lyneham	The parishes of Clyffe Pypard, Lyneham and Tockenham	2
Malmesbury	The parishes of Brokenborough and Malmesbury	2
Nettleton	The parishes of Castle Combe, Grittleton, Nettleton, North Wraxall and Stanton St. Quintin	1
Pickwick		2
Purton	The parishes of Braydon and Purton	2
St. Paul Malmesbury Without and Sherston	The parishes of Easton Grey, Hullavington, Luckington, Norton and Foxley, Sherston and Sopworth and the parish wards of St. Paul and Westport of the parish of St. Paul Malmesbury Without	2
The Lydiards and Broad Town	The parishes of Broad Town, Lydiard Millicent and Lydiard Tregoze	1
Wootton Bassett North	The parish ward of Wootton Bassett North of Wootton Bassett parish	2
Wootton Bassett South	The parish ward of Wootton Bassett South of Wootton Bassett parish	3

Article 5

SCHEDULE 2 WARDS OF THE TOWN OF CHIPPENHAM: NAMES AND AREAS OF WARDS AND NUMBERS OF COUNCILLORS

(1)	(2)	(3)
Name of Ward	Area of Ward	Number of Councillors
Allington	So much of the district ward of Chippenham Allington as comprises part of the town of Chippenham	2
Audley	So much of the district ward of Chippenham Audley as comprises part of the town of Chippenham	2
Avon	So much of the district ward of Chippenham Avon as comprises part of the town of Chippenham	2
Hill Rise	So much of the district ward of Chippenham Hill Rise as comprises part of the town of Chippenham	2
London Road	So much of the district ward of Chippenham London Road as comprises part of the town of Chippenham	2
Monkton Park	So much of the district ward of Chippenham Monkton Park as comprises part of the town of Chippenham	2
Park	So much of the district ward of Chippenham Park as comprises part of the town of Chippenham	2
Pewsham	So much of the district ward of Chippenham Pewsham as comprises part of the town of Chippenham	4
Redland	So much of the district ward of Chippenham Redland as comprises part of the town of Chippenham	2
Westcroft/Queens	So much of the district ward of Chippenham Westcroft/Queens as comprises part of the town of Chippenham	2

Article 6

SCHEDULE 3 WARDS OF THE PARISH OF CHIPPENHAM WITHOUT: NAMES AND AREAS OF WARDS AND NUMBERS OF COUNCILLORS

(1)	(2)	(3)
Name of Ward	Description of area	Number of Councillors
Cepen Park South	So much of the district ward of Cepen Park as comprises part of the parish of Chippenham Without	2
Chippenham Without	So much of the district ward of Kington St. Michael as comprises part of the parish of Chippenham Without	5

Article 8

SCHEDULE 4 WARDS OF THE PARISH OF LANGLEY BURRELL WITHOUT: NAMES AND AREAS OF WARDS AND NUMBERS OF COUNCILLORS

(1)	(2)	(3)
Name of Ward	Description of area	Number of Councillors
Cepen Park North	So much of the district ward of Cepen Park as comprises part of the parish of Langley Burrell Without	2
Langley Burrell Without	So much of the district ward of Bremhill as comprises part of the parish of Langley Burrell Without	5

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 Wiltshire. The changes have effect in relation to local government elections to be held on and after 1st May 2003.

Article 2 abolishes the existing wards of the district and provides for the creation of 38 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 towns of Calne and Chippenham, and in the parishes of Calne Without, Chippenham Without, Corsham, and Langley Burrell Without.

Article 9 provides for nine councillors to be elected for the parish of Kington St. Michael.

Article 10 revokes the District of North Wiltshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1979.

The areas of the new district, town, 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 Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1979 (S.I. 1979/1015).