The County of Cumbria (Electoral Changes) Order 2000

Statutory Instruments

2000 No. 2485

LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND

The County of Cumbria (Electoral Changes) Order 2000

Made

11th September 2000

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 1999 on its review of the county of Cumbria together with its recommendations:

And whereas the Secretary of State has decided to give effect, without modification, 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 County of Cumbria (Electoral Changes) Order 2000.

(2) This Order shall come into force—

(a) for the purpose of proceedings preliminary or relating to any election to be held on 3rd May 2001, on 10th October 2000;

(b) for all other purposes, on 3rd May 2001.

(3) In this Order—

“county” means the county of Cumbria;

“existing”, in relation to a division or ward, means the division or ward as it exists on the date this Order is made;

references to wards, unless the context otherwise requires, are references to borough, city and district wards in the county(3); and

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 County of Cumbria (Electoral Changes) Order 2000”, and deposited in accordance with regulation 27 of the Local Government Changes for England Regulations 1994(4).

Divisions of the county of Cumbria

2.—(1) The existing divisions of the county(5) shall be abolished.

(2) The county shall be divided into eighty-four divisions which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of the Schedule.

(3) The divisions shall comprise—

(a) the areas described in column (2) of the Schedule by reference to—

(i) wards;

(ii) wards and parishes;

(iii) wards, parishes and parish wards;

(iv) wards and parish wards;

(v) parishes and parish wards; or

(vi) parish wards; and

(b) the areas designated on the map by reference to the name of the division and demarcated by red lines, where not described as mentioned in sub-paragraph (a) above.

(4) The number of councillors to be elected for each division shall be one.

(5) 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.

Revocation

3.  The County of Cumbria (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1981 is hereby revoked.

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

Hilary Armstrong

Minister of State,

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

11th September 2000

article 2

SCHEDULE NAMES AND AREAS OF DIVISIONS

(1)	(2)
Name of Division	Area of Division
In the borough of Allerdale
Aspatria and Wharrels	The Aspatria, Boltons and Wharrels wards
Bowness, Thursby and Caldbeck	The Marsh, Wampool and Warnell wards and the parishes of Dundraw, Holme East Waver and Kirkbride
Cockermouth East	The All Saints and Crummock wards
Cockermouth West	The Christchurch and Dalton wards
Dearham and Broughton	The Broughton St Bridget’s and Ellen wards
Harrington, Clifton and Stainburn	The Clifton, Harrington and Stainburn wards
Keswick and Derwent	The Derwent Valley and Keswick wards
Maryport East	The Ellenborough ward and the Ewanrigg ward of the parish of Maryport
Maryport West	The Flimby and Netherhall wards and the parish of Broughton Moor
Moorclose	The Moorclose ward
Moss Bay	The Moss Bay ward
St John's	The St John’s ward
St Michael's	The St Michael’s ward
Seaton	The Seaton ward
Solway Coast	The Holme, Silloth and Solway wards
Wigton	The Wigton ward and the parishes of Waverton and Woodside
In the borough of Barrow-in-Furness
Dalton North	The Dalton North ward
Dalton South	The Dalton South ward
Hawcoat	The Hawcoat ward
Hindpool
Newbarns	The Newbarns ward
Old Barrow
Ormsgill	The Ormsgill ward
Parkside	The Parkside ward
Risedale
Roosecote	The Roosecote ward
Walney North	The Walney North ward
Walney South	The Walney South ward
In the city of Carlisle
Belah	The Belah ward
Belle Vue	The Belle Vue ward
Botcherby	The Botcherby ward
Brampton and Gilsland	The Brampton and Irthing wards
Castle	The Castle ward
Currock	The Currock ward
Dalston and Cummersdale	The Dalston ward and the parishes of Burgh by Sands and Orton
Denton Holme	The Denton Holme ward
Harraby	The Harraby ward
Longtown and Bewcastle	The Longtown and Rockcliffe ward, and the parishes of Beaumont, Bewcastle, Kingmoor, Kirklinton Middle, Nicholforest and Solport
Morton	The Morton ward
St Aidans	The St Aidans ward
Stanwix and Irthington	The parishes of Hethersgill, Irthington, Scaleby, Stanwix Rural and Stapleton and the parish wards of Corby Hill, Hayton and Talkin of Hayton parish
Stanwix Urban	The Stanwix Urban ward
Upperby	The Upperby ward
Wetheral	The Wetheral ward, the parishes of Castle Carrock, Carlatton, Cumrew, Cumwhitton and Geltsdale, the parish ward of Great Corby of Wetheral parish and the parish ward of Heads Nook of Hayton parish
Yewdale	The Yewdale ward
In the borough of Copeland
Bransty
Cleator Moor North and Frizington	The Cleator Moor North and Frizington wards
Cleator Moor South and Egremont	The Cleator Moor South and Egremont South wards
Distington and Moresby	The Distington and Moresby wards
Gosforth and Ennerdale	The Beckermet, Ennerdale and Gosforth wards
Hensingham and Arlecdon	The Arlecdon and Hensingham wards
Hillcrest
Kells and Sandwith
Millom	The Holborn Hill and Newtown wards and the parish ward of Haverigg of the parish of Millom
Mirehouse	The Mirehouse ward and the parish ward of Ingwell of the parish of St Bees
St Bees and Egremont	The parish ward of Egremont North of Egremont parish and the parish ward of St Bees of St Bees parish
Seascale and Whicham	The Bootle, Millom Without and Seascale wards and the parish ward of Haverigg of Millom Without parish
In the district of Eden
Alston and East Fellside	The Alston Moor, Hartside, Kirkoswald and Langwathby wards
Appleby	The Appleby (Appleby), Appleby (Bongate), Long Marton and Warcop wards
Eden Lakes	The Askham, Shap and Ullswater wards
Greystoke and Hesket	The Greystoke, Hesket and Skelton wards
Kirkby Stephen	The Brough, Crosby Ravensworth, Kirkby Stephen, Orton with Tebay and Ravenstonedale wards
Penrith East	The Penrith Carleton, Penrith East and Penrith Pategill wards
Penrith North	The Lazonby and Penrith North wards
Penrith Rural	The Dacre, Eamont, Kirkby Thore and Morland wards
Penrith West	The Penrith South and Penrith West wards
In the district of South Lakeland
Cartmel	The Cartmel and Holker wards, the parishes of Broughton East and Haverthwaite and the parish wards of Central, East and West of Colton parish
Grange	The Grange ward and the parishes of Cartmel Fell, Staveley-in-Cartmel and Upper Allithwaite
High Furness	The Broughton ward and the parishes of Blawith and Subberthwaite, Claife, Coniston, Hawkshead, Lowick, Satterthwaite, Skelwith, and Torver
Kendal Castle	The Kendal Castle, Kendal Heron Hill and Kendal Parks wards
Kendal Highgate	The Kendal Glebelands, Kendal Highgate and Kendal Kirkland wards
Kendal Nether	The Kendal Far Cross, Kendal Mintsfeet and Kendal Nether wards
Kendal South	The Kendal Oxenholme and Kendal Stonecross wards and the parishes of Hincaster, Natland, Sedgwick and Stainton
Kendal Strickland and Fell	The Kendal Fell, Kendal Strickland and Kendal Underley wards
Kent Estuary	The Arnside and Beetham, and Milnthorpe wards
Lakes	The Lakes Ambleside and Lakes Grasmere wards
Low Furness	The Low Furness and Swarthmoor ward, and the parishes of Egton with Newland, Mansriggs, Osmotherley and Pennington
Lower Kentdale	The Burton and Holme, and Crooklands wards and the parish of Heversham
Lyth Valley	The Windermere Bowness South ward and the parishes of Crook, Crosthwaite and Lyth, Helsington, Levens, Meathop and Ulpha, Underbarrow and Bradleyfield, and Witherslack
Sedbergh and Kirkby Lonsdale	The Kirkby Lonsdale and Sedbergh wards
Ulverston East	The Ulverston Central, Ulverston East and Ulverston Town wards
Ulverston West	The Ulverston North, Ulverston South and Ulverston West wards
Upper Kent	The Whinfell ward and the parishes of Hugill, Kentmere, Nether Staveley, Over Staveley, Strickland Roger, and Strickland Ketel
Windermere	The Windermere Applethwaite, Windermere Bowness North and Windermere Town wards

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order gives effect, without modification, to recommendations by the Local Government Commission for England for electoral changes in the county of Cumbria. The changes have effect in relation to local government elections to be held on or after 3rd May 2001.

Article 2 abolishes the existing divisions of the county and provides for the creation of 84 new divisions. That article and the Schedule also make provision for the names and areas of the new divisions. One councillor is to be elected for each division.

Article 3 revokes the County of Cumbria (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1981.

The areas of the new divisions 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 Cumbria County 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)

See the Borough of Allerdale (Electoral Changes) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/2569), the Borough of Barrow-in-Furness (Electoral Changes) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/2571), the City of Carlisle (Electoral Changes) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/2549), the Borough of Copeland (Electoral Changes) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/2570), the District of Eden (Electoral Changes) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/2547) and the District of South Lakeland (Electoral Changes) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/2548).

(4)

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

(5)

See the County of Cumbria (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1981 (S.I. 1981/79).