The District of Aylesbury Vale (Electoral Changes) Order 2002

Statutory Instruments

2002 No. 1788

LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND

The District of Aylesbury Vale (Electoral Changes) Order 2002

Made

11th July 2002

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 2001 on its review of the district of Aylesbury Vale together with its recommendations:

And whereas the Electoral Commission(2) have decided to give effect to those recommendations:

And whereas a period of not less than six weeks beginning with the submission of the report has expired:

Now, therefore, the Electoral Commission, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 17(3) and 26(4) 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 District of Aylesbury Vale (Electoral Changes) Order 2002.

(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 15th October 2002;

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

Interpretation

2.  In this Order—

“district” means the district of Aylesbury Vale;

“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 marked “Map of the District of Aylesbury Vale (Electoral Changes) Order 2002”, of which prints are available for inspection at—

(a) the principal office of the Electoral Commission; and

(b) the offices of Aylesbury Vale District Council; and

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

Wards of the district of Aylesbury Vale

3.—(1) The existing wards of the district(5) shall be abolished.

(2) The district shall be divided into thirty-six 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 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 Aylesbury(6)

4.—(1) The existing wards of the parish of Aylesbury shall be abolished.

(2) The parish shall be divided into ten parish 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 parish of Bierton with Broughton(7)

5.  The parish of Bierton with Broughton 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 Buckingham

6.  The parish of Buckingham shall be divided into two parish wards which shall bear the names Buckingham North and Buckingham South; each parish ward shall comprise the area of the district ward bearing the same name; and the number of councillors to be elected for the Buckingham North parish ward shall be eight and for the Buckingham South parish ward shall be seven.

Wards of the parish of Stoke Mandeville

7.—(1) The parish of Stoke Mandeville shall be divided into four parish wards which shall bear the names Hawkslade, Stoke Grange, Stoke Leys and Stoke Mandeville Village; and the wards shall comprise the areas designated on sheet 5 by reference to the name of the ward and demarcated by orange lines.

(2) The number of councillors to be elected for each of the Hawkslade and Stoke Grange parish wards shall be three, for the Stoke Mandeville Village parish ward shall be four and for the Stoke Leys parish ward shall be two.

Numbers of parish councillors

8.  The number of parish councillors to be elected for the parish of Aston Abbotts shall be seven.

Maps

9.  Aylesbury Vale District Council shall make a print of the map marked “Map of the District of Aylesbury Vale (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 district 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 District of Aylesbury Vale (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1975(9) is revoked, save for article 8.

Signed by the members of the Electoral Commission

Pamela Gordon

Commissioner

11th July 2002

Glyn Mathias

Commissioner

11th July 2002

Neil McIntosh

Commissioner

11th July 2002

Karamjit Singh

Commissioner

11th July 2002

Sam Younger

Commissioner

11th July 2002

Graham Zellick

Commissioner

11th July 2002

Article 3

SCHEDULE 1 NAMES AND AREAS OF WARDS AND NUMBERS OF COUNCILLORS

(1)	(2)	(3)
Name of Ward	Area of Ward	Number of Councillors
Aston Clinton		3
Aylesbury Central		1
Bedgrove		3
Bierton		1
Brill	The parishes of Boarstall, Brill, Chilton and Oakley	1
Buckingham North		2
Buckingham South		2
Cheddington	The parishes of Cheddington, Marsworth and Slapton	1
Coldharbour		3
Edlesborough	The parish of Edlesborough and the parish ward of Ivinghoe Aston of the parish of Ivinghoe	1
Elmhurst and Watermead		3
Gatehouse		2
Great Brickhill	The parishes of Drayton Parslow, Great Brickhill, Soulbury and Stoke Hammond	1
Great Horwood	The parishes of Great Horwood, Little Horwood, Nash, Thornborough and Whaddon	1
Grendon Underwood	The parishes of Dorton, Edgcott, Grendon Underwood, Kingswood, Ludgershall, Westcott, Woodham and Wotton Underwood	1
Haddenham	The parishes of Aston Sandford, Dinton-with-Ford and Upton, Haddenham, Kingsey, and Stone with Bishopstone and Hartwell	3
Long Crendon	The parishes of Chearsley, Cuddington, Ickford, Long Crendon, Shabbington and Worminghall	2
Luffield Abbey	The parishes of Akeley, Beachampton, Foscott, Leckhampstead, Lillingstone Dayrell with Luffield Abbey, Lillingstone Lovell, Maids Moreton, Stowe and Thornton	1
Mandeville and Elm Farm		3
Marsh Gibbon	The parishes of Charndon, Hillesden, Marsh Gibbon, Poundon, Preston Bissett and Twyford	1
Newton Longville	The parishes of Newton Longville and Mursley	1
Oakfield		2
Pitstone		1
Quainton	The parishes of Hogshaw, North Marston, Oving, Pitchcott and Quainton	1
Quarrendon		2
Southcourt		2
Steeple Claydon	The parishes of East Claydon, Middle Claydon and Steeple Claydon	1
Stewkley	The parishes of Dunton, Granborough, Hoggeston, Stewkley and Swanbourne	1
Tingewick	The parishes of Baron Hartshorn, Biddlesden, Chetwode, Gawcott with Lenborough, Radclive-cum-Chackmore, Shalstone, Tingewick, Turweston, Water Stratford and Westbury	1
Waddesdon	The parishes of Ashendon, Fleet Marston, Lower Winchendon, Upper Winchendon and Waddesdon	1
Walton Court and Hawkslade		2
Weedon	The parishes of Creslow, Hardwick, Weedon and Whitchurch	1
Wendover	The parishes of Halton and Wendover	3
Wing	The parish of Wing	1
Wingrave	The parishes of Aston Abbotts, Cublington, Mentmore and Wingrave with Rowsham	1
Winslow	The parishes of Addington, Adstock, Padbury and Winslow	2

Article 4

SCHEDULE 2 WARDS OF THE PARISH OF AYLESBURY NAMES AND AREAS OF WARDS AND NUMBERS OF COUNCILLORS

(1)	(2)	(3)
Name of Ward	Area of Ward	Number of Councillors
Bedgrove	The district ward of Bedgrove	4
Central	The district ward of Aylesbury Central	1
Elmhurst	So much of the district ward of Elmhurst and Watermead as comprises part of the parish of Aylesbury	3
Gatehouse	The district ward of Gatehouse	3
Mandeville	So much of the district ward of Mandeville and Elm Farm as comprises part of the parish of Aylesbury	3
Oakfield	The district ward of Oakfield	2
Oxford Road	So much of the district ward of Coldharbour as comprises part of the parish of Aylesbury	2
Quarrendon	So much of the district ward of Quarrendon as comprises part of the parish of Aylesbury	2
Southcourt	The district ward of Southcourt	2
Walton Court	So much of the district ward of Walton Court and Hawkslade as comprises part of the parish of Aylesbury	2

Article 5

SCHEDULE 3 WARDS OF THE PARISH OF BIERTON WITH BROUGHTON NAMES AND AREAS OF WARDS AND NUMBERS OF COUNCILLORS

(1)	(2)	(3)
Name of Ward	Area of Ward	Number of Councillors
Bierton Village	So much of the district ward of Bierton as comprises part of the parish of Bierton with Broughton	8
Oldhams Meadow	So much of the district ward of Elmhurst and Watermead as comprises part of the parish of Bierton with Broughton	1

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 Aylesbury Vale. The recommendations were submitted to the Secretary of State, but the functions of the Secretary of State under sections 13 to 15 and 17 of the Local Government Act 1992 so far as they relate to electoral changes were transferred with modifications to the Electoral Commission under the Local Government Commission for England (Transfer of Functions) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/3962), with effect from 1st April 2002. That Order provides that recommendations submitted to the Secretary of State before 1st April would have effect as if they had been submitted to the Electoral Commission.

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 district and provides for the creation of 26 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 Aylesbury, Bierton with Broughton, Buckingham, Stoke Mandeville and Aston Abbotts.

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 District of Aylesbury Vale (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1975 (S.I. 1975/2083), with the exception of article 8.

The areas of the new district 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 Aylesbury Vale District Council and at the principal office of the Electoral Commission at Trevelyan House, Great Peter Street, London SW1P 2HW.

(1)

1992 c. 19. This section has been amended by the Local Government Commission for England (Transfer of Functions) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/3962).

(2)

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 changes within the meaning of that Act, were transferred with modifications to the Electoral Commission on 1st April 2002 (S.I. 2001/3962).

(3)

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.

(4)

This section has been amended by S.I. 2001/3962.

(5)

See the District of Aylesbury Vale (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1975 (S.I. 1975/2083).

(6)

The parish of Aylesbury was created by the Aylesbury Vale (Parishes) Order 2000 (S.I. 2000/3095).

(7)

The area of the parish of Bierton with Broughton was altered by S.I. 2000/3095.

(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).

(9)

S.I. 1975/2083.