The District of North West Leicestershire (Electoral Changes) Order 2002

Statutory Instruments

2002 No. 2598

LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND

The District of North West Leicestershire (Electoral Changes) Order 2002

Made

12th October 2002

Coming into force in accordance with article 1(2)

Whereas the Boundary Committee for England(1), acting pursuant to section 15(4) of the Local Government Act 1992(2), has submitted to the Electoral Commission(3) recommendations dated June 2002 on its review of the district of North West Leicestershire:

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

And whereas a period of not less than six weeks has expired since the receipt of those recommendations:

Now, therefore, the Electoral Commission, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 17(4) and 26(5) 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 North West Leicestershire (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 the day after that on which it is made;

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

Interpretation

2.  In this Order—

“district” means the district of North West Leicestershire;

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

any reference to the map is a reference to the map marked “Map referred to in the District of North West Leicestershire (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 North West Leicestershire District Council.

Wards of the district of North West Leicestershire

3.—(1) The existing wards of the district(6) shall be abolished.

(2) The district shall be divided into twenty 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 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 Ashby-de-la-Zouch

4.—(1) The existing wards of the parish of Ashby-de-la-Zouch 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 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 Ravenstone with Snibston

5.  The parish of Ravenstone with Snibston 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.

Numbers of parish councillors

6.  The number of parish councillors to be elected for the parish of Worthington shall be five; the number of councillors to be elected for the Griffydam parish ward shall be one and for each of the Newbold and Worthington parish wards shall be two.

Maps

7.  North West Leicestershire District Council shall make a print of the map marked “Map referred to in the District of North West Leicestershire (Electoral Changes) Order 2002” available for inspection at its offices by any member of the public at any reasonable time.

Electoral registers

8.  The Electoral Registration Officer(7) 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

9.  The District of North West Leicestershire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1980(8) is revoked, save for article 8.

Signed by the members of the Electoral Commission

Pamela Gordon

Commissioner

4th October 2002

Glyn Mathias

Commissioner

4th October 2002

Neil Mcintosh

Commissioner

4th October 2002

Karamjit Singh

Commissioner

4th October 2002

Sam Younger

Commissioner

4th October 2002

Graham Zellick

Commissioner

12th October 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
Appleby	The parishes of Appleby Magna, Chilcote, Snarestone, Stretton en le Field and Swepstone	1
Ashby Castle		1
Ashby Holywell		2
Ashby Ivanhoe		2
Bardon		1
Breedon	The parishes of Belton, Breedon on the Hill and Isley cum Langley, and the parish ward of Diseworth of the parish of Long Whatton and Diseworth	1
Castle Donington	The parishes of Castle Donington and Lockington-Hemington	3
Coalville		2
Greenhill		3
Hugglescote		2
Ibstock and Heather	The parishes of Heather and Ibstock	3
Kegworth and Whatton	The parish of Kegworth and the parish ward of Long Whatton of the parish of Long Whatton and Diseworth	2
Measham	The parish of Measham	2
Moira	The parish of Ashby Woulds and the parish ward of Blackfordby of the parish of Ashby-de-la-Zouch	2
Oakthorpe and Donisthorpe	The parish of Oakthorpe and Donisthorpe	1
Ravenstone and Packington		1
Snibston		2
Thringstone		2
Valley	The parishes of Coleorton, Osgathorpe, Staunton Harold, Swannington and Worthington	2
Whitwick		3

Article 4

SCHEDULE 2 WARDS OF THE PARISH OF ASHBY-DE-LA-ZOUCH

NAMES AND AREAS OF WARDS AND NUMBERS OF COUNCILLORS

(1)	(2)	(3)
Name of Ward	Area of Ward	Number of Councillors
Blackfordby	So much of the district ward of Moira as comprises the parish of Ashby-de-la-Zouch	2
Castle	The district ward of Ashby Castle	3
Holywell	The district ward of Ashby Holywell	6
Ivanhoe	The district ward of Ashby Ivanhoe	6

Article 5

SCHEDULE 3 WARDS OF THE PARISH OF RAVENSTONE WITH SNIBSTON

NAMES AND AREAS OF WARDS AND NUMBERS OF COUNCILLORS

(1)	(2)	(3)
Name of Ward	Area of Ward	Number of Councillors
Ravenstone	So much of the district ward of Ravenstone and Packington as comprises the parish of Ravenstone with Snibston	5
The Limes	So much of the district ward of Snibston as comprises the parish of Ravenstone with Snibston	2

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order gives effect to recommendations by the Boundary Committee for England, a committee of the Electoral Commission, for electoral changes in the district of North West Leicestershire.

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 20 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 6 make electoral changes in the parishes of Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Ravenstone with Snibston and Worthington.

Article 8 obliges the Electoral Registration Officer to make any necessary amendments to the electoral register to reflect the new electoral arrangements.

Article 9 revokes the District of North West Leicestershire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1980 (S.I. 1980/778), with the exception of article 8.

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

(1)

The Boundary Committee for England is a committee of the Electoral Commission, established by the Electoral Commission in accordance with section 14 of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (c. 41). The Local Government Commission for England (Transfer of Functions) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/3962) transferred to the Electoral Commission the functions of the Local Government Commission for England.

(2)

1992 c. 19. This section has been amended by S.I. 2001/3962.

(3)

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

(4)

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.

(5)

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

(6)

See the District of North West Leicestershire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1980 (S.I. 1980/778).

(7)

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).

(8)

S.I. 1980/778.