The District of North Norfolk (Electoral Changes) Order 2003

Statutory Instruments

2003 No. 160

LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND

The District of North Norfolk (Electoral Changes) Order 2003

Made

27th January 2003

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) a report dated July 2002 on its review of the district of North Norfolk together with its recommendations:

And whereas the Electoral Commission have decided to give effect, with one modification, 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 Norfolk (Electoral Changes) Order 2003.

(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 Norfolk;

“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 referred to in the District of North Norfolk (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 Norfolk District Council.

Wards of the district of North Norfolk

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

(2) The district shall be divided into thirty-four 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, 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 Cromer

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

(2) The parish shall be divided into two parish wards which shall bear the names Cromer Town and Suffield Park; and each parish ward shall comprise the area of the district ward bearing the same name and the number of councillors to be elected for each parish ward shall be eight.

Wards of the parish of Fakenham

5.  The parish of Fakenham shall be divided into two 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 eight.

Wards of the parish of North Walsham

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

(2) The parish shall be divided into three parish wards which shall bear the names North Walsham East, North Walsham North and North Walsham West; and 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 parish wards of North Walsham North and North Walsham West shall be five, and for the parish ward of North Walsham East shall be six.

Wards of the parish of Sheringham

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

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

Maps

8.  North Norfolk District Council shall make a print of the map marked “Map referred to in the District of North Norfolk (Electoral Changes) Order 2003” available for inspection at its offices by any member of the public at any reasonable time.

Electoral registers

9.  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

10.  The District of North Norfolk (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978(8) is revoked, save for article 5.

Signed by the members of the Electoral Commission

Pamela Gordon

Commissioner

23rd January 2003

Glyn Mathias

Commissioner

23rd January 2003

Neil McIntosh

Commissioner

23rd January 2003

Karamjit Singh

Commissioner

23rd January 2003

Sam Younger

Commissioner

23rd January 2003

Graham Zellick

Commissioner

27th January 2003

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
Astley	The parishes of Briningham, Fulmodeston, Hindolveston, Melton Constable, Swanton Novers, Thurning and Wood Norton	1
Briston	The parish of Briston	1
Chaucer	The parishes of Beeston Regis, East Beckham, Gresham, Matlask, Sustead, Upper Sheringham and West Beckham	1
Corpusty	The parishes of Baconsthorpe, Bodham, Corpusty, Edgefield, Hempstead, Itteringham, Little Barningham and Plumstead	1
Cromer Town		2
Erpingham	The parishes of Alby with Thwaite, Aldborough, Colby, Erpingham, Hanworth, Ingworth and Wickmere	1
Glaven Valley	The parishes of Blakeney, Brinton, Field Dalling, Letheringsett with Glandford, Morston, Stody, Thornage and Wiveton	1
Gaunt	The parishes of Antingham, Gimingham, Knapton, Swafield and Trunch	1
Happisburgh	The parishes of Dilham, Happisburgh, Honing and Witton	1
High Heath	The parishes of Cley next the Sea, High Kelling, Kelling, Salthouse and Weybourne	1
Holt	The parish of Holt	2
Hoveton	The parishes of Ashmanhaugh and Hoveton	1
Lancaster North		2
Lancaster South		2
Mundesley	The parishes of Bacton, Mundesley and Paston	2
North Walsham East		2
North Walsham North		2
North Walsham West		2
Poppyland	The parishes of Northrepps, Overstrand, Sidestrand and Trimingham	1
Priory	The parishes of Binham, Hindringham, Holkham, Langham, Stiffkey, Warham and Wells-next-the-Sea	2
Roughton	The parishes of Felbrigg, Roughton, Southrepps and Thorpe Market	1
Scottow	The parishes of Scottow, Sloley, Smallburgh and Tunstead	1
Sheringham North		2
Sheringham South		2
St Benet	The parishes of Barton Turf, Horning and Neatishead	1
Stalham and Sutton	The parishes of Stalham and Sutton	2
Suffield Park		2
The Raynhams	The parishes of Dunton, Helhoughton, Hempton, Pudding Norton, Raynham and Tattersett	1
The Runtons	The parishes of Aylmerton and Runton	1
Walsingham	The parishes of Barsham, Great Snoring, Sculthorpe, Walsingham and Wighton	1
Waterside	The parishes of Catfield, Hickling, Ludham and Potter Heigham	2
Waxham	The parishes of Brumstead, East Ruston, Horsey, Ingham, Lessingham and Sea Palling	1
Wensum	The parishes of Gunthorpe, Kettlestone, Little Snoring, Ryburgh, Stibbard and Thursford	1
Worstead	The parishes of Felmingham, Skeyton, Suffield, Swanton Abbott, Westwick and Worstead	1

Article 5

SCHEDULE 2 WARDS OF THE PARISH OF FAKENHAM NAMES AND AREAS OF WARDS

(1)	(2)
Name of Ward	Area of Ward
Fakenham North	The district ward of Lancaster North
Fakenham South	The district ward of Lancaster South

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

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

The modification relates to the boundary between Lancaster North and Lancaster South wards.

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 34 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 7 make electoral changes in the parishes of Cromer, Fakenham, North Walsham and Sheringham.

Article 9 obliges the Electoral Registration Officer to make any necessary amendments to the electoral register to reflect the new electoral arrangements.

Article 10 revokes the District of North Norfolk (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978 (S.I. 1978/1438), with the exception of article 5.

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 Norfolk 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 changes 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 and otherwise in ways not relevant to this Order.

(5)

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

(6)

See the District of North Norfolk (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978 (S.I. 1978/1438).

(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. 1978/1438