The County of Surrey (Electoral Changes) Order 2004

Statutory Instruments

2004 No. 2819

LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND

The County of Surrey (Electoral Changes) Order 2004

Made

28th October 2004

Coming into force in accordance with article 1(2) and 1(3)

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 recommendations dated August 2000 on its review of the county of Surrey:

And whereas the Electoral Commission(2) have decided to give effect, with modifications, 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(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 County of Surrey (Electoral Changes) Order 2004.

(2) This Order, with the exception of articles 4 and 5, shall come into force –

(a) for the purpose of proceedings preliminary or relating to any election to be held on the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2005, on the day after that on which it is made;

(b) for all other purposes, on the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2005.

(3) Articles 4 and 5 shall come into force –

(a) for the purpose of proceedings preliminary or relating to the election of a parish councillor for the parishes of Godalming and Windlesham to be held on the ordinary day of elections in 2007, on 15th October 2006;

(b) for all other purposes, on the ordinary day of elections in 2007.

Interpretation

2.  In this Order –

“county” means the county of Surrey;

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

references to wards, unless the context otherwise requires, are references to district and borough wards in the county(5);

any reference to the map is a reference to the map marked “Map referred to in the County of Surrey (Electoral Changes) Order 2004”, of which prints are available for inspection at –

(a)

the principal office of the Electoral Commission; and

(b)

the offices of Surrey County Council; and

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

Electoral divisions of the county of Surrey

3.—(1) The existing electoral divisions of the county(6) shall be abolished.

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

(3) The electoral divisions shall comprise the areas described in column (2) of the Schedule by reference to wards, parishes, or parish wards or, where an area is not so described, the area designated on the map by reference to the name of the electoral division and demarcated by red lines; and the number of councillors to be elected for each electoral division shall be one.

(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 Godalming

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

(2) The parish shall be divided into six parish wards which shall bear the names Godalming Binscombe, Godalming Central, Godalming Charterhouse, Godalming Farncombe and Catteshall, Godalming Holloway, and Godalming Ockford; and the wards shall comprise the areas designated on sheet 6 by reference to the name of the ward and demarcated by orange lines.

(3) The number of councillors to be elected for each of the Godalming Binscombe, Godalming Charterhouse, Godalming Farncombe and Catteshall, and Godalming Holloway parish wards shall be four, and for each of the Godalming Central and Godalming Ockford parish wards shall be two.

Wards of the parish of Windlesham

5.—(1) The existing wards of the parish of Windlesham shall be abolished.

(2) The parish shall be divided into four parish wards which shall bear the names Bagshot, Lightwater East, Lightwater West and Windlesham; and the wards shall comprise the areas designated on sheet 5 by reference to the name of the ward and demarcated by orange lines.

(3) The number of councillors to be elected for each of the Bagshot and Windlesham parish wards shall be six, for the Lightwater East parish ward shall be four, and for the Lightwater West parish ward shall be two.

Maps

6.  Surrey County Council shall make a print of the map marked “Map referred to in the County of Surrey (Electoral Changes) Order 2004” available for inspection at its offices by any member of the public at any reasonable time.

Electoral registers

7.  The Electoral Registration Officer(7) for each district or borough in the county 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

8.  The County of Surrey (Electoral Arrangements) Order (1980)(8) is revoked, save for article 5.

Sealed with the seal of the Electoral Commission on the 28th day of October 2004

L.S.

Sam Younger

Chairman of the Commission

28th October 2004

Jacqui Dixon

Secretary to the Commission

28th October 2004

article 3

SCHEDULE NAMES AND AREAS OF ELECTORAL DIVISIONS

Column (1)	Column (2)
Name of Electoral Division	Area of Electoral Division
In the borough of Elmbridge
Cobham
East Molesey and Esher	Esher ward; Molesey East ward
Hersham	Hersham North ward; Hersham South ward
Hinchley Wood, Claygate and Oxshott
The Dittons	Long Ditton ward; Thames Ditton ward; Weston Green ward
Walton
Walton South and Oatlands
West Molesey	Molesey North ward; Molesey South ward
Weybridge	St George’s Hill ward; Weybridge North ward; Weybridge South ward
In the borough of Epsom and Ewell
Epsom and Ewell North	Auriol ward; Cuddington ward; Ewell Court ward
Epsom and Ewell North East
Epsom and Ewell South East
Epsom and Ewell South West
Epsom and Ewell West
In the borough of Guildford
Ash	Ash Vale ward; Ash Wharf ward
Guildford East	Burpham ward; Merrow ward
Guildford North	Stoke ward; Stoughton ward
Guildford South East	Christchurch ward; Holy Trinity ward
Guildford South West
Guildford West
Horsleys	Effingham ward; Lovelace ward; East Horsley parish; West Horsley parish
Shalford	Ash South and Tongham ward; Pilgrims ward; Artington parish; Compton parish; Peasmarsh and Shalford parish wards of Shalford parish
Shere	Send ward; Tillingbourne ward; East Clandon parish; West Clandon parish; Chilworth parish ward of Shalford parish
Worplesdon	Normandy ward; Pirbright ward; Worplesdon ward
In the district of Mole Valley
Ashtead	Ashtead Common ward; Ashtead Park ward; Ashtead Village ward
Bookham and Fetcham West	Bookham North ward; Bookham South ward; Fetcham West ward
Dorking and the Holmwoods	Dorking South ward; Holmwoods ward
Dorking Hills	Box Hill and Headley ward; Dorking North ward; Leith Hill ward; Mickleham, Westhumble and Pixham ward; Westcott ward
Dorking Rural	Beare Green ward; Brockham, Betchworth and Buckland ward; Capel, Leigh and Newdigate ward; Charlwood ward; Okewood ward
Leatherhead and Fetcham East	Fetcham East ward; Leatherhead North ward; Leatherhead South ward
In the borough of Reigate and Banstead
Banstead East	Banstead Village ward; Chipstead, Hooley and Woodmansterne ward
Banstead South	Kingswood with Burgh Heath ward; Preston ward; Tadworth and Walton ward
Banstead West	Nork ward; Tattenhams ward
Earlswood and Reigate South	Earlswood and Whitebushes ward; South Park and Woodhatch ward
Horley East	Horley Central ward; Horley East ward
Horley West	Horley West ward; Salfords and Sidlow ward
Merstham and Reigate Hill	Merstham ward; Reigate Hill ward
Redhill	Redhill East ward; Redhill West ward
Reigate Central	Meadvale and St John’s ward; Reigate Central ward
In the borough of Runnymede
Addlestone
Chertsey
Egham Hythe and Thorpe
Englefield Green
Foxhills and Virginia Water	Foxhills ward; Virginia Water ward
Woodham and New Haw	New Haw ward; Woodham ward
In the borough of Spelthorne
Ashford
Laleham and Shepperton
Lower Sunbury and Halliford	Halliford and Sunbury West ward; Sunbury East ward
Staines
Staines South and Ashford West
Stanwell and Stanwell Moor
Sunbury Common and Ashford Common
In the borough of Surrey Heath
Bisley, Chobham and West End
Camberley East	Old Dean ward; St Pauls ward; Town ward
Camberley West	Frimley ward; St Michaels ward; Watchetts ward
Frimley Green and Mytchett	Frimley Green ward; Mytchett and Deepcut ward
Heatherside and Parkside	Heatherside ward; Parkside ward
Windlesham
In the district of Tandridge
Caterham Hill	Chaldon ward; Portley ward; Queens Park ward; Westway ward
Caterham Valley	Harestone ward; Valley ward; Whyteleafe ward; Woldingham ward
Godstone	Bletchingley and Nutfield ward; Godstone ward
Lingfield	Burstow, Horne and Outwood ward; Dormansland and Felcourt ward; Felbridge ward; Lingfield and Crowhurst ward
Oxted	Limpsfield ward; Oxted North and Tandridge ward; Oxted South ward
Warlingham	Tatsfield and Titsey ward; Warlingham East and Chelsham and Farleigh ward; Warlingham West ward
In the borough of Waverley
Cranleigh and Ewhurst	Cranleigh East ward; Cranleigh West ward; Ewhurst ward; Cranleigh North, Cranleigh Rural and Elmbridge parish wards of Cranleigh parish; Ellens Green parish ward of Ewhurst parish
Farnham Central	Farnham Castle ward; Farnham Firgrove ward; Farnham Moor Park ward
Farnham North	Farnham Hale and Heath End ward; Farnham Upper Hale ward; Farnham Weybourne and Badshot Lea ward
Farnham South	Farnham Bourne ward; Farnham Shortheath and Boundstone ward; Farnham Wrecclesham and Rowledge ward
Godalming North
Godalming South, Milford and Witley
Haslemere	Haslemere Critchmere and Shottermill ward; Haslemere East and Grayswood ward
Waverley Eastern Villages	Blackheath and Wonersh ward; Bramley, Busbridge and Hascombe ward; Chiddingfold and Dunsfold ward; Alfold parish; Hambledon parish; Shamley Green parish ward of Wonersh parish
Waverley Western Villages	Elstead and Thursley ward; Frensham, Dockenfield and Tilford ward; Hindhead ward
In the borough of Woking
Horsell	Horsell East and Woodham ward; Horsell West ward
Knaphill	Goldsworth West ward; Knaphill ward
Pyrford	Mount Hermon East ward; Old Woking ward; Pyrford ward
St Johns and Brookwood	Brookwood ward; Hermitage and Knaphill South ward; St John’s and Hook Heath ward
The Byfleets	Byfleet ward; West Byfleet ward
Woking Central	Goldsworth East ward; Maybury and Sheerwater ward
Woking South	Kingfield and Westfield ward; Mayford and Sutton Green ward; Mount Hermon West ward

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order gives effect, with modifications, to recommendations by the Local Government Commission for England for electoral changes in the county of Surrey. 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 2002 would have effect as if they had been submitted to the Electoral Commission.

The modifications concern the names of East Molesey and Esher, Lower Sunbury and Halliford, The Byfleets, and West Molesey electoral divisions and the boundary between Guildford South West and Guildford West electoral divisions.

The changes have effect in relation to local government elections to be held on and after the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2005.

Article 3 abolishes the existing electoral divisions of the county and provides for the creation of 80 new electoral divisions. That article and the Schedule also make provision for the names and areas of, and numbers of councillors for, the new electoral divisions. The number of councillors for each electoral division shall be one.

Articles 4 and 5 make electoral changes in the parishes of Godalming and Windlesham.

Article 7 obliges the Electoral Registration Officer in each district or borough in the county of Surrey to make any necessary amendments to the electoral register for that district or borough to reflect the new electoral arrangements.

Article 8 revokes the County of Surrey (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1980, with the exception of article 5.

The areas of the new electoral divisions and of the new parish wards of the parishes of Godalming and Windlesham are demarcated on the map described in article 2. Prints of the map may be inspected at all reasonable times at the offices of Surrey County 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. 2001/2962).

(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 (c. 19), 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 section 89(3) of the Local Government Act 2000 (c. 22), S.I. 2001/3962 and also otherwise in ways not relevant to this Order.

(4)

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

(5)

See the Borough of Elmbridge (Electoral Changes) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/2465), the Borough of Epsom and Ewell (Electoral Changes) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/2474), the Borough of Guildford (Electoral Changes) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/2475), the District of Mole Valley (Electoral Changes) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/2476), the Borough of Reigate and Banstead (Electoral Changes) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/2477), the Borough of Runnymede (Electoral Changes) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/2478), the Borough of Spelthorne (Electoral Changes) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/2479), the Borough of Surrey Heath (Electoral Changes) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/2481), the District of Tandridge (Electoral Changes) Order (S.I. 1999/2480), the Borough of Waverley (Electoral Changes) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/2482), as amended by the Borough of Waverley (Electoral Changes) (Amendment) Order 2000 (S.I. 2000/3366), and the Borough of Woking (Electoral Changes) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/2483).

(6)

See the County of Surrey (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1980 (S.I. 1980/1830). The area of the county of Surrey was altered by the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Oxfordshire and Surrey (County Boundaries) Order 1991 (S.I. 1991/264), the Hampshire and Surrey (County Boundaries) Order 1991 (S.I. 1991/2494), the Surrey and West Sussex (County Boundaries) Order 1992 (S.I. 1992/2093), the Greater London, Kent and Surrey (County Boundaries) Order 1993 (S.I. 1993/400), the Greater London and Surrey (County and London Borough Boundaries) Order 1993 (S.I. 1993/1148), the Greater London and Surrey (County and London Borough Boundaries) (No. 2) Order 1993 (S.I. 1993/1208), the Greater London and Surrey (County and London Borough Boundaries) (No. 3) Order 1993 (S.I. 1993/1319), the Heathrow Airport (County and London Borough Boundaries) Order 1993 (S.I. 1993/1342), the Greater London and Surrey (County and London Borough Boundaries) (No. 4) Order 1993 (S.I. 1993/1391), the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Surrey (County Boundaries) Order 1994 (S.I. 1994/330), and the Greater London and Surrey (County and London Borough Boundaries) Order 1994 (S.I. 1994/331) to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order.

(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. 1980/1830.