The District of Mid Devon (Electoral Changes) Order 1999

Statutory Instruments

1999 No. 2470

LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND

The District of Mid Devon (Electoral Changes) Order 1999

Made

6th September 1999

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 January 1999 on its review of the district of Mid Devon together with its recommendations:

And whereas the Secretary of State has decided to give effect 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 District of Mid Devon (Electoral Changes) Order 1999.

(2) This Order shall come into force–

(a) for the purpose of all proceedings preliminary or relating to any election to be held on 1st May 2003, on 10th October 2002;

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

(3) In this Order–

“the district” means the district of Mid Devon;

“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 prepared by the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions marked “Map of the District of Mid Devon (Electoral Changes) Order 1999”, and deposited in accordance with regulation 27 of the Local Government Changes for England Regulations 1994(3); and

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

Wards of Mid Devon

2.—(1) The existing wards of the district(4) shall be abolished.

(2) The district shall be divided into twenty-four wards which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of the Schedule.

(3) The wards shall comprise the areas described in column (2) of the Schedule by reference to parishes, or parishes and parish wards or, where no area is 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 the Schedule.

(4) Where a boundary is shown on the map as running along a road, railway line, footway, waterway or similar geographical feature, it shall be treated as running along the centre line of the feature.

Parish of Bradninch

3.—(1) The parish of Bradninch shall be divided into two parish wards which shall bear the names Bradninch Rural and Bradninch Town.

(2) The Bradninch Rural parish ward shall comprise so much of the district ward of Cullompton Outer as comprises the parish of Bradninch and the Bradninch Town parish ward shall comprise the area of the Bradninch district ward.

(3) The number of councillors to be elected for the Bradninch Rural parish ward shall be two and the number of councillors to be elected for the Bradninch Town parish ward shall be ten.

Wards of the parish of Crediton

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

(2) The parish shall be divided into two parish wards which shall bear the names Boniface and Lawrence; and each ward shall comprise the area of the ward of the district bearing the same name.

(3) The number of councillors to be elected for each parish ward shall be six.

Wards of the parish of Cullompton

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

(2) The parish shall be divided into three parish wards which shall bear the names Cullompton North, Cullompton Outer and Cullompton South.

(3) The Cullompton North and Cullompton South parish wards shall comprise the area of the wards of the district bearing the same name and the Cullompton Outer parish ward shall consist of the rest of the parish.

(4) The number of councillors to be elected for the Cullompton North parish ward shall be six; the number of councillors to be elected for the Cullompton Outer parish ward shall be two and the number of councillors to be elected for the Cullompton South parish ward shall be seven.

Wards of the parish of Tiverton

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

(2) The parish shall be divided into five parish wards which shall bear the names Castle, Cranmore, Lowman, Westexe North and Westexe South; and the wards shall comprise the areas designated on sheets 8, 9 and 10 by reference to the name of the ward and demarcated by orange lines.

(3) The number of councillors to be elected for the Castle parish ward shall be five; the number of councillors to be elected for each of the Cranmore and Lowman parish wards shall be six; the number of councillors to be elected for the Westexe North parish ward shall be three and the number of councillors to be elected for the Westexe South parish ward shall be four.

Parish of Silverton

7.—(1) The parish of Silverton shall be divided into two parish wards which shall bear the names Silverton North and Silverton Village.

(2) The Silverton North parish ward shall comprise so much of the district ward of Cadbury as comprises the parish of Silverton and the Silverton Village parish ward shall comprise the area of the Silverton district ward.

(3) The number of councillors to be elected for the Silverton North parish ward shall be two and the number of councillors to be elected for the Silverton Village parish ward shall be nine.

Revocation

8.  The District of Tiverton (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1977 is hereby revoked.

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

Beverley Hughes

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

6th September 1999

Article 2

SCHEDULE NAMES AND AREAS OF WARDS AND NUMBERS OF COUNCILLORS

(1)	(2)	(3)
Name of ward	Description of area	Number of councillors
Boniface		2
Bradninch		1
Cadbury		1
Canonsleigh	The parishes of Burlescombe, Clayhanger, Hockworthy, Holcombe Rogus, Huntsham and Sampford Peverell	2
Castle		2
Clare and Shuttern	The parishes of Bampton, Loxbeare, Morebath, Oakford, Stoodleigh, Templeton and Washfield	2
Cranmore		3
Cullompton North		2
Cullompton Outer		1
Cullompton South		2
Halberton	The parishes of Halberton and Uplowman	1
Lawrence		2
Lower Culm	The parish of Willand and the Uffculme Village parish ward of the parish of Uffculme	3
Lowman		3
Newbrooke	The parishes of Newton St Cyres, Shobrooke and Stockleigh Pomeroy	1
Sandford and Creedy	The parishes of Kennerleigh, Morchard Bishop, Puddington, Sandford, Stockleigh English, Thelbridge, Upton Hellions, Washford Pyne and Woolfardisworthy	2
Silverton		1
Taw	The parishes of Brushford, Coldridge, Down St Mary, Eggesford, Nymet Rowland, Wembworthy and Zeal Monachorum	1
Taw Vale	The parishes of Chawleigh and Lapford	1
Upper Culm	The parishes of Clayhidon, Culmstock and Hemyock and the Ashill parish ward of the parish of Uffculme	2
Upper Yeo	The parishes of Bow, Clannaborough and Colebrooke	1
Way	The parishes of Cheriton Fitzpaine, Cruwys Morchard and Poughill	1
Westexe		3
Yeo	The parishes of Cheriton Bishop, Copplestone, Crediton Hamlets and Hittisleigh	2

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 Mid Devon. The changes have effect in relation to local government elections to be held on and after 1st May 2003.

Article 2 abolishes the existing wards of the district and provides for the creation of 24 new wards. That article and the Schedule make provision for the names and areas of, and numbers of councillors for, the new wards.

Articles 3 to 7 make electoral changes in the parishes of Bradninch, Crediton, Cullompton, Tiverton and Silverton.

Article 8 revokes the District of Tiverton (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1977.

The areas of the new district wards 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 the Mid Devon District Council at The Great House, 1 St Peter Street, Tiverton, Devon EX16 6NY 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)

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

(4)

See the District of Tiverton (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1977 (S.I. 1977/1279).