The District of East Hampshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2001

Statutory Instruments

2001 No. 1017

LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND

The District of East Hampshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2001

Made

14th March 2001

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 July 2000 on its review of the district of East Hampshire together with its recommendations:

And whereas the Secretary of State has decided to give effect, subject to modifications, 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 East Hampshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2001.

(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 10th October 2002;

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

(3) In this Order—

“district” means the district of East Hampshire;

“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 prepared by the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions marked “Map of the East Hampshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2001”, and deposited in accordance with regulation 27 of the Local Government Changes for England Regulations 1994(3).

Wards of the district of East Hampshire

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

(2) The district shall be divided into thirty-eight 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, 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 the 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 Alton

3.—(1) The existing wards of the parish of Alton shall be abolished.

(2) The parish shall be divided into seven parish wards which shall bear the names Alton Amery, Alton Ashdell, Alton Eastbrooke, Alton Westbrooke, Alton Whitedown, Alton Wooteys and Alton Holybourne.

(3) The parish wards of Alton Amery, Alton Ashdell, Alton Eastbrooke, Alton Westbrooke, Alton Whitedown and Alton Wooteys shall each comprise the area of the district ward of the same name, and the Alton Holybourne parish ward shall consist of the rest of the parish.

(4) One councillor shall be elected for the Alton Holybourne parish ward and two councillors shall be elected for each of the other parish wards.

Wards of the parish of Horndean

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

(2) The parish shall be divided into five parish wards which shall bear the names Horndean Catherington and Lovedean, Horndean Downs, Horndean Hazleton and Blendworth, Horndean Kings and Horndean Murray; 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 three.

Wards of the parish of Liss

5.—(1) The parish of Liss shall be divided into two parish wards which shall bear the names Liss and Liss Forest; the parish ward of Liss shall comprise the area of the district ward of the same name, and the Liss Forest parish ward shall consist of the rest of the parish.

(2) The number of councillors to be elected for the Liss parish ward shall be ten and for the Liss Forest parish ward shall be three.

Wards of the parish of Petersfield

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

(2) The parish shall be divided into six parish wards which shall bear the names Petersfield Bell Hill, Petersfield Causeway, Petersfield Heath, Petersfield Rother, Petersfield St Marys and Petersfield St Peters; 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 two.

Wards of the parish of Rowlands Castle

7.—(1) The parish of Rowlands Castle shall be divided into two parish wards which shall bear the names Finchdean and Idsworth, and Rowlands Castle; the parish ward of Rowlands Castle shall comprise the area of the district ward of the same name, and the Finchdean and Idsworth parish ward shall consist of the rest of the parish.

(2) The number of councillors to be elected for the Finchdean and Idsworth parish ward shall be one and for the Rowlands Castle parish ward shall be eight.

Wards of the parish of Whitehill

8.—(1) The existing wards of the parish of Whitehill shall be abolished.

(2) The parish shall be divided into five parish wards which shall bear the names Whitehill Chase, Whitehill Deadwater, Whitehill Hogmoor, Whitehill Pinewood and Whitehill Walldown; 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 three.

Revocation

9.  The District of East Hampshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976 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

14th March 2001

article 2

SCHEDULE NAMES AND AREAS OF WARDS AND NUMBERS OF COUNCILLORS

(1)	(2)	(3)
Name of Ward	Area of Ward	Number of Councillors
Alton Amery		1
Alton Ashdell		1
Alton Eastbrooke		1
Alton Westbrooke		1
Alton Whitedown		1
Alton Wooteys		1
Binsted and Bentley	The parishes of Bentley and Binsted	1
Bramshott and Liphook	The parish of Bramshott and Liphook	3
Clanfield and Finchdean		2
Downland	The parishes of Beech, Bentworth, Chawton, Farringdon and Wield	1
East Meon	The parishes of Buriton, East Meon and Langrish	1
Four Marks and Medstead	The parishes of Four Marks and Medstead	2
Froxfield and Steep	The parishes of Colmore and Priors Dean, Froxfield, Steep and Stroud	1
Grayshott	The parish of Grayshott	1
Headley	The parish of Headley	2
Holybourne and Froyle		1
Horndean Catherington and Lovedean		1
Horndean Downs		1
Horndean Hazleton and Blendworth		1
Horndean Kings		1
Horndean Murray		1
Lindford	The parish of Lindford	1
Liss		2
Petersfield Bell Hill		1
Petersfield Causeway		1
Petersfield Heath	1
Petersfield Rother		1
Petersfield St Marys		1
Petersfield St Peters		1
Rowlands Castle		1
Ropley and Tisted	The parishes of East Tisted, Newton Valence, Ropley and West Tisted	1
Selborne	The parishes of Kingsley, Selborne and Worldham	1
The Hangers and Forest		1
Whitehill Chase		1
Whitehill Deadwater		1
Whitehill Hogmoor		1
Whitehill Pinewood		1
Whitehill Walldown		1

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order gives effect, subject to modifications, to recommendations by the Local Government Commission for England for electoral changes in the district of East Hampshire. The changes have effect in relation to local government elections to be held on and after 1st May 2003.

The modifications relate to names of wards. The Secretary of State has decided that the wards shown in the first column of the Table below with the names proposed by the Commission should bear the names shown in the second column.

Proposed Ward Name	Ward Name
Clanfield	Clanfield and Finchdean
Farringdon	Downland
Liss Forest and Greatham	The Hangers and Forest

Article 2 abolishes the existing wards of the district and provides for the creation of 38 new wards. That article and the Schedule also make provision for the names and areas of, and numbers of councillors for, the new wards.

Articles 3 to 8 make electoral changes in the parishes of Alton, Horndean, Liss, Petersfield, Rowlands Castle and Whitehill.

Article 9 revokes the District of East Hampshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976.

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 East Hampshire District Council 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 East Hampshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976 (S.I. 1976/1064).