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Statutory Instruments
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND
Made
4th July 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 November 2000 on its review of the borough(2) of Castle Point 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(3) and 26 of the Local Government Act 1992, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Borough of Castle Point (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 15th October 2002;
(b)for all other purposes, on 1st May 2003.
(3) In this Order—
“borough” means the borough of Castle Point;
“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 for Transport, Local Government and the Regions marked “Map of the Borough of Castle Point (Electoral Changes) Order 2001”, and deposited in accordance with regulation 27 of the Local Government Changes for England Regulations 1994(4).
2.—(1) The existing wards of the borough(5) shall be abolished.
(2) The borough shall be divided into fourteen wards which shall bear the names Appleton, Boyce, Canvey Island Central, Canvey Island East, Canvey Island North, Canvey Island South, Canvey Island West, Canvey Island Winter Gardens, Cedar Hall, St George's, St James, St Mary's, St Peter’s and Victoria.
(3) The wards shall comprise the areas 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 the Canvey Island West ward shall be two, and for each of the other wards shall be three.
(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.
3.—(1) Subject to the following provisions of this article, the election of councillors for wards of the borough shall be by thirds.
(2) Elections of all councillors for all wards of the borough shall be held simultaneously on the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2003(6).
(3) The councillors holding office for any ward of the borough immediately before 6th May 2003 shall retire on that date and the newly-elected councillors for those wards shall come into office on that date.
(4) Of the councillors elected in 2003 for the borough ward of Canvey Island West one shall retire in 2006 and one in 2007; for each of the other wards one shall retire in 2004, one shall retire in 2006 and one shall retire in 2007.
(5) Of the councillors elected in 2003—
(a)the first to retire shall, subject to paragraphs (6) and (7), be the councillor elected by the smallest number of votes; and
(b)the second to retire shall, subject to those paragraphs, be the councillor elected by the next smallest number of votes.
(6) In the case of an equality of votes between any persons elected which makes it uncertain which of them is to retire in any year, the person to retire in that year shall be determined by lot.
(7) If an election of councillors for any ward is not contested, the person to retire in each year shall be determined by lot.
(8) Where under this article any question is to be determined by lot, the lot shall be drawn at the next practicable meeting of the council after the question has arisen and the drawing shall be conducted under the direction of the person presiding at the meeting.
(9) Except as otherwise provided in the preceding paragraphs of this article, the term of office of councillors shall be four years; and all councillors shall retire on the fourth day after the ordinary day of election of councillors in the year of retirement and the newly-elected councillors shall come into office on the day on which their predecessors retire.
4. The District of Castle Point (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976 is hereby revoked.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions
Alan Whitehead
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department for Transport, Local Governmentand the Regions
4th July 2001
(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 borough of Castle Point. 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 borough and provides for the creation of 14 new wards. That article also makes provision for the names, and areas of, and numbers of councillors for, the new wards.
Article 3 makes provision for a whole council election in 2003 and for the implementation of elections by thirds in subsequent years. It also regulates the order of retirement of councillors.
Article 4 revokes the District of Castle Point (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976.
The areas of the new borough 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 Castle Point Borough Council and at the offices of the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, 2nd Floor, Ashdown House, 123 Victoria Street, London SW1E 6DE.
The non-metropolitan district of Castle Point has the status of a borough.
Section 17 is amended by section 39(4) and (5) of the Police and Magistrates' Courts Act 1994 (c. 29).
S.I. 1994/867, to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order.
See the District of Castle Point (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976 (S.I. 1976/876).
For the ordinary day of election of councillors of local government areas, see section 37 of the Representation of the People Act 1985 (c. 2), amended by section 18(2) of the Representation of the People Act 1983 (c. 50) and section 17 of, and paragraphs 1 and 5 of Schedule 3 to, the Greater London Authority Act 1999 (c. 29).
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