The District of Wycombe (Electoral Changes) Order 2002

Citation and commencement

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the District of Wycombe (Electoral Changes) Order 2002.

(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.

Interpretation

2.  In this Order—

“district” means the district of Wycombe;

“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 of the District of Wycombe (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 Wycombe District Council; and

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

Wards of the district of Wycombe

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

(2) The district shall be divided into twenty-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 parishes and parish wards 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 Chepping Wycombe

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

(2) The parish shall be divided into three parish wards which shall bear the names Flackwell Heath, Loudwater and Tylers Green; and the wards shall comprise the areas designated on sheet 3 by reference to the name of the ward and demarcated by orange lines.

(3) The number of councillors to be elected for the Flackwell Heath parish ward shall be six, for the Tylers Green parish ward shall be five, and for the Loudwater parish ward shall be four.

Wards of the parish of Hazlemere

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

(2) The parish shall be divided into two parish wards which shall bear the names North and South; the parish ward of North shall comprise the area of the district ward of Hazlemere North and the parish ward of South shall comprise the area of the district ward of Hazlemere South.

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

Wards of the parish of Marlow

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

(2) The parish shall be divided into two parish wards which shall bear the names North and West, and South East; the parish ward of North and West shall comprise the area of the district ward of Marlow North and West, and the parish ward of South East shall comprise the area of the district ward of Marlow South East.

(3) The number of councillors to be elected for the North and West parish ward shall be seven and for the South East parish ward shall be five.

Maps

7.  Wycombe District Council shall make a print of the map marked “Map of the District of Wycombe (Electoral Changes) Order 2002” available for inspection at its offices by any member of the public at any reasonable time.

Electoral Registers

8.  The Electoral Registration Officer(2) 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

9.  The District of Wycombe (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1980(3) is revoked, save for article 8.

Signed by the members of the Electoral Commission

Pamela Gordon

Commissioner

11th July 2002

Glyn Mathias

Commissioner

11th July 2002

Neil McIntosh

Commissioner

11th July 2002

Karamjit Singh

Commissioner

11th July 2002

Sam Younger

Commissioner

11th July 2002

Graham Zellick

Commissioner

11th July 2002