The District of West Dorset (Electoral Changes) Order 2002

Citation and commencement

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the District of West Dorset (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 West Dorset;

“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 marked “Map referred to in the District of West Dorset (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 West Dorset District Council.

Wards of the district of West Dorset

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

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

(3) The wards shall comprise the areas described in column (2) of that 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 that 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 Bradpole

4.  The parish of Bradpole shall be divided into two parish wards which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of Schedule 2; each parish ward shall comprise the area of the district ward specified in respect of the parish ward in column (2) of that Schedule; and the number of councillors to be elected for each parish ward shall be the number specified in respect of the parish ward in column (3) of that Schedule.

Wards of the parish of Bridport

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

(2) The parish of Bridport shall be divided into two parish wards which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of Schedule 3; each parish ward shall comprise the area of the district ward specified in respect of the parish ward in column (2) of that Schedule, and the number of councillors to be elected for each parish ward shall be nine.

Wards of the parish of Dorchester

6.—(1) The existing wards of the parish of Dorchester(2) shall be abolished.

(2) The parish shall be divided into four parish wards which shall bear the names Dorchester East, Dorchester North, Dorchester South and Dorchester West; 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 five.

Wards of the parish of Sherbourne

7.—(1) The existing wards of the parish of Sherbourne shall be abolished.

(2) The parish shall be divided into two parish wards which shall bear the names Sherbourne East and Sherbourne West; 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 six.

Maps

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

Electoral registers

9.  The Electoral Registration Officer(3) 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

10.  The District of West Dorset (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1980(4) is revoked.

Signed by the members of the Electoral Commission

Pamela Gordon

Commissioner

11th September 2002

Glyn Mathias

Commissioner

11th September 2002

Neil McIntosh

Commissioner

11th September 2002

Karamjit Singh

Commissioner

11th September 2002

Sam Younger

Commissioner

11th September 2002

Graham Zellick

Commissioner

11th September 2002