The Borough of Bracknell Forest (Electoral Changes) Order 2002

Statutory Instruments

2002 No. 2371

LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND

The Borough of Bracknell Forest (Electoral Changes) Order 2002

Made

11th September 2002

Coming into force in accordance with article 1(2)

Whereas the Boundary Committee for England(1), acting pursuant to section 15(4) of the Local Government Act 1992(2), has submitted to the Electoral Commission(3) a report dated April 2002 on its review of the borough(4) of Bracknell Forest together with its recommendations:

And whereas the Electoral Commission have decided to give effect to those recommendations:

And whereas a period of not less than six weeks has expired since the receipt of those recommendations:

Now, therefore, the Electoral Commission, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 17(5) and 26(6) of the Local Government Act 1992, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Borough of Bracknell Forest (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 lst May 2003, on the day after that on which it is made;

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

Interpretation

2.  In this Order—

“borough” means the borough of Bracknell Forest;

“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 referred to in the Borough of Bracknell Forest (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 Bracknell Forest Borough Council; and

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

Wards of the borough of Bracknell Forest

3.—(1) The existing wards of the borough(7) shall be abolished.

(2) The borough shall be divided into eighteen wards which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of Schedule 1.

(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 each ward shall be the number specified in respect of the ward in column (2) 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 Bracknell

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

(2) The parish shall be divided into twelve parish wards which shall bear the names Birch Hill, Bullbrook, Crown Wood, Garth, Great Hollands North, Great Hollands South, Hanworth, Harmans Water, Old Bracknell, Priestwood, Town Centre and Wildridings; and the wards shall comprise the areas designated on sheet 4 by reference to the name of the ward and demarcated by orange lines.

(3) The number of councillors to be elected for the Town Centre parish ward shall be one, for each of the Birch Hill, Crown Wood, Garth, Great Hollands North, Hanworth, Priestwood and Wildridings parish wards shall be two, and for each of the Bullbrook, Great Hollands South, Harmans Water and Old Bracknell parish wards shall be three.

Wards of the parish of Crowthorne

5.—(1) The parish of Crowthorne shall be divided into two parish wards which shall bear the names Crowthorne and Crowthorne South; the Crowthorne parish ward shall comprise the area of the borough ward bearing the same name and the Crowthorne South parish ward shall consist of the rest of the parish.

(2) The number of councillors elected for the Crowthorne South parish ward shall be two, and for the Crowthorne parish ward shall be eight.

Wards of the parish of Sandhurst

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

(2) The parish shall be divided into four parish wards which shall bear the names Central Sandhurst, College Town, Little Sandhurst and Owlsmoor; the Central Sandhurst, College Town and Owlsmoor parish wards shall comprise the area of the borough ward bearing the same name and the Little Sandhurst parish ward shall consist of the rest of the parish. The number of parish councillors to be elected for each parish ward shall be six.

Wards of the parish of Warfield

7.—(1) The parish of Warfield shall be divided into four parish wards which shall bear the names Quelm, St Michael's, Warfield Park and Whitegrove; and the wards shall comprise the areas designated on sheet 4 by reference to the name of the ward and demarcated by orange lines.

(2) The number of councillors to be elected for the St Michael’s parish ward shall be one, for the Warfield Park parish ward shall be two, for the Quelm parish ward shall be three, and for the Whitegrove parish ward shall be seven.

Wards of the parish of Winkfield

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

(2) The parish shall be divided into four parish wards which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of Schedule 2; each parish ward shall comprise the area of the borough ward specified in respect of the parish ward set out in column (2) of that Schedule, and the number of parish 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.

Maps

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

Electoral Registers

10.  The Electoral Registration Officer(8) for the borough 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

11.  The District of Bracknell (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1977(9) is revoked, save for article 5.

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

Article 3

SCHEDULE 1 NAMES OF WARDS AND NUMBERS OF COUNCILLORS

(1)	(2)
Name of Ward	Number of Councillors
Ascot	2
Binfield with Warfield	3
Bullbrook	2
Central Sandhurst	2
College Town	2
Crown Wood	3
Crowthorne	2
Great Hollands North	2
Great Hollands South	2
Hanworth	3
Harmans Water	3
Little Sandhurst and Wellington	2
Old Bracknell	2
Owlsmoor	2
Priestwood and Garth	3
Warfield Harvest Ride	3
Wildridings and Central	2
Winkfield and Cranbourne	2

Article 8

SCHEDULE 2 WARDS OF THE PARISH OF WINKFIELDNAMES AND AREAS OF WARDS AND NUMBERS OF COUNCILLORS

(1)	(2)	(3)
Name of Ward	Area of Ward	Number of Councillors
Ascot Priory	The borough ward of Ascot	6
Forest Park	So much of the borough ward of Crown Wood as comprises the parish of Winkfield	5
Martins Heron and Warren	So much of the borough ward of Harmans Water as comprises the parish of Winkfield	2
Winkfield and Cranbourne	So much of the borough ward of Winkfield and Cranbourne as comprises the parish of Winkfield	5

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order gives effect to recommendations by the Boundary Committee for England, a committee of the Electoral Commission, for electoral changes in the borough of Bracknell Forest.

The changes have effect in relation to local government elections to be held on and after lst May 2003.

Article 3 abolishes the existing wards of the borough and provides for the creation of 18 new wards. That article and Schedule 1 also make provision for the names and areas of, and numbers of councillors for, the new wards.

Articles 4 to 8 make electoral changes in the parishes of Bracknell, Crowthorne, Sandhurst, Warfield and Winkfield.

Article 10 obliges the Electoral Registration Officer to make any necessary amendments to the electoral register to reflect the new electoral arrangements.

Article 11 revokes the District of Bracknell (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1977 (S.I. 1977/1273), with the exception of article 5.

The areas of the new borough and parish wards are demarcated on the map described in article 2. Prints of the map may be inspected at all reasonable times at the offices of Bracknell Forest Borough Council and at the principal office of the Electoral Commission at Trevelyan House, Great Peter Street, London SWIP 2HW.

(1)

The Boundary Committee for England is a committee of the Electoral Commission, established by the Electoral Commission in accordance with section 14 of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (c. 41). The Local Government Commission for England (Transfer of Functions) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/3962) transferred to the Electoral Commission the functions of the Local Government Commission for England.

(2)

1992 c. 19. This section has been amended by S.I. 2001/3962.

(3)

The Electoral Commission was established by the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (c. 41). The functions of the Secretary of State, under sections 13 to 15 and 17 of the Local Government Act 1992, to the extent that they relate to electoral arrangements within the meaning of that Act, were transferred with modifications to the Electoral Commission on 1st April 2002 (S.I. 2001/3962).

(4)

The non-metropolitan district of Bracknell Forest has the status of a borough.

(5)

This section has been amended by S.I. 2001/3962. There are amendments to this section made otherwise than by S.I. 2001/3962 that are not relevant to this Order.

(6)

This section has been amended by S.I. 2001/3962.

(7)

See the District of Bracknell (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1977 (S.I. 1977/1273).

(8)

As to electoral registration officers and the register of local government electors, see sections 8 to 13 of the Representation of the People Act 1983 (c. 2).

(9)

S.I. 1977/1273.