The District of Mid Sussex (Electoral Changes) Order 2002

Citation and commencement

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the District of Mid Sussex (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 the day after that on which it is made;

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

Interpretation

2.  In this Order—

“district” means the district of Mid Sussex;

“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 Mid Sussex (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 Mid Sussex District Council.

Wards of the district of Mid Sussex

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

(2) The district shall be divided into twenty six 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 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 Burgess Hill

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

(2) The parish shall be divided into six parish wards which shall bear the names Burgess Hill Dunstall, Burgess Hill Franklands, Burgess Hill Leylands, Burgess Hill Meeds, Burgess Hill St Andrews and Burgess Hill Victoria; and 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 Cuckfield Rural

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

(2) The parish shall be divided into three parish wards which shall bear the names Ansty, Brook Street and Borde Hill, and Staplefield; and the wards shall comprise the areas designated on sheet (7) by reference to the names of the wards and demarcated by orange lines.

(3) The number of parish councillors to be elected for the parish ward of Brook Street and Borde Hill shall be one, for the parish ward of Staplefield shall be three and for the parish ward of Ansty shall be five.

Wards of the parish of East Grinstead

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

(2) The parish shall be divided into six parish wards which shall bear the names East Grinstead Ashplats, East Grinstead Baldwins, East Grinstead Herontye, East Grinstead Imberhorne, East Grinstead Town and East Grinstead Worsted; the parish wards of East Grinstead Ashplats, East Grinstead Baldwins, East Grinstead Herontye, East Grinstead Imberhorne and East Grinstead Town shall comprise the area of the district ward bearing the same name, and the parish ward of East Grinstead Worsted shall consist of the rest of the parish.

(3) The number of parish councillors to be elected for the parish ward of East Grinstead Worsted shall be one, for the parish wards of East Grinstead Baldwins, East Grinstead Herontye, and East Grinstead Town shall be three, and for the parish wards of East Grinstead Ashplats and East Grinstead Imberhorne shall be four.

Wards of the parish of Haywards Heath

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

(2) The parish shall be divided into five parish wards which shall bear the names Haywards Heath Ashenground, Haywards Heath Bentswood, Haywards Heath Franklands, Haywards Heath Heath and Haywards Heath Lucastes; and each parish ward shall comprise the area of the district ward bearing the same name.

(3) The number of parish councillors to be elected for the parish wards of Haywards Heath Ashenground, Haywards Heath Franklands, Haywards Heath Heath and Haywards Heath Lucastes parish wards shall be three, and for the parish ward of Haywards Heath Bentswood shall be four.

Wards of the parish of Lindfield Rural

8.  The parish of Lindfield Rural 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 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.

Wards of the parish of Slaugham

9.  The parish of Slaugham 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 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

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

Electoral Registers

11.  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

12.  The District of Mid Sussex (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1980(3) is revoked.

Signed by the members of the Electoral Commission

Pamela Gordon

Commissioner

28th October 2002

Glyn Mathias

Commissioner

14th November 2002

Neil McIntosh

Commissioner

14th November 2002

Karamjit Singh

Commissioner

19th November 2002

Sam Younger

Commissioner

19th November 2002

Graham Zellick

Commissioner

28th October 2002