The District of Wansbeck (Electoral Changes) Order 1998

Made21st September 1998

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 19921, has submitted to the Secretary of State a report dated March 1997 on its review of the district of Wansbeck 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 172 and 26 of the Local Government Act 1992, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

Citation, commencement and interpretation1.

(1)

This Order may be cited as the district of Wansbeck (Electoral Changes) Order 1998.

(2)

This Order shall come into force for all purposes on 6th May 1999, except that for the purpose of all proceedings preliminary or relating to an election to be held on or after that date this Order shall come into force on 10th October 1998.

(3)

In this Order–

“the district” means the District of Wansbeck;

“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 prepared by the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions, marked “Map of the District of Wansbeck (Electoral Changes) Order 1998”, and deposited in accordance with regulation 27 of the Local Government Changes for England Regulations 19943.

Wards of Wansbeck2.

(1)

The existing wards of the district4 shall be abolished.

(2)

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

(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 (3) of that Schedule.

(4)

Where a boundary is shown on the map as running along a road, railway line, footway, waterway or other similar geographical feature, it shall be treated as running along the centre line of the feature.

Revocation3.

The District of Wansbeck (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1975 is hereby revoked.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

Hilary Armstrong

Minister of State,

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

21st September 1998

SCHEDULEDISTRICT OF WANSBECK: NAMES OF WARDS AND NUMBERS OF COUNCILLORS

Article 2

(1)	(2)
Name of ward	Number of councillors
Bedlington Central	3
Bedlington East	3
Bedlington West	3
Bothal	3
Central	3
Choppington	2
College	3
Guide Post	3
Haydon	3
Hirst	3
Newbiggin East	3
Newbiggin West	2
Park	3
Seaton	3
Sleekburn	3
Stakeford	2

(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 district of Wansbeck.

Article 2 abolishes all of the existing wards of the district and provides for the creation of 16 new wards. That article and the Schedule also make provision for the names and areas of, and numbers of councillors for, the new wards.

The areas of the new district 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 Wansbeck District Council and at the offices of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, which are located at 2nd Floor, Ashdown House, 123 Victoria Street, London SW1E 6DE.