1998 No. 2547
The District of Eden (Electoral Changes) Order 1998
Made
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 November 1997 on its review of the district of Eden 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 Eden (Electoral Changes) Order 1998.
2
This Order shall come into force 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 the day after the day on which it is made.
3
In this Order–
“the district” means the district of Eden;
“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 Eden (Electoral Changes) Order 1998”, and deposited in accordance with regulation 27 of the Local Government Changes for England Regulations 19943; and
any reference to a numbered sheet is a reference to the sheet of the map which bears that number.
Wards of Eden2
1
The existing wards of the district4 shall be abolished.
2
The district shall be divided into thirty 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, parish wards, or parishes and parish wards, or, where no area is 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, waterway or other similar geographical feature, it shall be treated as running along the centre line of the feature.
Wards of the parish of Culgaith3
1
The parish of Culgaith shall be divided into three parish wards which shall bear the names Blencarn and Kirkland, Culgaith and Skirwith and the wards shall comprise the areas designated on sheets 2 and 3 by reference to the name of the ward and demarcated by orange lines.
2
The number of parish councillors to be elected for the parish ward of Blencarn and Kirkland shall be three; the number of parish councillors to be elected for the parish ward for Culgaith shall be five and the number of parish councillors to be elected for the parish ward for Skirwith shall be two.
Numbers of parish councillors4
1
The number of councillors to be elected for the parish ward of Ivegill of the parish of Skelton shall be four.
Revocation5
The District of Eden (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976 is hereby revoked.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
SCHEDULENAMES AND AREAS OF WARDS AND NUMBERS OF COUNCILLORS
(1) | (2) | (3) |
|---|---|---|
Name of ward | Description of area | Number of councillors |
Alston Moor | The parish of Alston Moor | 2 |
Appleby (Appleby) | The parish ward of Appleby of the parish of Appleby-in-Westmoreland | 1 |
Appleby (Bongate) | The parish ward of Bongate of the parish of Appleby-in-Westmoreland | 1 |
Askham | The parishes of Askham, Bampton, Barton, Lowther and Martindale | 1 |
Brough | The parishes of Brough, Brough Sowerby, Helbeck, Musgrave and Stainmore | 1 |
Crosby Ravensworth | The parishes of Asby, Bolton, Crosby Ravensworth and King’s Meaburn | 1 |
Dacre | The parish of Dacre | 1 |
Eamont | The parishes of Clifton, Sockbridge & Tirril and Yanwath & Eamont Bridge | 1 |
Greystoke | The parish wards of Greystoke, Johnby and Little Blencowe of the parish of Greystoke, and the parishes of Mungrisdale and Threlkeld | 1 |
Hartside | The parishes of Culgaith and Ousby | 1 |
Hesket | The parishes of Catterlen and Hesket | 2 |
Kirkby Stephen | The parishes of Hartley, Kaber, Kirkby Stephen, Mallerstang, Nateby, Wharton and Winton | 2 |
Kirkby Thore | The parishes of Brougham, Kirkby Thore, Newbiggin and Temple Sowerby | 1 |
Kirkoswald | The parishes of Ainstable and Kirkoswald | 1 |
Langwathby | The parishes of Glassonby, Hunsonby and Langwathby | 1 |
Lazonby | The parishes of Great Salkeld and Lazonby | 1 |
Long Marton | The parishes of Crackenthorpe, Dufton, Long Marton and Milburn | 1 |
Morland | The parishes of Cliburn, Great Strickland, Little Strickland, Morland, Newby, Sleagill and Thrimby | 1 |
Orton with Tebay | The parishes of Orton and Tebay | 1 |
Penrith Carleton | 1 | |
Penrith East | 2 | |
Penrith North | 3 | |
Penrith Pategill | 1 | |
Penrith South | 2 | |
Penrith West | 2 | |
Ravenstonedale | The parishes of Crosby Garrett, Ravenstonedale, Soulby and Waitby | 1 |
Shap | The parishes of Shap and Shap Rural | 1 |
Skelton | The parishes of Castle Sowerby and Skelton | 1 |
Ullswater | The parishes of Hutton, Matterdale and Patterdale and the parish ward of Motherby of the parish of Greystoke | 1 |
Warcop | The parishes of Colby, Hoff, Murton, Ormside and Warcop | 1 |
(This note is not part of the Order)