1999 No. 2579
The City of Durham (Electoral Changes) Order 1999
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 October 1998 on its review of the city of Durham2 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 173 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 City of Durham (Electoral Changes) Order 1999.
2
This Order shall come into force–
a
for the purpose of proceedings preliminary or relating to elections to be held on 1st May 2003, on 10th October 2002;
b
for all other purposes, on 1st May 2003.
3
In this Order–
“city” means the city of Durham;
“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 City of Durham (Electoral Changes) Order 1999”, and deposited in accordance with regulation 27 of the Local Government Changes for England Regulations 19944; and
any reference to a numbered sheet is a reference to the sheet of the map which bears that number.
Wards of Durham2
1
The existing wards of the city5 shall be abolished.
2
The city shall be divided into twenty 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, or to 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 similar geographical feature, it shall be treated as running along the centre line of the feature.
Wards of the parish of Belmont3
1
The existing wards of the parish of Belmont shall be abolished.
2
The parish shall be divided into three parish wards which shall bear the names Belmont, Carrville and Gilesgate Moor; and the wards shall comprise the areas designated on sheet 2 by reference to the name of the ward and demarcated by orange lines.
3
The number of councillors to be elected for each parish ward shall be five.
Revocation4
The City of Durham (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978 is hereby revoked.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions
SCHEDULENAMES AND AREAS OF WARDS AND NUMBERS OF COUNCILLORS
(1) | (2) | (3) |
---|---|---|
Name of Ward | Area of Ward | Number of Councillors |
Bearpark and Witton Gilbert | The parishes of Bearpark and Witton Gilbert | 3 |
Belmont | 2 | |
Brancepeth, Langley Moor and Meadowfield | The parish of Brancepeth and the parish wards of East and South of the parish of Brandon & Byshottles | 2 |
Brandon | The parish ward of Central of the parish of Brandon & Byshottles | 3 |
Carrville and Gilesgate Moor | 3 | |
Cassop-cum-Quarrington | The parishes of Cassop-cum-Quarrington and Croxdale & Hett | 3 |
Coxhoe | The parishes of Coxhoe and Kelloe | 3 |
Crossgate and Framwelgate | 3 | |
Deerness | The parish ward of West of the parish of Brandon & Byshottles | 2 |
Elvet | 3 | |
Framwellgate Moor | 3 | |
Neville’s Cross | 2 | |
New Brancepeth and Ushaw Moor | The parish wards of North and Ushaw Moor of the parish of Brandon & Byshottles | 3 |
Newton Hall North | 2 | |
Newton Hall South | 2 | |
Pelaw and Gilesgate | 3 | |
Pittington and West Rainton | The parishes of Pittington and West Rainton | 2 |
St Nicholas | 2 | |
Shadforth and Sherburn | The parish of Sherburn and the parish wards of Ludworth, Shadforth and Sherburn Hill of the parish of Shadforth | 3 |
Shincliffe | The parish of Shincliffe | 1 |
(This note is not part of the Order)