The District of Teesdale (Electoral Changes) Order 1999

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the District of Teesdale (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–

“district” means the district of Teesdale;

“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 Teesdale (Electoral Changes) Order 1999”, and deposited in accordance with regulation 27 of the Local Government Changes for England Regulations 1994(1); and

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

Wards of Teesdale

2.—(1) The existing wards of the district(2) shall be abolished.

(2) The district shall be divided into nineteen 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 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 that 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 Barnard Castle

3.—(1) The existing wards of the parish of Barnard Castle shall be abolished.

(2) The parish shall be divided into three parish wards which shall bear the names Barnard Castle East, Barnard Castle North and Barnard Castle West; the parish wards of Barnard Castle East and Barnard Castle West shall be coterminous with the district wards of the same name and the Barnard Castle North parish ward shall consist of the rest of the parish.

(3) The number of councillors to be elected for the Barnard Castle East parish ward shall be four, for the Barnard Castle North parish ward shall be three and for the Barnard Castle West parish ward shall be five.

Wards of the parish of Evenwood and Barony

4.—(1) The existing wards of the parish of Evenwood and Barony shall be abolished.

(2) The parish shall be divided into five parish wards which shall bear the names Evenwood, Lands, Ramshaw, Toft Hill and Witton; and the wards shall comprise the areas designated on sheet 8 by reference to the name of the ward and demarcated by orange lines.

(3) The number of councillors to be elected for the Evenwood parish ward shall be six, for each of the Lands and Ramshaw parish wards shall be three, for the Witton parish ward shall be two and for the Toft Hill parish ward shall be one.

Wards of the parish of Marwood

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

(2) The parish shall be divided into three 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 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.

Revocation

6.  The District of Teesdale (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1979 is hereby revoked.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Beverley Hughes

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

7th September 1999