The County of Northamptonshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2000
And whereas the Secretary of State has decided to give effect to those recommendations:
Citation, commencement and interpretation1.
(1)
This Order may be cited as the County of Northamptonshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2000.
(2)
This Order shall come into force—
(a)
for the purpose of proceedings preliminary or relating to any election to be held on 3rd May 2001, on 10th October 2000;
(b)
for all other purposes, on 3rd May 2001.
(3)
In this Order—
“county” means the county of Northamptonshire;
Divisions of the county of Northamptonshire2.
(1)
(2)
The county shall be divided into seventy-three divisions which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of the Schedule.
(3)
The divisions shall comprise the areas described in column (2) of the Schedule by reference to wards, or wards and parishes or, where no area is so described, the area designated on the map by reference to the name of the division and demarcated by red lines; and the number of councillors to be elected for each division shall be one.
(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.
Revocation3.
The County of Northamptonshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1981 is hereby revoked.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions
SCHEDULENAMES AND AREAS OF ELECTORAL DIVISIONS
(1) | (2) |
|---|---|
Name of Division | Area of Division |
In the borough of Corby | |
Central | |
Corby Rural | The East, Rural East, Rural North and Rural West wards |
Danesholme | The Danesholme and Hillside wards |
Kingswood | The Kingswood and West wards |
Lloyds | |
Shire Lodge | The Lodge Park and Shire Lodge wards |
In the district of Daventry | |
Braunston | |
Brixworth | The Brixworth, Clipston and Spratton wards |
Daventry East | |
Daventry West | |
Long Buckby | The Brampton, Flore and Long Buckby wards |
Moulton | The Boughton and Pitsford, Moulton and Walgrave wards |
Uplands | The Crick, Ravensthorpe, Welford, West Haddon and Guilsborough, and Yelvertoft wards |
Woodford and Weedon | The Byfield, Weedon and Woodford wards |
In the district of East Northamptonshire | |
Higham Ferrers | The Higham Ferrers and Stanwick wards |
Irthlingborough | The Irthlingborough and Woodford wards |
Oundle | The Dryden, Lyveden and Oundle wards |
Prebendal | The Fineshade, Lower Nene, King’s Forest and Prebendal wards |
Raunds | The Raunds Saxon and Raunds Windmill wards |
Rushden East | |
Rushden South | |
Rushden West | |
Thrapston | The Barnwell, Ringstead and Thrapston wards |
In the borough of Kettering | |
Brambleside | The Brambleside and All Saints wards |
Burton | |
Desborough | The Loatland and St Giles wards |
Grange | The Avondale and Warkton wards |
Ise | The Millbrook and Spinney wards |
Kettering Central | The St Mary’s and St Michael’s wards |
Kettering Rural | The Buccleuch, Queen Eleanor, Slade and Welland wards |
Rothwell | The Tresham and Trinity wards |
St Andrew’s and St Peter's | The St Andrew’s and St Peter’s wards |
Wicksteed | |
In the borough of Northampton | |
Abington | The Abington ward |
Billing | The Billing ward |
Boughton Green | |
Castle | The Castle ward |
Delapre | The Delapre ward |
East Hunsbury | The East Hunsbury ward |
Eastfield | The Eastfield ward |
Ecton Brook | The Ecton Brook ward |
Headlands | The Headlands ward |
Kingsley | The Kingsley ward |
Kingsthorpe | |
Lumbertubs | The Lumbertubs ward |
Nene Valley | The Nene Valley ward |
New Duston | The New Duston ward |
Old Duston | The Old Duston ward |
Parklands | The Parklands ward |
St Crispin | The St Crispin ward |
St David | |
St James | The St James ward |
Spencer | The Spencer ward |
Thorplands | The Thorplands ward |
West Hunsbury | The West Hunsbury ward |
Weston | The Weston ward |
In the district of South Northamptonshire | |
Brackley East | The Astwell, Brackley East and Brackley South wards |
Brackley West | The Brackley West, Little Brook and Steane wards |
Bugbrooke | The Downs, Grange, Harpole and Heyford wards |
Deanshanger | The Cosgrove, Deanshanger and Whittlewood wards and the parish of Yardley Gobion |
Greens Norton | The Blakesley, Cote, Kingthorn, Silverstone and Washington wards |
Hackleton | The Chase, Cogenhoe, Salcey and Yardley wards |
Middleton Cheney | The King’s Sutton, Middleton Cheney and Wardoun wards |
Roade | The Blisworth, Courteenhall and Tove wards and the parishes of Ashton and Grafton Regis |
Towcester | The Towcester Brook and Towcester Mill wards |
In the borough of Wellingborough | |
Croyland | |
Earls Barton | The Earls Barton and South wards and the parishes of Grendon and Great Doddington |
Finedon | The Finedon, North, and West wards and the parish of Wilby |
Hemmingwell | |
Irchester | The Irchester ward and the parishes of Strixton and Wollaston |
Queensway | |
Redwell | The Redwell East and Redwell West wards |
Swanspool |
This Order gives effect to recommendations by the Local Government Commission for England for electoral changes in the county of Northamptonshire. The changes have effect in relation to local government elections to be held on and after 3rd May 2001.
Article 2 abolishes the existing divisions of the county and provides for the creation of 73 new divisions. That article and the Schedule also make provision for the names and areas of the new divisions. One councillor is to be elected for each division.
Article 3 revokes the County of Northamptonshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1981.
The areas of the new divisions 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 Northamptonshire County Council and at the offices of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, 2nd Floor, Ashdown House, 123 Victoria Street, London SW1E 6DE.