The Borough of Eastleigh (Parishes and Electoral Changes) Order 2001

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order gives effect to parish boundary recommendations made by Eastleigh Borough Council and also, subject to modifications referred to below, to recommendations by the Local Government Commission for England (“LGC”) for electoral changes in the borough of Eastleigh. The changes have effect in relation to local government elections to be held on and after 2nd May 2002.

Article 2 transfers 2 areas of land between the parishes of Bishopstoke and Fair Oak and Horton Heath. It also transfers 2 areas of land from the West End parish — one to the parish of Botley and one to the parish of Hedge End. The Order gives effect to the recommendations of the LGC for the borough wards of Botley and West End North and for the new parish wards in the parishes of Bishopstoke, Fair Oak and Horton Heath and West End, subject to the modifications consequent upon these transfers.

Article 3 abolishes the existing wards of the borough and provides for the creation of 19 new wards. That article and Schedule 1 also make provision for the names and areas of, and numbers of councillors for, the new wards.

Article 4 makes provision for a whole council election in 2002 and for reversion to elections by thirds in subsequent years. Schedule 2 regulates the order of retirement of councillors.

Articles 5 to 9 makes electoral changes in the parishes of Bishopstoke, Fair Oak and Horton Heath, Hedge End, Hound, and West End.

Article 10 provides for elections of parish councillors for the parishes of Botley and Hamble.

Article 11 revokes the Borough of Eastleigh (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1975.

The areas of the new borough and parish wards are demarcated on the map described in article 1(6). Prints of the map may be inspected at all reasonable times at the offices of Eastleigh Borough 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.