The Borough of East Staffordshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2001

Statutory Instruments

2001 No. 1443

LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND

The Borough of East Staffordshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2001

Made

10th April 2001

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 1992(1), has submitted to the Secretary of State a report dated October 2000 on its review of the borough(2) of East Staffordshire 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 17(3) 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 interpretation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Borough of East Staffordshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2001.

(2) This Order shall come into force—

(a) for the purpose of proceedings preliminary or relating to any election to be held on 1st May 2003, on 10th October 2002;

(b) for all other purposes, on 1st May 2003.

(3) In this Order—

“borough” means the borough of East Staffordshire;

“existing”, in relation to a ward, means the ward as it exists on the date this Order is made; and

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 Borough of East Staffordshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2001”, and deposited in accordance with regulation 27 of the Local Government Changes for England Regulations 1994(4).

Wards of the borough of East Staffordshire

2.—(1) The existing wards of the borough(5) shall be abolished.

(2) The borough shall be divided into twenty-one 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 an area is not 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, watercourse or similar geographical feature, it shall be treated as running along the centre line of the feature.

Wards of the parish of Outwoods

3.  The parish of Outwoods shall be divided into two parish wards which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of Schedule 2; each parish ward shall comprise the area of the borough 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.

Wards of the parish of Stretton

4.  The parish of Stretton shall be divided into three parish wards which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of Schedule 3; each parish ward shall comprise the area of the borough 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.

Wards of the parish of Uttoxeter

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

(2) The parish shall be divided into two parish wards which shall bear the names of Heath and Town; each ward shall comprise the area of the borough ward bearing the same name; and the number of councillors to be elected for each parish ward shall be eight.

Revocation

6.  The District of East Staffordshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1977 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

10th April 2001

article 2

SCHEDULE 1 NAMES AND AREAS OF WARDS AND NUMBERS OF COUNCILLORS

(1)	(2)	(3)
Name of Ward	Area of Ward	Number of Councillors
Abbey	The parishes of Croxden, Leigh and Uttoxeter Rural	1
Anglesey		2
Bagots	The parishes of Abbots Bromley, Blithfield and Kingstone	1
Branston		3
Brizlincote		2
Burton		1
Churnet	The parishes of Denstone and Rocester	1
Crown	The parishes of Draycott in the Clay, Hanbury and Marchington	1
Eton Park		2
Heath		2
Horninglow		3
Needwood	The parishes of Barton-under-Needwood, Dunstall, Tatenhill and Wychnor	2
Rolleston on Dove	The parish of Rolleston on Dove	1
Shobnall		2
Stapenhill		3
Stretton		3
Town		2
Tutbury and Outwoods		2
Weaver	The parishes of Ellastone, Mayfield, Okeover, Ramshorn, Stanton and Wootton	1
Winshill		3
Yoxall	The parishes of Hoar Cross, Newborough and Yoxall	1

article 3

SCHEDULE 2 WARDS OF THE PARISH OF OUTWOODSNAMES AND AREAS OF WARDS AND NUMBERS OF COUNCILLORS

(1)	(2)	(3)
Name of Ward	Area of Ward	Number of Councillors
Outwoods North	So much of the borough ward of Tutbury and Outwoods as comprises the parish of Outwoods	8
Outwoods South	So much of the borough ward of Branston as comprises the parish of Outwoods	3

article 4

SCHEDULE 3 WARDS OF THE PARISH OF STRETTONNAMES AND AREAS OF WARDS AND NUMBERS OF COUNCILLORS

(1)	(2)	(3)
Name of Ward	Area of Ward	Number of Councillors
Stretton	So much of the borough ward of Stretton as comprises part of the parish of Stretton	9
Stretton South Central	So much of the borough ward of Horninglow as comprises part of the parish of Stretton	1
Stretton South East	So much of the borough ward of Eton Park as comprises part of the parish of Stretton	1

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order gives effect to recommendations by the Local Government Commission for England for electoral changes in the borough of East Staffordshire. The changes have effect in relation to local government elections to be held on and after 1st May 2003.

Article 2 abolishes the existing wards of the borough and provides for the creation of 21 new wards. That article and Schedule 1 also make provision for the names and areas of, and numbers of councillors for, the new wards.

Articles 3, 4 and 5 make electoral changes in the parishes of Outwoods, Stretton and Uttoxeter.

Article 6 revokes the District of East Staffordshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1977.

The areas of the new borough wards 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 East Staffordshire 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.

(1)

1992 c. 19.

(2)

The non-metropolitan district of East Staffordshire has the status of a borough.

(3)

Section 17 is amended by section 39(4) and (5) of the Police and Magistrates' Courts Act 1994 (c. 29).

(4)

S.I. 1994/867, to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order.

(5)

See the District of East Staffordshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1977 (S.I. 1977/1066).