Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order gives effect, with modifications, to recommendations by the Local Government Commission for England for electoral changes in the borough of South Ribble. The changes have effect in relation to local government elections to be held on and after 1st May 2003.
The modifications relate to names of wards and to the moving of the Howick Primary School from Whitefield ward to Howick and Priory ward.
The Secretary of State has decided that the wards shown in the first column of the Table below with the names proposed by the Commission should be named in accordance with the second column.
| Proposed Ward Name | Ward Name |
|---|---|
| Castle | Howick and Priory |
| Hutton and Longton | Longton and Hutton West |
| New Longton | New Longton and Hutton East |
Article 2 abolishes the existing wards of the borough and provides for the creation of twenty-seven 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 3 makes provision for the election of all councillors of the borough of South Ribble to take place in 2003 and every fourth year after that year.
Articles 4 to 7 make electoral changes for the parishes of Farington, Hutton, Longton and Penwortham.
Article 8 revokes the Borough of South Ribble (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1975 and the Borough of South Ribble (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1987.
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 South Ribble Borough Council and at the offices of the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, 2nd Floor, Ashdown House, 123 Victoria Street, London SW1E 6DE.