2002 No. 2240
The Borough of Blackpool (Electoral Changes) Order 2002
Made
Coming into force in accordance with article 1(2)
Whereas the Boundary Committee for England1, acting pursuant to section 15(4) of the Local Government Act 19922, has submitted to the Electoral Commission3 a report dated April 2002 on its review of the borough4 of Blackpool together with its recommendations:
And whereas a period of not less than six weeks has expired since the receipt of those recommendations:
And whereas the Electoral Commission have decided to give effect to those recommendations:
Citation and commencement1
1
This Order may be cited as the Borough of Blackpool (Electoral Changes) Order 2002.
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 15th October 2002;
b
for all other purposes, on 1st May 2003.
Interpretation2
In this Order—
“borough” means the borough of Blackpool;
“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 marked “Map referred to in the Borough of Blackpool (Electoral Changes) Order 2002”, of which prints are available for inspection at—
a
the principal office of the Electoral Commission; and
b
the offices of Blackpool Borough Council.
Wards of the borough of Blackpool3
1
The existing wards of the borough7 shall be abolished.
2
The borough shall be divided into twenty-one wards which shall bear the names set out in the Schedule.
3
The wards shall comprise 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 two.
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.
Map4
The Blackpool Borough Council shall make a print of the map marked “Map referred to in the Borough of Blackpool (Electoral Changes) Order 2002” available for inspection at its offices by any member of the public at any reasonable time.
Electoral Registers5
The Electoral Registration Officer8 for the borough shall make such rearrangement of, or adaptation of, the register of local government electors as may be necessary for the purposes of, and in consequence of, this Order.
Revocation6
The Borough of Blackpool (Electoral Changes) Order 19979 is revoked, save for article 3.
Signed by the members of the Electoral Commission
SCHEDULENAMES OF WARDS
Anchorsholme |
Bispham |
Bloomfield |
Brunswick |
Claremont |
Clifton |
Greenlands |
Hawes Side |
Highfield |
Ingthorpe |
Layton |
Marton |
Norbreck |
Park |
Squires Gate |
Stanley |
Talbot |
Tyldesley |
Victoria |
Warbreck |
Waterloo |
(This note is not part of the Order)