2002 No. 2889

LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND

The Borough of Oadby and Wigston (Electoral Changes) Order 2002

Made19th November 2002

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 recommendations dated June 2002 on its review of the borough4 of Oadby and Wigston:

And whereas the Electoral Commission have decided to give effect, with one modification, to those recommendations:

And whereas a period of not less than six weeks has expired since the receipt of those recommendations:

Now, therefore, the Electoral Commission, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 175 and 266 of the Local Government Act 1992, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:

Citation and commencement1

1

This Order may be cited as the Borough of Oadby and Wigston (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 the day after that on which it is made;

b

for all other purposes, on 1st May 2003.

Interpretation2

In this Order—

“borough” means the borough of Oadby and Wigston;
“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 Oadby and Wigston (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 Oadby and Wigston Borough Council.

Wards of the borough of Oadby and Wigston3

1

The existing wards of the borough7 shall be abolished.

2

The borough shall be divided into ten wards which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of the Schedule.

3

The wards shall comprise the areas 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 (2) of the 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.

Maps4

Oadby and Wigston Borough Council shall make a print of the map marked “Map referred to in the Borough of Oadby and Wigston (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 Oadby and Wigston (Electoral Arrangements) Order 19779 is revoked.

Signed by the members of the Electoral Commission

Pamela GordonCommissioner28th October 2002

Glyn MathiasCommissioner14th November 2002

Neil McIntoshCommissioner14h November 2002

Karamjit SinghCommissioner19th November 2002

Sam YoungerCommissioner19th November 2002

Graham ZellickCommissioner28th October 2002

SCHEDULENAMES OF WARDS AND NUMBERS OF COUNCILLORS

article 3

(1)	(2)
Name of Ward	Number of Councillors
Oadby Brocks Hill	2
Oadby Grange	3
Oadby St Peter's	2
Oadby Uplands	2
Oadby Woodlands	2
South Wigston	3
Wigston All Saints	3
Wigston Meadowcourt	3
Wigston St Wolstan's	3
Wigston Fields	3

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order gives effect, with one modification, to recommendations by the Boundary Committee for England, a committee of the Electoral Commission, for electoral changes in the borough of Oadby and Wigston.

The modification concerns the name of the Wigston Fields borough ward.

The changes have effect in relation to local government elections to be held on and after 1st May 2003.

Article 3 abolishes the existing wards of the borough and provides for the creation of 10 new wards. That article and the Schedule also make provision for the names and areas of, and numbers of councillors for, the new wards.

Article 5 obliges the Electoral Registration Officer to make any necessary amendments to the electoral register to reflect the new electoral arrangements.

Article 6 revokes the Borough of Oadby and Wigston (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1977 (S.I.1977/723).

The areas of the new borough wards are demarcated on the map described in article 2. Prints of the map may be inspected at all reasonable times at the offices of Oadby and Wigston Borough Council and at the principal office of the Electoral Commission at Trevelyan House, Great Peter Street, London SW1P 2HW.