The District of Mid Sussex (Electoral Changes) Order 2002

Statutory Instruments

2002 No. 2891

LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND

The District of Mid Sussex (Electoral Changes) Order 2002

Made

19th November 2002

Coming into force in accordance with article 1(2)

Whereas the Boundary Committee for England(1), acting pursuant to section 15(4) of the Local Government Act 1992(2), has submitted to the Electoral Commission(3) a report dated July 2002 on its review of the district of Mid Sussex 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, with modifications, to those recommendations:

Now, therefore, the Electoral Commission, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 17(4) and 26(5) of the Local Government Act 1992, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the District of Mid Sussex (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.

Interpretation

2.  In this Order—

“district” means the district of Mid Sussex;

“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 District of Mid Sussex (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 Mid Sussex District Council.

Wards of the district of Mid Sussex

3.—(1) The existing wards of the district(6) shall be abolished.

(2) The district shall be divided into twenty six 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 and parish wards 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 Burgess Hill

4.—(1) The existing wards of the parish of Burgess Hill shall be abolished.

(2) The parish shall be divided into six parish wards which shall bear the names Burgess Hill Dunstall, Burgess Hill Franklands, Burgess Hill Leylands, Burgess Hill Meeds, Burgess Hill St Andrews and Burgess Hill Victoria; and each parish ward shall comprise the area of the district ward bearing the same name, and the number of councillors to be elected for each parish ward shall be three.

Wards of the parish of Cuckfield Rural

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

(2) The parish shall be divided into three parish wards which shall bear the names Ansty, Brook Street and Borde Hill, and Staplefield; and the wards shall comprise the areas designated on sheet (7) by reference to the names of the wards and demarcated by orange lines.

(3) The number of parish councillors to be elected for the parish ward of Brook Street and Borde Hill shall be one, for the parish ward of Staplefield shall be three and for the parish ward of Ansty shall be five.

Wards of the parish of East Grinstead

6.—(1) The existing wards of the parish of East Grinstead shall be abolished.

(2) The parish shall be divided into six parish wards which shall bear the names East Grinstead Ashplats, East Grinstead Baldwins, East Grinstead Herontye, East Grinstead Imberhorne, East Grinstead Town and East Grinstead Worsted; the parish wards of East Grinstead Ashplats, East Grinstead Baldwins, East Grinstead Herontye, East Grinstead Imberhorne and East Grinstead Town shall comprise the area of the district ward bearing the same name, and the parish ward of East Grinstead Worsted shall consist of the rest of the parish.

(3) The number of parish councillors to be elected for the parish ward of East Grinstead Worsted shall be one, for the parish wards of East Grinstead Baldwins, East Grinstead Herontye, and East Grinstead Town shall be three, and for the parish wards of East Grinstead Ashplats and East Grinstead Imberhorne shall be four.

Wards of the parish of Haywards Heath

7.—(1) The existing wards of the parish of Haywards Heath shall be abolished.

(2) The parish shall be divided into five parish wards which shall bear the names Haywards Heath Ashenground, Haywards Heath Bentswood, Haywards Heath Franklands, Haywards Heath Heath and Haywards Heath Lucastes; and each parish ward shall comprise the area of the district ward bearing the same name.

(3) The number of parish councillors to be elected for the parish wards of Haywards Heath Ashenground, Haywards Heath Franklands, Haywards Heath Heath and Haywards Heath Lucastes parish wards shall be three, and for the parish ward of Haywards Heath Bentswood shall be four.

Wards of the parish of Lindfield Rural

8.  The parish of Lindfield Rural 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 district ward specified in respect of the parish ward in column (2) of that Schedule, and the number of parish 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 Slaugham

9.  The parish of Slaugham shall be divided into two parish wards which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of Schedule 3; each parish ward shall comprise the area of the district ward specified in respect of the parish ward in column (2) of that Schedule, and the number of parish 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.

Maps

10.  Mid Sussex District Council shall make a print of the map marked “Map referred to in the District of Mid Sussex (Electoral Changes) Order 2002” available for inspection at its offices by any member of the public at any reasonable time.

Electoral Registers

11.  The Electoral Registration Officer(7) for the district 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.

Revocation

12.  The District of Mid Sussex (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1980(8) is revoked.

Signed by the members of the Electoral Commission

Pamela Gordon

Commissioner

28th October 2002

Glyn Mathias

Commissioner

14th November 2002

Neil McIntosh

Commissioner

14th November 2002

Karamjit Singh

Commissioner

19th November 2002

Sam Younger

Commissioner

19th November 2002

Graham Zellick

Commissioner

28th October 2002

article 3

SCHEDULE 1 NAMES AND AREAS OF WARDS AND NUMBERS OF COUNCILLORS

(1)	(2)	(3)
Name of Ward	Area of Ward	Number of Councillors
Ardingly and Balcombe		2
Ashurst Wood		1
Bolney		1
Burgess Hill Dunstall		2
Burgess Hill Franklands		2
Burgess Hill Leylands		2
Burgess Hill Meeds		2
Burgess Hill St Andrews		2
Burgess Hill Victoria		2
Copthorne and Worth	The parish ward of Copthorne and Worth of the parish of Worth	2
Crawley Down and Turners Hill	The parish ward of Crawley Down of the parish of Worth and the parish of Turners Hill	3
Cuckfield	The parishes of Cuckfield and Cuckfield Rural	2
East Grinstead Ashplats		2
East Grinstead Baldwins		2
East Grinstead Herontye		2
East Grinstead Imberhorne		2
East Grinstead Town		2
Hassocks	The parish of Hassocks	3
Haywards Heath Ashenground		2
Haywards Heath Bentswood		2
Haywards Heath Franklands		2
Haywards Heath Heath		2
Haywards Heath Lucastes		2
High Weald		2
Hurstpierpoint and Downs	The parish of Fulking, the parish of Hurstpierpoint and Sayers Common, and the parishes of Newtimber, Poynings and Pyecombe	3
Lindfield		3

article 8

SCHEDULE 2 WARDS OF THE PARISH OF LINDFIELD RURAL NAMES AND AREAS OF WARDS AND NUMBERS OF COUNCILLORS

(1)	(2)	(3)
Name of Ward	Area of Ward	Number of Councillors
Lindfield Rural East	So much of the district ward of High Weald as comprises the parish of Lindfield Rural	4
Lindfield Rural West	So much of the district ward of Lindfield as comprises the parish of Lindfield Rural	5

article 9

SCHEDULE 3 WARDS OF THE PARISH OF SLAUGHAM NAMES AND AREAS OF WARDS AND NUMBERS OF COUNCILLORS

(1)	(2)	(3)
Name of Ward	Area of Ward	Number of Councillors
Handcross and Pease Pottage	So much of the district ward of Ardingly and Balcombe as comprises the parish of Slaugham	10
Slaugham and Warninglid	So much of the district ward of Bolney as comprises the parish of Slaugham	3

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order gives effect, with modifications, to recommendations by the Boundary Committee for England, a committee of the Electoral Commission, for electoral changes in the district of Mid Sussex. The changes have effect in relation to local government elections to be held on and after 1st May 2003.

The modifications relate to the amendment of the boundary between Burgess Hill Franklands and Burgess Hill Meeds wards, the boundary between Burgess Hill Leylands and Burgess Hill Meeds wards, and the boundary between Haywards Heath Ashenground and Haywards Heath Lucastes wards.

Article 3 abolishes the existing wards of the district and provides for the creation of twenty six 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 4 to 9 make electoral changes in the parishes of Burgess Hill, Cuckfield Rural, East Grinstead, Haywards Heath, Lindfield Rural and Slaugham.

Article 11 obliges the Electoral Registration Officer to make any necessary amendments to the electoral register to reflect the new electoral arrangements.

Article 12 revokes the District of Mid Sussex (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1980 (S.I. 1980/653).

The areas of the new district 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 Mid Sussex District Council and at the principal office of the Electoral Commission at Trevelyan House, Great Peter Street, London SW1P 2HW.

(1)

The Boundary Committee for England is a committee of the Electoral Commission, established by the Electoral Commission in accordance with section 14 of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (c. 41). The Local Government Commission for England (Transfer of Functions) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/3962) transferred to the Electoral Commission the functions of the Local Government Commission for England.

(2)

1992 c. 19. This section has been amended by S.I. 2001/3962.

(3)

The Electoral Commission was established by the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (c. 41). The functions of the Secretary of State, under sections 13 to 15 and 17 of the Local Government Act 1992, to the extent that they relate to electoral arrangements within the meaning of that Act, were transferred with modifications to the Electoral Commission on 1st April 2002 (S.I. 2001/3962).

(4)

This section has been amended by S.I. 2001/3962. There are amendments to this section made otherwise than by S.I. 2001/3962 that are not relevant to this Order.

(5)

This section has been amended by S.I. 2001/3962.

(6)

See the District of Mid Sussex (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1980 (S.I. 1980/653), as amended by the District of Mid Sussex (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1985 (S.I. 1985/1841), the Mid Sussex (Parishes) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/3278), and the Mid Sussex (Parishes) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/158).

(7)

As to electoral registration officers and the register of local government electors, see sections 8 to 13 of the Representation of the People Act 1983 (c. 2).

(8)

S.I. 1980/653, as amended by S.I. 1985/1841. Articles 8 and 9 of S.I. 1980/653 made provision in respect of the district electoral cycle. Article 2 of S.I. 1985/1841 makes new provision in respect of the district electoral cycle. Article 10 of S.I. 1980/653 made provision in respect of elections in certain parishes. Article 3 of S.I. 1985/1841 makes new provision in respect of those parishes. S.I. 1985/1841 is not affected by this Order.