The County of Derbyshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2004

Made28th October 2004

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 19921, has submitted to the Secretary of State recommendations dated August 2000 on its review of the county of Derbyshire:

And whereas the Electoral Commission2 have decided to give effect, with modifications, 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 173 and 264 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 County of Derbyshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2004.

2

This Order shall come into force –

a

for the purpose of proceedings preliminary or relating to any election to be held on the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2005, on the day after that on which it is made;

b

for all other purposes, on the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2005.

Interpretation2

In this Order –

“county” means the county of Derbyshire;
“existing”, in relation to an electoral division or ward, means the electoral division or ward as it exists on the date this Order is made; and
references to wards, unless the context otherwise requires, are references to district and borough wards in the county5.

Electoral divisions of the county of Derbyshire3

1

The existing electoral divisions of the county6 shall be abolished.

2

The county shall be divided into sixty-four electoral divisions which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of the Schedule.

3

Each electoral division shall comprise the area described in column (2) of the Schedule by reference to wards, parishes, or parish wards and the number of councillors to be elected for each electoral division shall be one.

Electoral registers4

The Electoral Registration Officer7 for each district or borough in the county 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.

Revocation5

The County of Derbyshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order (1980)8 is revoked, save for article 4.

Sealed with the seal of the Electoral Commission on the 28th day of October 2004

Sam YoungerChairman of the Commission28th October 2004

Jacqui DixonSecretary to the Commission28th October 2004

SCHEDULENAMES AND AREAS OF ELECTORAL DIVISIONS

article 3

Column (1)	Column (2)
Name of Electoral Division	Area of Electoral Division
In the borough of Amber Valley
Alfreton	Alfreton ward; Swanwick ward
Alport and Derwent	Alport ward; Belper North ward; Crich ward; Wingfield ward
Belper	Belper Central ward; Belper East ward
Duffield and Belper South	Belper South ward; Duffield ward; South West Parishes ward
Greater Heanor	Heanor East ward; Langley Mill and Aldercar ward; Mapperley parish; Shipley parish9
Heage	Heage and Ambergate ward; Ripley and Marehay ward
Heanor Central	Heanor and Loscoe ward; Heanor West ward
Horsley	Kilburn, Denby and Holbrook ward; Horsley parish10; Horsley Woodhouse parish; Smalley parish
Ripley	Codnor and Waingroves ward; Ripley ward
Somercotes	Ironville and Riddings ward; Somercotes ward
In the district of Bolsover
Barlborough and Clowne	Barlborough ward; Clowne North ward; Clowne South ward
Bolsover North West, Elmton and Whitwell	Bolsover North West ward; Elmton-with-Creswell ward; Whitwell ward
Bolsover South West and Scarcliffe	Bolsover South ward; Bolsover West ward; Scarcliffe ward
Pinxton and South Normanton West	Pinxton ward; South Normanton West ward
Shirebrook and Pleasley	Pleasley ward; Shirebrook East ward; Shirebrook Langwith ward; Shirebrook North West ward; Shirebrook South East ward; Shirebrook South West ward
South Normanton East and Tibshelf	Blackwell ward; South Normanton East ward; Tibshelf ward
In the borough of Chesterfield
Ashgate	Loundsley Green ward; West ward
Birdholme	Hasland ward; Rother ward
Brimington	Brimington North ward; Brimington South ward
Hipper	Holmebrook ward; Walton ward
Newbold	Brockwell ward; Moor ward
St Mary's	Dunston ward; Linacre ward
Spire	St Helen’s ward; St Leonard’s ward
Staveley North and Whittington	Barrow Hill and New Whittington ward; Old Whittington ward; Lowgates parish ward of Staveley parish
Staveley South	Hollingwood and Inkersall ward; Middlecroft and Poolsbrook ward; Woodthorpe parish ward of Staveley parish
In the district of Derbyshire Dales
Ashbourne	Ashbourne South ward; Brailsford ward; Clifton and Bradley ward; Doveridge and Sudbury ward; Hulland ward; Norbury ward
Bakewell	Bakewell ward; Bradwell ward; Hathersage and Eyam ward; Litton and Longstone ward
Derwent Valley	Calver ward; Chatsworth ward; Darley Dale ward; Stanton ward; South Darley parish
Dovedale	Ashbourne North ward; Dovedale and Parwich ward; Hartington and Taddington ward; Lathkill and Bradford ward; Tideswell ward; Elton parish; Gratton parish; Winster parish
Matlock	Matlock All Saints ward; Matlock St Giles ward
Wirksworth	Carsington Water ward; Masson ward; Wirksworth ward
In the borough of Erewash
Breadsall and West Hallam	Little Eaton and Breadsall ward; Stanley ward; West Hallam parish
Breaston	Breaston ward; Draycott and Church Wilne parish; Borrowash East and Borrowash West parish wards of Ockbrook and Borrowash parish
Cotmanhay	Abbotsford ward; Cotmanhay ward; Ilkeston North ward
Ilkeston	Ilkeston Central ward; Little Hallam ward; Old Park ward
Kirk Hallam	Hallam Fields ward; Kirk Hallam ward; Dale Abbey Village parish ward of Dale Abbey parish
Long Eaton	Long Eaton Central ward; Nottingham Road ward
Petersham	Derby Road East ward; Derby Road West ward
Sandiacre	Sandiacre North ward; Sandiacre South ward; Hopwell parish; Risley parish; Stanton by Dale parish; Ockbrook parish ward of Ockbrook and Borrowash parish
Sawley	Sawley ward; Wilsthorpe ward
In the borough of High Peak
Buxton North and East	Barms ward; Cote Heath ward; Stone Bench ward; Green Fairfield parish; Wormhill parish
Buxton West	Burbage ward; Buxton Central ward; Corbar ward; Temple ward
Chapel and Hope Valley	Chapel East ward; Chapel West ward; Hope Valley ward; Dove Holes and Martinside parish ward of Chapel-en-le-Frith parish
Etherow	Gamesley ward; Hadfield North ward; Hadfield South ward; Tintwistle ward
Glossop North and Rural	Dinting ward; Old Glossop ward; Padfield ward; St John’s ward
Glossop South	Howard Town ward; Simmondley ward; Whitfield ward
New Mills	Hayfield ward; New Mills East ward; New Mills West ward; Sett ward
Whaley Bridge and Blackbrook	Blackbrook ward; Whaley Bridge ward
In the district of North East Derbyshire
Clay Cross	Ashover ward; Clay Cross North ward; Clay Cross South ward
Dronfield North	Coal Aston ward; Dronfield North ward; Dronfield Woodhouse ward; Unstone ward
Dronfield South	Dronfield South ward; Gosforth Valley ward
Eckington	Eckington North ward; Eckington South ward; Renishaw ward; Ridgeway and Marsh Lane ward
Holymoorside and Wingerworth	Barlow and Holmesfield ward; Brampton and Walton ward; Wingerworth ward
Killamarsh	Killamarsh East ward; Killamarsh West ward
North Wingfield and Tupton	North Wingfield Central ward; Tupton ward; East parish ward of North Wingfield parish
Stonebroom and Pilsley	Pilsley and Morton ward; Shirland ward
Sutton	Grassmoor ward; Sutton ward; Heath and Holmewood parish
In the district of South Derbyshire
Aston and Melbourne	Aston ward; Melbourne ward
Hatton and Hilton	Etwall ward; Hatton ward; Hilton ward; North West ward
Linton and Church Gresley	Church Gresley ward; Castle Gresley parish; Cauldwell parish; Linton parish; Overseal parish
Midway and Hartshorne	Hartshorne and Ticknall ward; Midway ward
Newhall and Seales	Newhall and Stanton ward; Catton parish; Coton in the Elms parish; Drakelow parish; Lullington parish; Netherseal parish; Rosliston parish; Walton upon Trent parish
Repton and Willington	Repton ward; Stenson ward; Willington and Findern ward
Swadlincote Central and Woodville	Swadlincote ward; Woodville ward

(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 county of Derbyshire. The recommendations were submitted to the Secretary of State, but the functions of the Secretary of State under sections 13 to 15 and 17 of the Local Government Act 1992 so far as they relate to electoral changes were transferred with modifications to the Electoral Commission under the Local Government Commission for England (Transfer of Functions) Order 2001 (S.I.2001/3962), with effect from 1st April 2002. That Order provides that recommendations submitted to the Secretary of State before 1st April 2002 would have effect as if they had been submitted to the Electoral Commission.

The modifications concern the names of Belper, Bolsover North West, Elmton and Whitwell, Bolsover South West and Scarcliffe, Pinxton and South Normanton West, and South Normanton East and Tibshelf electoral divisions and the boundary between Dronfield South, and Holymoorside and Wingerworth electoral divisions.

The changes have effect in relation to local government elections to be held on and after the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2005.

Article 3 abolishes the existing electoral divisions of the county and provides for the creation of 64 new electoral divisions. That article and the Schedule also make provision for the names and areas of, and numbers of councillors for, the new electoral divisions. The number of councillors for each electoral division shall be one.

Article 4 obliges the Electoral Registration Officer in each district or borough in the county of Derbyshire to make any necessary amendments to the electoral register for that district or borough to reflect the new electoral arrangements.

Article 5 revokes the County of Derbyshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1980, with the exception of article 4.