2004 No. 2818
The County of Staffordshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2004
Made
Coming into force in accordance with article 1(2) and 1(3)
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 April 2004 on its review of the county of Staffordshire:
And whereas the Electoral Commission 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:
Citation and commencement1
1
This Order may be cited as the County of Staffordshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2004.
2
This Order, with the exception of article 4, 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.
3
Article 4 shall come into force –
a
for the purpose of proceedings preliminary or relating to the election of a parish councillor for the parish of Rugeley to be held on the ordinary day of elections in 2007, on 15th October 2006;
b
for all other purposes, on the ordinary day of elections in 2007.
Interpretation2
In this Order –
“county” means the county of Staffordshire;
“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;
references to wards, unless the context otherwise requires, are references to district and borough wards in the county6;
any reference to the map is a reference to the map marked “Map referred to in the County of Staffordshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2004”, of which prints are available for inspection at –
- a
the principal office of the Electoral Commission; and
- b
the offices of Staffordshire County Council; and
any reference to a numbered sheet is a reference to the sheet of the map which bears that number.
- a
Electoral divisions of the county of Staffordshire3
1
The existing electoral divisions of the county7 shall be abolished.
2
The county shall be divided into fifty-nine electoral divisions which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of the Schedule.
3
The electoral divisions shall comprise the areas described in column (2) of the Schedule by reference to wards, parishes, or parish wards or, where an area is not so described, the area designated on the map by reference to the name of the electoral division and demarcated by red lines; and the number of councillors to be elected for each electoral division shall be the number specified in respect of the electoral division in column (3) 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.
Wards of the parish of Rugeley4
1
The existing wards of the parish of Rugeley shall be abolished.
2
The parish shall be divided into four parish wards which shall bear the names Etching Hill, Hagley, Western Springs North and Western Springs South; and the wards shall comprise the areas designated on sheet 4 by reference to the name of the ward and demarcated by orange lines.
3
The number of councillors to be elected for the Etching Hill parish ward shall be seven, for each of the Hagley and Western Springs North parish wards shall be five and for the Western Springs South parish ward shall be two.
Maps5
Staffordshire County Council shall make a print of the map marked “Map referred to in the County of Staffordshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2004” available for inspection at its offices by any member of the public at any reasonable time.
Electoral registers6
The Electoral Registration Officer8 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.
Revocation7
The County of Staffordshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 19809 is revoked, save for article 5.
Sealed with the seal of the Electoral Commission on the 28th day of October 2004
SCHEDULENAMES AND AREAS OF ELECTORAL DIVISIONS AND NUMBERS OF COUNCILLORS
Column (1) | Column (2) | Column (3) |
---|---|---|
Name of Electoral Division | Area of Electoral Division | Number of Councillors |
In the district of Cannock Chase | ||
Brereton and Ravenhill | Brereton and Ravenhill ward; Hagley ward; Western Springs South parish ward of Rugeley parish | 1 |
Cannock Town Centre | Cannock South ward; Cannock West ward | 1 |
Cannock Villages | Heath Hayes East and Wimblebury ward; Norton Canes ward | 1 |
Chadsmoor | Cannock East ward; Cannock North ward | 1 |
Etching Hill and Heath | Etching Hill and The Heath ward; Western Springs North parish ward of Rugeley parish | 1 |
Hednesford and Rawnsley | Hawks Green ward; Hednesford Green Heath ward; Hednesford North ward; Hednesford South ward; Rawnsley ward | 2 |
In the borough of East Staffordshire | ||
Burton Tower | Brizlincote ward; Winshill ward | 1 |
Burton Town | Burton ward; Eton Park ward; Shobnall ward | 1 |
Burton Trent | Anglesey ward; Stapenhill ward | 1 |
Dove | Crown ward; Rolleston on Dove ward; Tutbury and Outwoods ward | 1 |
Horninglow and Stretton | Horninglow ward; Stretton ward | 1 |
Needwood Forest | Branston ward; Needwood ward; Yoxall ward | 1 |
Uttoxeter Rural | Abbey ward; Bagots ward; Churnet ward; Weaver ward | 1 |
Uttoxeter Town | Heath ward; Town ward | 1 |
In the district of Lichfield | ||
Burntwood North | Boney Hay ward; Burntwood Central ward; Chase Terrace ward | 1 |
Burntwood South | All Saints ward; Chasetown ward; Summerfield ward | 1 |
Lichfield City North | Chadsmead ward; Curborough ward; Stowe ward | 1 |
Lichfield City South | Leomansley ward; St John’s ward | 1 |
Lichfield Rural East | Bourne Vale ward; Fazeley ward; Mease and Tame ward; Fisherwick parish; Whittington parish | 1 |
Lichfield Rural North | Alrewas and Fradley ward; Boley Park ward; King’s Bromley ward; Streethay parish | 1 |
Lichfield Rural South | Hammerwich ward; Little Aston ward; Shenstone ward; Stonnall ward | 1 |
Lichfield Rural West | Armitage with Handsacre ward; Colton and Mavesyn Ridware ward; Highfield ward; Longdon ward | 1 |
In the borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme | ||
Audley and Chesterton | 1 | |
Bradwell and Porthill | Bradwell ward; Holditch ward; Porthill ward | 1 |
Cross Heath and Silverdale | Cross Heath ward; Knutton and Silverdale ward; Silverdale and Parksite ward | 1 |
Keele and Westlands | Keele ward; Thistleberry ward; Westlands ward | 1 |
Kidsgrove and Talke | Butt Lane ward; Kidsgrove ward; Newchapel ward; Ravenscliffe ward; Talke ward | 2 |
Newcastle Rural | Loggerheads and Whitmore ward; Madeley ward; Balterley parish; Betley parish | 1 |
Newcastle South | Clayton ward; Seabridge ward; Town ward | 1 |
Wolstanton | May Bank ward; Wolstanton ward | 1 |
In the district of South Staffordshire | ||
Brewood | Brewood and Coven ward; Wheaton Aston, Bishopswood and Lapley ward | 1 |
Cheslyn Hay, Essington and Great Wyrley | Cheslyn Hay North and Saredon ward; Cheslyn Hay South ward; Essington ward; Featherstone and Shareshill ward; Great Wyrley Landywood ward; Great Wyrley Town ward | 2 |
Codsall | Bilbrook ward; Codsall North ward; Codsall South ward | 1 |
Kinver | Himley and Swindon ward; Kinver ward; Trysull and Seisdon ward | 1 |
Penkridge | Huntington and Hatherton ward; Penkridge North East and Acton Trussell ward; Penkridge South East ward; Penkridge West ward | 1 |
Perton | Pattingham and Patshull ward; Perton Dippons ward; Perton East ward; Perton Lakeside ward | 1 |
Wombourne | Wombourne North and Lower Penn ward; Wombourne South East ward; Wombourne South West ward | 1 |
In the borough of Stafford | ||
Eccleshall | Eccleshall ward; Swynnerton ward | 1 |
Gnosall and Doxey | 1 | |
Stafford Central | 1 | |
Stafford North | 1 | |
Stafford South East | 1 | |
Stafford Trent Valley | Chartley ward; Haywood and Hixon ward; Milford ward | 1 |
Stafford West | 1 | |
Stone Rural | Barlaston and Oulton ward; Fulford ward; Milwich ward | 1 |
Stone Urban | St Michael’s ward; Stonefield and Christchurch ward; Walton ward | 1 |
In the district of Staffordshire Moorlands | ||
Biddulph North | Biddulph Moor ward; Biddulph North ward; Biddulph West ward | 1 |
Biddulph South and Endon | Bagnall and Stanley ward; Biddulph East ward; Biddulph South ward; Brown Edge and Endon ward | 1 |
Caverswall | Caverswall ward; Cellarhead ward; Forsbrook ward; Werrington ward | 1 |
Cheadle and Checkley | Cheadle South East ward; Cheadle West ward; Checkley ward | 1 |
Churnet Valley | Alton ward; Cheadle North East ward; Cheddleton ward; Churnet ward | 1 |
Leek Rural | Dane ward; Hamps Valley ward; Horton ward; Ipstones ward; Leek North ward; Manifold ward | 1 |
Leek South | Leek East ward; Leek South ward; Leek West ward | 1 |
In the borough of Tamworth | ||
Amington | 1 | |
Bolebridge | 1 | |
Perrycrofts | 1 | |
Stonydelph | 1 | |
Watling North | 1 | |
Watling South | 1 |
(This note is not part of the Order)