The County of Warwickshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2004

Statutory Instruments

2004 No.2820

LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND

The County of Warwickshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2004

Made

28th October 2004

Coming into force in accordance with article 1(2) and 1(3)

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) recommendations dated April 2004 on its review of the county of Warwickshire:

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 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 County of Warwickshire (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 Stoneleigh 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.

Interpretation

2.  In this Order –

“county” means the county of Warwickshire;

“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 county(6);

any reference to the map is a reference to the map marked “Map referred to in the County of Warwickshire (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 Warwickshire County Council; and

any reference to a numbered sheet is a reference to the sheet of the map which bears that number.

Electoral divisions of the county of Warwickshire

3.—(1) The existing electoral divisions of the county(7) shall be abolished.

(2) The county shall be divided into fifty-six 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 Stoneleigh

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

(2) The parish shall be divided into three parish wards which shall bear the names Burton Green, Stoneleigh and University; and the wards shall comprise the areas designated on sheet 3 by reference to the name of the ward and demarcated by orange lines.

(3) The number of councillors to be elected for the Stoneleigh parish ward shall be four and for each of the Burton Green and University parish wards shall be two.

Maps

5.  Warwickshire County Council shall make a print of the map marked “Map referred to in the County of Warwickshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2004” available for inspection at its offices by any member of the public at any reasonable time.

Electoral registers

6.  The Electoral Registration Officer(8) 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.

Revocation

7.  The County of Warwickshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1981(9) is revoked, save for article 5.

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

L.S.

Sam Younger

Chairman of the Commission

28th October 2004

Jacqui Dixon

Secretary to the Commission

28th October 2004

article 3

SCHEDULE NAMES 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 borough of North Warwickshire
Arley	Arley and Whitacre ward; Astley parish; Corley parish; Fillongley parish	1
Atherstone	Atherstone Central ward; Atherstone North ward	1
Baddesley	Baddesley and Grendon ward; Dordon ward; Warton parish ward of Polesworth parish	1
Coleshill	Coleshill North ward; Coleshill South ward; Great Packington parish; Little Packington parish; Maxstoke parish; Shustoke parish	1
Hartshill	Atherstone South and Mancetter ward; Hartshill ward	1
Kingsbury	Hurley and Wood End ward; Kingsbury ward	1
Polesworth	Polesworth East ward; Polesworth West ward; Austrey parish; Newton Regis parish; Seckington parish; Shuttington parish	1
Water Orton	Curdworth ward; Water Orton ward	1
In the borough of Nuneaton and Bedworth
Arbury and Stockingford	Arbury ward; Bar Pool ward; Kingswood ward	2
Bede		1
Bedworth North		1
Bedworth West		1
Bulkington		1
Nuneaton Abbey	Abbey ward	1
Nuneaton Camp Hill	Camp Hill ward	1
Nuneaton Galley Common	Galley Common ward	1
Nuneaton St Nicolas		1
Nuneaton Weddington	Weddington ward	1
Nuneaton Wem Brook		1
Nuneaton Whitestone		1
Poplar	Poplar ward	1
In the borough of Rugby
Admirals	Admirals ward	1
Brownsover	Benn ward; Brownsover North ward; Brownsover South ward; Newbold ward	2
Caldecott	Bilton ward; Caldecott ward; Overslade ward	2
Dunchurch	Dunchurch and Knightlow ward; Leam Valley ward	1
Earl Craven	Earl Craven and Wolston ward; Ryton-on-Dunsmore ward; Brinklow parish; Church Lawford parish; Combe Fields parish; King’s Newnham parish; Little Lawford parish	1
Eastlands and Hillmorton	Eastlands ward; Hillmorton ward; Paddox ward	2
Fosse	Avon and Swift ward; Wolvey ward; Ansty parish; Monks Kirby parish; Pailton parish; Shilton parish; Stretton under Fosse parish; Wibtoft parish; Willey parish	1
Lawford and New Bilton	New Bilton ward; Long Lawford parish	1
In the district of Stratford on Avon
Alcester	Alcester ward; Kinwarton ward	1
Aston Cantlow	Aston Cantlow ward; Bardon ward; Claverdon ward; Snitterfield parish; Wolverton parish	1
Bidford-on-Avon	Bidford and Salford ward; Welford ward	1
Feldon	Harbury ward; Long Itchington ward; Chapel Ascote parish; Hodnell and Wills Pastures parish; Ladbroke parish; Priors Hardwick parish; Priors Marston parish; Radbourn parish; Stoneton parish; Watergall parish; Wormleighton parish	1
Henley-in-Arden	Henley ward; Tanworth ward	1
Kineton	Burton Dassett ward; Kineton ward; Avon Dassett parish; Farnborough parish; Fenny Compton parish	1
Shipston-on-Stour	Brailes ward; Long Compton ward; Shipston ward	1
Southam	Southam ward; Stockton and Napton ward	1
Stour and the Vale	Ettington ward; Quinton ward; Tredington ward; Vale of the Red Horse ward	1
Stratford Avenue and New Town	Stratford Avenue and New Town ward	1
Stratford South	Stratford Alveston ward; Stratford Guild and Hathaway ward; Stratford Mount Pleasant ward	2
Studley	Sambourne ward; Studley ward	1
Wellesbourne	Wellesbourne ward; Charlecote parish; Fulbrook parish; Hampton Lucy parish	1
In the district of Warwick
Bishop’s Tachbrook	Bishop’s Tachbrook ward; Barford parish; Budbrooke parish; Norton Lindsey parish; Sherbourne parish; Wasperton parish	1
Cubbington	Cubbington ward; Radford Semele ward; Ashow parish; Baginton parish; Stoneleigh parish ward of Stoneleigh parish	1
Kenilworth Abbey	Abbey ward; University parish ward of Stoneleigh parish	1
Kenilworth Park Hill	Park Hill ward	1
Kenilworth St John's	St John’s ward	1
Leamington Brunswick	Brunswick ward	1
Leamington Milverton	Milverton ward	1
Leamington North	Clarendon ward; Crown ward; Manor ward	2
Leamington Willes	Willes ward	1
Leek Wootton	Lapworth ward; Leek Wootton ward; Hatton parish	1
Warwick North	Warwick North ward	1
Warwick South	Warwick South ward	1
Warwick West	Warwick West ward	1
Whitnash	Whitnash ward	1

Explanatory Note

(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 county of Warwickshire.

The modification concerns the name of Eastlands and Hillmorton electoral division.

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 56 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.

Article 4 makes electoral changes in the parish of Stoneleigh.

Article 6 obliges the Electoral Registration Officer in each district or borough in the county of Warwickshire to make any necessary amendments to the electoral register for that district or borough to reflect the new electoral arrangements.

Article 7 revokes the County of Warwickshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1981, with the exception of article 5.

The areas of the new electoral divisions and parish 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 Warwickshire County 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 (c. 19), to the extent that they relate to electoral changes 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 section 89(3) of the Local Government Act 2000 (c. 22), S.I. 2001/3962 and also otherwise in ways not relevant to this Order.

(5)

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

(6)

See the Borough of North Warwickshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2000 (S.I. 2000/1675), the Borough of Nuneaton and Bedworth (Electoral Changes) Order 2000 (S.I. 2000/2058), the Borough of Rugby (Electoral Changes) (No. 2) Order 2000 (S.I. 2000/3363), the District of Stratford on Avon (Electoral Changes) Order 2000 (S.I. 2000/2059) and the District of Warwick (Electoral Changes) Order 2000 (S.I. 2000/1677).

(7)

See the County of Warwickshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1981 (S.I. 1981/118). The area of the county of Warwickshire was altered by the Northamptonshire and Warwickshire (County Boundaries) Order 1988 (S.I. 1988/314), the Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire and Warwickshire (County Boundaries) Order 1991 (S.I. 1991/309), the Hereford and Worcester and Warwickshire (County Boundaries) Order 1993 (S.I. 1993/272), the Staffordshire, Warwickshire and West Midlands (County Boundaries) Order 1993 (S.I. 1993/402), the Hereford and Worcester, Warwickshire and West Midlands (County and Metropolitan Borough Boundaries) Order 1993 (S.I. 1993/437), and the Warwickshire and West Midlands (County and District Boundaries) Order 1993 (S.I. 1993/474).

(8)

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).

(9)

S.I. 1981/118.