The Borough of Corby (Electoral Changes) Order 2006

Made25th May 2006

Coming into force in accordance with article 1(2)

The Boundary Committee for England1, under section 15(4) of the Local Government Act 19922 (“the 1992 Act”), have conducted a review of the borough of Corby3 and have submitted to the Electoral Commission4 recommendations dated December 2005.

A period of not less than six weeks has expired since the receipt of those recommendations.

The Electoral Commission have decided to give effect, without modification, to those recommendations.

Accordingly, the Electoral Commission, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 175 and 266 of the 1992 Act, make the following Order:

Citation and commencement1

1

This Order may be cited as the Borough of Corby (Electoral Changes) Order 2006.

2

This Order comes 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 2007, on 15th October 2006;

b

for all other purposes, on the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2007.

Interpretation2

In this Order—

“borough” means the borough of Corby;
“existing”, in relation to a ward, means the ward as it exists on the date this Order is made; and
“map” means the map marked “Map referred to in the Borough of Corby (Electoral Changes) Order 2006”, of which prints are available for inspection at the principal office of the Electoral Commission.

Wards of the borough of Corby3

1

The existing wards of the borough7 shall be abolished.

2

The borough shall be divided into fifteen wards which shall be named as set out in column (1) of the Schedule.

3

Each ward shall comprise the area designated on the map by reference to the name of the ward and demarcated by red lines.

4

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.

5

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.

Map4

Corby Borough Council shall make a print of the map available for inspection at its offices by any member of the public at any reasonable time.

Electoral register5

The 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 Corby (Electoral Changes) Order 19989 is revoked.

Sealed with the seal of the Electoral Commission on the 25th day of May 2006

Sam YoungerChairman of the Commission25th May 2006

Jacqui DixonSecretary to the Commission25th May 2006

SCHEDULENAMES OF WARDS AND NUMBERS OF COUNCILLORS

article 3

Column (1)	Column (2)
Name of Ward	Number of Councillors
Central	1
Beanfield	2
Danesholme	2
East	3
Exeter	1
Great Oakley	1
Kingswood	3
Lodge Park	2
Oakley Vale	3
Rowlett	2
Rural West	1
Shire Lodge	2
Stanion and Corby Village	2
Tower Hill	2
Weldon and Gretton	2

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order makes changes to the electoral arrangements for the borough of Corby following recommendations made by the Boundary Committee for England to the Electoral Commission.

The Electoral Commission accepted the Boundary Committee’s recommendations without modification.

The electoral changes apply in respect of local government elections to be held on and after the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2007.

Article 3 abolishes the existing wards of the borough and replaces them with 15 new ones. That article, the Schedule and the map also establish the names and areas of the new borough wards and the numbers of borough councillors for each ward.

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 Corby (Electoral Changes) Order 1998.

The map defined in article 2 shows the new borough wards. It is available at www.boundarycommittee.org.uk/your-area/corby.cfm and, at all reasonable times, at the offices of Corby Borough Council and at the principal office of the Electoral Commission at Trevelyan House, Great Peter Street, London SW1P 2HW.