The District of Wansbeck (Electoral Changes) Order 2007
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.
Citation and commencement1.
(1)
This Order may be cited as the District of Wansbeck (Electoral Changes) Order 2007.
(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 the day after that on which it is made;
(b)
for all other purposes, on the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2007.
Interpretation2.
In this Order—
“district” means the district of Wansbeck;
“existing”, in relation to a ward, means the ward as it exists on the date this Order is made;
“map” means the map marked “Map referred to in the District of Wansbeck (Electoral Changes) Order 2007”, of which prints are available for inspection at the principal office of the Electoral Commission;
Wards of the district of Wansbeck3.
(1)
(2)
The district shall be divided into eighteen 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.
Wansbeck District 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 officer 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.
Sealed with the seal of the Electoral Commission on the 25th day of January 2007
SCHEDULENAMES OF WARDS AND NUMBERS OF COUNCILLORS
Column (1) | Column (2) |
|---|---|
Name of Ward | Number of Councillors |
Ashington Central | 3 |
Bedlington Central | 3 |
Bedlington East | 3 |
Bedlington North | 2 |
Bedlington South | 2 |
Bothal North | 2 |
Bothal South | 2 |
Choppington | 2 |
College | 3 |
Guide Post | 3 |
Haydon | 3 |
Hirst | 2 |
Newbiggin East | 2 |
Newbiggin West | 2 |
Park | 3 |
Seaton | 3 |
Sleekburn | 3 |
Stakeford | 2 |
This Order makes changes to the electoral arrangements for the district of Wansbeck 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 district and replaces them with 18 new ones. That article, the Schedule and the map also establish the names and areas of the new district wards and the numbers of district 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.
The map defined in article 2 shows the new district wards. It is available at www.boundarycommittee.org.uk/your-area/wansbeck.cfm and, at all reasonable times, at the offices of Wansbeck District Council and at the principal office of the Electoral Commission at Trevelyan House, Great Peter Street, London SW1P 2HW.