The District of Sedgemoor (Electoral Changes) Order 1998

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the District of Sedgemoor (Electoral Changes) Order 1998.

(2) This Order shall come into force on 6th May 1999, except that for the purpose of all proceedings preliminary or relating to an election to be held on or after that date this Order shall come into force on 10th October 1998.

(3) In this Order—

“the district” means the district of Sedgemoor;

“existing”, in relation to a ward, means the ward as it exists on the date this Order is made;

and any reference to “the map” is a reference to the map prepared by the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions marked “Map of the District of Sedgemoor (Electoral Changes) Order 1998”, and deposited in accordance with regulation 27 of the Local Government Changes for England Regulations 1994(1); and

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

Wards of Sedgemoor

2.—(1) The existing wards of the district(2) shall be abolished.

(2) The district shall be divided into twenty-five wards which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of the Schedule.

(3) The wards shall comprise the areas described in column (2) of that Schedule by reference to parishes, or where no area is so described, the area designated on the map by reference to the name of the ward and demarcated by red lines; and the number of councillors to be elected for each ward shall be the number specified in respect of the ward in column (3) of that Schedule.

(4) Where a boundary is shown on the map as running along a road, railway line, footway, waterway or other similar geographical feature, it shall be treated as running along the centre line of the feature.

Wards of the parish of Burnham-on-Sea and Highbridge

3.—(1) The existing wards of the parish of Burnham-on-Sea shall be abolished.

(2) The parish shall be divided into three parish wards which shall bear the names Burnham North, Burnham South and Highbridge and each parish ward shall comprise the area of the ward of the district bearing the same name.

(3) The number of councillors to be elected for each ward shall be six.

Wards of the parish of North Petherton

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

(2) The parish of North Petherton shall be divided into three parish wards which shall bear the names North Newton, Northmoor Green and North Petherton 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 parish wards of North Newton and Northmoor Green shall be three and for the parish ward of North Petherton shall be eight.

Wards of the parish of Woolavington

5.—(1) The existing wards of the parish of Woolavington shall be abolished.

(2) The parish of Woolavington shall be divided into two parish wards which shall bear the names Woolavington North and Woolavington South 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 each parish ward shall be five.

Revocation

6.  The District of Sedgemoor (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1977 is hereby revoked.

Signed by the authority of the Secretary of State

Hilary Armstrong

Minister of State,

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

5th October 1998