Statutory Instruments
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES
Made
8th October 1998
Coming into force in accordance with article 1(2)
Whereas the Local Government Commission for England, acting pursuant to section 15(4) of the Local Government Act 1992(1), has submitted to the Secretary of State a report dated March 1997 on its review of the district of South Northamptonshire together with its recommendations:
And whereas the Secretary of State has decided to give effect to those recommendations:
Now, therefore, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 17(2) and 26 of the Local Government Act 1992, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the District of South Northamptonshire (Electoral Changes) Order 1998.
(2) This Order shall come into force for all purposes 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 South Northamptonshire;
“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 South Northamptonshire (Electoral Changes) Order 1998”, and deposited in accordance with regulation 27 of the Local Government Changes for England Regulations 1994(3).
2.—(1) The existing wards of the district(4) shall be abolished.
(2) The district shall be divided into thirty-one wards which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of Schedule 1.
(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.
3.—(1) The existing wards of the parish of Brackley shall be abolished.
(2) The parish shall be divided into three parish wards which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of Schedule 2; each parish ward shall comprise the area of the district ward specified in respect of that parish ward in column (2) of that Schedule and the number of councillors to be elected for each parish ward shall be five.
4. The parish shall be divided into two parish wards which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of Schedule 3; each parish ward shall comprise the area of the district ward specified in respect of that parish ward in column (2) of that Schedule and the number of councillors to be elected for each parish ward shall be eight.
5. The District of South Northamptonshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976 is hereby revoked.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
Hilary Armstrong
Minister of State,
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
8th October 1998
Article 2
| (1) | (2) | (3) |
|---|---|---|
| Name of ward | Areas of ward | Number of councillors |
| Astwell | The parishes of Helmdon, Radstone, Syresham and Whitfield | 1 |
| Blakesley | The parishes of Adstone, Blakesley, Cold Higham, Litchborough, Maidford, Slapton and Woodend | 1 |
| Blisworth | The parish of Blisworth | 1 |
| Brackley East | 2 | |
| Brackley South | 2 | |
| Brackley West | 2 | |
| Chase | The parishes of Brafield-on-the-Green, Hackleton, Little Houghton and Quinton | 2 |
| Cogenhoe | The parish of Cogenhoe and Whiston | 1 |
| Cosgrove | The parishes of Cosgrove and Old Stratford | 1 |
| Cote | The parishes of Pattishall and Tiffield | 1 |
| Courteenhall | The parishes of Courteenhall, Milton Malsor and Roade | 2 |
| Deanshanger | The parishes of Deanshanger and Wicken | 2 |
| Downs | The parishes of Bugbrooke and Gayton | 2 |
| Grafton | The parishes of Ashton, Grafton Regis and Yardley Gobion | 1 |
| Grange | The parishes of Kislingbury and Rothersthorpe | 1 |
| Harpole | The parish of Harpole | 1 |
| Heyford | The parishes of Nether Heyford and Upper Heyford | 1 |
| Kings Sutton | The parish of Kings Sutton | 1 |
| Kingthorn | The parishes of Bradden and Greens Norton | 1 |
| Little Brook | The parishes of Aynho, Croughton and Evenley | 1 |
| Middleton Cheney | The parishes of Middleton Cheney and Warkworth | 2 |
| Salcey | The parish of Hartwell | 1 |
| Silverstone | The parish of Silverstone | 1 |
| Steane | The parishes of Farthinghoe, Greatworth, Hinton-in-the Hedges and Newbottle | 1 |
| Tove | The parishes of Paulerspury, Shutlanger and Stoke Bruerne | 1 |
| Towcester Brook | 2 | |
| Towcester Mill | 2 | |
| Wardoun | The parishes of Aston le Walls, Boddington, Chacombe, Chipping Warden, Culworth, Edgcote, Eydon, Marston St Lawrence, Thenford and Thorpe Mandeville | 2 |
| Washington | The parishes of Abthorpe, Moreton Pinkney, Sulgrave, Wappenham and Weston and Weedon | 1 |
| Whittlewood | The parishes of Potterspury and Whittlebury | 1 |
| Yardley | The parishes of Castle Ashby, Denton and Yardley Hastings | 1 |
Article 3
| (1) | (2) |
|---|---|
| Name of ward | Description of area |
| East | The Brackley East ward |
| West | The Brackley West ward |
| South | The Brackley South ward |
Article 4
| (1) | (2) |
|---|---|
| Name of ward | Description of area |
| Brook | The Towcester Brook district ward |
| Mill | Such part of the parish of Towcester as is within the Towcester Mill ward |
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order gives effect to recommendations by the Local Government Commission for England for electoral changes in the district of South Northamptonshire.
Article 2 abolishes all of the existing wards of the district and provides for the creation of 31 new wards. That article and Schedule 1 also make provision for the names and areas of, and numbers of councillors for, the new wards.
Articles 3 and 4 make electoral changes in the parishes of Brackley and Towcester.
The areas of the new district and parish wards are demarcated on the map described in article 1(3). Prints of the map may be inspected at all reasonable times at the offices of the South Northamptonshire District Council and at the offices of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, which are located at 2nd Floor, Ashdown House, 123 Victoria Street, London SW1E 6DE.
Section 17 is amended by section 39(4) and (5) of the Police and Magistrates' Courts Act 1994 (c. 29).
S.I. 1994/867, to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order.
see The District of South Northamptonshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976 (S.I. 1976/285).