The District of South Gloucestershire (Electoral Changes) Order 1998

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the District of South Gloucestershire (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 the day after that on which it is made.

(3) In this Order–

“the district” means the district of South Gloucestershire;

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

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 Gloucestershire (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 South Gloucestershire

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

(2) The district shall be divided into thirty-five 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 parishes and parish wards, 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 that 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 Bitton

3.—(1) The existing wards of the parish of Bitton shall be abolished.

(2) The parish shall be divided into three wards which shall bear the names North Common, Oldland Common and South and the wards shall comprise the areas designated on sheet 8 by reference to the name of the ward and demarcated by orange lines.

(3) The number of councillors to be elected for the North Common, Oldland Common and South parish wards shall be nine, seven and five respectively.

Wards of the town of Bradley Stoke

4.—(1) The existing wards of the town of Bradley Stoke shall be abolished.

(2) The town shall be divided into five wards which shall bear the names Baileys Court, Lakeside, Manor Farm, Primrose Bridge and Woodlands and the wards shall comprise the areas designated on sheet 6 by reference to the name of the ward and demarcated by orange lines.

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

Wards of the parish of Dodington

5.—(1) The existing wards of the parish of Dodington 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 the number specified in respect of that parish ward in column (3) of that Schedule.

Wards in the town of Filton

6.—(1) The existing wards of the town of Filton shall be abolished.

(2) The town shall be divided into three wards which shall bear the names Charborough, Conygre and Northville and the wards shall comprise the areas designated on sheet 6 by reference to the name of the ward and demarcated by orange lines.

(3) The number of councillors to be elected for the Charborough parish ward shall be three and for each of the Conygre and Northville parish wards shall be five.

Wards of the parish of Mangotsfield Rural

7.—(1) The existing wards of the parish of Mangotsfield Rural shall be abolished.

(2) The parish shall be divided into five wards which shall bear the names Badminton, Blackhorse, Emersons Green, Pomphrey and Springfield and the wards shall comprise the areas designated on sheet 7 by reference to the name of the ward and demarcated by orange lines.

(3) The number of councillors to be elected for the Badminton parish ward shall be six and for each of the Blackhorse, Emersons Green, Pomphrey and Springfield parish wards shall be three.

Wards of the parish of Oldland

8.—(1) The existing wards of the parish of Oldland shall be abolished.

(2) The parish shall be divided into seven wards which shall bear the names Barrs Court, Cadbury Heath, Cock Road Ridge, Greenbank, Longwell Green, Willsbridge and Wraxall and the wards shall comprise the areas designated on sheet 8 by reference to the name of the ward and demarcated by orange lines.

(3) The number of councillors to be elected for the Cadbury Heath parish ward shall be seven; for the Longwell parish ward shall be four; for each of the Barrs Court and Wraxall parish wards shall be three and for each of the Cock Road Ridge, Greenbank and Willsbridge parish wards shall be one.

Wards of the parish of Sodbury

9.—(1) The existing wards of the parish of Sodbury shall be abolished.

(2) The parish shall be divided into three wards which shall bear the names North East, Old Sodbury and South West and the wards shall comprise the areas designated on sheet 9 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.

Wards of the parish of Stoke Gifford

10.—(1) The existing wards of the parish of Stoke Gifford shall be abolished.

(2) The parish shall be divided into three wards which shall bear the names North, South and University and the wards shall comprise the areas designated on sheet 6 by reference to the name of the ward and demarcated by orange lines.

(3) The number of councillors to be elected for the North, South and University parish wards shall be five, six and one respectively.

Wards of the town of Thornbury

11.—(1) The existing wards of the town of Thornbury shall be abolished.

(2) The town shall be divided into four wards which shall bear the names Central, North East, North West and South and the wards shall comprise the areas designated on sheet 5 by reference to the name of the ward and demarcated by orange lines.

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

Wards of the town of Yate

12.—(1) The existing wards of the town of Yate shall be abolished.

(2) The town shall be divided into seven parish wards which shall bear the names East, North, North West, South, South East, South West and West and the wards shall comprise the areas designated on sheet 9 by reference to the name of the ward and demarcated by orange lines.

(3) The number of councillors to be elected for each of the North, South East and West parish wards shall be four, and for each of the East, North West and South West parish wards shall be three and for South parish ward shall be one.

Numbers of parish councillors

13.  The number of parish councillors for each of the wards of the parish of Patchway shall be five.

Revocations

14.—(1) In the Avon (Structural Change) Order 1995, article 9(3) and Schedule 2 and so much of article 9(1) as relates to the council of the district are hereby revoked.

(2) The District of Northavon (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1975 and the District of Kingswood (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1987 are hereby revoked.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

Hilary Armstrong

Minister of State,

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

3rd November 1998