The District of Ryedale (Electoral Changes) Order 2000

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the District of Ryedale (Electoral Changes) Order 2000.

(2) This Order shall come into force—

(a) for the purpose of proceedings preliminary or relating to any election to be held on 1st May 2003, on 10th October 2002;

(b) for all other purposes, on 1st May 2003.

(3) In this Order—

“district” means the district of Ryedale;

“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 Ryedale (Electoral Changes) Order 2000”, 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 the district of Ryedale

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

(2) The district shall be divided into twenty 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, watercourse or similar geographical feature, it shall be treated as running along the centre line of the feature.

Wards of the parish of Ebberston and Yedingham

3.—(1) The parish of Ebberston and Yedingham shall be divided into three parish wards which shall bear the names Bickley, Ebberston and Yedingham; and the wards shall comprise the areas designated on sheets 10 and 11 by reference to the name of the ward and demarcated by orange lines.

(2) The number of councillors to be elected for each of the Bickley and Yedingham parish wards shall be one, and for the Ebberston parish ward shall be five.

Wards of the parish of Heslerton

4.  The parish of Heslerton shall be divided into two 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 the 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 the parish ward in column (3) of that Schedule.

Wards of the parish of Norton-on-Derwent

5.  The parish shall be divided into two parish wards which shall bear the names Norton East and Norton West; each parish ward shall comprise the area of the district ward bearing the same name; and the number of councillors to be elected for each parish ward shall be six.

Wards of the parish of Pickering

6.—(1) The parish of Pickering shall be divided into three parish wards which shall bear the names Pickering East, Pickering West and Stape; the parish wards of Pickering East and Pickering West shall be coterminous with the district wards of the same name, and the parish ward of Stape shall consist of the rest of the parish.

(2) The number of councillors to be elected for each of the Pickering East and Pickering West parish wards shall be six, and for the Stape parish ward shall be one.

Wards of the parish of Welburn (York)

7.—(1) The parish of Welburn (York) shall be divided into two parish wards which shall bear the names Crambeck and Welburn; and the wards shall comprise the areas designated on sheet 12 by reference to the name of the ward and demarcated by orange lines.

(2) The number of councillors to be elected for the Crambeck parish ward shall be one, and for the Welburn parish ward shall be five.

Number of parish councillors

8.  The number of parish councillors to be elected for the parish of Kirkbymoorside shall be nine.

Revocation

9.  The District of Ryedale (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1979 is hereby revoked.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Hilary Armstrong

Minister of State,

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

22nd September 2000