The District of Selby (Electoral Changes) Order 2000

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the District of Selby (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 Selby;

“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 Selby (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 Selby

2.—(1) The existing wards of the district(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 Barlby

3.—(1) The parish shall be divided into three parish wards which shall bear the names Barlby Bridge, Barlby Osgodby and Barlby Village; and the wards shall comprise the areas designated on sheets 3 and 4 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 Barlby Bridge and Barlby Osgodby parish wards shall be two, and the number of councillors to be elected for the Barlby Village parish ward shall be seven.

Wards of the parish of Selby

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

(2) The parish shall be divided into three parish wards which shall bear the names Selby North, Selby South and Selby 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 Tadcaster

5.  The parish of Tadcaster 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.

Revocation

6.  The District of Selby (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978 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