The Isle of Wight (Electoral Changes) Order 2000

Citation, commencement and interpretation

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

(2) This article and article 12 shall come into force on 9th October 2000.

(3) The provisions of this Order, other than this article and article 12, shall come into force—

(a) for the purpose of proceedings preliminary or relating to any election to be held on 3rd May 2001, on 10th October 2000;

(b) for all other purposes, on 3rd May 2001.

(4) In this Order—

“county” means the county of the Isle of Wight;

“division” means an electoral division of the county;

“existing”, in relation to a division, means the division 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 Isle of Wight (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.

Divisions of the Isle of Wight

2.—(1) The existing divisions of the county(2) shall be abolished.

(2) The county shall be divided into forty-eight divisions which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of Schedule 1.

(3) The divisions shall comprise the areas described in column (2) of that Schedule by reference to parishes or parish wards or, where no area is so described, the area designated on the map by reference to the name of the division and demarcated by red lines.

(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 Bembridge

3.—(1) The parish of Bembridge shall be divided into two parish wards which shall bear the names Bembridge North and Bembridge South; and each parish ward shall comprise the area of the division of the county bearing the same name.

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

Wards of the parish of Cowes

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

(2) The parish shall be divided into four parish wards which shall bear the names Cowes Castle East, Cowes Castle West, Cowes Central and Cowes Medina; and each parish ward shall comprise the area of the division of the county bearing the same name.

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

Wards of the parish of East Cowes

5.—(1) The existing wards of the parish of East Cowes shall be abolished(3).

(2) The parish shall be divided into three parish wards which shall bear the names East Cowes North, East Cowes South and Osborne; the parish wards of East Cowes North and East Cowes South shall be coterminous with the county divisions of the same name, and the Osborne parish ward shall consist of the rest of the parish.

(3) The number of councillors to be elected for each of the East Cowes North and East Cowes South wards shall be three and, for the Osborne ward, shall be two.

Wards of the parish of Lake

6.—(1) The parish of Lake shall be divided into two parish wards which shall bear the names Lake North and Lake South; and each parish ward shall comprise the area of the division of the county bearing the same name.

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

Wards of the parish of Sandown

7.—(1) The parish of Sandown shall be divided into two parish wards which shall bear the names Sandown North and Sandown South; and each parish ward shall comprise the area of the division of the county bearing the same name.

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

Wards of the parish of Shanklin

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

(2) The parish shall be divided into three parish wards which shall bear the names Shanklin Central, Shanklin North and Shanklin South; and each parish ward shall comprise the area of the division of the county bearing the same name.

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

Wards of the parish of Shorwell

9.  The existing wards of the parish of Shorwell shall be abolished and the number of councillors to be elected for the council of that parish shall be six.

Wards of the parish of Ventnor

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

(2) The parish shall be divided into five parish wards which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of Schedule 2; each parish ward shall comprise the area designated on sheet 2 by reference to the name of the ward and demarcated by orange lines, and the number of councillors to be elected for each parish ward shall be the number specified in column (2) of that Schedule.

Wards of the parish of Yarmouth

11.  The number of councillors to be elected for the Thorley ward of the parish of Yarmouth shall be two.

Revocations

12.  The Isle of Wight (Electoral Changes) Order 1999(4) and article 5(3) of the Isle of Wight (Structural Change) Order 1994 are 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