The County of Nottinghamshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2004

Statutory Instruments

2004 No. 2816

LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND

The County of Nottinghamshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2004

Made

28th October 2004

Coming into force in accordance with article 1(2)

Whereas the Boundary Committee for England(1), acting pursuant to section 15(4) of the Local Government Act 1992(2), has submitted to the Electoral Commission(3) recommendations dated April 2004 on its review of the county of Nottinghamshire:

And whereas the Electoral Commission have decided to give effect to those recommendations:

And whereas a period of not less than six weeks has expired since the receipt of those recommendations:

Now, therefore, the Electoral Commission, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 17(4) and 26(5) of the Local Government Act 1992, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the County of Nottinghamshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2004.

(2) This Order shall come into force –

(a) for the purpose of proceedings preliminary or relating to any election to be held on the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2005, on the day after that on which it is made;

(b) for all other purposes, on the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2005.

Interpretation

2.  In this Order –

“county” means the county of Nottinghamshire;

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

references to wards, unless the context otherwise requires, are references to district and borough wards in the county(6); and

any reference to the map is a reference to the map marked “Map referred to in the County of Nottinghamshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2004”, of which prints are available for inspection at –

(a)

the principal office of the Electoral Commission; and

(b)

the offices of Nottinghamshire County Council.

Electoral divisions of the county of Nottinghamshire

3.—(1) The existing electoral divisions of the county(7) shall be abolished.

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

(3) The electoral divisions shall comprise the areas described in column (2) of the Schedule by reference to wards, parishes, or parish wards or, where an area is not so described, the area designated on the map by reference to the name of the electoral division and demarcated by red lines; and the number of councillors to be elected for each electoral division shall be the number specified in respect of the electoral division in column (3) of the 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.

Maps

4.  Nottinghamshire County Council shall make a print of the map marked “Map referred to in the County of Nottinghamshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2004” available for inspection at its offices by any member of the public at any reasonable time.

Electoral registers

5.  The Electoral Registration Officer(8) for each district or borough in the county shall make such rearrangement of, or adaptation of, the register of local government electors as may be necessary for the purposes of, and in consequence of, this Order.

Revocation

6.  The County of Nottinghamshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1980(9) is revoked, save for article 5.

Sealed with the seal of the Electoral Commission on the 28th day of October 2004

L.S.

Sam Younger

Chairman of the Commission

28th October 2004

Jacqui Dixon

Secretary to the Commission

28th October 2004

article 3

SCHEDULE NAMES AND AREAS OF ELECTORAL DIVISIONS AND NUMBERS OF COUNCILLORS

Column (1)	Column (2)	Column (3)
Name of Electoral Division	Area of Electoral Division	Number of Councillors
In the district of Ashfield
Hucknall	Hucknall Central ward; Hucknall East ward; Hucknall North ward; Hucknall West ward	3
Kirkby in Ashfield North	Kirkby in Ashfield East ward; Kirkby in Ashfield West ward	1
Kirkby in Ashfield South	Kirkby in Ashfield Central ward; Woodhouse ward	1
Selston	Jacksdale ward; Selston ward; Underwood ward	1
Sutton in Ashfield Central	Sutton in Ashfield Central ward	1
Sutton in Ashfield East	Sutton in Ashfield East ward	1
Sutton in Ashfield North	Sutton in Ashfield North ward	1
Sutton in Ashfield West	Sutton in Ashfield West ward	1
In the district of Bassetlaw
Blyth and Harworth	Blyth ward; Harworth ward; Langold ward	1
Misterton	Beckingham ward; Clayworth ward; Everton ward; Misterton ward; Ranskill ward; Sutton ward	1
Retford East	East Retford East ward; East Retford South ward	1
Retford West	East Retford North ward; East Retford West ward	1
Tuxford	East Markham ward; Rampton ward; Sturton ward; Tuxford and Trent ward; Welbeck ward	1
Worksop East		1
Worksop North		1
Worksop North East and Carlton		1
Worksop West		1
In the borough of Broxtowe
Beauvale	Brinsley ward; Greasley (Giltbrook and Newthorpe) ward; Greasley Beauvale parish ward of Greasley parish	1
Beeston North	Beeston North ward; Beeston West ward	1
Beeston South and Attenborough	Attenborough ward; Beeston Rylands ward; Beeston Central ward	1
Bramcote and Stapleford	Bramcote ward; Stapleford North ward; Stapleford South East ward; Stapleford South West ward	2
Chilwell and Toton	Chilwell East ward; Chilwell West ward; Toton and Chilwell Meadows ward	2
Eastwood	Eastwood South ward; Eastwood North parish ward of Eastwood parish	1
Kimberley and Trowell	Awsworth ward; Cossall and Kimberley ward; Trowell ward	1
Nuthall	Nuthall East and Strelley ward; Nuthall West and Greasley (Watnall) ward	1
In the borough of Gedling
Arnold North		2
Arnold South	Daybrook ward; Kingswell ward; Porchester ward; Woodthorpe ward	2
Calverton	Calverton ward; Woodborough ward; Lambley parish	1
Carlton East	Burton Joyce and Stoke Bardolph ward; Gedling ward; Netherfield and Colwick ward; Phoenix ward	2
Carlton West	Carlton ward; Carlton Hill ward; St James ward; Valley ward	2
Newstead	Bestwood Village ward; Newstead ward; Ravenshead ward	1
In the district of Mansfield
East Mansfield	Forest Town East ward; Forest Town West ward; Lindhurst ward; Oak Tree ward	2
North Mansfield	Leeming ward; Priory ward; Robin Hood ward; Sherwood ward	2
South Mansfield	Berry Hill ward; Eakring ward; Portland ward; Ravensdale ward	2
Warsop	Birklands ward; Meden ward	1
West Mansfield	Broomhill ward; Cumberlands ward; Grange Farm ward; Ladybrook ward; Pleasley Hill ward	2
In the district of Newark and Sherwood
Balderton	Balderton North ward; Balderton West ward	1
Blidworth	Blidworth ward; Rainworth ward; Rainworth North parish ward of Rainworth parish	1
Collingham	Bridge ward; Collingham and Meering ward; Winthorpe ward	1
Farndon and Muskham	Farndon ward; Averham parish; Bathley parish; Fiskerton cum Morton parish; Kelham parish; North Muskham parish; Rolleston parish; South Muskham parish; Staythorpe parish	1
Farnsfield and Lowdham	Farnsfield ward; Lowdham ward; Bleasby parish; Thurgarton parish	1
Newark East	Beacon ward; Magnus ward	1
Newark West	Castle ward; Devon ward	1
Ollerton	Boughton ward; Ollerton ward	1
Rufford	Clipstone ward; Edwinstowe ward; Bilsthorpe parish(10); Rufford parish(11)	1
Southwell and Caunton	Caunton ward; Southwell East ward; Southwell North ward; Southwell West ward; Sutton-on-Trent ward; Upton parish	1
In the borough of Rushcliffe
Bingham	Bingham East ward; Bingham West ward; Cranmer ward; Elton-on-the-Hill parish; Flawborough parish; Granby parish; Hawksworth parish; Orston parish; Shelton parish; Sibthorpe parish; Thoroton parish	1
Cotgrave	Cotgrave ward; Wiverton ward	1
Keyworth	Keyworth North ward; Keyworth South ward; Nevile ward; Stanton on the Wolds parish; Thorpe in the Glebe parish; Widmerpool parish; Willoughby on the Wolds parish; Wysall parish	1
Radcliffe on Trent	Manvers ward; Oak ward; Trent ward; Flintham parish; Holme Pierrepont parish	1
Ruddington	Ruddington ward; Tollerton ward; Bradmore parish; Bunny parish; Costock parish; Normanton on the Wolds parish; Plumtree parish	1
Soar Valley	Gotham ward; Leake ward; Soar Valley ward; Normanton on Soar parish; Rempstone parish; Stanford on Soar parish	1
West Bridgford Central and South		2
West Bridgford West	Compton Acres ward; Lutterell ward; Musters ward	1

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order gives effect to recommendations by the Boundary Committee for England, a committee of the Electoral Commission, for electoral changes in the county of Nottinghamshire.

The changes have effect in relation to local government elections to be held on and after the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2005.

Article 3 abolishes the existing electoral divisions of the county and provides for the creation of 54 new electoral divisions. That article and the Schedule also make provision for the names and areas of, and numbers of councillors for, the new electoral divisions.

Article 5 obliges the Electoral Registration Officer in each district or borough in the county of Nottinghamshire to make any necessary amendments to the electoral register for that district or borough to reflect the new electoral arrangements.

Article 6 revokes the County of Nottinghamshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1980, with the exception of article 5.

The areas of the new electoral divisions are demarcated on the map described in article 2. Prints of the map may be inspected at all reasonable times at the offices of Nottinghamshire County Council and at the principal office of the Electoral Commission at Trevelyan House, Great Peter Street, London SW1P 2HW.

(1)

The Boundary Committee for England is a committee of the Electoral Commission, established by the Electoral Commission in accordance with section 14 of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (c. 41). The Local Government Commission for England (Transfer of Functions) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/3962) transferred to the Electoral Commission the functions of the Local Government Commission for England.

(2)

1992 c. 19. This section has been amended by S.I. 2001/3962.

(3)

The Electoral Commission was established by the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (c. 41). The functions of the Secretary of State, under sections 13 to 15 and 17 of the Local Government Act 1992 (c. 19), to the extent that they relate to electoral changes within the meaning of that Act, were transferred with modifications to the Electoral Commission on 1st April 2002 (S.I. 2001/3962).

(4)

This section has been amended by section 89(3) of the Local Government Act 2000 (c. 22), S.I. 2001/3962 and also otherwise in ways not relevant to this Order.

(5)

This section has been amended by S.I. 2001/3962.

(6)

See the District of Ashfield (Electoral Changes) Order 2000 (S.I. 2000/3295), the District of Bassetlaw (Electoral Changes) Order 2000 (S.I. 2000/3285), the Borough of Broxtowe (Electoral Changes) Order 2000 (S.I. 2000/3296), the Borough of Gedling (Electoral Changes) Order 2000 (S.I. 2000/3297), the District of Mansfield (Electoral Changes) Order 2000 (S.I. 2000/3298), the District of Newark and Sherwood (Electoral Changes) Order 2000 (S.I. 2000/3299) and the Borough of Rushcliffe (Electoral Changes) Order 2000 (S.I. 2000/3301).

(7)

See the County of Nottinghamshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1980 (S.I. 1980/1344). The area of the county of Nottinghamshire was altered by the Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire (Areas) Order 1985 (S.I. 1985/120), the Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire (County and District Boundaries) Order 1985 (S.I. 1985/2062), the Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire (County Boundaries) Order 1989 (S.I. 1989/210), the North Yorkshire, South Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire (County Boundaries) Order 1991 (S.I. 1991/285), the Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire and Warwickshire (County Boundaries) Order 1991 (S.I. 1991/309), the Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire (County Boundaries) Order 1992 (S.I. 1992/2092), and the Nottinghamshire (City of Nottingham) (Structural Change) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/1877).

(8)

As to electoral registration officers and the register of local government electors, see sections 8 to 13 of the Representation of the People Act 1983 (c. 2).

(9)

S.I. 1980/1344.

(10)

The area of the parish of Bilsthorpe was altered by the Newark and Sherwood (Parishes) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/3024).

(11)

The area of the parish of Rufford was altered by S.I. 2003/3024.