The Borough of Kettering (Electoral Changes) Order 2006

Statutory Instruments

2006 No. 3109

local government, england

The Borough of Kettering (Electoral Changes) Order 2006

Made

23rd November 2006

Coming into force in accordance with article 1(2)

The Boundary Committee for England(1), under section 15(4) of the Local Government Act 1992(2) (“the 1992 Act”), have conducted a review of the borough of Kettering(3) and have submitted to the Electoral Commission(4) recommendations dated May 2006.

A period of not less than six weeks has expired since the receipt of those recommendations.

The Electoral Commission have decided to give effect, without modification, to those recommendations.

Accordingly, the Electoral Commission, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 17(5) and 26(6) of the 1992 Act, make the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Borough of Kettering (Electoral Changes) Order 2006.

(2) This Order comes 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(7) in 2007, on the day after that on which it is made;

(b) for all other purposes, on the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2007.

Interpretation

2.  In this Order—

“borough” means the borough of Kettering;

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

“map” means the map marked “Map referred to in the Borough of Kettering (Electoral Changes) Order 2006”, of which prints are available for inspection at the principal office of the Electoral Commission; and

any reference to a numbered sheet is a reference to the sheet of the map which bears that number.

Wards of the borough of Kettering

3.—(1) The existing wards of the borough(8) shall be abolished.

(2) The borough shall be divided into seventeen wards which shall be named as set out in column (1) of the Schedule.

(3) Each ward shall comprise the area described in column (2) of the Schedule by reference to parishes and parish wards or, where an area is not so described, the area designated on the map by reference to the name of the ward and demarcated by red lines.

(4) The number of councillors to be elected for each ward shall be the number specified in respect of the ward in column (3) of the Schedule.

(5) 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 Desborough

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

(2) The parish shall be divided into two wards which shall be named Loatland and St Giles.

(3) Each ward shall comprise the area designated on sheet 1 by reference to the name of the ward and demarcated by orange lines.

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

Map

5.  Kettering Borough Council shall make a print of the map available for inspection at its offices by any member of the public at any reasonable time.

Electoral register

6.  The registration officer(9) for the borough 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

7.  The Borough of Kettering (Electoral Changes) Order 1998(10), save for article 5, and article 7 of the Kettering (Parishes and Electoral Changes) (No. 2) Order 2001(11), are revoked.

Sealed with the seal of the Electoral Commission on the 23rd day of November 2006

Sam Younger

Chairman of the Commission

23rd November 2006

Jacqui Dixon

Secretary to the Commission

23rd November 2006

article 3

SCHEDULE NAMES AND AREAS OF WARDS AND NUMBERS OF COUNCILLORS

Column (1)	Column (2)	Column (3)
Name of Ward	Area of Ward	Number of Councillors
All Saints		3
Avondale Grange		2
Barton		2
Brambleside		2
Burton Latimer	Burton Latimer parish	3
Desborough Loatland	Loatland parish ward of Desborough parish	2
Desborough St Giles	St Giles parish ward of Desborough parish	2
Ise Lodge		3
Northfield		1
Pipers Hill		2
Queen Eleanor and Buccleuch	Cranford parish; Geddington parish; Grafton Underwood parish; Newton and Little Oakley parish; Warkton parish; Weekley parish	1
Rothwell	Rothwell parish	3
Slade	Broughton parish; Cransley parish; Harrington parish; Loddington parish; Mawsley parish; Orton parish; Pytchley parish; Thorpe Malsor parish	2
St Michael’s and Wicksteed		3
St Peter’s		2
Welland	Ashley parish; Brampton Ash parish; Braybrooke parish; Dingley parish; Rushton parish; Stoke Albany parish; Sutton Bassett parish; Weston by Welland parish; Wilbarston parish	1
William Knibb		2

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order makes changes to the electoral arrangements for the borough of Kettering following recommendations made by the Boundary Committee for England to the Electoral Commission.

The Electoral Commission accepted the Boundary Committee’s recommendations without modification.

The electoral changes apply in respect of local government elections to be held on and after the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2007.

Article 3 abolishes the existing wards of the borough and replaces them with 17 new ones. That article, the Schedule and the map also establish the names and areas of the new borough wards and the numbers of borough councillors for each ward.

Article 4 abolishes the existing parish wards of the parish of Desborough and replaces them with 2 new ones. That article and the map also establish the names and areas of the new parish wards and the numbers of parish councillors for each ward.

Article 6 obliges the Electoral Registration Officer to make any necessary amendments to the electoral register to reflect the new electoral arrangements.

Article 7 revokes the Borough of Kettering (Electoral Changes) Order 1998, save for article 5, and article 7 of the Kettering (Parishes and Electoral Changes) (No. 2) Order 2001.

The map defined in article 2 shows the new borough and parish wards. It is available at www.boundarycommittee.org.uk/your-area/kettering.cfm and, at all reasonable times, at the offices of Kettering Borough 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 (“the 2000 Act”) (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 non-metropolitan district of Kettering has the status of a borough.

(4)

The Electoral Commission was established by the 2000 Act (c.41). The functions of the Secretary of State, under sections 13 to 15 and 17 of the 1992 Act (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).

(5)

This section has been amended by S.I. 2001/3962 and also otherwise in ways not relevant to this Order.

(6)

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

(7)

For the ordinary day of election of councillors of local government areas, see section 37 of the Representation of the People Act 1983 (c.2), amended by section 18(2) of the Representation of the People Act 1985 (c.50) and section 17 of, and paragraphs 1 and 5 of Schedule 3 to, the Greater London Authority Act 1999 (c.29).

(8)

See the Borough of Kettering (Electoral Changes) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/2508) and the Kettering (Parishes and Electoral Changes) (No. 2) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/3356).

(9)

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

(10)

S.I. 1998/2508.

(11)

S.I. 2001/3356.