The Borough of Castle Morpeth (Electoral Changes) Order 2007

Citation and commencement

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Borough of Castle Morpeth (Electoral Changes) Order 2007.

(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 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 Castle Morpeth;

“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 Castle Morpeth (Electoral Changes) Order 2007”, 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;

“ordinary day of election of councillors” has the meaning given by section 37 of the Representation of the People Act 1983(1); and

“registration officer” means an officer appointed for the purpose of, and in accordance with, section 8(2) of the Representation of the People Act 1983.

Wards of the borough of Castle Morpeth

3.—(1) The existing wards of the borough(3) 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.

(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 Hepscott

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

(2) The parish shall be divided into two wards which shall be named Hepscott and Hepscott Stobhill Manor.

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

(4) The number of councillors to be elected for Hepscott ward shall be five and for Hepscott Stobhill Manor ward shall be two.

Wards of the parish of Morpeth

5.—(1) The existing wards of the parish of Morpeth shall be abolished.

(2) The parish shall be divided into four wards which shall be named Morpeth Kirkhill, Morpeth North Central, Morpeth South and Morpeth Stobhill.

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

(4) The number of councillors to be elected for Morpeth North Central ward shall be five, for Morpeth South ward shall be four, and for each of Morpeth Kirkhill and Morpeth Stobhill wards shall be three.

Wards of the parish of Ponteland

6.—(1) The existing wards of the parish of Ponteland shall be abolished.

(2) The parish shall be divided into four wards which shall be named Ponteland East, Ponteland North, Ponteland South and Ponteland West.

(3) Each ward shall comprise the area designated on sheets 4 and 5 by reference to the name of the ward and demarcated by orange lines.

(4) The number of councillors to be elected for each of Ponteland East, Ponteland North, Ponteland South and Ponteland West wards shall be three.

Number of parish councillors for the parish of Wallington Demesne

7.—(1) The existing wards of the parish of Wallington Demesne shall be abolished.

(2) The number of councillors to be elected for the parish of Wallington Demesne shall be nine.

Map

8.  Castle Morpeth 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

9.  The registration officer 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.

Sealed with the seal of the Electoral Commission on the 25th day of January 2007

Sam Younger

Chairman of the Commission

25th January 2007

Peter Wardle

Chief Executive to the Commission

25th January 2007