The District of Mendip (Electoral Changes) Order 2007

Citation and commencement

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

“district” means the district of Mendip;

“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 District of Mendip (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 district of Mendip

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

(2) The district shall be divided into thirty-four 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 Frome

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

(2) The parish shall be divided into six wards which shall be named Frome Berkley Down, Frome College, Frome Keyford, Frome Market, Frome Oakfield and Frome Park.

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

(4) The number of councillors to be elected for each of Frome Berkley Down, Frome College, Frome Keyford, Frome Market and Frome Park wards shall be three and for Frome Oakfield ward shall be two.

Wards of the parish of Glastonbury

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

(2) The parish shall be divided into four wards which shall be named Glastonbury St Benedict’s, Glastonbury St Edmund’s, Glastonbury St John’s and Glastonbury St Mary’s.

(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 four.

Wards of the parish of St Cuthbert Out

6.—(1) The existing wards of the parish of St Cuthbert Out shall be abolished.

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

(3) Each ward shall comprise the area designated on sheets 1, 2 and 3 by reference to the name of the ward and demarcated by orange lines.

(4) The number of councillors to be elected for each of St Cuthbert Out North and St Cuthbert Out West wards shall be five, for St Cuthbert Out East ward shall be four, and for St Cuthbert Out South ward shall be three.

Wards of the parish of Street

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

(2) The parish shall be divided into three wards which shall be named Street North, Street South and Street West.

(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 Street North ward shall be seven, for Street South ward shall be six and for Street West ward shall be three.

Wards of the parish of Wells

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

(2) The parish shall be divided into three wards which shall be named Wells Central, Wells St Cuthbert’s and Wells St Thomas’.

(3) Each ward shall comprise the area designated on sheet 2 by reference to the name of the ward and demarcated by orange lines.

(4) The number of councillors to be elected for each of Wells St Cuthbert’s and Wells St Thomas’ wards shall be six and for Wells Central ward shall be four.

Map

9.  Mendip District 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

10.  The registration officer for the district 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