The Borough of Basingstoke and Deane (Electoral Changes) Order 2008

Citation and commencement

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Borough of Basingstoke and Deane (Electoral Changes) Order 2008.

(2) This Order, with the exception of article 6, 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 2008, on the day after that on which it is made;

(b) for all other purposes, on the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2008.

(3) Article 6 comes into force—

(a) for the purpose of proceedings preliminary or relating to the election of parish councillors for the parish of Tadley to be held on the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2011, on 15th October 2010;

(b) for all other purposes, on the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2011.

Interpretation

2.  In this Order—

“borough” means the borough of Basingstoke and Deane;

“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 Basingstoke and Deane (Electoral Changes) Order 2008”, 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 Basingstoke and Deane

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

(2) The borough of Basingstoke and Deane shall be divided into twenty-nine wards which shall be named as set out in column (1) of Schedule 1.

(3) Each ward shall comprise 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 (2) of that 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.

Elections of the council of the borough of Basingstoke and Deane

4.—(1) Elections of all councillors for all wards of the borough shall be held simultaneously on the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2008(4).

(2) The councillors holding office for any ward of the borough immediately before the fourth day after the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2008 shall retire on that date and the newly elected councillors shall come into office on that date.

(3) The order of retirement of councillors shall be as set out in Schedule 2.

(4) Where the number of councillors elected in 2008 for any ward of the borough is two or more—

(a) the first to retire shall, subject to paragraphs (5) and (6), be the councillor elected by the smallest number of votes; and

(b) the second to retire shall, subject to those paragraphs, be the councillor elected by the next smallest number of votes.

(5) In the case of an equality of votes between any persons elected which makes it uncertain which of them is to retire in any year, the person to retire in that year shall be determined by lot.

(6) If an election of councillors for any ward is not contested, the person to retire in each year shall be determined by lot.

(7) Where under this article any question is to be determined by lot, the lot shall be drawn at the next practicable meeting of the council after the question has arisen and the drawing shall be conducted under the direction of the person presiding at the meeting.

Wards of the parish of Sherborne St John

5.—(1) The existing wards of the parish of Sherborne St John(5) shall be abolished.

(2) The parish shall be divided into two wards which shall be named Popley Fields and Sherborne St John.

(3) Each ward shall comprise the area designated on sheets 2, 3 and 4 by reference to the name of the ward and demarcated by orange lines.

(4) The number of councillors to be elected for Sherborne St John ward shall be four and for Popley Fields ward shall be three.

Wards of the parish of Tadley

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

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

(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 ward shall be four.

Wards of the parish of Rooksdown

7.—(1) The number of councillors to be elected for the parish of Rooksdown shall be five.

Parish Elections

8.—(1) The elections of all parish councillors for the parish of Pamber shall be held simultaneously on the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2011(7).

(2) The term of office of every parish councillor elected on the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2006 for the parish of Pamber shall be five years.

(3) The ordinary election of parish councillors for the parish of Pamber in 2010 elections shall not take place; and any such parish councillor holding office immediately before 10 May 2010 who would, but for this paragraph, have retired on that date shall, unless he resigns his office or it otherwise becomes vacant, continue to hold office until the fourth day after the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2011.

(4) Where any provision of an Order made before the making of this Order requires an election of parish councillors for a parish mentioned in paragraph (1) to be held on a date other than that for which paragraph provides, it shall cease to have effect to that extent.

(5) Rule 8 of the Local Elections (Parishes and Communities) Rules 1986(8) (filling of casual vacancies) shall have effect, in the case of a casual vacancy occurring before May 2011 in the office of a parish councillor for the parishes of Pamber as if the references in paragraphs (1) and (4) of that rule to the day on which that councillor would regularly have retired were a reference to May 2011.

Map

9.  Basingstoke and Deane 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

10.  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.

Revocation

11.  Articles 2, 3(4), 6, and Schedules 1 and 2 and paragraph (1) of article 8 (so far as article 8 relates to elections in the parish of Pamber), of the Borough of Basingstoke and Deane (Electoral Changes) Order 2001(9) are revoked.

Sealed with the seal of the Electoral Commission on the 20th day of February 2008

Peter Wardle

Chief Executive

20th February 2008

Vera Markos

Secretary to the Commission

20th February 2008