Statutory Instruments
Local Government, England
Made
12th October 2009
Laid before Parliament
19th October 2009
Coming into force
16th November 2009
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 86(A1), (4) and (7) of the Local Government Act 2000(1) makes the following Order:
1. This Order may be cited as the City of Stoke-on-Trent (Scheme of Elections) Order 2009 and shall come into force on 16th November 2009.
2.—(1) Elections of all councillors for all the wards of the City of Stoke-on-Trent shall be held simultaneously on the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2011(2) and in every fourth year after 2011.
(2) The councillors holding office immediately before the fourth day after the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2011 shall retire on that date and the newly elected councillors shall come into office on that date.
3. Article 3 of the City of Stoke-on-Trent (Electoral Changes) Order 2001(3) is revoked.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
Rosie Winterton
Minister of State
Department for Communities and Local Government
12th October 2009
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order provides for the holding of the ordinary elections of councillors of all the wards in the City of Stoke-on-Trent simultaneously. It replaces the previous scheme for the ordinary elections of councillors by thirds.
Article 2 provides that elections of all councillors in Stoke-on-Trent are to be held in 2011 and subsequently every four years. It deals with the retirement of existing councillors and the coming into office of newly elected councillors following the elections in 2011.
Article 3 revokes article 3 of the City of Stoke-on-Trent (Electoral Changes) Order 2001 which provides for elections by thirds.
2000 c22. Subsection (A1) was inserted by section 54(3) of the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (c.28).
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).