Citation and commencement
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Leeds (Electoral Changes) Order 2018.
(2) This Order comes into force—
(a)for the purpose of proceedings preliminary, or relating, to the election of councillors, on the day after the day on which it is made;
(b)for all other purposes, on the ordinary day of election of councillors in England and Wales(1) in 2018.
Alterations of ward boundaries
2.—(1) The areas that cease to be part of the parishes listed in the first column of table 1 in the Schedule and become part of the parishes listed in the second column of that table in consequence of the Leeds (Reorganisation of Community Governance) Order 2018(2), cease to be part of the wards listed in the third column of that table and becomes part of the wards listed in the fourth column of that table.
(2) The areas that cease to be part of the parishes listed in the first column of table 2 in the Schedule and become part of the unparished areas in the second column of that table in consequence of the Leeds (Reorganisation of Community Governance) Order 2018, cease to be part of the wards listed in the third column of that table and become part of the wards listed in the fourth column of that table.
(3) In this article—
“ward” means the wards of the city of Leeds as named in article 3(2) of the Leeds (Electoral Changes) Order 2017(3).
Sealed with the seal of the Local Government Boundary Commission for England
Jolyon Jackson
Chief Executive
Local Government Boundary Commission for England
28th February 2018