The District of Dover (Electoral Changes) Order 2001

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the District of Dover (Electoral Changes) Order 2001.

(2) This Order shall come into force—

(a) for the purpose of proceedings preliminary or relating to any election to be held on 1st May 2003, on 15th October 2002;

(b) for all other purposes, on 1st May 2003.

(3) In this Order—

“district” means the district of Dover;

“existing”, in relation to a ward, means the ward as it exists on the date this Order is made;

any reference to the map is a reference to the map prepared by the Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions marked “Map of the District of Dover (Electoral Changes) Order 2001”, and deposited in accordance with regulation 27 of the Local Government Changes for England Regulations 1994(1); and

• any reference to a numbered sheet is a reference to the sheet of the map which bears that number.

Wards of the district of Dover

2.—(1) The existing wards of the district(2) shall be abolished.

(2) The district shall be divided into twenty-one wards which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of Schedule 1.

(3) The wards shall comprise the areas described in column (2) of that Schedule by reference to parishes, or, where an area is not so described, the area designated on the map by reference to the name of the ward and demarcated by red lines; and the number of councillors to be elected for each ward shall be the number specified in respect of the ward in column (3) of that Schedule.

(4) 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 Dover

3.—(1) The ordinary elections of all councillors of the district of Dover shall be held simultaneously on the ordinary day of election of non-metropolitan district councillors in 2003(3) and every fourth year after 2003.

(2) The term of office of councillors shall be four years; and all councillors shall retire on the fourth day after the ordinary day of election of councillors in the year of retirement and the newly-elected councillors shall come into office on the day on which their predecessors retire.

Wards of the parish of Deal

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

(2) The parish shall be divided into three parish wards which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of Schedule 2; each parish ward shall comprise the area of the district ward specified in respect of the parish ward in column (2) of that Schedule; and the number of councillors to be elected for each parish ward shall be five.

Wards of the parish of Dover

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

(2) The parish shall be divided into six parish wards which shall bear the names Buckland, Castle, Maxton, Elms Vale and Priory, St Radigunds, Tower Hamlets and Town and Pier; and each parish ward shall comprise the area of the district ward bearing the same name.

(3) The number of councillors to be elected for each of the Buckland and Maxton, Elms Vale and Priory parish wards shall be four, for each of the St Radigunds and Tower Hamlets parish wards shall be three, and for each of the Castle, and Town and Pier parish wards shall be two.

Wards of the parish of Walmer

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

(2) The parish shall be divided into four parish wards which shall bear the names Gladstone, Lower Walmer St Saviours, Lower Walmer Wellington and Upper Walmer; and the wards shall comprise the areas designated on sheet 3 by reference to the name of the ward and demarcated by orange lines.

(3) The number of councillors to be elected for the Gladstone parish ward shall be two, for each of the Lower Walmer St Saviours and Lower Walmer Wellington parish wards shall be four, and for the Upper Walmer parish ward shall be five.

Revocation

7.  The District of Dover (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978 is hereby revoked.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions.

Alan Whitehead

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,

Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions

1st November 2001