Draft Regulations laid before the Scottish Parliament under section 17(4)(b)(ii) and (5) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, for approval by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.
2021 No.
The North Ayrshire (Electoral Arrangements) Regulations 2021
Made
Coming into force
The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 17(4)(b)(ii) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 19731 (“the 1973 Act”) and all other powers enabling them to do so.
These Regulations give effect to proposals contained in a report submitted to the Scottish Ministers by Boundaries Scotland under section 17(1) of the 1973 Act on 10 June 2021, and in accordance with section 20 of the Islands (Scotland) Act 20182. The report has been laid before the Scottish Parliament under section 17(4)(a) of the 1973 Act.
In accordance with section 17(4)(b)(ii) and (5) of the 1973 Act a draft of this instrument has been laid before and approved by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.
Citation, commencement and application1
1
These Regulations may be cited as the North Ayrshire (Electoral Arrangements) Regulations 2021.
2
These Regulations come into force on the day after the day on which they are made.
3
These Regulations apply only for the purposes of an election for which the date of poll is on or after 5 May 2022.
Interpretation2
1
In these Regulations—
“the electoral ward map” for an individual electoral ward described in the table is the map held by Boundaries Scotland3 marked with the following information—
- a
the title of these Regulations, and
- b
the name of the electoral ward,
- a
“the North Ayrshire area map” means the map, showing the boundaries of all 9 electoral wards described in the table, which is held by Boundaries Scotland4 and marked with the following information—
- a
the title of these Regulations, and
- b
the words “Map of all electoral wards in North Ayrshire”,
- a
“the table” means the table in the schedule of these Regulations.
2
In these Regulations, a reference to an electoral ward is a reference to that electoral ward as constituted by these Regulations.
3
Where a boundary is shown on the North Ayrshire area map or the electoral ward map for any electoral ward as running along a road, railway line, footway, watercourse or similar geographical feature, it is to be treated as running along the centre line of the feature.
Electoral arrangements3
1
The area of North Ayrshire Council is divided into the 9 electoral wards listed in column 2 of the table.
2
The number of an electoral ward is as specified in the corresponding entry in column 1 of the table.
3
The number of councillors to be returned for an electoral ward is as specified in the corresponding entry in column 3 of the table.
4
The boundaries of all 9 electoral wards described in the table are as shown on the North Ayrshire area map.
5
The boundaries of each electoral ward described in the table are shown in more detail on the electoral ward map for that electoral ward.
SCHEDULEElectoral wards
Column 1 Number of electoral ward | Column 2 Name of electoral ward | Column 3 Number of councillors to be returned |
---|---|---|
1 | North Coast | 5 |
2 | Garnock Valley | 5 |
3 | Ardrossan | 3 |
4 | Arran | 1 |
5 | Saltcoats and Stevenston | 5 |
6 | Kilwinning | 4 |
7 | Irvine West | 4 |
8 | Irvine East | 3 |
9 | Irvine South | 3 |
(This note is not part of the Regulations)