1987 No. 462
The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) (Miscellaneous Changes) Order 1987
Made
Coming into force
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 18th day of March 1987
Present,
The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Whereas in pursuance of section 3(3) of the Parliamentary Constituencies Act 19861 the Boundary Commission for England have submitted to the Secretary of State a report dated 9th February 1987 with respect to the areas comprised in certain constituencies in England and showing the constituencies into which they recommend, in accordance with the Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986, that the areas should be divided:
And whereas the Secretary of State has laid that report before Parliament together with the draft of this Order in Council to give effect to the recommendations contained in the report and each House of Parliament has by resolution approved the said draft:
Now, therefore, Her Majesty, in pursuance of section 4 of the Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered as follows:—
Citation, interpretation and commencement1
1
This Order may be cited as the Parliamentary Constituencies (England) (Miscellaneous Changes) Order 1987.
2
In this Order “the 1983 Order” means the Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 19832.
3
Subject to section 4(6) of the Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986, this Order shall come into force on the fourteenth day after the day on which it is made.
Arundel, Chichester, Crawley, Horsham, Mid Sussex, Shoreham and Worthing2
For the county constituencies of Arundel, Chichester, Horsham, Mid Sussex and Shoreham and the borough constituencies of Crawley and Worthing as constituted by the Schedule to the 1983 Order (and described by reference to local government areas as they existed on 5th May 1983 in respect of the constituencies of Arundel and Mid Sussex and those parts of the constituencies of Crawley and Shoreham which consist of wards of the Districts of Arun and Mid Sussex and 1st February 1983 in respect of the remainder of those constituencies and the constituencies of Chichester, Horsham and Worthing), there shall be substituted the constituencies which are named on the left-hand side of Part I of the Schedule to this Order and comprise the areas as set out on the right-hand side, which areas are:—
a
in the case of the Rustington North and Rustington South wards of the District of Arun, those wards as they will exist on 7th May 1987 when Article 13 of the Arun (Parishes) Order 19853 comes into force, and
b
in the case of the remaining areas, local government areas as they existed on 9th February 1987 (and accordingly as altered by the Adur, Arun and Worthing (Areas) Order 19854, the Arun (Parishes) Order 1985, the Arun and Chichester (Areas) Order 19855, the Crawley, Horsham and Mid Sussex (Areas) Order 19826, the Horsham and Mid Sussex (Areas) Order 19857 and the Mid Sussex (Parishes) Order 19858).
Banbury, Oxford West and Abingdon, Wantage and Witney3
For the county constituencies of Banbury, Oxford West and Abingdon, Wantage and Witney as constituted by the Schedule to the 1983 Order (and described by reference to local government areas as they existed on 5th May 1983 in respect of that part of the constituency of Wantage which consists of wards of the District of South Oxfordshire and 1st February 1983 in respect of the remainder of that constituency and the constituencies of Banbury, Oxford West and Abingdon and Witney), there shall be substituted the constituencies which are named on the left-hand side of Part II of the Schedule to this Order, and comprise the areas set out on the right-hand side, which areas are local government areas as they existed on 9th February 1987 (and accordingly as altered by the Vale of White Horse (Parishes) Order 19869 and the West Oxfordshire (Parishes) Order 198510).
Barrow and Furness and Westmorland and Lonsdale4
For the county constituencies of Barrow and Furness and Westmorland and Lonsdale as constituted by the Schedule to the 1983 Order (and described by reference to local government areas as they existed on 1st February 1983), there shall be substituted the constituencies which are named on the left-hand side of Part III of the Schedule to this Order, and comprise the areas set out on the right-hand side, which areas are local government areas as they existed on 9th February 1987 (and accordingly as altered by the South Lakeland (Parishes) Order 198511).
Bishop Auckland, City of Durham, Easington, North Durham and Sedgefield5
For the county constituencies of Bishop Auckland, City of Durham, Easington, North Durham and Sedgefield as constituted by the Schedule to the 1983 Order (and described by reference to local government areas as they existed on 5th May 1983 in respect of those parts of the constituencies of Bishop Auckland and Sedgefield which consist of wards of the Districts of Sedgefield and Wear Valley and 1st February 1983 in respect of the remainder of those constituencies and the constituencies of City of Durham, Easington and North Durham), there shall be substituted the constituencies which are named on the left-hand side of Part IV of the Schedule to this Order and comprise the areas set out on the right-hand side, which areas are local government areas as they existed on 9th February 1987 (and accordingly as altered by the Cleveland and Durham (Areas) Order 198212, the Durham (District Boundaries) Order 198613, the Durham and Easington (Areas) Order 198514 and the Sedgefield (Parishes) Order 198315).
Esher, Guildford, Mole Valley, North West Surrey, South West Surrey and Woking6
For the county constituencies of Guildford, Mole Valley, North West Surrey, South West Surrey and Woking and the borough constituency of Esher as constituted by the Schedule to the 1983 Order (and described by reference to local government areas as they existed on 5th May 1983 in respect of that part of the constituency of Guildford which consists of wards of the District of Waverley and 1st February 1983 in respect of the remainder of that constituency and the constituencies of Esher, Mole Valley, North West Surrey, South West Surrey and Woking), there shall be substituted the constituencies which are named on the left-hand side of Part V of the Schedule to this Order, and comprise the areas set out on the right-hand side, which areas are local goverment areas as they existed on 9th February 1987 (and accordingly as altered by the Guildford (Parishes) Order 198416, the Guildford (Parishes) (Variation) Order 198517 and the Surrey (District Boundaries) Order 198618).
Gainsborough and Horncastle and Grantham7
For the county constituencies of Gainsborough and Horncastle and Grantham as constituted by the Schedule to the 1983 Order (and described by reference to local government areas as they existed on 5th May 1983 in respect of that part of the constituency of Gainsborough and Horncastle which consists of wards of the District of East Lindsey and 1st February 1983 in respect of the remainder of that constituency and the constituency of Grantham), there shall be substituted the constituencies which are named on the left-hand side of Part VI of the Schedule to the Order and comprise the areas set out on the right-hand side, which areas are local government areas as they existed on 9th February 1987 (and accordingly as altered by the North Kesteven and West Lindsey (Areas) Order 198319).
Halton and Warrington South8
For the county constituency of Halton and the borough constituency of Warrington South as constituted by the Schedule to the 1983 Order (and described by reference to local government areas as they existed on 1st February 1983), ther shall be substituted the constituencies which are named on the left-hand side of Part VII of the Schedule to this Order, and comprise the areas set out on the right-hand side, which areas are local government areas as they existed on 9th February 1987 (and accordingly as altered by the Borough of Halton (Electoral Arrangements) Order 198620).
Hertford and Stortford, South West Hertfordshire, Stevenage, Welwyn Hatfield and West Hertfordshire9
For the county constituencies of Hertford and Stortford, South West Hertfordshire, Stevenage, Welwyn Hatfield and West Hertfordshire as constituted by the Schedule to the 1983 Order (and described by reference to local government areas as they existed on 1st February 1983), there shall be substituted the constituencies which are named on the left-hand side of Part VIII of the Schedule to this Order and comprise the areas set out on the right-hand side, which areas are local government areas as they existed on 9th February 1987 (and accordingly as altered by the Dacorum (Parishes) Order 198521, the Dacorum and Three Rivers (Areas) Order 198522 and the East Hertfordshire and Welwyn Hatfield (Areas) Order 198523).
Luton South, Mid Bedfordshire, North Luton and South West Bedfordshire10
For the county constituencies of Mid Bedfordshire, North Luton and South West Bedfordshire and the borough constituency of Luton South as constituted by the Schedule to the 1983 Order (and described by reference to the localgovernment areas as they existed on 5th May 1983 in respect of that part of theconstituncy of Mid Bedfordshire which consists of wards of the Borough of NorthBedfordshire and 1st February 1983 in respect of the remainder of thatconstituency and the constituencies of Luton South, North Luton and South WestBedfordshire), there shall be substituted the constituencies which are named on the left-hand side of Part IX of the Schedule to this Order, and comprise the areas set out on the right-hand side, which areas are localgovernment areas as they existed on 9th February 1987 (and accordingly as altered by the Mid Bedfordshire (Parishes) Order 198424 and the South Bedfordshire (Parishes) Order 198525).
Salisbury and Westbury11
For the county constituencies of Salisbury and Westbury as constituted by the Schedule to the 1983 Order (and described by reference to local government areas as they existed on 1st February 1983), there shall be substituted the constituencies which are named on the left-hand side of Part X of the Schedule to this Order and comprise the areas set out on the right-hand side, which areas are local government areas as they existed on 9th February 1987 (and accordingly as altered by the Salisbury (Parishes) Order 198626).
Stockton North12
For the borough constituency of Stockton North as constituted by the Schedule to the 1983 Order (and described by reference to local government areas as they existed on 1st February 1983), there shall be substituted the constituency which is named on the left-hand side of Part XI of the Schedule to this Order, and comprises the areas set out on the right-hand side, which areas are local government areas as they existed on 9th February 1987 (and accordingly as altered by the Cleveland and Durham (Areas) Order 198227).
Register of electors13
Each electoral registration officer for the constituencies referred to in Articles 2 to 12 above shall make such re-arrangement or adaptation of the registers of parliamentary electors as may be necessary to give effect to this Order.
SCHEDULENEW CONSTITUENCIES
PART I
Arundel(County constituency) | The following wards of the District of Arun, namely, Aldingbourne, Aldwick East, Aldwick West, Arundel, Barnham, Bersted, Felpham East, Felpham West, Hotham, Littlehampton Beach, Littlehampton Central, Littlehampton Ham, Littlehampton River, Littlehampton Wick, Marine, Middleton-on-Sea, Orchard, Pagham, Pevensey and Walberton. |
Chichester(County constituency) | The District of Chichester. |
Crawley(Borough constituency) |
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Horsham(County constituency) | The District of Horsham. |
Mid Sussex(County constituency) | The following wards of the District of Mid Sussex, namely, Ardingly, Bolney, Burgess Hill-Chanctonbury, Burgess Hill-Franklands, Burgess Hill-North, Burgess Hill-St. Andrews, Burgess Hill-Town, Burgess Hill-West, Clayton, Cuckfield, East Grinstead East, East Grinstead North, East Grinstead South, East Grinstead West, Haywards Heath Ashenground, Haywards Heath Bentswood, Haywards Heath Franklands, Haywards Heath Harlands, Haywards Heath-Heath, Horsted Keynes, Hurstpierpoint, Keymer, Lindfield Rural, Lindfield Urban and West Hoathly. |
Shoreham(County constituency) |
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Worthing(Borough constituency) | The Borough of Worthing. |
PART II
Banbury(County constituency) |
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Oxford West and Abingdon(County constituency) |
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Wantage(County constituency) |
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Witney(County constituency) |
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PART III
Barrow and Furness(County constituency) |
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Westmorland and Lonsdale(County constituency) |
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PART IV
Bishop Auckland(County constituency) |
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City of Durham(County constituency) | The City of Durham. |
Easington(County constituency) | The following wards of the District of Easington, namely, Acre Rigg, Blackhalls, Dawdon, Dene House, Deneside, Easington Colliery, Easington Village, Eden Hill, Haswell, High Colliery, Horden North, Horden South, Howletch, Murton East, Murton West, Park, Passfield, Seaham, Shotton, South and South Hetton. |
North Durham(County constituency) |
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Sedgefield(County constituency) |
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PART V
Esher(Borough constituency) |
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Guildford(County constituency) |
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Mole Valley(County constituency) |
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North West Surrey(County constituency) |
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South West Surrey(County constituency) | The following wards of the Borough of Waverley, namely, Alfold and Dunsfold, Busbridge Hambledon and Hascombe, Chiddingfold, Elstead Peper Harow and Thursley, Farnham Bourne, Farnham Castle, Farnham Hale and Heath End, Farnham Rowledge and Wrecclesham, Farnham Upper Hale, Farnham Waverley, Farnham Weybourne and Badshot Lea, Frensham Dockenfield and Tilford, Godalming North, Godalming North East and South West, Godalming North West, Godalming South East, Haslemere North and Grayswood, Haslemere South, Hindhead, Milford, Shottermill and Witley. |
Woking(County constituency) |
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PART VI
Gainsborough and Horncastle(County constituency) |
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Grantham(County constituency) |
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PART VII
Halton(County constituency) | The following wards of the Borough of Halton, namely, Appleton, Broadheath, Castlefields, Clough, Ditton, Farnworth, Grange, Hale, Halton, Halton Brook, Heath, Hough Green, Kingsway, Mersey and Riverside. |
Warrington South(Borough constituency) |
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PART VIII
Hertford and Stortford(County constituency) | The following wards of the District of East Hertfordshire, namely, Bishop’s Stortford Central, Bishop’s Stortford Chantry, Bishop’s Stortford Parsonage, Bishop’s Stortford Thorley, Braughing, Buntingford, Hertford Bengeo, Hertford Castle, Hertford Kingsmead, Hertford Sele, Hunsdon, Little Hadham, Much Hadham, Sawbridgeworth, Standon St. Mary, Stapleford, Tewin, Thundridge, Ware Christchurch, Ware Priory, Ware St. Mary’s and Ware Trinity. |
South West Hertfordshire(County constituency) |
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Stevenage(County constituency) |
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Welwyn Hatfield(County constituency) |
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West Hertfordshire(County constituency) | The following wards of the District of Dacorum, namely, Adeyfield East, Adeyfield West, Aldbury and Wigginton, Ashridge, Bennetts End, Boxmoor, Central, Chaulden, Crabtree, Cupid Green, Flamstead and Markyate, Gadebridge, Grove Hill, Highfield, Leverstock Green, Nash Mills, South, Tring Central, Tring East, Tring West and Warners End. |
PART IX
Luton South(Borough constituency) |
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Mid Bedfordshire(County constituency) |
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North Luton(County constituency) |
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South West Bedfordshire(County constituency) |
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PART X
Salisbury(County constituency) | The following wards of the District of Salisbury, namely, Alderbury, Amesbury, Bemerton, Bishopdown, Bulford, Chalke Valley, Donhead, Downton, Durrington, Ebble, Fisherton and Bemerton Village, Fonthill, Fovant, Harnham, Idmiston, Laverstock, Milford, Nadder, Redlynch, St. Edmund, St. Mark, St. Martin, St. Paul, Stratford, Till Valley, Tisbury, Upper Bourne, Whiteparish, Wilton, Winterbourne, Winterslow, Woodford Valley and Wylye. |
Westbury(County constituency) |
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PART XI
Stockton North(Borough constituency) | The following wards of the Borough of Stockton-on-Tees, namely, Blue Hall, Charltons, Elm Tree, Glebe, Grange, Hardwick, Marsh House, Mile House, Newtown, Northfield, Norton, Portrack and Tilery, Roseworth, St. Aidan's, St. Cuthbert's, Whitton and Wolviston. |
(This note is not part of the Order)