The District of South Hams (Electoral Changes) Order 1998

Statutory Instruments

1998 No. 2487

LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES

The District of South Hams (Electoral Changes) Order 1998

Made

6th October 1998

Coming into force in accordance with article 1(2)

Whereas the Local Government Commission for England, acting pursuant to section 15(4) of the Local Government Act 1992(1), has submitted to the Secretary of State a report dated November 1997 on its review of the district of South Hams together with its recommendations:

And whereas the Secretary of State has decided to give effect, with modifications, to those recommendations:

Now, therefore, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 17(2) and 26 of the Local Government Act 1992, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the District of South Hams (Electoral Changes) Order 1998.

(2) This Order shall come into force for all purposes on 6th May 1999, except that for the purpose of all proceedings preliminary or relating to an election to be held on or after that date it shall come into force on 10th October 1998.

(3) In this Order–

“the district” means the district of South Hams;

“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 of the Environment, Transport and the Regions, marked “Map of the District of South Hams (Electoral Changes) Order 1998”, and deposited in accordance with regulation 27 of the Local Government Changes for England Regulations 1994(3).

Wards of South Hams

2.—(1) The existing wards of the district(4) shall be abolished.

(2) The district shall be divided into thirty 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 parishes and parish wards, or, where no area is 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, waterway or other similar geographical feature, it shall be treated as running along the centre line of the feature.

Wards of the parish of Totnes

3.—(1) The existing wards of the parish of Totnes shall be abolished.

(2) The parish shall be divided into two 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 the number specified in respect of the parish ward in column (3) of that Schedule.

Berry Pomeroy Parish

4.—(1) The parish of Berry Pomeroy shall be divided into two parish wards which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of Schedule 3.

(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 the number specified in column (3) of that Schedule.

South Brent Parish

5.—(1) The parish of South Brent shall be divided into two parish wards which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of Schedule 4.

(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 the number specified in column (3) of that Schedule.

Wards of the Parish of Ivybridge

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

(2) The parish shall be divided into three parish wards which shall bear the names Ivybridge Farm, Ivybridge Woodlands, Ivybridge Central and each parish ward shall comprise the area of the ward of the district bearing the same name.

(3) The number of councillors to be elected for Ivybridge Filham, Ivybridge Woodlands and Ivybridge Central parish wards shall be six, six and three respectively.

Wards of the Parish of Kingsbridge

7.—(1) The parish of Kingsbridge shall be divided into three parish wards which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of Schedule 5.

(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 the number specified in column (3) of that Schedule.

Wards of the Parish of Dartmouth

8.—(1) The existing wards of the parish of Dartmouth shall be abolished.

(2) The parish shall be divided into two parish wards which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of Schedule 6; 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 ward shall be the number specified in column (3) of that Schedule.

Sparkwell Parish

9.  The number of councillors to be elected for the Sparkwell parish shall be eleven.

Stokenham Parish

10.  The number of councillors to be elected for the Stokenham parish shall be thirteen.

Revocation

11.  The District of South Hams (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1977 is hereby revoked.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

Hilary Armstrong

Minister of State,

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

6th October 1998

Article 2

SCHEDULE 1 DISTRICT OF SOUTH HAMS: NAMES AND AREAS OF WARDS AND NUMBERS OF COUNCILLORS

(1)	(2)	(3)
Name of ward	Description of area	Number of councillors
Allington and Loddiswell	The parishes of East Allington, Halwell and Moreleigh, Loddiswell, and Woodleigh	1
Avon and Harbourne	The parishes of Diptford, Harberton, and North Huish	1
Bickleigh and Shaugh	The parishes of Bickleigh and Shaugh Prior	2
Charterlands	The parishes of Aveton Gifford, Bigbury, Kingston, and Ringmore	1
Cornwood and Sparkwell	The parishes of Cornwood, Harford, and Sparkwell	1
Dartington	The parish of Dartington	1
Darmouth and Kingswear		3
Dartmouth Townstal		1
East Dart		1
Eastmoor		1
Erme Valley	The parishes of Ermington, Holbeton, Modbury, and Ugborough	2
Ivybridge Central		1
Ivybridge Filham		2
Ivybridge Woodlands		2
Kingsbridge East		1
Kingsbridge North		1
Marldon	The parish of Marldon	1
Newton and Noss	The parish of Newton and Noss	1
Salcombe and Malborough	The parishes of Malborough, Salcombe, and South Huish	2
Saltstone	The parishes of Charleton, Chivelstone, East Portlemouth, Frogmore and Sherford, and South Pool	1
Skerries	The parishes of Slapton, Stoke Fleming, and Strete	1
South Brent		1
Stokenham	The parish of Stokenham	1
Thurlestone	The parishes of Buckland-tout-Saints, Churchstow, South Milton, and Thurlestone	1
Totnes Bridgetown		2
Totnes Bridgetown		2
Totnes Town		2
Wembury and Brixton	The parishes of Brixton and Wembury	2
West Dart	The parishes of Ashprington, Blackawton, Cornworthy, and Dittisham	1
Westville and Alvington		1
Yealmpton	The parish of Yealmpton	1

Article 3

SCHEDULE 2 WARDS OF THE PARISH OF TOTNES: NAMES, AREAS AND NUMBERS OF COUNCILLORS

(1)	(2)	(3)
Name of ward	Description of area	Number of councillors
Totnes Town	The Totnes Town district ward	10
Totnes Bridgetown	Such part of the parish of Totnes as is within the district ward of Totnes Bridgetown	6

Article 4

SCHEDULE 3 WARDS OF THE PARISH OF BERRY POMEROY: NAMES, AREAS AND NUMBERS OF COUNCILLORS

(1)	(2)	(3)
Name of parish ward	Description of area	Number of councillors
Village	Such part of the parish of Berry Pomeroy as is within the district ward of East Dart	4
Bridgetown	Such part of the parish of Berry Pomeroy as is within the district ward of Totnes Bridgetown	3

Article 5

SCHEDULE 4 WARDS OF THE PARISH OF SOUTH BRENT: NAMES, AREAS AND NUMBERS OF COUNCILLORS

(1)	(2)	(3)
Name of parish ward	Description of area	Number of councillors
Village	The South Brent district ward	9
Brentmoor	Such part of the parish of South Brent as is within the district ward of Eastmoor	3

Article 7

SCHEDULE 5 WARDS OF THE PARISH OF KINGSBRIDGE: NAMES, AREAS AND NUMBERS OF COUNCILLORS

(1)	(2)	(3)
Name of parish ward	Description of area	Number of councillors
Kingsbridge East	The Kingsbridge North district ward	5
Kingsbridge North	The Kingsbridge North district ward	5
Kingsbridge Westville	Such part of the parish of Kingsbridge as is within the district ward of Westville and Alvington	3

Article 8

SCHEDULE 6 WARDS OF THE PARISH OF DARTMOUTH: NAMES, AREAS AND NUMBERS OF COUNCILLORS

(1)	(2)	(3)
Name of parish ward	Description of area	Number of councillors
Dartmouth Townstal	The Dartmouth Townstal district ward	5
Dartmouth Clifton	Such part of the parish of Dartmouth as is within the district ward of Dartmouth Kingswear	10

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order gives effect to recommendations by the Local Government Commission for England for electoral changes in the district of South Hams.

Article 2 abolishes all of the existing wards of the district and provides for the creation of 30 new wards. That article and Schedule 1 also make provision for the names and areas of, and numbers of councillors for, the new wards.

Article 3 abolishes the existing wards of the parish of Totnes and provides for the creation of two new wards and Schedule 2 describes the areas of the new wards and the number of councillors for each ward.

Article 4 divides the parish of Berry Pomeroy into two new parish wards and Schedule 3 describes the areas of the new wards and the number of councillors for each ward.

Article 5 divides the parish of South Brent into two new parish wards and Schedule 4 describes the areas of the new wards and the number of councillors for each ward.

Article 6 divides the parish of Ivybridge into three new parish wards and describes the areas of the new wards and the number of councillors for each ward.

Article 7 divides the parish of Kingsbridge into three new parish wards and Schedule 5 describes the areas of the new wards and the number of councillors for each ward.

Article 8 abolishes the existing wards of the parish of Dartmouth and provides for the creation of two new wards and Schedule 6 describes the areas of the new wards and the number of councillors for each ward.

The areas of the new district and parish wards are demarcated on the map described in article 1(3). Prints of the map may be inspected at all reasonable times at the offices of South Hams District Council and at the offices of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, which are located at 2nd Floor, Ashdown House, 123 Victoria Street, London SW1E 6DE.

(1)

1992 c. 19.

(2)

Section 17 is amended by section 39(4) and (5) of the Police and Magistrates' Courts Act 1994 (c. 29).

(3)

S.I. 1994/867, to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order.

(4)

see The District of South Hams (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976 (S.I. 1976/811).