The London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham (Electoral Changes) Order 2000

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order gives effect, subject to modifications, to recommendations by the Local Government Commission for England for electoral changes in the London borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. The changes have effect in relation to local government elections to be held on and after 2nd May 2002.

The modifications relate to names of wards and to the moving of St Augustine’s School in Disbrowe Road to Fulham Reach ward from North End ward.

The Secretary of State has decided that the wards shown in the first column of the Table below with the names proposed by the Commission should be named in accordance with the second column.

Proposed Ward Name	Ward Name
Broadway	Hammersmith Broadway
White City and Shepherd’s Bush	Shepherd’s Bush Green
Wormholt	Wormholt and White City

Article 2 abolishes the existing wards of the borough and provides for the creation of 16 new wards. That article and the Schedule also make provision for the names of the new wards. The College Park and Old Oak, and Palace Riverside wards are each to be represented by two councillors. Each of the other wards is to be represented by three councillors.

Article 3 revokes the London Borough of Hammersmith (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1977.

The areas of the new 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 the Council of the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham and at the offices of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, 2nd Floor, Ashdown House, 123 Victoria Street, London SW1E 6DE.