The London Borough of Greenwich (Electoral Changes) Order 2000

Made20th July 2000

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 19921, has submitted to the Secretary of State a report dated January 2000 on its review of the London borough of Greenwich 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 172 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 interpretation1.

(1)

This Order may be cited as the London Borough of Greenwich (Electoral Changes) Order 2000.

(2)

This Order shall come into force—

(a)

for the purpose of proceedings preliminary or relating to any election to be held on 2nd May 2002, on 10th October 2001;

(b)

for all other purposes, on 2nd May 2002.

(3)

In this Order—

“borough” means the London borough of Greenwich;

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

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 London Borough of Greenwich (Electoral Changes) Order 2000”, and deposited in accordance with regulation 27 of the Local Government Changes for England Regulations 19943.

Wards of the London borough of Greenwich2.

(1)

The existing wards of the borough4 shall be abolished.

(2)

The borough shall be divided into seventeen wards which shall bear the names set out in the Schedule.

(3)

The wards shall comprise the areas designated on the map by reference to the names of the wards and demarcated by red lines; and the number of councillors to be elected for each ward shall be three.

(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.

Revocation3.

The London Borough of Greenwich (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1977 is hereby revoked.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Beverley Hughes

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

20th July 2000

SCHEDULENAMES OF WARDS

article 2(2)

Abbey Wood
Blackheath Westcombe
Charlton
Coldharbour and New Eltham
Eltham North
Eltham South
Eltham West
Glyndon
Greenwich West
Kidbrooke with Hornfair
Middle Park and Sutcliffe
Peninsula
Plumstead
Shooters Hill
Thamesmead Moorings
Woolwich Common
Woolwich Riverside

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order gives effect, with modifications, to recommendations by the Local Government Commission for England for electoral changes in the London borough of Greenwich. 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 Spencer Gardens from Eltham North ward to Eltham West 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
Blackheath Parks	Middle Park and Sutcliffe
Coldharbour	Coldharbour and New Eltham
Greenwich Town	Greenwich West
Griffin	Glyndon

Article 2 abolishes the existing wards of the borough and provides for the creation of 17 new wards. That article and the Schedule also make provision for the names of the new wards. Each ward will be represented by 3 councillors.

Article 3 revokes the London Borough of Greenwich (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 Greenwich 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.