The County of Cheshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2000

Made11th September 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 county of Cheshire together with its recommendations:

And whereas the Secretary of State has decided to give effect, without modification, 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 County of Cheshire (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 3rd May 2001, on 10th October 2000;

(b)

for all other purposes, on 3rd May 2001.

(3)

In this Order—

“county” means the county of Cheshire;

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

references to wards, unless the context otherwise requires, are references to borough, city and district wards in the county3; 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 County of Cheshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2000”, and deposited in accordance with regulation 27 of the Local Government Changes for England Regulations 19944.

Divisions of the county of Cheshire2.

(1)

The existing divisions of the county5 shall be abolished.

(2)

The county shall be divided into fifty-one divisions which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of the Schedule.

(3)

The divisions shall comprise the areas described in column (2) of that Schedule by reference to wards or wards and parishes, or, where no area is so described, the area designated on the map by reference to the name of the division and demarcated by red lines; and the number of councillors to be elected for each division shall be one.

(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 County of Cheshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1980 is hereby revoked.

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

Hilary Armstrong

Minister of State,

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

11th September 2000

SCHEDULENAMES AND AREAS OF ELECTORAL DIVISIONS

article 2

(1)	(2)
Name of Division	Area of Division
In the city of Chester
Blacon	The Blacon Hall and Blacon Lodge wards
Boughton Heath and Vicars Cross	The Boughton Heath, Dodleston, Huntington and Vicars Cross wards
Broxton	The Farndon, Malpas, Tattenhall and Tilston wards
City	The Boughton, City and St Anne’s and College wards
Gowy	The Christleton, Kelsall, Tarvin and Waverton wards
Hoole and Newton
Mickle Trafford	The Barrow, Elton, Mickle Trafford, Mollington and Saughall wards
Overleigh	The Curzon and Westminster, Handbridge and St Mary’s and Lache Park wards
Upton
In the borough of Congleton
Alsager	The Alsager Central, Alsager East and Alsager West wards
Congleton Rural	The Brereton, Dane Valley and Holmes Chapel wards and the parishes of Hulme Walfield, Smallwood, Somerford and Somerford Booths
Congleton Town East	The Buglawton, Congleton North and Congleton South wards and the parishes of Moreton-cum-Alcumlow and Newbold Astbury
Congleton Town West	The Congleton Central, Congleton North West and Congleton West wards
Middlewich	The Middlewich Cledford and Middlewich Kinderton wards
Sandbach	The Sandbach North and Sandbach West wards
Sandbach East and Rode	The Lawton, Odd Rode and Sandbach East wards
In the borough of Crewe and Nantwich
Cholmondeley	The Acton, Audlem, Bunbury, Minshull, Peckforton and Wrenbury wards
Crewe East	The Delamere, Maw Green and Waldron wards
Crewe North	The Coppenhall, Grosvenor and Leighton wards
Crewe South	The Alexandra, St John’s and Valley wards
Crewe West	The St Barnabas and Wistaston Green wards
Doddington	The Englesea, Haslington and Wybunbury wards
Nantwich	The Barony Weaver, Birchin and Wellington wards
Rope	The St Mary's, Shavington, Wells Green and Willaston wards
In the borough of Ellesmere Port and Neston
Central and Westminster
Grange and Rossmore
Groves and Whitby	The Groves, Strawberry Fields and Whitby wards
Ledsham and Willaston	The Burton and Ness, Ledsham and Willaston and Thornton wards
Neston and Parkgate	The Little Neston, Neston, Parkgate and Riverside wards
Sutton and Manor	The Pooltown, Sutton and Sutton Green and Manor wards
In the borough of Macclesfield
Alderley	The Alderley Edge, Fulshaw and Henbury wards and the Nether Alderley parish
Bollington and Disley	The Bollington Central, Bollington East, Bollington West, Disley and Lyme Handley, and Rainow wards
Broken Cross	The Macclesfield Bollinbrook and Macclesfield Broken Cross wards
Bucklow	The High Legh, Mere, Mobberley and Plumley wards and the parishes of Chelford, Great Warford and Snelson
Knutsford	The Knutsford Bexton, Knutsford Nether, Knutsford Norbury Booths and Knutsford Over wards
Macclesfield Forest	The Gawsworth, Macclesfield Ryles, Macclesfield South and Sutton wards
Macclesfield Town
Macclesfield West
Poynton	The Poynton Central, Poynton East and Poynton West wards
Prestbury and Tytherington	The Maccelsfield Tytherington and Prestbury wards
Wilmslow North	The Dean Row and Handforth wards
Wilmslow South	The Hough, Lacey Green and Morley and Styal wards
In the borough of Vale Royal
Abbey	The Davenham and Moulton, and Hartford and Whitegate wards
Eddisbury	The Cuddington and Oakmere, Mara and Tarporley and Oulton wards
Frodsham and Helsby	The Frodsham North, Frodsham South and Helsby wards
Marbury	The Barnton, Cogshall, Lostock and Wincham and Seven Oaks and Marston wards
Northwich East and Shakerley	The Northwich Witton, Rudheath and South Witton and Shakerley wards
Northwich West	The Leftwich and Kingsmead, Northwich Castle and Northwich Winnington wards
Weaver	The Forest, Kingsley, Milton Weaver and Weaverham wards
Winsford North and East	The Winsford Gravel, Winsford Verdin, and Winsford Wharton wards
Winsford South and West	The Winsford Dene, Winsford Over and Winsford Swanlow wards

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order gives effect, without modification, to recommendations by the Local Government Commission for England for electoral changes in the county of Cheshire. The changes have effect in relation to local government elections to be held on and after 3rd May 2001.

Article 2 abolishes the existing divisions of the county and provides for the creation of 51 new divisions. That article and the Schedule also make provision for the names and areas of the new divisions. One councillor is to be elected for each division.

Article 3 revokes the County of Cheshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1980.

The areas of the new divisions 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 Cheshire County Council, County Hall, Chester CH1 1SF 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.