http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/2489/madeThe County of Northamptonshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2000Local governmentCouncilsKing's Printer of Acts of Parliament2012-06-19LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND This Order gives effect to recommendations by the Local Government Commission for England for electoral changes in the county of Northamptonshire. The changes have effect in relation to local government elections to be held on and after 3rd May 2001. 2000 No. 2489 LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND The County of Northamptonshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2000 Made 11th 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 1992, has submitted to the Secretary of State a report dated November 1999 on its review of the county of Northamptonshire together with its recommendations:

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

Now, therefore, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 17 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 County of Northamptonshire (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 Northamptonshire; “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 district and borough wards in the county; 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 Northamptonshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2000”, and deposited in accordance with regulation 27 of the Local Government Changes for England Regulations 1994. Divisions of the county of Northamptonshire 2 1 The existing divisions of the county shall be abolished. 2 The county shall be divided into seventy-three 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 the 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. Revocation 3 The County of Northamptonshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1981 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 SCHEDULE <Strong>NAMES AND AREAS OF ELECTORAL DIVISIONS</Strong> Article 2
(1)(2)
Name of DivisionArea of Division
In the borough of Corby
Central
Corby RuralThe East, Rural East, Rural North and Rural West wards
DanesholmeThe Danesholme and Hillside wards
KingswoodThe Kingswood and West wards
Lloyds
Shire LodgeThe Lodge Park and Shire Lodge wards
In the district of Daventry
Braunston
BrixworthThe Brixworth, Clipston and Spratton wards
Daventry East
Daventry West
Long BuckbyThe Brampton, Flore and Long Buckby wards
MoultonThe Boughton and Pitsford, Moulton and Walgrave wards
UplandsThe Crick, Ravensthorpe, Welford, West Haddon and Guilsborough, and Yelvertoft wards
Woodford and WeedonThe Byfield, Weedon and Woodford wards
In the district of East Northamptonshire
Higham FerrersThe Higham Ferrers and Stanwick wards
IrthlingboroughThe Irthlingborough and Woodford wards
OundleThe Dryden, Lyveden and Oundle wards
PrebendalThe Fineshade, Lower Nene, King’s Forest and Prebendal wards
RaundsThe Raunds Saxon and Raunds Windmill wards
Rushden East
Rushden South
Rushden West
ThrapstonThe Barnwell, Ringstead and Thrapston wards
In the borough of Kettering
BramblesideThe Brambleside and All Saints wards
Burton
DesboroughThe Loatland and St Giles wards
GrangeThe Avondale and Warkton wards
IseThe Millbrook and Spinney wards
Kettering CentralThe St Mary’s and St Michael’s wards
Kettering RuralThe Buccleuch, Queen Eleanor, Slade and Welland wards
RothwellThe Tresham and Trinity wards
St Andrew’s and St Peter'sThe St Andrew’s and St Peter’s wards
Wicksteed
In the borough of Northampton
AbingtonThe Abington ward
BillingThe Billing ward
Boughton Green
CastleThe Castle ward
DelapreThe Delapre ward
East HunsburyThe East Hunsbury ward
EastfieldThe Eastfield ward
Ecton BrookThe Ecton Brook ward
HeadlandsThe Headlands ward
KingsleyThe Kingsley ward
Kingsthorpe
LumbertubsThe Lumbertubs ward
Nene ValleyThe Nene Valley ward
New DustonThe New Duston ward
Old DustonThe Old Duston ward
ParklandsThe Parklands ward
St CrispinThe St Crispin ward
St David
St JamesThe St James ward
SpencerThe Spencer ward
ThorplandsThe Thorplands ward
West HunsburyThe West Hunsbury ward
WestonThe Weston ward
In the district of South Northamptonshire
Brackley EastThe Astwell, Brackley East and Brackley South wards
Brackley WestThe Brackley West, Little Brook and Steane wards
BugbrookeThe Downs, Grange, Harpole and Heyford wards
DeanshangerThe Cosgrove, Deanshanger and Whittlewood wards and the parish of Yardley Gobion
Greens NortonThe Blakesley, Cote, Kingthorn, Silverstone and Washington wards
HackletonThe Chase, Cogenhoe, Salcey and Yardley wards
Middleton CheneyThe King’s Sutton, Middleton Cheney and Wardoun wards
RoadeThe Blisworth, Courteenhall and Tove wards and the parishes of Ashton and Grafton Regis
TowcesterThe Towcester Brook and Towcester Mill wards
In the borough of Wellingborough
Croyland
Earls BartonThe Earls Barton and South wards and the parishes of Grendon and Great Doddington
FinedonThe Finedon, North, and West wards and the parish of Wilby
Hemmingwell
IrchesterThe Irchester ward and the parishes of Strixton and Wollaston
Queensway
RedwellThe Redwell East and Redwell West wards
Swanspool
(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 county of Northamptonshire. 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 73 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 Northamptonshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1981.

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 Northamptonshire County Council 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.

1992 c. 19. Section 17 is amended by section 39(4) and (5) of the Police and Magistrates' Courts Act 1994 (c. 29). See the Borough of Corby (Electoral Changes) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/2506), the District of Daventry (Electoral Changes) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/2507), the District of East Northamptonshire (Electoral Changes) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/2512), the Borough of Kettering (Electoral Changes) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/2508), the Borough of Northampton (Electoral Changes) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/2511), the District of South Northamptonshire (Electoral Changes) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/2509), and the Borough of Wellingborough (Electoral Changes) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/2510). S.I. 1994/867, to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order. See the County of Northamptonshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1981 (S.I. 1981/49).