2000 No. 3298
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND
The District of Mansfield (Electoral Changes) Order 2000
Made 15th December 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 May 2000 on its review of the district of Mansfield together with its recommendations:
1992 c. 19.
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:
Section 17 is amended by section 39(4) and (5) of the Police and Magistrates' Courts Act 1994 (c. 29).

1 Citation, commencement and interpretation
1 This Order may be cited as the District of Mansfield (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 1st May 2003, on 10th October 2002;
(b) for all other purposes, on 1st May 2003.
3 In this Order—
“district” means the district of Mansfield;
“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 District of Mansfield (Electoral Changes) Order 2000”, and deposited in accordance with regulation 27 of the Local Government Changes for England Regulations 1994.
S.I.1994/867, to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order.

2 Wards of the district of Mansfield
1 The existing wards of the district shall be abolished.
See the District of Mansfield (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976 (S.I.1976/751).
2 The district shall be divided into nineteen wards, which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of the Schedule.
3 The wards shall comprise the areas 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 (2) of the Schedule.
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.

3 Wards of the parish of Warsop
1 The existing wards of the parish of Warsop shall be abolished.
2 The parish shall be divided into two parish wards which shall bear the names Birklands and Meden; each parish ward shall comprise the area of the district ward bearing the same name, and the number of councillors to be elected for each parish ward shall be six.

4 Revocation
The District of Mansfield (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976 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 15th December 2000

SCHEDULE NAMES AND NUMBERS OF COUNCILLORS
article 2
(1)	(2)
Name of Ward	Number of Councillors
Berry Hill	3
Birklands	3
Broomhill	2
Cumberlands	2
Eakring	3
Forest Town East	2
Forest Town West	3
Grange Farm	2
Ladybrook	2
Leeming	3
Lindhurst	2
Meden	3
Oak Tree	3
Pleasley Hill	2
Portland	2
Priory	2
Ravensdale	2
Robin Hood	3
Sherwood	2

(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 Mansfield. The changes have effect in relation to local government elections to be held on and after 1st May 2003.
Article 2 abolishes the existing wards of the district and provides for the creation of nineteen new wards. That article and the Schedule also make provision for the names and areas of, and numbers of councillors for, the new wards.
Article 3 makes electoral changes in the parish of Warsop.
Article 4 revokes the District of Mansfield (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976.
The areas of the new district 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 Mansfield District 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.