2001 No. 1026
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND
The District of New Forest (Parishes and Electoral Changes) Order 2001
Made 14th March 2001
Coming into force in accordance with article 1(2) and (3)

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 July 2000 on its review of the district of New Forest together with its recommendations:
1992 c. 19.
And whereas the New Forest District Council, acting pursuant to section 9 of the Local Government and Rating Act 1997 have submitted to the Secretary of State a report on their review of parishes in the district of New Forest together with their recommendations, to which the Secretary of State has decided to give effect:
1997 c. 29.
And whereas the Secretary of State has decided to give effect to the recommendations of the Local Government Commission for England subject only to the recommendations of the District Council:
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 sections 14 and 23 of the Local Government and Rating Act 1997, 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 New Forest (Parishes and Electoral Changes) Order 2001.
2 This article and article 2 shall come into force on 1st April 2001.
3 The provisions of this Order, other than this article and article 2, shall come into force—
(a) for the purpose of all 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.
4 In this Order—
“district” means the district of New Forest;
“existing”, in relation to a ward, means the ward as it exists on the date this Order is made;
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 New Forest (Parishes and Electoral Changes) Order 2001”, and deposited in accordance with regulation 27 of the Local Government Changes for England Regulations 1994; and
S.I.1994/867, to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order.
any reference to a numbered sheet is a reference to the sheet of the map which bears that number.

2 Transfers between parishes
The areas on sheet 1 shaded in blue, demarcated by red lines, and designated by the letters “A”, “B” and “C”, shall cease to form part of the parish of Fawley and the Hardley/Holbury parish ward of that parish, and shall become part of the parish of Hythe and Dibden and the Hythe South parish ward of that parish.

3 Wards of the district of New Forest
1 The existing wards of the district shall be abolished.
See the District of New Forest (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976 (S.I.1976/379).
2 The district shall be divided into thirty-four wards which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of Schedule 1.
3 The wards shall comprise the areas described in column (2) of that Schedule by reference to parishes or parish wards or, where an area is not so described, the area 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 (3) of that 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.

4 Wards of the parish of Copythorne
1 The existing wards of the parish of Copythorne shall be abolished.
2 The parish shall be divided into two parish wards which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of Schedule 2; each parish ward shall comprise the area of the district ward specified in respect of the parish ward in column (2) of that Schedule; and the number of councillors to be elected for each parish ward shall be the number specified in respect of the parish ward in column (3) of that Schedule.

5 Wards of the parish of Fawley
1 The wards of the parish of Fawley as they exist immediately before 10th October 2002 shall be abolished.
2 The parish shall be divided into five parish wards which shall bear the names Blackfield and Langley, Calshot, Fawley, Hardley and Holbury; and the wards shall comprise the areas designated on sheet 10 by reference to the name of the ward and demarcated by orange lines.
3 The number of councillors to be elected for the Holbury parish ward shall be six, for the Blackfield and Langley parish ward shall be five, for the Fawley parish ward shall be two and for each of the Calshot and Hardley parish wards shall be one.

6 Wards of the parish of Hordle
The parish of Hordle shall be divided into two parish wards which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of Schedule 3; each parish ward shall comprise the area of the district ward specified in respect of the parish ward in column (2) of that Schedule; and the number of councillors to be elected for each parish ward shall be the number specified in respect of the parish ward in column (3) of that Schedule.

7 Wards of the parish of Hythe and Dibden
1 The wards of the parish of Hythe and Dibden as they exist immediately before 10th October 2002 shall be abolished.
2 The parish shall be divided into seven parish wards which shall bear the names Butts Ash, Dibden, Dibden Purlieu, Furzedown, Hythe East, Hythe West and Langdown; and each parish ward shall comprise the areas designated on sheet 11 by reference to the name of the ward and demarcated by orange lines.
3 The number of councillors to be elected for the Butts Ash parish ward shall be three, for each of the Dibden, Hythe East, Hythe West and Dibden Purlieu parish wards shall be two, and for each of the Furzedown and Langdown parish wards shall be one.

8 Wards of the parish of Lymington and Pennington
1 The existing wards of the parish of Lymington and Pennington shall be abolished.
2 The parish shall be divided into three parish wards which shall bear the names Buckland, Lymington Town and Pennington; and each parish ward shall comprise the area of the district ward bearing the same name.
3 The number of councillors to be elected for the Buckland parish ward shall be three and for each of the Lymington Town and Pennington parish wards shall be six.

9 Wards of the parish of New Milton
1 The existing wards of the parish of New Milton shall be abolished.
2 The parish shall be divided into five parish wards which shall bear the names Barton, Bashley, Becton, Fernhill and Milton; and each parish ward shall comprise the area of the district ward bearing the same name.
3 The number of councillors to be elected for the Bashley parish ward shall be two and for each of the other parish wards shall be four.

10 Wards of the parish of Ringwood
1 The existing wards of the parish of Ringwood shall be abolished.
2 The parish shall be divided into three parish wards which shall bear the names Ringwood East, Ringwood North and Ringwood South; the parish wards of Ringwood North and Ringwood South shall comprise the area of the district wards bearing the same name, and the Ringwood East parish ward shall consist of the rest of the parish.
3 The number of councillors to be elected for the Ringwood East parish ward shall be two and for each of the Ringwood North and Ringwood South parish wards shall be six.

11 Wards of the parish of Totton and Eling
1 The existing wards of the parish of Totton and Eling shall be abolished.
2 The parish shall be divided into five parish wards which shall bear the names Totton Central, Totton East, Totton North, Totton South and Totton West; 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 four.

12 Revocation
The District of New Forest (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 14th March 2001

SCHEDULE 1 NAMES AND AREAS OF WARDS AND NUMBERS OF COUNCILLORS
article 3
(1)	(2)	(3)
Name of Ward	Area of Ward	Number of Councillors
Ashurst, Copythorne South and Netley Marsh		2
Barton		2
Bashley		1
Becton		2
Boldre and Sway	The parishes of Boldre and Sway	2
Bramshaw, Copythorne North and Minstead		1
Bransgore and Burley	The parishes of Bransgore and Burley	2
Brockenhurst and Forest South East	The parishes of Beaulieu, Brockenhurst, Denny Lodge, East Boldre, and Exbury and Lepe	2
Buckland		1
Butts Ash and Dibden Purlieu		2
Dibden and Hythe East		2
Downlands and Forest	The parishes of Breamore, Damerham, Hale, Martin, Rockbourne, Whitsbury and Woodgreen	1
Fawley, Blackfield and Langley		2
Fernhill		2
Fordingbridge	The parishes of Fordingbridge and Sandleheath	2
Forest North West	The parishes of Ellingham, Harbridge and Ibsley, Godshill, and Hyde	1
Furzedown and Hardley		1
Holbury and North Blackfield		2
Hordle		2
Hythe West and Langdown		2
Lymington Town		2
Lyndhurst	The parish of Lyndhurst	1
Marchwood	The parish of Marchwood	2
Milford		2
Milton		2
Pennington		2
Ringwood East and Sopley		1
Ringwood North		2
Ringwood South		2
Totton Central		2
Totton East		2
Totton North		2
Totton South	The Totton South parish ward of Totton and Eling parish	2
Totton West		2

SCHEDULE 2 WARDS OF THE PARISH OF COPYTHORNE
NAMES AND AREAS OF WARDS AND NUMBERS OF COUNCILLORS
article 4
(1)	(2)	(3)
Name of Ward	Area of Ward	Number of Councillors
Copythorne North	So much of the district ward of Bramshaw, Copythorne North and Minstead as comprises the parish of Copythorne	4
Copythorne South	So much of the district ward of Ashurst, Copythorne South and Netley Marsh as comprises the parish of Copythorne	5

SCHEDULE 3 WARDS OF THE PARISH OF HORDLE
NAMES AND AREAS OF WARDS AND NUMBERS OF COUNCILLORS
article 6
(1)	(2)	(3)
Name of Ward	Area of Ward	Number of Councillors
Everton South	So much of the district ward of Milford as comprises the parish of Hordle	1
Hordle	The district ward of Hordle	10

(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order gives effect, on 1st April 2001, to parish boundary recommendations made by New Forest District Council. Subject to that, it also gives effect to recommendations by the Local Government Commission for England (“the LGC”) for electoral changes in the district of New Forest. Those changes have effect in relation to local government elections to be held on and after 1st May 2003.
Article 2 transfers three small areas of land (comprising 7 dwellings) from the parish of Fawley to the parish of Hythe and Dibden. In consequence of these transfers, the Secretary of State has decided to modify the recommendations of the LGC for the district wards of Fawley, Blackfield and Langley, and Furzedown and Hardley so that the boundaries of those wards reflect the new parish boundaries of the two parishes of Fawley and Hythe and Dibden.
Article 3 abolishes the existing wards of the district and provides for the creation of 34 new wards. That article and Schedule 1 also make provision for the names and areas of, and numbers of councillors for, the new wards.
Articles 4 to 11 make electoral changes in the parishes of Copythorne, Fawley, Hordle, Hythe and Dibden, Lymington and Pennington, New Milton, Ringwood, and Totton and Eling.
Article 12 revokes the District of New Forest (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976.
The areas of the new parish and district wards are demarcated on the map described in article 1(4). Prints of the map may be inspected at all reasonable times at the offices of the New Forest 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.