1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Borough of Blackpool (Electoral Changes) Order 2002.
(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 15th October 2002;
(b)for all other purposes, on 1st May 2003.
2. In this Order—
“borough” means the borough of Blackpool;
“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 marked “Map referred to in the Borough of Blackpool (Electoral Changes) Order 2002”, of which prints are available for inspection at—
(a)the principal office of the Electoral Commission; and
(b)the offices of Blackpool Borough Council.
3.—(1) The existing wards of the borough(1) shall be abolished.
(2) The borough shall be divided into twenty-one wards which shall bear the names set out in the Schedule.
(3) The wards shall comprise 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 two.
(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. The Blackpool Borough Council shall make a print of the map marked “Map referred to in the Borough of Blackpool (Electoral Changes) Order 2002” available for inspection at its offices by any member of the public at any reasonable time.
5. The Electoral Registration Officer(2) for the borough shall make such rearrangement of, or adaptation of, the register of local government electors as may be necessary for the purposes of, and in consequence of, this Order.
6. The Borough of Blackpool (Electoral Changes) Order 1997(3) is revoked, save for article 3.
Signed by the members of the Electoral Commission
Pamela Gordon
Commissioner
29th August 2002
Glyn Mathias
Commissioner
13th August 2002
Neil McIntosh
Commissioner
7th August 2002
Karamjit Singh
Commissioner
7th August 2002
Sam Younger
Commissioner
7th August 2002
Graham Zellick
Commissioner
15th August 2002