2002 No. 2885

LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND

The District of Arun (Electoral Changes) Order 2002

Made19th November 2002

Coming into force in accordance with article 1(2)

Whereas the Boundary Committee for England1, acting pursuant to section 15(4) of the Local Government Act 19922, has submitted to the Electoral Commission3 a report dated July 2002 on its review of the district of Arun together with its recommendations:

And whereas the Electoral Commission have decided to give effect to those recommendations:

And whereas a period of not less than six weeks has expired since the receipt of those recommendations:

Now, therefore, the Electoral Commission, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 174 and 265 of the Local Government Act 1992, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:

Citation and commencement1.

(1)

This Order may be cited as the District of Arun (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 the day after that on which it is made;

(b)

for all other purposes, on 1st May 2003.

Interpretation2.

In this Order—

“district” means the district of Arun;

“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 marked “Map referred to in the District of Arun (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 Arun District Council.

Wards of the district of Arun3.

(1)

The existing wards of the district6 shall be abolished.

(2)

The district shall be divided into twenty-six 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, 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.

Wards of the parish of Aldwick4.

(1)

The existing wards of the parish of Aldwick shall be abolished.

(2)

The parish shall be divided into three 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); 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.

Wards of the parish of Bognor Regis5.

(1)

The existing wards of the parish of Bognor Regis shall be abolished.

(2)

The parish shall be divided into four parish wards which shall bear the names Hotham, Marine, Orchard and Pevensey; 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.

Wards of the parish of Felpham6.

(1)

The existing wards of the parish of Felpham 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 3; each parish ward shall comprise the area of the district ward specified in respect of the parish ward in column (2); and the number of councillors to be elected for each parish ward shall be eight.

Wards of the parish of Littlehampton7.

(1)

The existing wards of the parish of Littlehampton shall be abolished.

(2)

The parish shall be divided into five parish wards which shall bear the names Beach, Brookfield, Ham, River and Wick with Toddington; 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 three.

Wards of the parish of Rustington8.

(1)

The existing wards of the parish of Rustington shall be abolished.

(2)

The parish shall be divided into three parish wards which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of Schedule 4; each parish ward shall comprise the area of the district ward specified in respect of the parish ward in column (2); 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.

Wards of the parish of Yapton9.

The parish shall be divided into two parish wards which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of Schedule 5; 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.

Maps10.

Arun District Council shall make a print of the map marked “Map referred to in the District of Arun (Electoral Changes) Order 2002” available for inspection at its offices by any member of the public at any reasonable time.

Electoral registers11.

The Electoral Registration Officer7 for the district 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.

Revocation12.

The District of Arun (Electoral Arrangements) Order 19808 is revoked, save for article 8.

Signed by the members of the Electoral Commission

Pamela Gordon

Commissioner

28th October 2002

Glyn Mathias

Commissioner

14th November 2002

Neil McIntosh

Commissioner

14th November 2002

Karamjit Singh

Commissioner

19th November 2002

Sam Younger

Commissioner

19th November 2002

Graham Zellick

Commissioner

28th October 2002

SCHEDULE 1NAMES AND AREAS OF WARDS AND NUMBERS OF COUNCILLORS

article 3

(1)	(2)	(3)
Name of Ward	Area of Ward	Number of Councillors
Aldwick East		2
Aldwick West		2
Angmering	The parishes of Angmering and Poling	3
Arundel	The parishes of Arundel, Burpham, Houghton, Lyminster, South Stoke and Warningcamp	2
Barnham	The parishes of Aldingbourne, Barnham and Eastergate	3
Beach		2
Bersted	The parish of Bersted	3
Brookfield		2
East Preston with Kingston		3
Felpham East		2
Felpham West		2
Ferring	The parish of Ferring	2
Findon	The parishes of Clapham, Findon and Patching	1
Ham		2
Hotham		2
Marine		2
Middleton-on-Sea	The parish of Middleton-on-Sea	2
Orchard		2
Pagham and Rose Green		3
Pevensey		2
River		2
Rustington East		2
Rustington West		3
Walberton	The parishes of Madehurst, Slindon and Walberton	1
Wick with Toddington		2
Yapton		2

SCHEDULE 2WARDS OF THE PARISH OF ALDWICKNAMES AND AREAS OF WARDS AND NUMBERS OF COUNCILLORS

article 4

(1)	(2)	(3)
Name of Ward	Area of Ward	Number of Councillors
Aldwick East	The district ward of Aldwick East	6
Aldwick West	The district ward of Aldwick West	6
Rose Green	So much of the district ward of Pagham and Rose Green as comprises part of the parish of Aldwick	2

SCHEDULE 3WARDS OF THE PARISH OF FELPHAMNAMES AND AREAS OF WARDS

article 6

(1)	(2)
Name of Ward	Area of Ward
Felpham East	So much of the district ward of Felpham East as comprises part of the parish of Felpham
Felpham West	The district ward of Felpham West

SCHEDULE 4WARDS OF THE PARISH OF RUSTINGTONNAMES AND AREAS OF WARDS AND NUMBERS OF COUNCILLORS

article 8

(1)	(2)	(3)
Name of Ward	Area of Ward	Number of Councillors
Rustington East	The district ward of Rustington East	6
Rustington West	The district ward of Rustington West	9
West Preston	So much of the district ward of East Preston with Kingston as comprises part of the parish of Rustington	1

SCHEDULE 5WARDS OF THE PARISH OF YAPTONNAMES AND AREAS OF WARDS AND NUMBERS OF COUNCILLORS

article 9

(1)	(2)	(3)
Name of Ward	Area of Ward	Number of Councillors
Hoe Lane	So much of the district ward of Felpham East as comprises part of the parish of Yapton	1
Yapton Village	So much of the district ward of Yapton as comprises part of the parish of Yapton	9

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order gives effect to recommendations by the Boundary Committee for England, a committee of the Electoral Commission, for electoral changes in the district of Arun.

The changes have effect in relation to local government elections to be held on and after 1st May 2003.

Article 3 abolishes the existing wards of the district and provides for the creation of 26 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 9 make electoral changes in the parishes of Aldwick, Bognor Regis, Felpham, Littlehampton, Rustington and Yapton.

Article 11 obliges the Electoral Registration Officer to make any necessary amendments to the electoral register to reflect the new electoral arrangements.

Article 12 revokes the District of Arun (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1980 (S.I. 1980/652), with the exception of article 8.

The areas of the new district wards are demarcated on the map described in article 2. Prints of the map may be inspected at all reasonable times at the offices of Arun District Council and at the principal office of the Electoral Commission at Trevelyan House, Great Peter Street, London SW1P 2HW.