1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the District of Wychavon (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.
2. In this Order—
“district” means the district of Wychavon;
“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 Wychavon (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 Wychavon District Council.
3.—(1) The existing wards of the district(1) shall be abolished.
(2) The district shall be divided into thirty-two 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 and 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. The parish of Bredon 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.—(1) The existing wards of the parish of Droitwich Spa shall be abolished.
(2) The parish shall be divided into five parish wards which shall bear the names Droitwich Central, Droitwich East, Droitwich South East, Droitwich South West and Droitwich West; and 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 of the Droitwich East, Droitwich South East, Droitwich South West and Droitwich West parish wards shall be four and for the Droitwich Central parish ward shall be two.
6.—(1) The existing wards of the parish of Evesham shall be abolished.
(2) The parish shall be divided into five parish wards which shall bear the names Bengeworth, Evesham North, Evesham South, Great Hampton and Little Hampton; and each parish ward shall comprise the area of the district ward bearing the same name, and the number of councillors to be elected for the Evesham North parish ward shall be six, for each of the Bengeworth, Evesham South and Little Hampton parish wards shall be five and for the Great Hampton parish ward shall be three.
7. Wychavon District Council shall make a print of the map marked “Map referred to in the District of Wychavon (Electoral Changes) Order 2002” available for inspection at its offices by any member of the public at any reasonable time.
8. The Electoral Registration Officer(2) 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.
9. The District of Wychavon (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978(3) is revoked, save for article 5.
Signed by the members of the Electoral Commission
Pamela Gordon
Commissioner
2nd December 2002
Glyn Mathias
Commissioner
2nd December 2002
Neil McIntosh
Commissioner
2nd December 2002
Karamjit Singh
Commissioner
2nd December 2002
Sam Younger
Commissioner
2nd December 2002
Graham Zellick
Commissioner
2nd December 2002