The District of South Holland (Electoral Changes) Order 2007
A period of not less than six weeks has expired since the receipt of those recommendations.
The Electoral Commission have decided to give effect, with one modification, to those recommendations.
Citation and commencement1.
(1)
This Order may be cited as the District of South Holland (Electoral Changes) Order 2007.
(2)
This Order comes into force—
(a)
for the purpose of proceedings preliminary or relating to any election to be held on the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2007, on the day after that on which it is made;
(b)
for all other purposes, on the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2007.
Interpretation2.
In this Order—
“district” means the district of South Holland;
“existing”, in relation to a ward, means the ward as it exists on the date this Order is made;
“map” means the map marked “Map referred to in the District of South Holland (Electoral Changes) Order 2007”, of which prints are available for inspection at the principal office of the Electoral Commission: and any reference to a numbered sheet is a reference to the sheet of the map which bears that number;
Wards of the district of South Holland3.
(1)
(2)
The district shall be divided into eighteen wards which shall be named as set out in column (1) of the Schedule.
(3)
Each ward shall comprise the area described in column (2) of the 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.
(4)
The number of councillors to be elected for each ward shall be the number specified in respect of the ward in column (3) of the Schedule.
(5)
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 Holbeach4.
(1)
The existing wards of the parish of Holbeach shall be abolished.
(2)
The parish shall be divided into three wards which shall be named Hurn, St John’s and Town.
(3)
Each ward shall comprise the area designated on sheets 2, 3, 4 and 5 by reference to the name of the ward and demarcated by orange lines.
(4)
The number of councillors to be elected for Town ward shall be ten, for Hurn ward shall be five and for St John’s ward shall be three.
Map5.
South Holland District Council shall make a print of the map available for inspection at its offices by any member of the public at any reasonable time.
Electoral register6.
The registration officer 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.
Sealed with the seal of the Electoral Commission on the 25th day of January 2007
SCHEDULENAMES AND AREAS OF WARDS AND NUMBERS OF COUNCILLORS
Column (1) | Column (2) | Column (3) |
|---|---|---|
Name of Ward | Area of Ward | Number of Councillors |
Crowland and Deeping St Nicholas | Crowland parish; Deeping St Nicholas parish | 3 |
Donington, Quadring and Gosberton | Donington parish; Gosberton parish; Quadring parish | 3 |
Fleet | Fleet parish | 1 |
Gedney | Gedney parish | 1 |
Holbeach Hurn | Hurn parish ward of Holbeach parish | 1 |
Holbeach Town | Town parish ward of Holbeach parish | 3 |
Long Sutton | Little Sutton parish; Long Sutton parish; Lutton parish; Tydd St Mary parish | 3 |
Moulton, Weston and Cowbit | Cowbit parish; Moulton parish; Weston parish | 3 |
Pinchbeck and Surfleet | Pinchbeck parish; Surfleet parish | 3 |
Spalding Castle | 1 | |
Spalding Monks House | 2 | |
Spalding St John’s | 2 | |
Spalding St Mary’s | 2 | |
Spalding St Paul’s | 2 | |
Spalding Wygate | 2 | |
Sutton Bridge | Sutton Bridge parish | 2 |
The Saints | Gedney Hill parish; Sutton St Edmund parish; Sutton St James parish | 1 |
Whaplode and Holbeach St John’s | Whaplode parish; St John’s parish ward of Holbeach parish | 2 |
This Order makes changes to the electoral arrangements for the district of South Holland following recommendations made by the Boundary Committee for England to the Electoral Commission.
The Electoral Commission accepted the Boundary Committee’s recommendations with one modification. The modification concerns the boundary between the Spalding St John’s and Spalding Monks House wards.
The electoral changes apply in respect of local government elections to be held on and after the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2007.
Article 3 abolishes the existing wards of the district and replaces them with 18 new ones. That article, the map and the Schedule also establish the names and areas of the new district wards and the numbers of district councillors for each ward.
Article 4 abolishes the existing parish wards of the parish of Holbeach and replaces them with 3 new ones. That article and the map also establish the names and areas of the new parish wards and the numbers of parish councillors for each ward.
Article 6 obliges the Electoral Registration Officer to make any necessary amendments to the electoral register to reflect the new electoral arrangements.
The map defined in article 2 shows the new district and parish wards. It is available at www.boundarycommittee.org.uk/your-area/southholland.cfm and, at all reasonable times, at the offices of South Holland District Council and at the principal office of the Electoral Commission at Trevelyan House, Great Peter Street, London SW1P 2HW.