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This Order makes changes to the electoral arrangements for the borough of Basingstoke and Deane following recommendations made by the Boundary Committee for England to the Electoral Commission.
The Electoral Commission accepted the Boundary Committee’s recommendations without modifications.
The electoral changes apply in respect of local government elections to be held on and after the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2008.
Article 3 abolishes the existing wards of the borough replaces them with 29 new ones. That article, the map and Schedule 1 also establish the names and areas of the new borough wards and the numbers of borough councillors for each ward.
Article 4 makes provision for a whole council election in 2008 and for reversion to the established system of election by thirds in subsequent years.
Schedule 2 provides for the order of retirement of councillors.
Article 5 abolishes the existing parish wards of the parish of Sherborne St John and replaces them with 2 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 abolishes the existing parish wards of the parish of Tadley and replaces them with 4 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 7 provides for elections in the parish of Rookdown in the borough of Basingstoke and Deane.
Article 8 provides for elections in the parish of Pamber in the borough of Basingstoke and Deane.
Article 9 obliges the Electoral Registration Officer to make any necessary amendments to the electoral register to reflect the new electoral arrangements.
Article 10 revokes articles 2, 3(4), 6, and Schedules 1 and 2 and paragraph (1) of article 8 (so far as article 8 relates to elections in the parish of Pamber), of the Borough of Basingstoke and Deane (Electoral Changes) Order 2001.
The map defined in article 2 shows the new borough and parish wards. It is available at www.boundarycommittee.org.uk/your-area/ basingdeanefer.cfm and, at all reasonable times, at the offices of Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council and at the principal office of the Electoral Commission at Trevelyan House, Great Peter Street, London SW1P 2HW.
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