The Stockton-on-Tees (Electoral Changes) Order 2023

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order makes changes to electoral arrangements for the borough of Stockton-on-Tees following recommendations made by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England. The area of the borough remains unchanged. This Order gives effect to recommendations published by the Commission in September 2023, and revokes the Stockton-on-Tees (Electoral Changes) Order 2022 (S.I. 2022/966), which gave effect to recommendations published by the Commission in March 2022, and subsequently amended in May 2022 and July 2023.

Article 2 revokes S.I. 2022/966, but this is subject to provision stating that the tenure of any person elected as a councillor further to that Order is unaffected by its revocation.

Article 4 abolishes the existing electoral wards of the borough of Stockton-on-Tees and replaces them with 27 new ones for the purpose of elections held on or after the ordinary day of election of councillors in England in 2027. It establishes the names and areas of the new electoral wards and the number of councillors for each.

Article 5 makes changes to parish wards that are consequential on the changes made by article 4.

The area covered by each ward created by this Order is identified on a map which is available for inspection at reasonable times at the offices of the Local Government Boundary Commission for England, 1st Floor, Windsor House, 50 Victoria Street, London SW1H 0TL.

The map may also be accessed at https://www.lgbce.org.uk/all-reviews/north-east/stockton-on-tees/stockton-on-tees.

A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sectors is foreseen.