- Statutory Instrument 1998 No. 3243 (S. 199)
The Fife (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1998
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| Made | 17th December 1998 | ||
| Coming into force | 1st January 1999 |
Whereas under section 17(1) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973[1], as read with Schedule 5 to that Act[2], the Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland on 9th October 1998 submitted to the Secretary of State a report on a review together with its proposals for the future electoral arrangements for the area of Fife Council;
Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 17(2) and 233(3) of, and Schedule 5 to, the said Act and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, the Secretary of State hereby makes the following Order:
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Fife (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 1st January 1999.
Interpretation
2. In the Schedule to this Order-
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(a) a reference to-
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(i) an electoral ward is a reference to that electoral ward as constituted in this Order; and
(ii) a road, footpath, railway line, river, burn or canal shall, where the context so admits, be construed as a reference to the centre line of the feature concerned; and
(b) the following abbreviations are used:-
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"EW" for electoral ward;
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"NG Ref" for National Grid Reference as published on Ordnance Survey Maps.
Electoral arrangements
3.
The area of Fife Council shall be divided into 78 wards, having the names, contents and boundaries set forth in the Schedule to this Order.
Henry B McLeish
Minister of State, Scottish Office
St Andrew's House, Edinburgh
17th December 1998
Ward 1 Kincardine, Culross and Low Valleyfield
Commencing at a point on the western boundary of Fife Council where it intersects with the former Dunfermline to Alloa railway; then generally northeastward along the said boundary to a point on the Bluther Burn at NG Ref NS 9851 9192; then southward to and southwestward along the eastern boundary of a wood to the west of Cattle Moss to the southern boundary of the said wood; then southeastward in a straight line to where the western and northern boundaries of a wood meet at NG Ref NS 9962 9140; then southward along the western boundary of the said wood and the continuation in a straight line to the A907 road at NG Ref NS 9962 9002; then westward along the said road to where it meets a path leading to the property known as Middle Grange; then generally southward along said path to where it crosses a tributary of the Bluther Burn at NG Ref NS 9898 8919; then southward along the said tributary to the Bluther Burn; then generally southeastward along the said burn to where it is crossed by the B9037 road at Shires Mill; then southwestward along the said road to the A985(T) road; then eastward along the said road to its junction with the B9037 road; then southward and eastward along the said road to a point in line with the western boundary of No 2 Main Street; then southward to and southward and eastward along the western and southern boundaries of the said property to a track at NG Ref NT 0113 8644; then generally southward along the said track to where it crosses the Bluther Burn; then southwestward along the said burn and the continuation thereof in a straight line to the southern boundary of Fife Council; then generally westward and northward along the southern and western boundaries of the said Council to the point of commencement.
Ward 2 Blairhall, High Valleyfield and Torryburn
Commencing at the point where the northern and eastern boundaries of EW 1 meet at NG Ref NS 9962 9140; then eastward in a straight line to the junction between the road leading to the property known as Cattle Moss and the access road to the property known as Stand Alane; then generally southeastward along the access road to Cattle Moss to a point NG Ref NT 0090 9104; then southwestward along an access road to a disused mine and the continuation thereof in a straight line to the dismantled railway leading from the said mine; then generally southeastward along the said dismantled railway line to its intersection with the Dunfermline to Alloa Railway; then southeastward along the said railway line to where it crosses Station Road; then southward along the said road to and southeastward along an unnamed road leading to Cairneyhill to a point NG Ref NT 0348 8765; then southwestward to and southward along a path leading to the access road to Remiltoun; then westward along the said access road to and southward along a path leading to the access road passing the property known as Drumfin; then northeastward along the said access road to a track leading to the A985(T) road; then southward along the said track to and generally southeastward along the A985(T) road to a point NG Ref NT 0440 8534; then eastward in a straight line to where a path to the east of Crombie leading to Mire End crosses an unnamed watercourse; then northward along the said path to where it is crossed by the Dunfermline to Logannet Railway; then eastward along the said railway line to where it crosses the Lyne Burn; then generally southward along said burn and the continuation thereof in a straight line to the southern boundary of Fife Council; then westward along the said boundary to the eastern boundary of EW 1; then generally northwestward, eastward and northward along the said boundary to the point of commencement.
Ward 3 Oakley, Saline and Steelend
Commencing at a point on the Bluther Burn at NG Ref NS 9851 9192 and the western boundary of Fife Council; then generally northeastward, northwestward, northeastward and southeastward along the said boundary to where it meets an unnamed road leading from B9097 road and the B914 road; then generally southward along the said unnamed road to and westward along the B914 road to a point in line with the westernmost curtilage of Garland Cottage; then southward to and along the said curtilage and its continuation in a straight line to the B915 road; then southward along the said road to where it meets an unnamed burn flowing through a disused quarry at NG Ref NT 1060 9288; then southward and southeastward along the said burn to NG Ref NT 1080 9258; then southward by way of field boundaries to NG Ref NT 1085 9222; then eastward along the northern boundary of a field to and southeastward along the eastern boundary of the said field and its continuation as the western boundaries of fields to the east of Craigduckie Cottage to the watercourse flowing from Loch Fitty; then generally southwestward along the said watercourse to where it is crossed by the access road leading to Easter Craigduckie; then southward along said road to the access road to Highholm; then westward along the said road to and westward along an unnamed road leading between Bowershall and Townhill to a point NG Ref NT 0989 9045; then southwestward to and along the eastern boundary of a field to and westward along the southern boundary of said field to the eastern boundary of another field; then southward along the said boundary to and westward along the southern boundary of the said field and its continuation in a straight line to the A823 road; then southward along the said road to and westward along an unnamed road leading to the B913 road, to the access road leading to Craigluscar; then northwestward along the said road to and generally westward along a track passing the properties known as Glassiebarns and Loanhead to its junction with a number of tracks leading through Carnock Moor; then southwestward along a track leading to the Keepers Cottage to the B913 road; then westward across the B913 road to and westward along the northern boundary of a field to and southward along the western boundary of said field to the western boundary of a field adjacent to the property known as East Bonhard; then southwestward along the said boundary and the western boundary of the field directly south of the said field to its southern boundary; then eastward along the said boundary to the western boundary of the field adjacent to the property known as West Bonhard; then southward along the said field boundary and the western boundary of the field directly south of the said field and its continuation in a straight line to the A907 road; then southward across the said road to and along a further field boundary to an unnamed road leading between Coarse Hill and Carnock; then generally southeastward along the said road to a point in line with the western boundary of a field north of Carnell; then southward along the said boundary and its continuation as the western curtilage of the northwestern most property of Carnell to the unnamed road leading from Carnell to Carnock; then southwestward along said road to the northern boundary of EW 2; then generally northwestward along the said boundary to the northern boundary of E W 1; then generally northwestward along the said boundary to the point of commencement
Ward 4 Cairneyhill, Carnock and Milesmark
Commencing at a point on the north eastern boundary of EW 2 where it meets the southern boundary of EW 3 on the eastern boundary of Inzievar Wood; then generally northeastward and eastward along the southern boundary of EW 3 to the point where it intersects with a track leading from Lochhead to Beveridgewell; then generally southward along the said track to where it meets a dismantled railway; then southwestward along the said dismantled railway line to where it crosses a track; then generally southeastward along the said track to where it is crossed by a path leading to Parkneuk Road at NG Ref NT 0782 8858; then southwestward along said path to and southeastward along Parkneuk Road to the A907; then westward along said road to a point in line with the eastern curtilages of Nos 125 and 127 Rumblingwell; then southward to and along the said curtilages and the continuation thereof in a straight line to the former Dunfermline to Alloa railway; then northwestward along the said railway to where it is crossed by Targate Road; then southwestward along the said road to a point in line with the eastern curtilage of Milesmark Croft; then southeastward to and southeastward, southwestward and northwestward along the eastern, southern and western curtilages of the said property and the continuation thereof to an unnamed road leading to the property known as Knockhouse; then generally southward along said unnamed road to NG Ref NT 0690 8797; then generally westward to and along the northern boundaries of fields to the south of Glenmoy and Langlees and the continuation thereof in a straight line to Lundin Road; then generally southward along the said road to a point in line with the northern boundary of the property known as Bankier; then westward to and along the said boundary to the eastern boundary of Dean Plantation; then generally southwestward along said boundary to where it meets Crossford Burn; then generally southward along the said burn to NG Ref NT 0584 8727; then westward in a straight line to the eastern boundary of a field at NG Ref NT 0525 8726; then southward by way of field boundaries to Hilton Road; then southward along said road to and eastward along Main Street, Cairneyhill to its junction with a track at NG Ref NT 0526 8643; then southward along the said track to and generally southwestward along a field boundary and the continuation thereof in a straight line to the northern boundary of the properties at Mire End; then eastward and southward along the northern and eastern boundaries of the said properties and the continuation thereof in the straight line to the former Dunfermline to Alloa Railway and the northeastern boundary of EW 2; then generally westward and northwestward along the said boundary to the point of commencement.
Ward 5 Crossford and Dunfermline Central
Commencing at a point on a dismantled railway at NG Ref NT 0762 8825 where it crosses a drain; then southeastward along the said drain and the continuation thereof in a straight line to a track leading eastward to the property known as Colton; then eastward along the said track to a point in line with a field boundary at NG Ref NT 0799 8791 to the west of the property known as Colton; then southeastward to and along the said field boundary to and across Berrylaw Road to and continuing southeastward along further field boundaries and the continuation thereof in a straight line to the A994; then northeastward along the said road to and generally eastward along Carnegie Drive to its junction with St Margaret's Drive; then southwestward along the said drive to and westward along Nethertown Broad Street to and westward along West Nethertown Street to Forth Street; then southward along the said street and its continuation as Limekilns Road to where it crosses the Longannet to Dunfermline railway; then generally westward along the said railway line to the eastern boundary of EW 4; then generally northeastward along the said boundary to the point of commencement.
Ward 6 Baldridgeburn
Commencing at a point on the eastern boundary of EW 4 where the track leading between Lochhead to Beveridgewell meets a dismantled railway; then southward along the said track and its continuation as a path to the east of Hunter Place and Nos 2-12 Douglas Drive to a point in line with the northern boundary of No 42 East Baldridge Drive and the rear curtilages of the properties on the northern side of Barrie Street; then southeastward to and along the said boundary and curtilages and the northern perimeter of the playground at the rear of the properties at High Beveridgewell and the continuation thereof in a straight line to the access path on the west side of Queen Anne High School; then northeastward along the said path to a point in line with the southern boundary of the said school; then southeastward to and generally northeastward along the said boundary to Pilmuir Street; then southward along the said street to the northern boundary of EW 5; then generally southwestward and northwestward along the said boundary to the eastern boundary of EW 4; then generally northeastward along the said boundary to the point of commencement.
Ward 7 Wellwood and Headwell
Commencing at the point where the eastern boundary of EW 4 meets the southern boundary of EW 3; then eastward along said southern boundary of EW 3 to a point on the southern boundary of a field at NG Ref NT 0980 9029; then southwestward by way of field boundaries to NG Ref NT 0967 9000; then southeastward by way of field boundaries to and along the western boundary of a Power Station to the northern shore line of Town Loch (Moncur); then generally westward, southward and eastward along the shoreline of the said Loch to an unnamed track at NG Ref NT 0991 8909; then southward along the said track to a point in line with the rear curtilages of the properties on the northern side of Kent Street; then generally eastward along the said curtilages and the continuation thereof in a straight line to Townhill Road; then southwestward along the said road to and westward along Rose Street and its continuation as Victoria Street to Alexandra Street; then southward along the said street to and southeastward along Rose Crescent to Hill Street; then southward along Hill Street to and westward along Lady Campbell's Walk to the eastern boundary of EW 6; then generally northwestward along the said boundary to the eastern boundary of EW 4; then northward along the said boundary of the said EW to the point of commencement.
Ward 8 Townhill and Bellyeoman
Commencing at a point where the eastern boundary of EW 7 meets the southern boundary of EW 3 at NG Ref NT 0982 9033; then generally northeastward along the southern boundary of EW 3 to the junction between the track leading to Easter Craigduckie and the access road to Highholm; then eastward along the said access road to a point NG Ref NT 1122 9072; then generally southeastward by way of field boundaries to a point on an unnamed road leading to the access road to Muircockhall at NG Ref NT 1139 8985; then eastward along the said unnamed road to and southward along the said access road to the B912; then northeastward along the said road to and southward along the access road to where it crosses a drain; then generally southward along the said drain to the Buckie Burn; then generally southward along the said burn to where it is crossed by the Dunfermline to Cowdenbeath railway line at NG Ref NT 1210 8860; then southwestward along the said railway line to a point in line with the eastern boundary of a cemetery; then generally northwestward and westward along the eastern and northern boundaries of the cemetery to a point in line with a footpath to the southwest of No 56 Bellyeoman Road; then northwestward to and along the said path to a point in line with the southeastern curtilage and No 21 Dick Street; then generally northward and northwestward along the southeastern and northeastern curtilages of the said property and continuing northwestward and southward along the northeastern and western curtilages of No 23 Dick Street to Dick Street; then northwestward along the said street to Ross Street; then northwestward along the said street to the eastern boundary of EW 7; then generally northward along the said boundary to the point of commencement.
Ward 9 Garvock and Carnegie
Commencing on the eastern boundary of EW 7 and the southern boundary of EW 8 at the junction between Ross Street and Townhill Road; then generally eastward along the southern boundary of EW 8 to where the dismantled railway crosses Whitefield Road; then southward along the said road to where it is crossed by the Dunfermline to Cowdenbeath railway; then southwestward along the said railway line to a point NG Ref NT 1044 8724; then northward to and northwestward along the rear curtilages of Nos 99 - 107 St John's Drive to and northeastward along the western curtilage of No 107 St John's Drive and its continuation in a straight line to St John's Drive; then northwestward along the said drive to and northwestward along Garvock Hill and its continuation as Appin Crescent to the northern boundary of EW 5; then westward along the said boundary to the eastern boundary of EW 6; then northward along the said boundary to the southern boundary of EW 7; then generally northeastward to the point of commencement.
Ward 10 Halbeath, Hill of Beath and Kingseat
Commencing on the southern boundary of EW 8 where the Dunfermline to Cowdenbeath railway crosses Whitefield Road; then northeastward and generally northwestward along the southern and eastern boundaries of EW 8 to the eastern boundary of EW 3; then generally northeastward along the said boundary to a point on the watercourse flowing into the western side of Loch Fitty in line with field boundaries to the east of Craigduckie Cottage; then continuing northeastward along the said watercourse to the northern shoreline of Loch Fitty; then northeastward along the said shoreline to where the Loch Fitty Burn leaves the Loch on the eastern side; then generally northeastward along the said burn to where it is crossed by an unnamed road leading to Lassodie; then southward along the said road to the B912; then northeastward along the said road to the M90; then southward along the said motorway to a point NG Ref NT 1363 9160; then eastward to and along a field boundary and generally eastward by way of adjoining field boundaries to the southern boundary of a cemetery; then eastward along the said boundary and the continuation thereof in a straight line to the B917; then generally southward along the said road to a point in line with the northern curtilage of No 4 Kirkford Court; then westward to and along the said curtilage and continuing southward along the rear curtilages of Nos 4-1 Kirkford Court to the southern curtilage of No 1 Kirkford Court; then eastward along the said curtilage and its continuation in a straight line to the B917; then southward along the said road to and eastward along Woodend Place to a point in line with the western boundary of Woodend Industrial Estate; then southeastward to and along the said boundary and the continuation thereof in a straight line to the B981; then southwestward along the said road to and southwestward along the A92(T) to the M90; then southward along the said motorway to a point NG Ref NT 1342 8805 in line with a field boundary to the west of the motorway; then westward by way of field boundaries to an unnamed road leading to Calais Muir Wood; then southward along the said unnamed road to its junction with the access road to Southfod; then generally westward along the said access road to a point in line with the eastern curtilage of Southfod Farm Cottages; then southward, westward and northward along the eastern, southern and western curtilages to the access road to Southfod; then westward along the said road to Linburn Road; then southward along the said road to a point NG Ref NT 1187 8755; then due west in a straight line to the Lyne Burn; then generally southwestward along the said burn to its intersection with Garvock Bank; then southward along Garvock Bank to and westward along Woodmill Road to the western end of Garvock Bank; then northward along Garvock Bank to a path at NG Ref NT 1106 8745; then northwestward along the said path to the eastern boundary of EW 9; then generally northeastward along the said boundary to the point of commencement.
Ward 11 Woodmill
Commencing at a point on the southern boundary of EW 10 where the Lyne Burn intersects with Garvock Bank at NG Ref NT 1136 8742; then generally eastward along the southern boundary of EW 10 to where it meets the M90; then southward along the said motorway to its intersection with Gypsy Lane; then generally westward along the said lane to and southward along Linburn Road to a point NG Ref NT 1198 8676; then southwestward to and along an unnamed road to Drum Road; then northwestward along the said road to and northwestward and southwestward along Nith Street to Cleish Road; then northwestward along the said road to and generally westward along Duncan Crescent to Tay Terrace; then southward along the said terrace to and westward along Almond Road to Pentland Terrace; then southward along the said terrace to and southwestward along Eden Road to Wedderburn Crescent; then generally westward along the said crescent to and westward along Wedderburn Street to Blacklaw Road; then northward along the said road to where it crosses the Lyne Burn; then generally northeastward along the said burn and its continuation in a straight line to a path at NG Ref NT 1068 8708; then northwestward and northward along the said path to Woodmill Road and to the point of commencement.
Ward 12 Linburn
Commencing on the southern boundary of EW 11 at the junction between Wedderburn Street and Blacklaw Road; then generally eastward along the said boundary to the point where it meets the M90; then southward along the M90 to its intersection with Pinkerton Burn; then northward along the said burn to NG Ref NT 1311 8530; then westward to and along an unnamed road to Masterton Road; then generally northward along said road to its junction with Aberdour Road; then generally westward along the said road to St Lawrence Street; then northward along the said street to a point where it crosses a drain north of Halkett Crescent; then eastward to and along the said drain to Blacklaw Road; then northward along the said road to the point of commencement.
Ward 13 Brucefield and Nethertown
Commencing at a point on the northern boundary of EW 5 and the southern boundary of EW 9 at the junction between Carnegie Drive and Appin Crescent; then generally southeastward along the southern boundary of EW 9 to the western boundary of EW 10; then southeastward along the said boundary to and generally southwestward along the western boundary of EW 11 to the northern boundary of EW 12; then westward and southward along the northern and western boundaries of said EW to the junction between St Lawrence Street and Aberdour Road; then westward along Aberdour Road to and northwestward along Hospital Hill to Izatt Avenue; then southwestward along the said avenue to and generally westward along Gordon Terrace and Jenny Rennie's Road and a path to the north of garage court to Grange Road; then southward along the said road to a point in line with the southern boundary of a Gasholder Station; then westward to and along the said boundary and the continuation thereof in a straight line to the Dunfermline - Longannet railway; then southwestward along the said railway line to the eastern boundary of EW 5; then generally northeastward along the said EW boundary to the point of commencement.
Ward 14 Pitcorthie
Commencing at a point on the southern boundary of EW 13 and the western boundary of EW 12 at the junction between St Lawrence Street and Aberdour Road; then eastward and southward along the western boundary of EW 12 to a point in line with the northern boundary of Pitreavie Golf Course; then generally westward to and along the said boundary and the continuation thereof in a straight line to Queensferry Road; then northwestward along the said road to the southern boundary of EW 13; then eastward along the said boundary to the point of commencement.
Ward 15 Limekilns and Pitreavie
Commencing at the eastern boundary of EW 5 where it meets the southern boundary of EW 13; then generally eastward along the said boundary of EW 13 to the western boundary of EW 14; then generally southward and eastward along the western and southern boundaries of EW 14 to the western boundary of EW 12; then southward and generally southeastward along the western and southern boundaries of EW 12 to the M90; then southwestward along the M90 to its intersection with the Dunfermline - Edinburgh railway line; then generally westward along the said railway line to its intersection with Burnside Street; then southward along the said road to Middlebank Street; then generally northwestward along the said street and Woodside Avenue to Queensferry Road; then southeastward along the said road to Park Road; then westward along the said road to King's Road; then generally northward along the said road to its intersection with the Dunfermline - Edinburgh railway line; then westward along the said railway line to its intersection with a field drain at NG Ref NT 1088 8466; then westward by said field drain to Grange Road; then generally southward along said road to the A985 road; then westward along said road to a track east of Brucehaven; then southward along the said track and the continuation thereof in a straight line to the southern boundary of Fife Council; then generally westward along said boundary to the eastern boundary of EW 2; then generally northward along the said boundary to the southern boundary of EW 5; then eastward along the said boundary to the point of commencement.
Ward 16 Rosyth West
Commencing at a point on the eastern boundary of EW 15 where Queensferry Road crosses the Edinburgh - Dunfermline railway line; then generally southward and southeastward along the said boundary to the junction between Park Road and Queensferry Road; then southeastward along Queensferry Road to and southwestward along Backmarch Road to Norval Place; then generally southward along Norval Place to and across Admiralty Road to an unnamed road at NG Ref NT 1162 8350; then southward along the said road to and southeastward along Ridley Drive to and southward along Heath Road to a path to the south of St John's Primary School; then westward along the said path to and along Granville Way to Castle Road; then northward along Castle Road to NG Ref NT 1119 8327; then westward to and along the boundary of playing fields and a track to Brankholm Lane (track); then northward along the said track to the eastern boundary of EW 15; then generally northward and eastward along the said EW boundary to the point of commencement.
Ward 17 Rosyth East
Commencing at a point on the eastern boundary of EW 15 at the junction between Park Road and Queensferry Road; then generally northwestward, eastward, southeastward, northward and southeastward along the said EW boundary to where the M90 crosses the Edinburgh - Dunfermline railway line; then southward along the said motorway to where it is crossed by Dunfermline Wynd; then westward along Dunfermline Wynd to and northwestward along Castlandhill Road to a point in line with the rear curtilages of the southernmost properties of Alexander Place; then generally southwestward to and along the said curtilages and the rear curtilages of the southernmost properties at the southern end of Hudson Road to a point in line with Heath Road and the eastern boundary of EW 16; then generally northward along the said EW boundary to the point of commencement.
Notes:
[1] 1973 c.65.back
[2] Schedule 5 was substituted by the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 (c.39), Schedule 13, paragraph 92(67).back
