- Statutory Instrument 2005 No. 171
The County of Leicestershire (Electoral Changes) Order 2005
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| Made | 1st February 2005 | ||
| Coming into force in accordance with article 1(2) and 1(3) |
Whereas the Boundary Committee for England[1], acting pursuant to section 15(4) of the Local Government Act 1992[2], has submitted to the Electoral Commission[3] recommendations dated September 2004 on its review of the county of Leicestershire:
And whereas the Electoral Commission have decided to give effect, with modifications, to those recommendations:
And whereas a period of not less than six weeks has expired since the receipt of those recommendations:
Now, therefore, the Electoral Commission, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 17[4] and 26[5] of the Local Government Act 1992, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:
Citation and commencement
1. - (1) This Order may be cited as the County of Leicestershire (Electoral Changes) Order 2005.
(2) This Order, with the exception of articles 4 and 5, shall come into force -
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(a) for the purpose of proceedings preliminary or relating to any election to be held on the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2005, on the day after that on which it is made;
(b) for all other purposes, on the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2005.
(3) Articles 4 and 5 shall come into force -
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(a) for the purpose of proceedings preliminary or relating to the election of a parish councillor for the parishes of Braunstone and Glenfields to be held on the ordinary day of elections in 2007, on 15th October 2006;
(b) for all other purposes, on the ordinary day of elections in 2007.
Interpretation
2.
In this Order -
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"county" means the county of Leicestershire;
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"existing", in relation to an electoral division or ward, means the electoral division or ward as it exists on the date this Order is made;
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references to wards, unless the context otherwise requires, are references to district and borough wards in the county[6];
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any reference to the map is a reference to the map marked "Map referred to in the County of Leicestershire (Electoral Changes) Order 2005", of which prints are available for inspection at -
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(a) the principal office of the Electoral Commission; and
(b) the offices of Leicestershire County Council; and
any reference to a numbered sheet is a reference to the sheet of the map which bears that number.
Electoral divisions of the county of Leicestershire
3.
- (1) The existing electoral divisions of the county[7] shall be abolished.
(2) The county shall be divided into fifty-two electoral divisions which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of the Schedule.
(3) The electoral divisions shall comprise the areas described in column (2) of the Schedule by reference to wards, parishes, or parish wards or, where an area is not so described, the area designated on the map by reference to the name of the electoral division and demarcated by red lines; and the number of councillors to be elected for each electoral division shall be the number specified in respect of the electoral division in column (3) of the 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.
Wards of the parish of Braunstone
4.
- (1) The existing wards of the parish of Braunstone shall be abolished.
(2) The parish shall be divided into five parish wards which shall bear the names Fosse, Millfield, Ravenhurst, Thorpe Astley and Winstanley; and the wards shall comprise the areas designated on sheet 2 by reference to the name of the ward and demarcated by orange lines.
(3) The number of councillors to be elected for the Ravenhurst parish ward shall be ten, for the Thorpe Astley parish ward shall be four, for each of the Fosse and Millfield parish wards shall be three, and for the Winstanley parish ward shall be one.
Wards of the parish of Glenfields
5.
- (1) The existing wards of the parish of Glenfields shall be abolished.
(2) The parish shall be divided into six parish wards which shall bear the names Central, Faire, Glenfrith, Manor Farm, North and Stone; and the wards shall comprise the areas designated on sheet 4 by reference to the name of the ward and demarcated by orange lines.
(3) The number of councillors to be elected for each of the Central, Manor Farm and Stone parish wards shall be four, and for each of the Faire, Glenfrith and North parish wards shall be three.
Maps
6.
Leicestershire County Council shall make a print of the map marked "Map referred to in the County of Leicestershire (Electoral Changes) Order 2005" available for inspection at its offices by any member of the public at any reasonable time.
Electoral registers
7.
The Electoral Registration Officer[8] for each district or borough in the county 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.
Revocation
8.
The County of Leicestershire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1984[9] is revoked, save for article 5.
Sealed with the seal of the Electoral Commission on the
1st day of February 2005
L.S.
Sam Younger
Chairman of the Commission
1st February 2005
Peter Wardle
Chief Executive to the Commission
1st February 2005
| Column (1) | Column (2) | Column (3) |
| Name of Electoral Division | Area of Electoral Division | Number of Councillors |
| In the district of Blaby | ||
| Blaby and Glen Parva | Blaby South ward; Saxondale ward | 1 |
| Braunstone Town | Millfield ward; Ravenhurst and Fosse ward; Winstanley parish ward of Braunstone parish | 1 |
| Cosby and Countesthorpe | Cosby with South Whetstone ward; Countesthorpe ward | 1 |
| Enderby Meridian | Enderby and St John's ward; Thorpe Astley parish ward of Braunstone parish; West Enderby parish ward of Enderby parish | 1 |
| Glenfields | Ellis ward; Fairestone ward | 1 |
| Kirby Muxloe and Leicester Forest East | Forest ward; Muxloe ward | 1 |
| Narborough and Whetstone | Narborough and Littlethorpe ward; North Whetstone ward; Pastures parish ward of Narborough parish | 1 |
| Stanton, Croft and Normanton | Croft Hill ward; Normanton ward; Stanton and Flamville ward | 1 |
| In the borough of Charnwood | ||
| Birstall | Birstall Wanlip ward; Birstall Watermead ward | 1 |
| Bradgate | Anstey ward; Forest Bradgate ward; Swithland parish; Thurcaston and Cropston parish | 1 |
| Loughborough East | Loughborough Hastings ward; Loughborough Lemyngton ward | 1 |
| Loughborough North | Loughborough Dishley and Hathern ward; Loughborough Storer ward | 1 |
| Loughborough North West | Loughborough Ashby ward; Loughborough Garendon ward | 1 |
| Loughborough South | Loughborough Shelthorpe ward; Loughborough Southfields ward | 1 |
| Loughborough South West | Loughborough Nanpantan ward; Loughborough Outwoods ward | 1 |
| Quorn and Barrow | Barrow and Sileby West ward; Quorndon parish | 1 |
| Rothley and Mountsorrel | Mountsorrel ward; Rothley parish; Mountsorrel Castle parish ward of Mountsorrel parish | 1 |
| Shepshed | Shepshed East ward; Shepshed West ward | 1 |
| Sileby and The Wolds | Sileby ward; The Wolds ward; Seagrave parish | 1 |
| Syston Fosse | East Goscote ward; Syston West ward; Cossington parish; Ratcliffe on the Wreake parish; Thrussington parish | 1 |
| Syston Ridgeway | Queniborough ward; Syston East ward; Rearsby parish | 1 |
| Thurmaston | Thurmaston ward | 1 |
| In the district of Harborough | ||
| Broughton Astley | Broughton Astley-Astley ward; Broughton Astley-Broughton ward; Broughton Astley-Primethorpe ward; Broughton Astley-Sutton ward; Dunton ward | 1 |
| Bruntingthorpe | Bosworth ward; Fleckney ward; Misterton ward; Peatling ward | 1 |
| Gartree | Billesdon ward; Glen ward; Kibworth ward | 1 |
| Launde | Nevill ward; Thurnby and Houghton ward; Tilton ward | 1 |
| Lutterworth | Lutterworth Brookfield ward; Lutterworth Orchard ward; Lutterworth Springs ward; Lutterworth Swift ward; Ullesthorpe ward | 1 |
| Market Harborough East | Market Harborough-Great Bowden and Arden ward; Market Harborough-Little Bowden ward | 1 |
| Market Harborough West and Foxton | Lubenham ward; Market Harborough-Logan ward; Market Harborough-Welland ward | 1 |
| In the borough of Hinckley and Bosworth | ||
| Burbage Castle | Burbage St Catherines and Lash Hill ward; Burbage Sketchley and Stretton ward; Hinckley Castle ward | 2 |
| Earl Shilton | 1 | |
| Groby and Ratby | Groby ward; Ratby parish | 1 |
| Hinckley | Hinckley Clarendon ward; Hinckley De Montfort ward; Hinckley Trinity ward | 2 |
| Mallory | 1 | |
| Market Bosworth | Ambien ward; Barlestone, Nailstone and Osbaston ward; Cadeby, Carlton and Market Bosworth with Shackerstone ward; Twycross and Witherley with Sheepy ward | 1 |
| Markfield, Desford and Thornton | Markfield, Stanton and Fieldhead ward; Bagworth and Thornton parish; Desford parish | 1 |
| In the borough of Melton | ||
| Asfordby | Asfordby ward; Frisby-on-the-Wreake ward; Gaddesby ward; Old Dalby ward; Somerby ward | 1 |
| Belvoir | Bottesford ward; Croxton Kerrial ward; Long Clawson and Stathern ward; Waltham-on-the-Wolds ward; Wymondham ward | 1 |
| Melton North | Melton Egerton ward; Melton Newport ward; Melton Sysonby ward | 1 |
| Melton South | Melton Craven ward; Melton Dorian ward; Melton Warwick ward | 1 |
| In the district of North West Leicestershire | ||
| Ashby de la Zouch | Ashby Castle ward; Ashby Holywell ward; Ashby Ivanhoe ward | 1 |
| Castle Donington | Castle Donington ward; Kegworth and Whatton ward | 1 |
| Coalville | 1 | |
| Forest and Measham | Measham ward; Moira ward; Oakthorpe and Donisthorpe ward | 1 |
| Ibstock and Appleby | Appleby ward; Ibstock and Heather ward; Ellistown and Battleflat parish | 1 |
| Valley | Breedon ward; Ravenstone and Packington ward; Valley ward | 1 |
| Warren Hills | Bardon ward; Greenhill ward | 1 |
| Whitwick | Thringstone ward; Whitwick ward | 1 |
| In the borough of Oadby and Wigston | ||
| Oadby | Oadby Brocks Hill ward; Oadby Grange ward; Oadby St Peter's ward; Oadby Uplands ward; Oadby Woodlands ward | 2 |
| Wigston Bushloe | Wigston All Saints ward; Wigston Meadowcourt ward | 1 |
| Wigston Poplars | 1 | |
| Wigston South | 1 | |
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order gives effect, with modifications, to recommendations by the Boundary Committee for England, a committee of the Electoral Commission, for electoral changes in the county of Leicestershire.
The modifications concern the name of Enderby Meridian electoral division and the allocation of parish councillors in the parish of Braunstone.
The changes have effect in relation to local government elections to be held on and after the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2005.
Article 3 abolishes the existing electoral divisions of the county and provides for the creation of 52 new electoral divisions. That article and the Schedule also make provision for the names and areas of, and numbers of councillors for, the new electoral divisions.
Articles 4 and 5 make electoral changes in the parishes of Braunstone and Glenfields.
Article 7 obliges the Electoral Registration Officer for each district or borough in the county of Leicestershire to make any necessary amendments to the electoral register to reflect the new electoral arrangements.
Article 8 revokes the County of Leicestershire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1984, with the exception of article 5.
The areas of the new electoral divisions and of the new parish wards in the parishes of Braunstone and Glenfields are demarcated on the map described in article 2. Prints of the map may be inspected at all reasonable times at the offices of Leicestershire County Council and at the principal office of the Electoral Commission at Trevelyan House, Great Peter Street, London SW1P 2HW.
Notes:
[1] The Boundary Committee for England is a committee of the Electoral Commission, established by the Electoral Commission in accordance with section 14 of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (c.41). The Local Government Commission for England (Transfer of Functions) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/3962) transferred to the Electoral Commission the functions of the Local Government Commission for England.back
[2] 1992 c.19. This section has been amended by S.I. 2001/3962.back
[3] The Electoral Commission was established by the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (c.41). The functions of the Secretary of State, under sections 13 to 15 and 17 of the Local Government Act 1992 (c.19), to the extent that they relate to electoral changes within the meaning of that Act, were transferred with modifications to the Electoral Commission on 1st April 2002 (S.I. 2001/3962).back
[4] This section has been amended by section 89(3) of the Local Government Act 2000 (c.22), S.I. 2001/3962 and also otherwise in ways not relevant to this Order.back
[5] This section has been amended by S.I. 2001/3962.back
[6] See the District of Blaby (Electoral Changes) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/2882), the Borough of Charnwood (Electoral Changes) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/2886), the District of Harborough (Electoral Changes) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/2597), the Borough of Hinckley and Bosworth (Electoral Changes) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/2888), the Borough of Melton (Electoral Changes) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/2599), the District of North West Leicestershire (Electoral Changes) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/2598) and the Borough of Oadby and Wigston (Electoral Changes) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/2889).back
[7] See the County of Leicestershire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1984 (S.I. 1984/119). The area of the county of Leicestershire was altered by the Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire (County and District Boundaries) Order 1985 (S.I. 1985/2062), the Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire and Warwickshire (County Boundaries) Order 1991 (S.I. 1991/309) and the Leicestershire (City of Leicester and District of Rutland) (Structural Change) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/507).back
[8] As to electoral registration officers and the register of local government electors, see sections 8 to 13 of the Representation of the People Act 1983 (c.2).back
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