The Borough of Guildford (Electoral Changes) Order 1999

• Citation: S.I. 1999/2475
• Sections: 5

Section 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1) This Order may be cited as the Borough of Guildford (Electoral Changes) Order 1999.

(2) This Order shall come into force–

(a) for the purpose of all proceedings preliminary or relating to any election to be held on 1st May 2003, on 10th October 2002.

(b) for all other purposes, on 1st May 2003.

(3) In this Order–

“the borough” means the borough of Guildford;

“existing”, in relation to a ward, means the ward as it exists on the date this Order is made; and

any reference to the map is a reference to the map prepared by the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions marked “Map of the Borough of Guildford (Electoral Changes) Order 1999”, and deposited in accordance with regulation 27 of the Local Government Changes for England Regulations 1994 .

Section 2 Wards of Guildford

(1) The existing wards of the borough shall be abolished.

(2) The borough shall be divided into twenty-two wards which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of the Schedule.

(3) The wards shall comprise the areas described in column (2) of the Schedule by reference to parishes or, where no area is so described, the area designated on the map by reference to the name of the ward and demarcated by red lines; and 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.

(4) Where a boundary is shown on the map as running along a road, railway line, footway, waterway or similar geographical feature, it shall be treated as running along the centre line of the feature.

Section 3 Wards of the parish of Ash

(1) The existing wards of the parish of Ash shall be abolished.

(2) The parish shall be divided into three parish wards which shall bear the names Ash South, Ash Vale and Ash Wharf.

(3) The parish wards of Ash Vale and Ash Wharf shall be coterminous with the borough wards bearing the same name and the Ash South parish ward shall consist of the rest of the parish.

(4) The number of parish councillors to be elected for each parish ward shall be four.

Section 4 Worplesdon parish

(1) The number of parish councillors to be elected for Worplesdon parish council shall be sixteen.

(2) The number of councillors to be elected–

(a) for the existing parish wards of Fairlands and Wood Street shall be five; and

(b) for the existing parish wards of Jacob’s Well and Perry Hill shall be three.

Section 5 Revocation

The Borough of Guildford (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1975 is hereby revoked.