The District of Bolsover (Electoral Changes) Order 1999

• Citation: S.I. 1999/2691
• Sections: 11

Section 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1) This Order may be cited as the District of Bolsover (Electoral Changes) Order 1999.

(2) This Order shall come into force—

(a) for the purpose of 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—

“district” means the district of Bolsover;

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

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 District of Bolsover (Electoral Changes) Order 1999”, and deposited in accordance with regulation 27 of the Local Government Changes for England Regulations 1994 ; and

any reference to a numbered sheet is a reference to the sheet of the map which bears that number.

Section 2 Wards of Bolsover

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

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

(3) The wards shall comprise the areas described in column (2) of that 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 that 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 Clowne

The parish of Clowne shall be divided into two parish wards which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of Schedule 2; each parish ward shall comprise the area of the district ward specified in respect of the parish ward in column (2) of that Schedule, and the number of councillors to be elected for each parish ward shall be six.

Section 4 Wards of the town of Old Bolsover

(1) The existing wards of the town of Old Bolsover shall be abolished.

(2) The town shall be divided into three town wards which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of Schedule 3; each town ward shall comprise the area of the district ward specified in respect of the town ward in column (2) of that Schedule, and the number of councillors to be elected for each town ward shall be four.

Section 5 Wards of the parish of Pinxton

The parish of Pinxton shall be divided into two parish wards which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of Schedule 4; each parish ward shall comprise the area of the district ward specified in respect of the parish ward in column (2) of that Schedule, and the number of councillors to be elected for each parish ward shall be the number specified in respect of the parish ward in column (3) of that Schedule.

Section 6 Wards of the parish of Scarcliffe

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

(2) The parish shall be divided into five parish wards which shall bear the names East, Langwith Junction, North, Recreation Road and South; and the wards shall comprise the areas designated on sheet 5 by reference to the names of the wards and demarcated by orange lines.

(3) The number of councillors to be elected for the South parish ward shall be four, for each of the East and North parish wards three, for the Langwith Juncton parish ward two, and for the Recreation Road parish ward one.

Section 7 Wards of the town of Shirebrook

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

(2) The town shall be divided into five town wards which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of Schedule 5; each town ward shall comprise the area of the district ward specified in respect of the town ward in column (2) of that Schedule, and the number of councillors to be elected for each town ward shall be the number specified in respect of the town ward in column (3) of that Schedule.

Section 8 Wards of the parish of South Normanton

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

(2) The parish shall be divided into two parish wards which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of Schedule 6; each parish ward shall comprise the area of the district ward specified in respect of the parish ward in column (2) of that Schedule, and the number of councillors to be elected for each parish ward shall be seven.

Section 9 Wards of the parish of Whitwell

The parish of Whitwell shall be divided into two parish wards which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of Schedule 7; each parish ward shall comprise the area of the district ward specified in respect of the parish ward in column (2) of that Schedule, and the number of councillors to be elected for each parish ward shall be the number specified in respect of the parish ward in column (3) of that Schedule.

Section 10 Numbers of parish councillors

The number of councillors to be elected for the parish wards of the parish of Blackwell shall be five for Newton, three for Blackwell and two each for Hilcote and Westhouses.

Section 11 Revocation

The District of Bolsover (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978 is hereby revoked.