- Statutory Instrument 2001 No. 3359
The Borough of North Lincolnshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2001
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| Made | 4th October 2001 | ||
| Coming into force in accordance with article 1(2) |
Whereas the Local Government Commission for England, acting pursuant to section 15(4) of the Local Government Act 1992[1], has submitted to the Secretary of State a report dated May 2001 on its review of the borough[2] of North Lincolnshire together with its recommendations:
And whereas the Secretary of State has decided to give effect to those recommendations:
Now, therefore, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 17[3] and 26 of the Local Government Act 1992, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1. - (1) This Order may be cited as the Borough of North Lincolnshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2001.
(2) This Order shall come into force -
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(a) for the purpose of proceedings preliminary or relating to any election to be held on 1st May 2003, on 15th October 2002;
(b) for all other purposes, on 1st May 2003.
(3) In this Order -
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"borough" means the borough of North Lincolnshire;
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"existing", in relation to a ward, means the ward as it exists on the date this Order is made;
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any reference to the map is a reference to the map prepared by the Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions marked "Map of the Borough of North Lincolnshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2001", and deposited in accordance with regulation 27 of the Local Government Changes for England Regulations 1994[4]; and
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any reference to a numbered sheet is a reference to the sheet of the map which bears that number.
Wards of the borough of North Lincolnshire
2.
- (1) The existing wards of the borough[5] shall be abolished.
(2) The borough shall be divided into seventeen 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 an area is not 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, watercourse or similar geographical feature, it shall be treated as running along the centre line of the feature.
Wards of the parish of Burringham
3.
- (1) The parish of Burringham shall be divided into two parish wards which shall bear the names Ashby Parkland and Burringham Village; and the wards shall comprise the areas designated on sheet 2 by reference to the name of the ward and demarcated by orange lines.
(2) The number of councillors to be elected for the Ashby Parkland parish ward shall be four and for the Burringham Village parish ward shall be six.
Wards of the parish of Keadby with Althorpe
4.
- (1) The number of parish councillors to be elected for the parish of Keadby with Althorpe shall be fifteen.
(2) The existing wards of the parish of Keadby with Althorpe shall be abolished.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions
Alan Whitehead
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions
4th October 2001
| (1) | (2) | (3) |
| Name of ward | Area of ward | Number of Councillors |
| Ashby | 3 | |
| Axholme Central | The parishes of Belton and Epworth | 2 |
| Axholme North | The parishes of Amcotts, Crowle, Eastoft, Garthorpe and Fockerby, Keadby with Althorpe, and Luddington and Haldenby | 2 |
| Axholme South | The parishes of Haxey, Owston Ferry, West Butterwick and Wroot | 2 |
| Barton | The parish of Barton-upon-Humber | 3 |
| Bottesford | The parish of Bottesford | 3 |
| Brigg and Wolds | The parishes of Barnetby le Wold, Bonby, Brigg, Elsham, Horkstow, Melton Ross, Saxby All Saints, South Ferriby, Worlaby and Wrawby | 3 |
| Broughton and Appleby | The parishes of Appleby, Broughton and Roxby cum Risby | 2 |
| Brumby | 3 | |
| Burringham and Gunness | The parishes of Burringham and Gunness | 1 |
| Burton upon Stather and Winterton | The parishes of Alkborough, Burton upon Stather, Flixborough, West Halton, Whitton, Winteringham and Winterton | 3 |
| Crosby and Park | 3 | |
| Ferry | The parishes of Barrow upon Humber, Croxton, East Halton, Goxhill, Kirmington, New Holland, North Killingholme, South Killingholme, Thornton Curtis, Ulceby and Wooton | 3 |
| Frodingham | 2 | |
| Kingsway with Lincoln Gardens | 3 | |
| Ridge | The parishes of Cadney, East Butterwick, Hibaldstow, Holme, Kirton in Lindsey, Manton, Messingham, Redbourne and Scawby | 3 |
| Town | 2 |
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order gives effect to recommendations by the Local Government Commission for England for electoral changes in the borough of North Lincolnshire. The changes have effect in relation to local government elections to be held on and after 1st May 2003.
Article 2 abolishes the existing wards of the borough and provides for the creation of 17 new wards. That article and the Schedule also make provision for the names and areas of, and numbers of councillors for, the new wards.
Articles 3 and 4 make electoral changes in the parishes of Burringham and Keadby with Althorpe.
The areas of the new borough wards are demarcated on the map described in article 1(3). Prints of the map may be inspected at all reasonable times at the offices of North Lincolnshire Borough Council and at the offices of the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, 2nd Floor, Ashdown House, 123 Victoria Street, London SW1E 6DE.
Notes:
[1] 1992 c. 19.back
[2] The non-metropolitan district of North Lincolnshire has the status of a borough.back
[3] Section 17 is amended by section 39(4) and (5) of the Police and Magistrates' Courts Act 1994 (c. 29).back
[4] S.I. 1994/867, to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order.back
[5] See Article 7(3) of the Humberside (Structural Changes) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/600).back
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