Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.-(1) This Order may be cited as the Borough of Waverley (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 Waverley;

"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 Borough of Waverley (Electoral Changes) Order 1999", and deposited in accordance with regulation 27 of the Local Government Changes for England Regulations 1994(4); and

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

Wards of Waverley

2.-(1) The existing wards of the borough(5) shall be abolished.

(2) The borough shall be divided into twenty-nine 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 parish wards 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.

Wards of the parish of Cranleigh

3.-(1) The existing wards of the parish of Cranleigh shall be abolished.

(2) The parish shall be divided into five parish wards which shall bear the names Cranleigh East, Cranleigh North, Cranleigh Rural, Cranleigh West and Elmbridge; and the wards shall comprise the areas designated on sheet 8 by reference to the name of the ward and demarcated by orange lines.

(3) The number of parish councillors to be elected for the Cranleigh East parish ward shall be five; the number of parish councillors to be elected for each of the Cranleigh North, Cranleigh Rural and Elmbridge parish wards shall be one; and the number of parish councillors to be elected for the Cranleigh West parish ward shall be four.

Parish of Ewhurst

4.-(1) The parish of Ewhurst shall be divided into two parish wards which shall bear the names Ellens Green and Ewhurst.

(2) The parish ward of Ellens Green shall comprise that part of the parish which is within the borough ward of Alford, Cranleigh Rural and Ellens Green, and the Ewhurst parish ward shall comprise the area of the ward of the borough bearing the same name.

(3) The number of councillors to be elected for the parish ward of Ellens Green shall be one and the number of councillors to be elected for the parish ward of Ewhurst shall be eight.

Wards of the parish of Farnham

5.-(1) The existing wards of the parish of Farnham shall be abolished.

(2) The parish shall be divided into nine parish wards which shall bear the names Farnham Bourne, Farnham Castle, Farnham Firgrove, Farnham Hale and Heath End, Farnham Moor Park, Farnham Shortheath and Boundstone, Farnham Upper Hale, Farnham Weybourne and Badshot Lea and Farnham Wrecclesham and Rowledge; and each parish ward shall comprise the area of the ward of the borough bearing the same name.

(3) The number of councillors to be elected for each of the nine parish wards shall be two.

Wards of the parish of Godalming

6.-(1) The existing wards of the parish of Godalming shall be abolished.

(2) The parish shall be divided into five parish wards which shall bear the names Godalming Binscombe, Godalming Central and Ockford, Godalming Charterhouse, Godalming Farncombe and Catteshall, and Godalming Holloway; and each parish ward shall comprise the area of the ward of the borough bearing the same name.

(3) The number of councillors to be elected for each of the five parish wards shall be four.

Wards of the parish of Haslemere

7.-(1) The existing wards of the parish of Haslemere shall be abolished.

(2) The parish shall be divided into five parish wards which shall bear the names Critchmere, Haslemere North and Grayswood, Haslemere South, Hindhead and Shottermill; and the wards shall comprise the areas designated on sheet 9 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 parish wards of Critchmere, Haslemere North and Grayswood, and Shottermill shall be three; the number of councillors to be elected for the parish ward of Haslemere South shall be four and the number of councillors to be elected for the parish ward of Hindhead shall be five.

Wards of the parish of Witley

8.-(1) The existing wards of the parish of Witley shall be abolished.

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

(3) The parish wards shall comprise the area of the borough ward specified in respect of the parish ward in column (2) of that Schedule, 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.

Revocation

9. The Borough of Waverley (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1979 is hereby revoked.

Article 2

SCHEDULE 1NAMES AND AREAS OF WARDS AND NUMBERS OF COUNCILLORS

Article 8

SCHEDULE 2WARDS OF THE PARISH OF WITLEYNAMES, AREAS AND NUMBERS OF COUNCILLORS

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order gives effect, subject to the modifications detailed below, to recommendations by the Local Government Commission for England for electoral changes in the borough of Waverley. The changes have effect in relation to local government elections to be held on and after 1st May 2003.

The modifications concern the ward names of four borough, and parish, wards in Farnham. The proposed Farnham Monks, Farnham College, Farnham Wrecclesham East and Boundstone, and Farnham Wrecclesham West and Rowledge wards have been modified to Farnham Moor Park, Farnham Firgrove, Farnham Shortheath and Boundstone, and Farnham Wrecclesham and Rowledge respectively.

Article 2 abolishes the existing wards of the borough and provides for the creation of 29 new wards. That article and Schedule 1 also make provision for the names and areas of, and numbers of councillors for, the new wards.

Articles 3 to 7 make electoral changes in the parishes of Cranleigh, Ewhurst, Farnham, Godalming and Haslemere. Article 8 and Schedule 2 make electoral changes in the parish of Witley.

Article 9 revokes the Borough of Waverley (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1979.

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 the Waverley Borough Council and at the offices of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, 2nd Floor, Ashdown House, 123 Victoria Street, London SW1E 6DE.