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| Made | 4th July 2001 | ||
| Coming into force in accordance with article 1(2) |
(3) In this Order -
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 District of Braintree (Electoral Changes) Order 2001", and deposited in accordance with regulation 27 of the Local Government Changes for England Regulations 1994[3]; andany reference to a numbered sheet is a reference to the sheet of the map which bears that number.
Wards of the district of Braintree
2.
- (1) The existing wards of the district[4] shall be abolished.
(2) The district shall be divided into thirty 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 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.
Elections of the council of Braintree
3.
- (1) The ordinary elections of all councillors of the district of Braintree shall be held simultaneously on the ordinary day of election of non-metropolitan district councillors in 2003[5] and every fourth year after 2003.
(2) The term of office of councillors shall be four years; and all councillors shall retire on the fourth day after the ordinary day of election of councillors in the year of retirement and the newly-elected councillors shall come into office on the day on which their predecessors retire.
Wards of the parish of Feering
4.
The parish of Feering 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 the number specified in respect of the parish ward in column (3) of that Schedule.
Wards of the parish of Halstead
5.
- (1) The existing wards of the parish of Halstead shall be abolished.
(2) The parish shall be divided into four parish wards which shall bear the names Holy Trinity North, Holy Trinity South, St Andrew's North and St Andrew's South; and the wards shall comprise the areas designated on sheet 5 by reference to the name of the ward and demarcated by orange lines.
(3) The number of councillors to be elected for the Holy Trinity North parish ward shall be two, for the St Andrew's North parish ward shall be four, and for each of the Holy Trinity South and the St Andrew's South parish wards shall be three.
Wards of the parish of Witham
6.
- (1) The existing wards of the parish of Witham shall be abolished.
(2) The parish shall be divided into four parish wards which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of Schedule 3; 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.
Revocation
7.
The District of Braintree (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976 is hereby revoked.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of Statefor Transport, Local Government and the Regions
Alan Whitehead
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Transport,Local Government and the Regions
4th July 2001
| (1) Name of Ward | (2) Area of Ward | (3) Number of Councillors |
| Black Notley and Terling | 2 | |
| Bocking Blackwater | 3 | |
| Bocking North | 2 | |
| Bocking South | 2 | |
| Bradwell, Silver End and Rivenhall | The parishes of Bradwell, Rivenhall and Silver End | 2 |
| Braintree Central | 3 | |
| Braintree East | 3 | |
| Braintree South | 3 | |
| Bumpstead | The parishes of Helions Bumpstead, Steeple Bumpstead and Sturmer | 1 |
| Coggeshall and North Feering | 2 | |
| Cressing and Stisted | The parishes of Cressing and Stisted | 1 |
| Gosfield and Greenstead Green | 1 | |
| Great Notley and Braintree West | 3 | |
| Halstead St Andrew's | 3 | |
| Halstead Trinity | 2 | |
| Hatfield Peverel | The parish of Hatfield Peverel | 2 |
| Hedingham and Maplestead | The parishes of Castle Hedingham, Gestingthorpe, Great Maplestead, Little Maplestead, Sible Hedingham and Wickham St Paul | 3 |
| Kelvedon | 2 | |
| Panfield | The parishes of Bardfield Saling, Great Saling, Panfield and Shalford | 1 |
| Rayne | The parish of Rayne | 1 |
| Stour Valley North | The parishes of Belchamp Otten, Belchamp St Paul, Belchamp Walter, Borley, Bulmer, Foxearth, Liston, Ovington, Pentlow and Tilbury Juxta Clare | 1 |
| Stour Valley South | The parishes of Alphamstone, Bures Hamlet, Great Henny, Lamarsh, Little Henny, Middleton, Pebmarsh and Twinstead | 1 |
| The Three Colnes | The parishes of Colne Engaine, Earls Colne and White Colne | 2 |
| Three Fields | The parishes of Finchingfield, Great Bardfield and Wethersfield | 2 |
| Upper Colne | The parishes of Ashen, Birdbrook, Ridgewell, Stambourne and Toppesfield | 1 |
| Witham Chipping Hill and Central | 2 | |
| Witham North | 2 | |
| Witham South | 3 | |
| Witham West | 3 | |
| Yeldham | The parishes of Great Yeldham and Little Yeldham | 1 |
| (1) Name of Ward | (2) Area of Ward | (3) Number of Councillors |
| Feering North | The district ward of Coggeshall and North Feering | 1 |
| Feering South | The district ward of Kelvedon | 8 |
| (1) Name of Ward | (2) Area of Ward | (3) Number of Councillors |
| Chipping Hill and Central | The district ward of Witham Chipping Hill and Central | 3 |
| North | The district ward of Witham North | 3 |
| South | The district ward of Witham South | 5 |
| West | The district ward of Witham West | 5 |
[2] Section 17 is amended by section 39(4) and (5) of the Police and Magistrates' Courts Act 1994 (c. 29).back
[3] S.I. 1994/867, to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order.back
[4] See The District of Braintree (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976 (S.I. 1976/831).back
[5] For the ordinary day of election of councillors of local government areas, see section 37 of the Representation of the People Act 1983 (c. 2), amended by section 18(2) of the Representation of the People Act 1985 (c. 50) and section 17 of, and paragraphs 1 and 5 of Schedule 3 to, the Greater London Authority Act 1999 (c. 29).back
