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| Made | 30th November 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 Cotswold (Electoral Changes) Order 2001", and deposited in accordance with regulation 27 of the Local Government Changes for England Regulations 1994[3]; and
Wards of the district of Cotswold
2.
- (1) The existing wards of the district[4] shall be abolished.
(2) The district shall be divided into twenty-eight 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 the 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 the district of Cotswold
3.
- (1) The ordinary elections of all councillors of the district of Cotswold 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 Blockley
4.
- (1) The existing wards of the parish of Blockley shall be abolished.
(2) The parish shall be divided into three parish wards which shall bear the names Aston Magna, Blockley and Paxford; and the wards shall comprise the areas designated on sheet 2 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 Aston Magna and Paxford parish wards shall be two, and for the Blockley parish ward shall be seven.
Wards of the parish of Brimpsfield
5.
- (1) The parish of Brimpsfield shall be divided into two parish wards which shall bear the names Brimpsfield and Caudle Green; and the wards shall comprise the areas designated on sheet 3 by reference to the name of the ward and demarcated by orange lines.
(2) The number of councillors to be elected for the Brimpsfield parish ward shall be five and for the Caudle Green parish ward shall be two.
Wards of the parish of Cirencester
6.
- (1) The existing wards of the parish of Cirencester shall be abolished.
(2) The parish shall be divided into five parish wards which shall bear the names Cirencester Beeches, Cirencester Chesterton, Cirencester Park, Cirencester Stratton-Whiteway and Cirencester Watermoor; each parish ward shall comprise the area of the district ward bearing the same name; and the number of councillors to be elected for each parish ward shall be three.
Numbers of parish councillors
7.
- (1) The number of parish councillors to be elected for the parish of Bourton-on-the-Water shall be eleven.
(2) The number of parish councillors to be elected for the parish of Southrop shall be five.
Revocation
8.
The District of Cotswold (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978 is hereby revoked.
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
30th November 2001
| (1) | (2) | (3) |
| Name of ward | Area of ward | Number of Councillors |
| Ampney-Coln | The parishes of Ampney Crucis, Ampney St Mary, Ampney St Peter, Barnsley, Bibury, Coln St Dennis and Winson | 1 |
| Avening | The parishes of Ashley, Avening, Cherington, Long Newnton and Rodmarton | 1 |
| Beacon-Stow | The parishes of Adlestrop, Bledington, Evenlode, Maugersbury, Oddington and Stow-on-the-Wold | 2 |
| Blockley | The parish of Blockley | 1 |
| Bourton-on-the-Water | The parishes of Bourton-on-the-Water, Clapton and Cold Aston | 2 |
| Campden-Vale | The parishes of Aston Subedge, Chipping Campden, Ebrington, Mickleton, Saintbury, Weston Subedge, Weston Subedge (det) and Willersey | 3 |
| Chedworth | The parishes of Chedworth, Compton Abdale, Dowdeswell, Withington and Yanworth | 1 |
| Churn Valley | The parishes of Bagendon, Baunton, Coberley, Colesbourne, North Cerney and Rendcomb | 1 |
| Cirencester Beeches | 2 | |
| Cirencester Chesterton | 2 | |
| Cirencester Park | 2 | |
| Cirencester Stratton-Whiteway | 2 | |
| Cirencester Watermoor | 2 | |
| Ermin | The parishes of Brimpsfield, Cowley, Daglingworth, Duntisbourne Abbots, Duntisbourne Rouse, Edgeworth, Elkstone, Syde and Winstone | 1 |
| Fairford | The parishes of Fairford, Hatherop and Quenington | 2 |
| Fosseridge | The parishes of Batsford, Bourton-on-the-Hill, Broadwell, Condicote, Donnington, Longborough, Sezincote and Todenham | 1 |
| Grumbolds Ash | The parishes of Beverstone, Boxwell with Leighterton, Didmarton, Kingscote, Ozleworth, Shipton Moyne, Tetbury Upton and Westonbirt with Lasborough | 1 |
| Hampton | The parishes of Down Ampney, Driffield, Maiseyhampton and Poulton | 1 |
| Kempsford-Lechlade | The parishses of Kempsford and Lechlade | 2 |
| Moreton-in-Marsh | The parish of Moreton-in-Marsh | 2 |
| Northleach | The parishes of Hampnett and Northleach with Eastington | 1 |
| Rissingtons | The parishes of Great Rissington, Icomb, Little Rissington, Upper Rissington, Westcote and Wyck Rissington | 1 |
| Riversmeet | The parishes of Aldsworth, Barrington, Coln St Aldwyns, Eastleach, Farmington, Sherbourne, Southrop and Windrush | 1 |
| Sandywell | The parishes of Andoversford, Hazleton, Notgrove, Sevenhampton, Shipton, Turkdean and Whittington | 1 |
| Tetbury | The parish of Tetbury | 3 |
| Thames Head | The parishes of Coates, Kemble and Sapperton | 1 |
| Three Rivers | The parishes of Cutsdean, Guiting Power, Lower Slaughter, Naunton, Swell, Temple Guiting and Upper Slaughter | 1 |
| Water Park | The parishes of Poole Keynes, Preston, Siddington, Somerford Keynes and South Cerney | 3 |
[2] Section 17 is amended by section 39(4) and (5) of 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 Cotswold (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978 (S.I. 1978/1435) as amended by the Gloucester Districts (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1991 (S.I. 1991/793).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
