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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

2001 No. 4053

LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND

The District of Wealden (Electoral Changes) Order 2001

  Made 20th December 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 August 2001 on its review of the district of Wealden together with its recommendations;

     And whereas the Secretary of State has decided to give effect, subject to one modification, to those recommendations;

     Now, therefore, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 17[2] 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 District of Wealden (Electoral Changes) Order 2001.

    (2) This Order shall come into force - 

    (3) In this Order - 

Wards of the district of Wealden
     2.  - (1) The existing wards of the district[4] shall be abolished.

    (2) The district shall be divided into thirty-five 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 the district of Wealden
     3.  - (1) The ordinary elections of all councillors of the district of Wealden 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 Crowborough
     4.  - (1) The existing wards of the parish of Crowborough shall be abolished.

    (2) The parish of Crowborough shall be divided into five 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 Hailsham
     5.  - (1) The existing wards of the parish of Hailsham shall be abolished.

    (2) The parish of Hailsham 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.

Wards of the parish of Hartfield
     6.  - (1) The parish of Hartfield 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.

Wards of the parish of Heathfield and Waldron
     7.  - (1) The existing wards of the parish of Heathfield and Waldron 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 5; 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 Maresfield
     8. The parish of Maresfield shall be divided into three 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 the number specified in respect of the parish ward in column (3) of that Schedule.

Wards of the parish of Mayfield and Five Ashes
     9. The parish of Mayfield and Five Ashes shall be divided into three 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.

Wards of the parish of Polegate
     10.  - (1) The existing wards of the parish of Polegate 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 8; 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 Rotherfield
     11.  - (1) The parish of Rotherfield shall be divided into two parish wards which shall bear the names Eridge and Mark Cross, and Rotherfield; the parish ward of Rotherfield shall be coterminous with the district ward of the same name, and the Eridge and Mark Cross parish ward shall consist of the rest of the parish.

    (2) The number of councillors to be elected for the Eridge and Mark Cross parish ward shall be three and for the Rotherfield parish ward shall be ten.

Wards of the parish of Uckfield
     12.  - (1) The existing wards of the parish of Uckfield 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 9; 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 Warbleton
     13. The parish of Warbleton shall be divided into two parish wards which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of Schedule 10; 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
     14. The District of Wealden (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1979 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

20th December 2001



SCHEDULE 1
Article 2


NAME AND AREAS OF WARDS AND NUMBERS OF COUNCILLORS


(1) (2) (3)
Name of ward Area of ward Number of councillors
Alfriston The parishes of Alciston, Alfriston, Berwick, Chalvington with Ripe and Selmeston 1
Buxted and Maresfield      2
Chiddingly and East Hoathly The parishes of Chiddingly, East Hoathly with Halland and Laughton 1
Cross in Hand/Five Ashes      1
Crowborough East      2
Crowborough Jarvis Brook      1
Crowborough North      2
Crowborough St. Johns      1
Crowborough West      2
Danehill/Fletching/Nutley      2
East Dean The parishes of Cuckmere Valley, East Dean and Friston, and Long Man 1
Forest Row      2
Framfield      1
Frant/Withyham      2
Hailsham Central and North      2
Hailsham East      1
Hailsham South and West      3
Hartfield      1
Heathfield East      1
Heathfield North and Central      3
Hellingly      2
Herstmonceux      1
Horam The parish of Horam 1
Mayfield      1
Ninfield and Hooe with Wartling The parishes of Hooe, Ninfield and Wartling 1
Pevensey and Westham The parishes of Pevensey and Westham 3
Polegate North      2
Polegate South      1
Rotherfield      1
Uckfield Central      1
Uckfield New Town      1
Uckfield North      2
Uckfield Ridgewood      1
Wadhurst      2
Willingdon      3



SCHEDULE 2
Article 4


WARDS OF THE PARISH OF CROWBOROUGH



NAMES AND AREAS OF WARDS AND NUMBERS OF COUNCILLORS


(1) (2) (3)
Name of ward Area of ward Number of councillors
East The district ward of Crowborough East 4
Jarvis Brook The district ward of Crowborough Jarvis Brook 2
North The district ward of Crowborough North 4
St. Johns The district ward of Crowborough St. Johns 2
West The district ward of Crowborough West 4



SCHEDULE 3
Article 5


WARDS OF THE PARISH OF HAILSHAM



NAMES AND AREAS OF WARDS AND NUMBERS OF COUNCILLORS


(1) (2) (3)
Name of ward Area of ward Number of councillors
Central and North The district ward of Hailsham Central and North 7
East The district ward of Hailsham East 3
South and West The district ward of Hailsham South and West 10
Upper Horsebridge So much of district ward of Hellingly as comprises part of the parish of Hailsham 4



SCHEDULE 4
Article 6


WARDS OF THE PARISH OF HARTFIELD



NAMES AND AREAS OF WARDS AND NUMBERS OF COUNCILLORS


(1) (2) (3)
Name of ward Area of ward Number of councillors
Hartfield So much of the district ward of Hartfield as comprises part of the parish of Hartfield 12
Holtye So much of the district ward of Forest Row as comprises part of the parish of Hartfield 1



SCHEDULE 5
Article 7


WARDS OF THE PARISH OF HEATHFIELD AND WALDRON



NAMES AND AREAS OF WARDS AND NUMBERS OF COUNCILLORS


(1) (2) (3)
Name of ward Area of ward Number of councillors
Cross in Hand So much of the Cross in Hand/Five Ashes district ward as comprises part of the parish of Heathfield and Waldron 3
East So much of the Heathfield East district ward as comprises part of the parish of Heathfield and Waldron 2
Heathfield The district ward of Heathfield North and Central 14
Waldron So much of the Framfield district ward as comprises part of the parish of Heathfield and Waldron 2



SCHEDULE 6
Article 8


WARDS OF THE PARISH OF MARESFIELD



NAMES AND AREAS OF WARDS AND NUMBERS OF COUNCILLORS


(1) (2) (3)
Name of ward Area of ward Number of councillors
Fairwarp So much of the Hartfield district ward as comprises part of the Maresfield parish 3
Maresfield So much of the Buxted and Maresfield district ward as comprises part of the Maresfield parish 5
Nutley So much of the Danehill/Fletching/Nutley district ward as comprises part of the Maresfield parish 6



SCHEDULE 7
Article 9


WARDS OF THE PARISH OF MAYFIELD AND FIVE ASHES



NAMES AND AREAS OF WARDS AND NUMBERS OF COUNCILLORS


(1) (2) (3)
Name of ward Area of ward Number of councillors
Five Ashes So much of the Cross in Hand/Five Ashes district ward as comprises part of the parish of Mayfield and Five Ashes 3
Mayfield The district ward of Mayfield 11
Rusher's Cross So much of the Wadhurst district ward as comprises part of the parish of Mayfield and Five Ashes 1



SCHEDULE 8
Article 10


WARDS OF THE PARISH OF POLEGATE



NAMES AND AREAS OF WARDS AND NUMBERS OF COUNCILLORS


(1) (2) (3)
Name of ward Area of ward Number of councillors
North The district ward of Polegate North 10
South The district ward of Polegate South 5
Watermill So much of the Willingdon district ward as comprises part of the parish of Polegate 2



SCHEDULE 9
Article 12


WARDS OF THE PARISH OF UCKFIELD



NAMES AND AREAS OF WARDS AND NUMBERS OF COUNCILLORS


(1) (2) (3)
Name of ward Area of ward Number of councillors
Central The district ward of Uckfield Central 3
New Town The district ward of Uckfield New Town 3
North The district ward of Uckfield North 6
Ridgewood The district ward of Uckfield Ridgewood 3



SCHEDULE 10
Article 13


WARDS OF THE PARISH OF WARBLETON



NAMES AND AREAS OF WARDS AND NUMBERS OF COUNCILLORS


(1) (2) (3)
Name of ward Area of ward Number of councillors
Bodle Street Green So much of the Herstmonceux district ward as comprises part of the parish of Warbleton 2
Warbleton So much of the Heathfield East district ward as comprises part of the parish of Warbleton 9


EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)


This Order gives effect, subject to one modification, to recommendations by the Local Government Commission for England for electoral changes in the district of Wealden. The changes have effect in relation to local government elections to be held on and after 1st May 2003.

The modification is that the Secretary of State has decided that the number of parish councillors for the parish ward of Warbleton in the parish of Warbleton should be 9.

Article 2 abolishes the existing wards of the district and provides for the creation of 35 new wards. That article and Schedule 1 also make provision for the names and areas of, and numbers of councillors for, the new wards.

Article 3 makes provision for elections to the council of the district in 2003 and every fourth year after 2003.

Articles 4 to 13 make electoral changes in the parishes of Crowborough, Hailsham, Hartfield, Heathfield and Waldron, Maresfield, Mayfield and Five Ashes, Polegate, Rotherfield, Uckfield and Warbleton.

Article 14 revokes the district of Wealden (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1979.

The areas of the new district 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 Wealden 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] 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 Wealden (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1979 (S.I. 1979/1071).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


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 © Crown copyright 2001

Prepared 7 January 2002

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