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2002 No. 2238
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND
The District of East Dorset (Electoral Changes) Order 2002

	Made	29th August 2002
	Coming into force in accordance with article 1(2)

Whereas the Boundary Committee for England[1], acting pursuant to section 15(4) of the Local Government Act 1992[2], has submitted to the Electoral Commission[3] a report dated April 2002 on its review of the district of East Dorset together with its recommendations:

     And whereas the Electoral Commission have decided to give effect to those recommendations:

     And whereas a period of not less than six weeks has expired since the receipt of those recommendations:

     Now, therefore, the Electoral Commission, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 17[4] and 26[5] of the Local Government Act 1992, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:

Citation and commencement
     1. - (1) This Order may be cited as the District of East Dorset (Electoral Changes) Order 2002.

    (2) This Order shall come into force -

Interpretation
2. In this Order -

"district" means the district of East Dorset;

"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 marked "Map referred to in the District of East Dorset (Electoral Changes) Order 2002", of which prints are available for inspection at -

(a) the principal office of the Electoral Commission; and

(b) the offices of East Dorset District Council; and

SCHEDULE 1article 3

NAMES AND AREAS OF WARDS AND NUMBERS OF COUNCILLORS

(1)	(2)	(3)
Name of Ward	Area of Ward	Number of Councillors
Alderholt		1
Ameysford		1
Colehill East		2
Colehill West		1
Corfe Mullen Central		2
Corfe Mullen North		1
Corfe Mullen South		1
Crane		1
Ferndown Central		2
Ferndown Links		2
Handley Vale	The parishes of Gussage All Saints, Gussage St Michael, Long Crichel, Moor Crichel, Pentridge, Sixpenny Handley and Witchampton	1
Holt		1
Longham		1
Parley		2
St Leonards and St Ives East	The parish wards of St Leonards and St Ives East and St Leonards and St Ives South of the parish of St Leonards and St Ives	2
St Leonards and St Ives West	The parish ward of St Leonards and St Ives West of the parish of St Leonards and St Ives	1
Stapehill		1
Stour		1
Three Cross and Potterne		1
Verwood Stephen's Castle		2
Verwood Dewlands		2
Verwood Newtown		1
West Moors	The parish wards of West Moors North and West Moors South of the parish of West Moors	3
Wimborne Minster		3

SCHEDULE 2article 4

WARDS OF THE PARISH OF ALDERHOLT

NAMES AND AREAS OF WARDS AND NUMBERS OF COUNCILLORS

(1)	(2)	(3)
Name of Ward	Area of Ward	Number of Councillors
Alderholt North	So much of the district ward of Crane as comprises part of the parish of Alderholt	1
Alderholt South	The district ward of Alderholt	8

SCHEDULE 3article 8

WARDS OF THE PARISH OF HORTON

NAMES AND AREAS OF WARDS AND NUMBERS OF COUNCILLORS

(1)	(2)	(3)
Name of Ward	Area of Ward	Number of Councillors
Horton East	So much of the district ward of Verwood Dewlands as comprises part of the parish of Horton	1
Horton West	So much of the district ward of Holt as comprises part of the parish of Horton	3

SCHEDULE 4article 9

WARDS OF THE PARISH OF PAMPHILL

NAMES AND AREAS OF WARDS AND NUMBERS OF COUNCILLORS

(1)	(2)	(3)
Name of Ward	Area of Ward	Number of Councillors
Pamphill North	So much of the district ward of Stour as comprises part of the parish of Pamphill	5
Pamphill South	So much of the district ward of Wimborne Minster as comprises part of the parish of Pamphill	3

SCHEDULE 5article 10

WARDS OF THE PARISH OF VERWOOD

NAMES AND AREAS OF WARDS AND NUMBERS OF COUNCILLORS

(1)	(2)	(3)
Name of Ward	Area of Ward	Number of Councillors
Three Cross and Potterne	The district ward of Three Cross and Potterne	3
Verwood Dewlands	So much of the district ward of Verwood Dewlands as comprises part of the parish of Verwood	6
Verwood Newtown	The district ward of Verwood Newtown	3
Verwood Stephen's Castle	The district ward of Verwood Stephen's Castle	6

SCHEDULE 6article 11

WARDS OF THE PARISH OF WIMBORNE MINSTER

NAMES AND AREAS OF WARDS AND NUMBERS OF COUNCILLORS

(1)	(2)	(3)
Name of Ward	Area of Ward	Number of Councillors
Cranfield	So much of the district ward of Colehill West as comprises part of the parish of Wimborne Minster	1
Wimborne Minster	So much of the district ward of Wimborne Minster as comprises part of the parish of Wimborne Minster	11

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order gives effect to recommendations by the Boundary Committee for England, a committee of the Electoral Commission, for electoral changes in the district of East Dorset.

The changes have effect in relation to local government elections to be held on and after 1st May 2003.

Article 3 abolishes the existing wards of the district and provides for the creation of 24 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 4 to 12 make electoral changes in the parishes of Alderholt, Colehill, Corfe Mullen, Ferndown, Horton, Pamphill, Verwood, Wimborne Minster and Moor Crichel.

Article 14 obliges the Electoral Registration Officer to make any necessary amendments to the electoral register to reflect the new electoral arrangements.

Article 15 revokes the District of Wimborne (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1980 (S.I. 1980/1128), with the exception of article 4.

The areas of the new district wards are demarcated on the map described in article 2. Prints of the map may be inspected at all reasonable times at the offices of East Dorset District Council and at the principal office of the Electoral Commission at Trevelyan House, Great Peter Street, London SW1P 2HW.

Notes:

[1] The Boundary Committee for England is a committee of the Electoral Commission, established by the Electoral Commission in accordance with section 14 of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (c.41). The Local Government Commission for England (Transfer of Functions) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/3962) transferred to the Electoral Commission the functions of the Local Government Commission for England.back

[2] 1992 c.19. This section has been amended by S.I. 2001/3962.back

[3] The Electoral Commission was established by the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (c.41). The functions of the Secretary of State, under sections 13 to 15 and 17 of the Local Government Act 1992, to the extent that they relate to electoral changes within the meaning of that Act, were transferred with modifications to the Electoral Commission on 1st April 2002 (S.I. 2001/3962).back

[4] This section has been amended by S.I. 2001/3962. There are amendments to this section made otherwise than by S.I. 2001/3962 that are not relevant to this Order.back

[5] This section has been amended by S.I. 2001/3962.back

[6] See the District of Wimborne (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1980 (S.I. 1980/1128).back

[7] As to electoral registration officers and the register of local government electors, see sections 8 to 13 of the Representation of the People Act 1983 (c.2).back

[8] S.I. 1980/1128.back

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Prepared 6 September 2002