Bulletin of Changes to Local Authority Electoral Arrangements, Areas and Names in England Orders Made Between 1 April 2007 and 31 March 2008
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Bulletin of changes to local authority electoral arrangements, areas and names in England Orders made between 1 April 2007 and 31 March 2008 www.communities.gov.uk community, opportunity, prosperity Bulletin of changes to local authority electoral arrangements, areas and names in England Orders made between 1 April 2007 and 31 March 2008 October 2008 Communities and Local Government: London Department for Communities and Local Government Eland House Bressenden Place London SW1E 5DU Telephone: 020 7944 4400 Website: www.communities.gov.uk © Crown Copyright, 2008 Copyright in the typographical arrangement rests with the Crown. This publication, excluding logos, may be reproduced free of charge in any format or medium for research, private study or for internal circulation within an organisation. This is subject to it being reproduced accurately and not used in a misleading context. The material must be acknowledged as Crown copyright and the title of the publication specified. 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Please apply for a Click-Use Licence for core material at www.opsi.gov.uk/click-use/system/online/pLogin.asp, or by writing to the Office of Public Sector Information, Information Policy Team, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 4DU e-mail: [email protected] If you require this publication in an alternative format please email [email protected] Communities and Local Government Publications PO Box 236 Wetherby West Yorkshire LS23 7NB Tel: 08701 226 236 Fax: 08701 226 237 Textphone: 08701 207 405 Email: [email protected] Online via the Communities and Local Government website: www.communities.gov.uk October 2008 Product Code: 08LGSR05527 ISBN: 978-1-4098-0476-5 Bulletin of changes to local authority electoral arrangements, areas and names in England | 3 Contents PART A 5 Changes effected by Order of the Secretary of State under the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 5 There are 7 structural change Orders establishing unitary local authorities. 5 PART B 7 Changes effected by Order of the Secretary of State under the Local Government and Rating Act 1997 7 1. There are 16 Orders, made by the Secretary of State, which give effect to recommendations made following district reviews carried out under section 9 of the Local Government and Rating Act 1997. 7 2. There are 7 Orders giving effect to petitions sent to the Secretary of State under section 11 of the Local Government and Rating Act 1997. 9 PART C 11 Changes effected by local authority action or Order as notified to the Secretary of State 11 1. District Council notices of the change of name of a parish under section 75 of the Local Government Act 1972 11 2. Orders made under section 16 of the Local Government and Rating Act 1997 providing for the creation of a parish council 11 3. Orders made under section 17 of the Local Government and Rating Act 1997 amending electoral arrangements 12 4. Orders made under section 10 of the Local Government Act 1972 – Dissolution of Parish Council Orders 13 4 | Bulletin of changes to local authority electoral arrangements, areas and names in England ANNEX A 14 All Orders, by County area 14 ANNEX B 17 Orders creating new parishes 17 ANNEX C 18 Order abolishing parishes 18 ANNEX D 19 Orders made under the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 19 ANNEX E 20 Orders made under the Local Government and Rating Act 1997, by Statutory Instrument number 20 Bulletin of changes to local authority electoral arrangements, areas and names in England | 5 PART A Changes effected by Order of the Secretary of State under the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 There are 7 structural change Orders establishing unitary local authorities. THE BEDFORDSHIRE (STRUCTURAL CHANGES) ORDER 2008 – S.I. 2008 NO. 907 This Order was made on 27 March 2008. It abolishes the districts of Mid Bedfordshire and South Bedfordshire and the administrative county of Bedfordshire and creates two new unitary authorities of Bedford Borough and Central Bedfordshire from 1 April 2009. The Order cancelled elections in 2008 for Bedford Borough and South Bedfordshire and provides for elections in 2009 for Bedford and Central Bedfordshire with next elections in 2011 and every four years thereafter. THE CHESHIRE (STRUCTURAL CHANGES) ORDER 2008 – S.I. 2008 NO. 634 This Order was made on 4 March 2008. It abolishes the boroughs of Congleton, Crewe and Nantwich, Ellesmere Port and Neston, Macclesfield and Vale Royal, the city of Chester and the administrative county of Cheshire and creates two new unitary authorities of Cheshire East, and Cheshire West and Chester from 1 April 2009. The Order cancelled the district council elections in 2008 but provided for elections to the two new councils in May 2008 with next elections in 2011 and every four years thereafter. It also cancels any parish elections due in 2010 and provides for the next parish elections to be in 2011. THE CORNWALL (STRUCTURAL CHANGE) ORDER 2008 – S.I. 2008 NO. 491 This Order was made on 25 February 2008. It abolishes the borough of Restormel and the districts of Caradon, Carrick, Kerrier, North Cornwall and Penwith and establishes a single new unitary authority of Cornwall from 1 April 2009. The Order cancelled the district and parish council elections in 2008, and provides for elections for the new unitary council and some parishes in 2009. It also provides for the cancellation of parish elections due in 2011; all parishes will in future hold elections in 2013 and every four years thereafter. THE COUNTY DURHAM (STRUCTURAL CHANGE) ORDER 2008 – S.I. 2008 NO. 493 This Order was made on 25 February 2008. It abolishes the borough of Sedgefield, the city of Durham and the districts of Chester-Le-Street, Derwentside, Easington, Teesdale and Wear Valley and establishes a single new unitary authority of County Durham from 1 April 2009. The Order directed the County Durham Council to hold whole council elections in 2008, 2013 and every four years thereafter. It also cancels 6 | Bulletin of changes to local authority electoral arrangements, areas and names in England parish council elections in 2011, and provides for those parish elections to take place in 2013 and every four years thereafter. THE NORTHUMBERLAND (STRUCTURAL CHANGE) ORDER 2008 – S.I. 2008 NO. 494 This Order was made on 25 February 2008. It abolishes the boroughs of Berwick- upon-Tweed, Blyth Valley and Castle Morpeth and the districts of Alnwick, Tynedale and Wansbeck and establishes a single new unitary authority for Northumberland from 1 April 2009. The Order directed the Northumberland Council to hold whole council elections in 2008, 2013 and every four years thereafter. It also cancels the parish council elections in 2011, and provides for those parish elections to take place in 2013 and every four years thereafter. THE SHROPSHIRE (STRUCTURAL CHANGE) ORDER 2008 – S.I. 2008 NO. 492 This Order was made on 25 February 2008. It abolishes the boroughs of Oswestry, and Shrewsbury and Atcham and the districts of Bridgnorth, North Shropshire and South Shropshire and establishes a single new unitary authority of Shropshire from 1 April 2009. The Order cancelled the district and parish council elections to be held in 2008 and provides for elections for the new unitary council and some parishes to be held in 2009. It also provides for the cancellation of parish elections due in 2011; all parishes will in future hold elections in 2013 and every four years thereafter. THE WILTSHIRE (STRUCTURAL CHANGE) ORDER 2008 – S.I. 2008 NO. 490 This Order was made on 25 February 2008. It abolishes the districts of Kennet, North Wiltshire, Salisbury and West Wiltshire and establishes a single new unitary authority of Wiltshire from 1 April 2009. The Order provides for the cancellation of parish elections due in 2011; all parishes will in future hold elections in 2013 and every four years thereafter. Bulletin of changes to local authority electoral arrangements, areas and names in England | 7 PART B Changes effected by Order of the Secretary of State under the Local Government and Rating Act 1997 1. There are 16 Orders, made by the Secretary of State, which give effect to recommendations made following district reviews carried out under section 9 of the Local Government and Rating Act 1997. *indicates that the local authority has been directed by the Secretary of State to establish a parish council. THE BERWICK-UPON-TWEED (PARISHES) ORDER 2008 – S.I. 2008 NO. 290 *This Order created a new parish of Berwick-upon-Tweed and made alterations to the parishes of Akeld, Chatton, Earle, Horncliffe, Ilderton, Ingram, Lilburn, Norham, Ord, Roddam and Wooler and the un-parished area. The Order directed the Berwick- upon-Tweed Borough Council to establish a parish council for the new parish. The Order was made on 7 February 2008 and came into effect on 1 April 2008. THE CHELTENHAM (PARISHES) (AMENDMENT) ORDER 2007 – S.I. 2007 NO. 3421 This Order amended and substituted the Maps of the Cheltenham (Parishes) Order 2003. The substitute maps correct errors in the existing maps relating to the boundary between the parish of Swindon and the unparished area of Cheltenham. This Order was made on 28 November 2007 and came into effect on 28 November 2007. THE COTSWOLD (PARISHES) ORDER 2008 – S.I. 2008 NO. 304 This Order transferred areas between the parishes of Ampney St Mary, Ampney St Peter and Poulton. The Order was made on 7 February 2008 and came into effect on 1 April 2008. THE EAST DEVON (PARISHES) ORDER 2008 – S.I. 2007 NO. 3422 The Order transferred areas between the parishes of Feniton, Gittisham, Honiton, Ottery St Mary, Talaton.