Citation and commencement

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the County of Leicestershire (Electoral Changes) Order 2005.

(2) This Order, with the exception of articles 4 and 5, shall come into force –

(a)for the purpose of proceedings preliminary or relating to any election to be held on the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2005, on the day after that on which it is made;

(b)for all other purposes, on the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2005.

(3) Articles 4 and 5 shall come into force –

(a)for the purpose of proceedings preliminary or relating to the election of a parish councillor for the parishes of Braunstone and Glenfields to be held on the ordinary day of elections in 2007, on 15th October 2006;

(b)for all other purposes, on the ordinary day of elections in 2007.

Interpretation

2.  In this Order –

“county” means the county of Leicestershire;

“existing”, in relation to an electoral division or ward, means the electoral division or ward as it exists on the date this Order is made;

references to wards, unless the context otherwise requires, are references to district and borough wards in the county(6);

any reference to the map is a reference to the map marked “Map referred to in the County of Leicestershire (Electoral Changes) Order 2005”, of which prints are available for inspection at –

any reference to a numbered sheet is a reference to the sheet of the map which bears that number.

Electoral divisions of the county of Leicestershire

3.—(1) The existing electoral divisions of the county(7) shall be abolished.

(2) The county shall be divided into fifty-two electoral divisions which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of the Schedule.

(3) The electoral divisions shall comprise the areas described in column (2) of the Schedule by reference to wards, parishes, or parish wards or, where an area is not so described, the area designated on the map by reference to the name of the electoral division and demarcated by red lines; and the number of councillors to be elected for each electoral division shall be the number specified in respect of the electoral division 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.

Wards of the parish of Braunstone

4.—(1) The existing wards of the parish of Braunstone shall be abolished.

(2) The parish shall be divided into five parish wards which shall bear the names Fosse, Millfield, Ravenhurst, Thorpe Astley and Winstanley; 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 the Ravenhurst parish ward shall be ten, for the Thorpe Astley parish ward shall be four, for each of the Fosse and Millfield parish wards shall be three, and for the Winstanley parish ward shall be one.

Wards of the parish of Glenfields

5.—(1) The existing wards of the parish of Glenfields shall be abolished.

(2) The parish shall be divided into six parish wards which shall bear the names Central, Faire, Glenfrith, Manor Farm, North and Stone; and the wards shall comprise the areas designated on sheet 4 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 Central, Manor Farm and Stone parish wards shall be four, and for each of the Faire, Glenfrith and North parish wards shall be three.

Maps

6.  Leicestershire County Council shall make a print of the map marked “Map referred to in the County of Leicestershire (Electoral Changes) Order 2005” available for inspection at its offices by any member of the public at any reasonable time.

Electoral registers

7.  The Electoral Registration Officer(8) for each district or borough in the county shall make such rearrangement of, or adaptation of, the register of local government electors as may be necessary for the purposes of, and in consequence of, this Order.

Revocation

8.  The County of Leicestershire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1984(9) is revoked, save for article 5.

article 3

SCHEDULENAMES AND AREAS OF ELECTORAL DIVISIONS AND NUMBERS OF COUNCILLORS

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order gives effect, with modifications, to recommendations by the Boundary Committee for England, a committee of the Electoral Commission, for electoral changes in the county of Leicestershire.

The modifications concern the name of Enderby Meridian electoral division and the allocation of parish councillors in the parish of Braunstone.

The changes have effect in relation to local government elections to be held on and after the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2005.

Article 3 abolishes the existing electoral divisions of the county and provides for the creation of 52 new electoral divisions. That article and the Schedule also make provision for the names and areas of, and numbers of councillors for, the new electoral divisions.

Articles 4 and 5 make electoral changes in the parishes of Braunstone and Glenfields.

Article 7 obliges the Electoral Registration Officer for each district or borough in the county of Leicestershire to make any necessary amendments to the electoral register to reflect the new electoral arrangements.

Article 8 revokes the County of Leicestershire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1984, with the exception of article 5.

The areas of the new electoral divisions and of the new parish wards in the parishes of Braunstone and Glenfields are demarcated on the map described in article 2. Prints of the map may be inspected at all reasonable times at the offices of Leicestershire County Council and at the principal office of the Electoral Commission at Trevelyan House, Great Peter Street, London SW1P 2HW.