LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND Citation and commencement 1 1 This Order may be cited as the District of Aylesbury Vale (Electoral Changes) Order 2002. 2 This Order shall come into force— a for the purpose of proceedings preliminary or relating to any election to be held on 1st May 2003, on 15th October 2002; b for all other purposes, on 1st May 2003. Interpretation 2 In this Order— “district” means the district of Aylesbury Vale; “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 of the District of Aylesbury Vale (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 Aylesbury Vale District Council; and any reference to a numbered sheet is a reference to the sheet of the map which bears that number. Wards of the district of Aylesbury Vale 3 1 The existing wards of the district shall be abolished. 2 The district shall be divided into thirty-six 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 parishes and parish wards 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. Wards of the parish of Aylesbury 4 1 The existing wards of the parish of Aylesbury shall be abolished. 2 The parish shall be divided into ten 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 Bierton with Broughton 5 The parish of Bierton with Broughton shall be divided into two 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 Buckingham 6 The parish of Buckingham shall be divided into two parish wards which shall bear the names Buckingham North and Buckingham South; each parish ward shall comprise the area of the district ward bearing the same name; and the number of councillors to be elected for the Buckingham North parish ward shall be eight and for the Buckingham South parish ward shall be seven. Wards of the parish of Stoke Mandeville 7 1 The parish of Stoke Mandeville shall be divided into four parish wards which shall bear the names Hawkslade, Stoke Grange, Stoke Leys and Stoke Mandeville Village; and the wards shall comprise the areas designated on sheet 5 by reference to the name of the ward and demarcated by orange lines. 2 The number of councillors to be elected for each of the Hawkslade and Stoke Grange parish wards shall be three, for the Stoke Mandeville Village parish ward shall be four and for the Stoke Leys parish ward shall be two. Numbers of parish councillors 8 The number of parish councillors to be elected for the parish of Aston Abbotts shall be seven. Maps 9 Aylesbury Vale District Council shall make a print of the map marked “Map of the District of Aylesbury Vale (Electoral Changes) Order 2002” available for inspection at its offices by any member of the public at any reasonable time. Electoral Registers 10 The Electoral Registration Officer for the district 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 11 The District of Aylesbury Vale (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1975 is revoked, save for article 8. Signed by the members of the Electoral Commission Pamela Gordon Commissioner 11th July 2002 Glyn Mathias Commissioner 11th July 2002 Neil McIntosh Commissioner 11th July 2002 Karamjit Singh Commissioner 11th July 2002 Sam Younger Commissioner 11th July 2002 Graham Zellick Commissioner 11th July 2002