LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND Citation and commencement 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Borough of Hinckley and Bosworth (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 the day after that on which it is made; b for all other purposes, on 1st May 2003. Interpretation 2 In this Order— “borough” means the borough of Hinckley and Bosworth; “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 Borough of Hinckley and Bosworth (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 Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council; and any reference to a numbered sheet is a reference to the sheet of the map which bears that number. Wards of the borough of Hinckley and Bosworth 3 1 The existing wards of the borough shall be abolished. 2 The borough shall be divided into sixteen 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 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 Burbage 4 1 The existing wards of the parish of Burbage shall be abolished. 2 The parish shall be divided into five parish wards which shall bear the names Lash Hill, St Catherines, Sketchley, Stretton and Tilton; and the wards shall comprise the areas designated on sheet 6 by reference to the name of the ward and demarcated by orange lines. 3 The number of councillors to be elected for the Lash Hill parish ward shall be five, for the St Catherines parish ward shall be three and for each of the Sketchley, Stretton and Tilton parish wards shall be four. Wards of the parish of Earl Shilton 5 1 The existing wards of the parish of Earl Shilton shall be abolished. 2 The parish shall be divided into four parish wards which shall bear the names Church, Townlands, Weavers and Westfield; and the wards shall comprise the areas designated on sheet 5 by reference to the name of the ward and demarcated by orange lines. 3 The number of councillors to be elected for the Church parish ward shall be two and for each of the Townlands, Weavers and Westfield parish wards shall be four. Wards of the parish of Groby 6 1 The existing wards of the parish of Groby shall be abolished. 2 The parish shall be divided into two parish wards which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of Schedule 2; each parish ward shall comprise the area of the borough 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. Maps 7 Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council shall make a print of the map marked “Map referred to in the Borough of Hinckley and Bosworth (Electoral Changes) Order 2002” available for inspection at its offices by any member of the public at any reasonable time. Electoral registers 8 The Electoral Registration Officer for the borough 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 9 The Borough of Hinckley and Bosworth (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1980 is revoked. Signed by the members of the Electoral Commission Pamela Gordon Commissioner 28th October 2002 Glyn Mathias Commissioner 14th November 2002 Neil McIntosh Commissioner 14th November 2002 Karamjit Singh Commissioner 19th November 2002 Sam Younger Commissioner 19th November 2002 Graham Zellick Commissioner 28th October 2002