LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the District of Cotswold (Electoral Changes) Order 2001. 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. 3 In this Order— “district” means the district of Cotswold; “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 prepared by the Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions marked “Map of the District of Cotswold (Electoral Changes) Order 2001”, and deposited in accordance with regulation 27 of the Local Government Changes for England Regulations 1994 ; 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 Cotswold 2 1 The existing wards of the district shall be abolished. 2 The district shall be divided into twenty-eight wards which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of the Schedule. 3 The wards shall comprise the areas described in column (2) of the Schedule by reference to parishes 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 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. Elections of the council of the district of Cotswold 3 1 The ordinary elections of all councillors of the district of Cotswold shall be held simultaneously on the ordinary day of election of non-metropolitan district councillors in 2003 and every fourth year after 2003. 2 The term of office of councillors shall be four years; and all councillors shall retire on the fourth day after the ordinary day of election of councillors in the year of retirement and the newly-elected councillors shall come into office on the day on which their predecessors retire. Wards of the parish of Blockley 4 1 The existing wards of the parish of Blockley shall be abolished. 2 The parish shall be divided into three parish wards which shall bear the names Aston Magna, Blockley and Paxford; 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 each of the Aston Magna and Paxford parish wards shall be two, and for the Blockley parish ward shall be seven. Wards of the parish of Brimpsfield 5 1 The parish of Brimpsfield shall be divided into two parish wards which shall bear the names Brimpsfield and Caudle Green; and the wards shall comprise the areas designated on sheet 3 by reference to the name of the ward and demarcated by orange lines. 2 The number of councillors to be elected for the Brimpsfield parish ward shall be five and for the Caudle Green parish ward shall be two. Wards of the parish of Cirencester 6 1 The existing wards of the parish of Cirencester shall be abolished. 2 The parish shall be divided into five parish wards which shall bear the names Cirencester Beeches, Cirencester Chesterton, Cirencester Park, Cirencester Stratton-Whiteway and Cirencester Watermoor; each parish ward shall comprise the area of the district ward bearing the same name; and the number of councillors to be elected for each parish ward shall be three. Numbers of parish councillors 7 1 The number of parish councillors to be elected for the parish of Bourton-on-the-Water shall be eleven. 2 The number of parish councillors to be elected for the parish of Southrop shall be five. Revocation 8 The District of Cotswold (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978 is hereby revoked. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions Alan Whitehead Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions 30th November 2001