Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.-(1) This Order may be cited as the City of Westminster (Electoral Changes) Order 2000.

(2) This Order shall come into force-�

(a)for the purpose of proceedings preliminary or relating to any election to be held on 2nd May 2002, on 10th October 2001;

(b)for all other purposes, on 2nd May 2002.

(3) In this Order-�

"city" means the City of Westminster;

"existing", in relation to a ward, means the ward as it exists on the date this Order is made; and

any reference to the map is a reference to the map prepared by the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions marked "Map of the City of Westminster (Electoral Changes) Order 2000", and deposited in accordance with regulation 27 of the Local Government Changes for England Regulations 1994(3).

Wards of the City of Westminster

2.-(1) The existing wards of the city(4) shall be abolished.

(2) The city shall be divided into twenty wards which shall bear the names set out in the Schedule.

(3) The wards shall comprise the areas designated on the map by reference to the names of the wards and demarcated by red lines; and the number of councillors to be elected for each ward shall be three.

(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.

Revocation

3. The City of Westminster (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978 is hereby revoked.

article 2(2)

SCHEDULENAMES OF WARDS

Abbey Road

Bayswater

Bryanston and Dorset Square

Churchill

Church Street

Harrow Road

Hyde Park

Knightsbridge and Belgravia

Lancaster Gate

Little Venice

Maida Vale

Marylebone High Street

Queen's Park

Regent's Park

St James's

Tachbrook

Vincent Square

Warwick

Westbourne

West End

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order gives effect to recommendations by the Local Government Commission for England for electoral changes in the City of Westminster. The changes have effect in relation to local government elections to be held on and after 2nd May 2002.

Article 2 abolishes the existing wards of the City and provides for the creation of 20 new wards. That article and the Schedule also make provision for the names of the new wards. Each ward will be represented by 3 councillors.

Article 3 revokes the City of Westminster (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978.

The areas of the new wards are demarcated on the map described in article 1(3). Prints of the map may be inspected at all reasonable times at the offices of the Council of the City of Westminster and at the offices of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, 2nd Floor, Ashdown House, 123 Victoria Street, London SW1E 6DE.