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Interpretation
     2. In this Order -

"county" means the county of Surrey;

"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[5];

any reference to the map is a reference to the map marked "Map referred to in the County of Surrey (Electoral Changes) Order 2004", of which prints are available for inspection at -

(a) the principal office of the Electoral Commission; and

(b) the offices of Surrey County Council; and

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 Surrey
     3.  - (1) The existing electoral divisions of the county[6] shall be abolished.

    (2) The county shall be divided into eighty 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 one.

    (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 Godalming
     4.  - (1) The existing wards of the parish of Godalming shall be abolished.

    (2) The parish shall be divided into six parish wards which shall bear the names Godalming Binscombe, Godalming Central, Godalming Charterhouse, Godalming Farncombe and Catteshall, Godalming Holloway, and Godalming Ockford; 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 each of the Godalming Binscombe, Godalming Charterhouse, Godalming Farncombe and Catteshall, and Godalming Holloway parish wards shall be four, and for each of the Godalming Central and Godalming Ockford parish wards shall be two.

Wards of the parish of Windlesham
     5.  - (1) The existing wards of the parish of Windlesham shall be abolished.

    (2) The parish shall be divided into four parish wards which shall bear the names Bagshot, Lightwater East, Lightwater West and Windlesham; 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 each of the Bagshot and Windlesham parish wards shall be six, for the Lightwater East parish ward shall be four, and for the Lightwater West parish ward shall be two.

Maps
     6. Surrey County Council shall make a print of the map marked "Map referred to in the County of Surrey (Electoral Changes) Order 2004" available for inspection at its offices by any member of the public at any reasonable time.

Electoral registers
     7. The Electoral Registration Officer[7] 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 Surrey (Electoral Arrangements) Order (1980)[8] is revoked, save for article 5.



Sealed with the seal of the Electoral Commission on the


28th day of October 2004

L.S.

Sam Younger
Chairman of the Commission

28th October 2004


Jacqui Dixon
Secretary to the Commission

28th October 2004

[2] The Electoral Commission was established by the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (c. 41). The functions of the Secretary of State, under sections 13 to 15 and 17 of the Local Government Act 1992 (c. 19), to the extent that they relate to electoral changes within the meaning of that Act, were transferred with modifications to the Electoral Commission on 1st April 2002 (S.I. 2001/3962).back

[3] This section has been amended by section 89(3) of the Local Government Act 2000 (c. 22), S.I. 2001/3962 and also otherwise in ways not relevant to this Order.back

[4] This section has been amended by S.I. 2001/3962.back

[5] See the Borough of Elmbridge (Electoral Changes) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/2465), the Borough of Epsom and Ewell (Electoral Changes) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/2474), the Borough of Guildford (Electoral Changes) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/2475), the District of Mole Valley (Electoral Changes) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/2476), the Borough of Reigate and Banstead (Electoral Changes) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/2477), the Borough of Runnymede (Electoral Changes) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/2478), the Borough of Spelthorne (Electoral Changes) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/2479), the Borough of Surrey Heath (Electoral Changes) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/2481), the District of Tandridge (Electoral Changes) Order (S.I. 1999/2480), the Borough of Waverley (Electoral Changes) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/2482), as amended by the Borough of Waverley (Electoral Changes) (Amendment) Order 2000 (S.I. 2000/3366), and the Borough of Woking (Electoral Changes) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/2483).back

[6] See the County of Surrey (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1980 (S.I. 1980/1830). The area of the county of Surrey was altered by the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Oxfordshire and Surrey (County Boundaries) Order 1991 (S.I. 1991/264), the Hampshire and Surrey (County Boundaries) Order 1991 (S.I. 1991/2494), the Surrey and West Sussex (County Boundaries) Order 1992 (S.I. 1992/2093), the Greater London, Kent and Surrey (County Boundaries) Order 1993 (S.I. 1993/400), the Greater London and Surrey (County and London Borough Boundaries) Order 1993 (S.I. 1993/1148), the Greater London and Surrey (County and London Borough Boundaries) (No. 2) Order 1993 (S.I. 1993/1208), the Greater London and Surrey (County and London Borough Boundaries) (No. 3) Order 1993 (S.I. 1993/1319), the Heathrow Airport (County and London Borough Boundaries) Order 1993 (S.I. 1993/1342), the Greater London and Surrey (County and London Borough Boundaries) (No. 4) Order 1993 (S.I. 1993/1391), the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Surrey (County Boundaries) Order 1994 (S.I. 1994/330), and the Greater London and Surrey (County and London Borough Boundaries) Order 1994 (S.I. 1994/331) to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order.back

[7] As to electoral registration officers and the register of local government electors, see sections 8 to 13 of the Representation of the People Act 1983 (c. 2).back

[8] S.I. 1980/1830.back

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