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Interpretation
     2. In this Order -

"county" means the county of Oxfordshire;

"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 city wards in the county[6];any reference to the map is a reference to the map marked "Map referred to in the County of Oxfordshire (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 Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire
     3.  - (1) The existing electoral divisions of the county[7] shall be abolished.

    (2) The county shall be divided into fifty-eight 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 and the number of councillors to be elected for each electoral division shall be the number specified in respect of the electoral division 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.

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

    (2) The parish shall be divided into eight parish wards which shall bear the names Calthorpe, Easington North, Easington South, Grimsbury and Castle, Hardwick, Neithrop North, Neithrop South and Ruscote; and the wards shall comprise the areas designated on sheet 1 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 Grimsbury and Castle, Hardwick, and Ruscote parish wards shall be four, for the Calthorpe parish ward shall be three, for each of the Easington North, Easington South and Neithrop South parish wards shall be two, and for the Neithrop North parish ward shall be one.

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

Electoral registers
     6. The Electoral Registration Officer[8] for each district or city 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
     7. The County of Oxfordshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1983[9] is revoked, save for article 5.



Sealed with the seal of the Electoral Commission on the


9th day of December 2004

L.S.

Sam Younger
Chairman of the Commission

9th December 2004


Jacqui Dixon
Secretary to the Commission

9th December 2004

[2] 1992 c.19. This section has been amended by S.I. 2001/3962.back

[3] 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

[4] 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

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

[6] See the District of Cherwell (Electoral Changes) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/4065), the City of Oxford (Electoral Changes) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/4063), the District of South Oxfordshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2001 (S.I. 2002/49), the District of Vale of White Horse (Electoral Changes) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/4064), and the District of West Oxfordshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2001 (S.I. 2002/48).back

[7] See the County of Oxfordshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1983 (S.I. 1983/842). The area of the county of Oxfordshire was altered by the Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire (County Boundaries) Order 1988 (S.I. 1988/241), the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Oxfordshire and Surrey (County Boundaries) Order 1991 (S.I. 1991/264), and the Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire (County Boundaries) Order 1991 (S.I. 1991/310).back

[8] 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

[9] S.I. 1983/842.back

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