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(1) This Order may be cited as the District of Alnwick (Electoral Changes) Order 1998.
(2) This Order shall come into force for all purposes on 6th May 1999, except that for the purpose of all proceedings preliminary or relating to an election to be held on or after that date this Order shall come into force on 10th October 1998.
(3) In this Order–
 “the district” means the district of Alnwick;
 “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 of the Environment, Transport and the Regions, marked “Map of the District of Alnwick (Electoral Changes) Order 1998”, and deposited in accordance with regulation 27 of the Local Government Changes for England Regulations 1994.
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(1) The existing wards of the district shall be abolished.
(2) The district 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, or, where no area is 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, waterway or other similar geographical feature, it shall be treated as running along the centre line of the feature.
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(1) The existing wards of the parish of Alnwick shall be abolished.
(2) The parish shall be divided into three parish wards which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of Schedule 2; each parish ward shall comprise the area of the district ward specified in respect of that 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 that parish ward in column (3) of that Schedule.
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(1) The existing wards of the parish of Amble shall be abolished.
(2) The parish shall be divided into three parish wards which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of Schedule 3; the parish wards shall comprise the areas described in column (2) of that Schedule by reference to wards of the district and the number of councillors to be elected for each parish ward shall be three.
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The District of Alnwick (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976 is hereby revoked.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
Hilary Armstrong
Minister of State,
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
21st September 1998
SCHEDULE 1
Article 2


(1) (2) (3)
Name of ward Area of ward Number of councillors
Alnmouth and Lesbury The parishes of Alnmouth, Denwick and Lesbury 2
Alnwick Castle  3
Alnwick Clayport  2
Alnwick Hotspur  2
Amble Central  2
Amble East  2
Amble West  2
Embleton The parishes of Embleton and Newton-by-the-Sea 1
Harbottle and Elsdon The parishes of Alwinton, Biddlestone, Elsdon, Harbottle, Hepple and Netherton 1
Hedgeley The parishes of Edlingham, Eglingham and Hedgeley 1
Longframlington The parishes of Brinkburn and Longframlington 1
Longhoughton with Craster and Rennington The parishes of Craster, Longhoughton and Rennington 2
Rothbury and South Rural The parishes of Hesleyhurst, Hollinghill, Nunnykirk, Rothbury, Rothley, Snitter, Thropton and Whitton and Tosson 3
Shilbottle The parishes of Felton, Newton-on-the-Moor and Swarland and Shilbottle 3
Warkworth The parishes of Acklington and Warkworth 2
Whittingham The parishes of Alnham, Callaly, Cartington, Glanton and Whittingham 1
SCHEDULE 2
Article 3


(1) (2) (3)
Name of ward Description of area Number of councillors
Castle The Alnwick Castle ward 8
Clayport The Alnwick Clayport ward 5
Hotspur The Alnwick Hotspur ward 5
SCHEDULE 3
Article 4


(1) (2)
Name of ward Description of area
Central That part of the parish of Amble which lies within the district ward of Amble Central
East That part of the parish of Amble which lies within the district ward of Amble East
West That part of the parish of Amble which lies within the district ward of Amble West