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(1) This Order may be cited as the District of South Hams (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 it shall come into force on 10th October 1998.
(3) In this Order–
 “the district” means the district of South Hams;
 “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 South Hams (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 thirty 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 parishes and parish wards, 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 Totnes shall be abolished.
(2) The parish shall be divided into two 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 the 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 the parish ward in column (3) of that Schedule.
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(1) The parish of Berry Pomeroy shall be divided into two parish wards which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of Schedule 3.
(2) Each parish ward shall comprise the area of the district ward specified in respect of the 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 column (3) of that Schedule.
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(1) The parish of South Brent shall be divided into two parish wards which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of Schedule 4.
(2) Each parish ward shall comprise the area of the district ward specified in respect of the 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 column (3) of that Schedule.
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(1) The existing wards of the parish of Ivybridge shall be abolished.
(2) The parish shall be divided into three parish wards which shall bear the names Ivybridge Farm, Ivybridge Woodlands, Ivybridge Central and each parish ward shall comprise the area of the ward of the district bearing the same name.
(3) The number of councillors to be elected for Ivybridge Filham, Ivybridge Woodlands and Ivybridge Central parish wards shall be six, six and three respectively.
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(1) The parish of Kingsbridge shall be divided into three parish wards which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of Schedule 5.
(2) Each parish ward shall comprise the area of the district ward specified in respect of the 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 column (3) of that Schedule.
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(1) The existing wards of the parish of Dartmouth shall be abolished.
(2) The parish shall be divided into two parish wards which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of Schedule 6; each parish ward shall comprise the area of the district ward specified in respect of the parish ward in column (2) of that Schedule and the number of councillors to be elected for each ward shall be the number specified in column (3) of that Schedule.
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The number of councillors to be elected for the Sparkwell parish shall be eleven.
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The number of councillors to be elected for the Stokenham parish shall be thirteen.
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The District of South Hams (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1977 is hereby revoked.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
Hilary Armstrong
Minister of State,
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
6th October 1998
SCHEDULE 1
Article 2


(1) (2) (3)
Name of ward Description of area Number of councillors
Allington and Loddiswell The parishes of East Allington, Halwell and Moreleigh, Loddiswell, and Woodleigh 1
Avon and Harbourne The parishes of Diptford, Harberton, and North Huish 1
Bickleigh and Shaugh The parishes of Bickleigh and Shaugh Prior 2
Charterlands The parishes of Aveton Gifford, Bigbury, Kingston, and Ringmore 1
Cornwood and Sparkwell The parishes of Cornwood, Harford, and Sparkwell 1
Dartington The parish of Dartington 1
Darmouth and Kingswear  3
Dartmouth Townstal  1
East Dart  1
Eastmoor  1
Erme Valley The parishes of Ermington, Holbeton, Modbury, and Ugborough 2
Ivybridge Central  1
Ivybridge Filham  2
Ivybridge Woodlands  2
Kingsbridge East  1
Kingsbridge North  1
Marldon The parish of Marldon 1
Newton and Noss The parish of Newton and Noss 1
Salcombe and Malborough The parishes of Malborough, Salcombe, and South Huish 2
Saltstone The parishes of Charleton, Chivelstone, East Portlemouth, Frogmore and Sherford, and South Pool 1
Skerries The parishes of Slapton, Stoke Fleming, and Strete 1
South Brent  1
Stokenham The parish of Stokenham 1
Thurlestone The parishes of Buckland-tout-Saints, Churchstow, South Milton, and Thurlestone 1
Totnes Bridgetown  2
Totnes Bridgetown  2
Totnes Town  2
Wembury and Brixton The parishes of Brixton and Wembury 2
West Dart The parishes of Ashprington, Blackawton, Cornworthy, and Dittisham 1
Westville and Alvington  1
Yealmpton The parish of Yealmpton 1
SCHEDULE 2
Article 3


(1) (2) (3)
Name of ward Description of area Number of councillors
Totnes Town The Totnes Town district ward 10
Totnes Bridgetown Such part of the parish of Totnes as is within the district ward of Totnes Bridgetown 6
SCHEDULE 3
Article 4


(1) (2) (3)
Name of parish ward Description of area Number of councillors
Village Such part of the parish of Berry Pomeroy as is within the district ward of East Dart 4
Bridgetown Such part of the parish of Berry Pomeroy as is within the district ward of Totnes Bridgetown 3
SCHEDULE 4
Article 5


(1) (2) (3)
Name of parish ward Description of area Number of councillors
Village The South Brent district ward 9
Brentmoor Such part of the parish of South Brent as is within the district ward of Eastmoor 3
SCHEDULE 5
Article 7


(1) (2) (3)
Name of parish ward Description of area Number of councillors
Kingsbridge East The Kingsbridge North district ward 5
Kingsbridge North The Kingsbridge North district ward 5
Kingsbridge Westville Such part of the parish of Kingsbridge as is within the district ward of Westville and Alvington 3
SCHEDULE 6
Article 8


(1) (2) (3)
Name of parish ward Description of area Number of councillors
Dartmouth Townstal The Dartmouth Townstal district ward 5
Dartmouth Clifton Such part of the parish of Dartmouth as is within the district ward of Dartmouth Kingswear 10