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(1) This Order may be cited as the District of North Somerset (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 the day after that on which it is made.
(3) In this Order–
 “the district” means the district of North Somerset;
 “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 North Somerset (Electoral Changes) Order 1998”, and deposited in accordance with regulation 27 of the Local Government Changes for England Regulations 1994; and
 any reference to a numbered sheet is a reference to the sheet of the map which bears that number.
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(1) The existing wards of the district shall be abolished.
(2) The district shall be divided into 36 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 Clevedon shall be abolished.
(2) The parish shall be divided into seven parish wards which shall bear the names Clevedon Central, Clevedon East, Clevedon North, Clevedon South, Clevedon Walton, Clevedon West, Clevedon Yeo 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 each parish ward shall be three.
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(1) The existing wards of the parish of Portishead and North Weston shall be abolished.
(2) The parish shall be divided into six parish wards which shall bear the names Portishead Central, Portishead Coast, Portishead East, Portishead Redcliffe Bay, Portishead South and North Weston and Portishead West 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 each parish ward shall be three.
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(1) The existing wards of the parish of Nailsea shall be abolished.
(2) The parish shall be divided into five parish wards which shall bear the names Golden Valley, Mizzymead, West End, Yeo and Youngwood and each parish ward shall comprise the area 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 parish ward shall be four.
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The parish of Long Ashton shall be divided into two parish wards which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of Schedule 2 and 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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The parish of Easton-in-Gordano shall be divided into two parish wards which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of Schedule 3 and 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 that parish ward in column (3) of that Schedule.
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(1) The parish of Wick St. Lawrence shall be divided into two parish wards which shall bear the names East Wick and West Wick and the wards shall comprise the area designated on sheet 7 by reference to the name of the ward and demarcated by orange lines.
(2) The number of councillors to be elected for each parish ward shall be five.
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The number of parish councillors to be elected for the Backwell parish shall be fifteen.
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The District of Woodspring (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1977 and the District of Woodspring (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1985 are hereby revoked.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
Hilary Armstrong
Minister of State,
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
3rd November 1998
SCHEDULE 1
Article 2


(1) (2) (3)
Name of ward Area of ward Number of councillors
Backwell The parishes of Backwell, Barrow Gurney, Brockley and Flax Bourton. 2
Banwell and Winscombe The parishes of Banwell, Loxton and Winscombe & Sandford. 3
Blagdon and Churchill The parishes of Blagdon, Burrington and Churchill. 1
Clevedon Central  1
Clevedon East  1
Clevedon North  1
Clevedon South  1
Clevedon Walton  1
Clevedon West  1
Clevedon Yeo  1
Congresbury The parish of Congresbury. 1
Easton-in-Gordano The parish of Abbots Leigh and the parish wards of Leigh Woods of Long Ashton parish and St. George of Easton-in-Gordano parish. 1
Gordano The parishes of Clapton-in-Gordano, Portbury, Tickenham, Walton-in-Gordano and Weston-in-Gordano. 1
Hutton and Locking The parishes of Bleadon, Hutton and Locking. 2
Kewstoke The parishes of Kewstoke, Puxton and Wick St. Lawrence. 1
Nailsea East  2
Nailsea North and West  3
Pill The parish ward of Pill of Easton-in-Gordano parish 1
Portishead Central  1
Portishead Coast  1
Portishead East  1
Portishead Redcliffe Bay  1
Portishead South and North Weston  1
Portishead West  1
Weston-super-Mare Central  2
Weston-super-Mare Clarence and Uphill  3
Weston-super-Mare East  3
Weston-super-Mare Milton and Old Worle  3
Weston-super-Mare North Worle  3
Weston-super-Mare South  3
Weston-super-Mare South Worle  3
Weston-super-Mare West  3
Winford The parishes of Dundry and Winford. 1
Wraxall and Long Ashton The parish ward of Long Ashton of the parish of Long Ashton and the parish of Wraxall & Failand. 2
Wrington The parishes of Butcombe and Wrington. 1
Yatton The parishes of Cleeve, Kenn, Kingston Seymour and Yatton. 3
SCHEDULE 2
Article 6


(1) (2) (3)
Name of Ward Description of Area Number of Councillors
Leigh Woods Such part of the parish of Long Ashton as is within the district ward of Easton-in-Gordano 2
Long Ashton Such part of the parish of Long Ashton as is within the district ward of Wraxhall and Long Ashton 19
SCHEDULE 3
Article 7


(1) (2) (3)
Name of Ward Description of Area Number of Councillors
Pill The district ward of Pill 10
St George Such part of the parish of Easton-in-Gordano as is within the district ward of Easton-in-Gordano 5