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(1) This Order may be cited as the Isle of Wight (Electoral Changes) Order 1999.
(2) This Order shall come into force–
(a) for the purpose of proceedings preliminary or relating to any election to be held on 3rd May 2001, on 10th October 2000.
(b) for all other purposes, on 3rd May 2001.
(3) In this Order–
 “county” means the county of the Isle of Wight;
 “division” means an electoral division of the county;
 “existing”, in relation to a division, means the division 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 Isle of Wight (Electoral Changes) Order 1999”, 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 divisions of the county shall be abolished.
(2) The county shall be divided into forty-eight divisions which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of Schedule 1.
(3) The divisions shall comprise the areas described in column (2) of that Schedule by reference to parishes or parish wards or, where no area is so described, the area designated on the map by reference to the name of the division and demarcated by red lines.
(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 parish of Bembridge shall be divided into two parish wards which shall bear the names Bembridge North and Bembridge South; and each parish ward shall comprise the area of the division of the county bearing the same name.
(2) The number of councillors to be elected for each ward shall be six.
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(1) The existing wards of the parish of Cowes shall be abolished.
(2) The parish shall be divided into four parish wards which shall bear the names Cowes Castle East, Cowes Castle West, Cowes Central and Cowes Medina; and each parish ward shall comprise the area of the division of the county bearing the same name.
(3) The number of councillors to be elected for each ward shall be four.
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(1) The existing wards of the parish of East Cowes shall be abolished.
(2) The parish shall be divided into three parish wards which shall bear the names East Cowes North, East Cowes South and Osborne; the parish wards of East Cowes North and East Cowes South shall be coterminous with the county divisions of the same name, and the Osborne parish ward shall consist of the rest of the parish.
(3) The number of councillors to be elected for each of the East Cowes North and East Cowes South wards shall be three and, for the Osborne ward, shall be two.
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(1) The parish of Lake shall be divided into two parish wards which shall bear the names Lake North and Lake South; and each parish ward shall comprise the area of the division of the county bearing the same name.
(2) The number of councillors to be elected for each ward shall be six.
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(1) The parish of Sandown shall be divided into two parish wards which shall bear the names Sandown North and Sandown South; and each parish ward shall comprise the area of the division of the county bearing the same name.
(2) The number of councillors to be elected for each ward shall be six.
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(1) The existing wards of the parish of Shanklin shall be abolished.
(2) The parish shall be divided into three parish wards which shall bear the names Shanklin Central, Shanklin North and Shanklin South; and each parish ward shall comprise the area of the division of the county bearing the same name.
(3) The number of councillors to be elected for each ward shall be five.
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The existing wards of the parish of Shorwell shall be abolished and the number of councillors to be elected for the council of that parish shall be six.
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(1) The existing wards of the parish of Ventnor shall be abolished.
(2) The parish shall be divided into five parish wards which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of Schedule 2; each parish ward shall comprise the areas designated on sheet 2 by reference to the name of the ward and demarcated by orange lines, and the number of councillors to be elected for each parish ward shall be the number specified in column (2) of that Schedule.
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The number of councillors to be elected for the Thorley ward of the parish of Yarmouth shall be two.
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Article 5(3) of the Isle of Wight (Structural Change) Order 1994 is hereby revoked.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions
Beverley Hughes
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
26th August 1999
SCHEDULE 1
Article 2


(1) (2)
Name of Division Area of Division
Ashey
Bembridge North
Bembridge South
Binstead
Brading and St Helens The parishes of Brading and St Helens
Brighstone and Calbourne The parishes of Brighstone and Calbourne
Carisbrooke East
Carisbrooke West
Central Rural The parishes of Arreton, Gatcombe, Rookley and Shorwell
Chale, Niton and Whitwell The parishes of Chale and Niton & Whitwell
Cowes Castle East
Cowes Castle West
Cowes Central
Cowes Medina
East Cowes North
East Cowes South
Fairlee
Freshwater Afton The parish ward of Freshwater Afton of the parish of Freshwater
Freshwater Norton The parish ward of Freshwater Norton of the parish of Freshwater
Gurnard The parish of Gurnard
Lake North
Lake South
Mount Joy
Newchurch The parish of Newchurch
Newport North
Newport South
Northwood
Osborne
Pan
Parkhurst
Ryde North East
Ryde North West
Ryde South East
Ryde South West
St Johns East
St Johns West
Sandown North
Sandown South
Seaview and Nettlestone The parish of Nettlestone and Seaview
Shalfleet and Yarmouth The parishes of Shalfleet and Yarmouth
Shanklin Central
Shanklin North
Shanklin South
Totland The parish of Totland
Ventnor East
Ventnor West
Wootton The parish of Wootton Bridge
Wroxall and Godshill The parishes of Godshill and Wroxall
SCHEDULE 2
Article 10


(1) (2)
Name of Ward Number of Councillors
Bonchurch 1
Lowtherville 2
St Lawrence 2
Ventnor East 3
Ventnor West 3