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(1) This Order may be cited as the Borough of Guildford (Electoral Changes) Order 1999.
(2) This Order shall come into force–
(a) for the purpose of all proceedings preliminary or relating to any election to be held on 1st May 2003, on 10th October 2002.
(b) for all other purposes, on 1st May 2003.
(3) In this Order–
 “the borough” means the borough of Guildford;
 “existing”, in relation to a ward, means the ward as it exists on the date this Order is made; and
 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 Borough of Guildford (Electoral Changes) Order 1999”, 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 borough shall be abolished.
(2) The borough shall be divided into twenty-two wards which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of the Schedule.
(3) The wards shall comprise the areas described in column (2) of the 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 the Schedule.
(4) Where a boundary is shown on the map as running along a road, railway line, footway, waterway or 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 Ash shall be abolished.
(2) The parish shall be divided into three parish wards which shall bear the names Ash South, Ash Vale and Ash Wharf.
(3) The parish wards of Ash Vale and Ash Wharf shall be coterminous with the borough wards bearing the same name and the Ash South parish ward shall consist of the rest of the parish.
(4) The number of parish councillors to be elected for each parish ward shall be four.
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(1) The number of parish councillors to be elected for Worplesdon parish council shall be sixteen.
(2) The number of councillors to be elected–
(a) for the existing parish wards of Fairlands and Wood Street shall be five; and
(b) for the existing parish wards of Jacob’s Well and Perry Hill shall be three.
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The Borough of Guildford (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1975 is hereby revoked.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
Beverley Hughes
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
6th September 1999
SCHEDULE
Article 2


(1) (2) (3)
Name of ward Description of area Number of councillors
Ash South and Tongham  3
Ash Vale  2
Ash Wharf  2
Burpham  2
Christchurch  2
Clandon and Horsley The parishes of East Clandon, East Horsley, West Clandon and West Horsley 3
Effingham The parish of Effingham 1
Friary and St Nicolas  3
Holy Trinity  3
Lovelace The parishes of Ockham, Ripley and Wisley 1
Merrow  3
Normandy The parish of Normandy 1
Onslow  3
Pilgrims The four parishes of Puttenham, Seale and Sands, Shackleford and Wanborough 1
Pirbright The parish of Pirbright 1
Send The parish of Send 2
Shalford The parishes of Artington, Compton and Shalford 2
Stoke  2
Stoughton  3
Tillingbourne The parishes of Albury, St Martha and Shere 2
Westborough  3
Worplesdon The parish of Worplesdon 3