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(1) This Order may be cited as the District of Easington (Electoral Changes) Order 1999.
(2) This Order shall come into force–
(a) for the purpose of proceedings preliminary or relating to elections to be held on 1st May 2003, on 10th October 2002;
(b) for all other purposes, on 1st May 2003.
(3) In this Order–
 “district” means the district of Easington;
 “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 District of Easington (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 district shall be abolished.
(2) The district shall be divided into twenty 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 parish wards or to 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 similar geographical feature, it shall be treated as running along the centre line of the feature.
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The parish of Dalton-le-Dale 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 existing wards of the parish of Horden 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 3; 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 existing wards of the parish of Murton 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 4; 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 existing wards of the parish of Peterlee shall be abolished.
(2) The parish shall be divided into five parish wards which shall bear the names Acre Rigg, Dene House, Eden Hill, Howletch and Passfield; and each parish ward shall comprise the area of the district ward bearing the same name.
(3) The number of councillors to be elected for each of the Acre Rigg, Dene House, Edenhill and Howletch parish wards shall be four and for the Passfield parish ward shall be six.
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(1) The existing wards of the parish of Seaham shall be abolished.
(2) The parish shall be divided into four parish wards which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of Schedule 5; 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 number of parish councillors to be elected for the Haswell parish shall be nine.
(2) The number of parish councillors to be elected for the Thornley parish shall be ten.
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The District of Easington (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978 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
7th September 1999
SCHEDULE 1
Article 2


(1) (2) (3)
Name of Ward Area of Ward Number of Councillors
Acre Rigg  2
Blackhalls The parish wards of Blackhalls Colliery and Blackhalls Rocks of the parish of Monk Hesleden 3
Dawdon  3
Dene House  2
Deneside  3
Easington Colliery The parish of Easington Colliery 3
Easington Village and South Hetton The parishes of Easington Village, Hawthorn and South Hetton 3
Eden Hill  2
Haswell and Shotton The parishes of Haswell and Shotton 3
Horden North  3
Horden South  2
Howletch  2
Hutton Henry The parish of Castle Eden, Nesbitt and Sheraton with Hulam, the parish ward of Hutton Henry of the parish of Hutton Henry and the parish ward of Hesleden of the parish of Monk Hesleden 1
Murton East  2
Murton West  2
Passfield  3
Seaham Harbour  3
Seaham North  3
Thornley and Wheatley Hill The parishes of Thornley and Wheatley Hill 3
Wingate The parishes of Trimdon Foundry and Wingate and the parish ward of Station Town of the parish of Hutton Henry 3
SCHEDULE 2
Article 3


(1) (2) (3)
Name of Ward Area of Ward Number of Councillors
Dalton Urban So much of the district ward of Deneside as comprises the parish of Dalton-le-Dale 5
Dalton Village So much of the district ward of Murton East as comprises the parish of Dalton-le-Dale 4
SCHEDULE 3
Article 4


(1) (2) (3)
Name of Ward Area of Ward Number of Councillors
Horden North So much of the district ward of Horden North as comprises the parish of Horden 8
Horden South So much of the district ward of Horden South as comprises the parish of Horden 7
SCHEDULE 4
Article 5


(1) (2) (3)
Name of Ward Area of Ward Number of Councillors
Murton East So much of the district ward of Murton East as comprises the parish of Murton 12
Murton West So much of the district ward of Murton West as comprises the parish of Murton 9
SCHEDULE 5
Article 7


(1) (2) (3)
Name of Ward Area of Ward Number of Councillors
Dawdon The Dawdon district ward 5
Deneside So much of the district ward of Deneside as comprises the parish of Seaham 5
Seaham Harbour The Seaham Harbour district ward 6
Seaham North So much of the district ward of Seaham North as comprises the parish of Seaham 5