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(1) This Order may be cited as the District of Bolsover (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 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 Bolsover;
 “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 Bolsover (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 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, 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 Clowne 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 six.
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(1) The existing wards of the town of Old Bolsover shall be abolished.
(2) The town shall be divided into three town wards which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of Schedule 3; each town ward shall comprise the area of the district ward specified in respect of the town ward in column (2) of that Schedule, and the number of councillors to be elected for each town ward shall be four.
5 
The parish of Pinxton 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 Scarcliffe shall be abolished.
(2) The parish shall be divided into five parish wards which shall bear the names East, Langwith Junction, North, Recreation Road and South; and the wards shall comprise the areas designated on sheet 5 by reference to the names of the wards and demarcated by orange lines.
(3) The number of councillors to be elected for the South parish ward shall be four, for each of the East and North parish wards three, for the Langwith Juncton parish ward two, and for the Recreation Road parish ward one.
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(1) The existing wards of the town of Shirebrook shall be abolished.
(2) The town shall be divided into five town wards which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of Schedule 5; each town ward shall comprise the area of the district ward specified in respect of the town ward in column (2) of that Schedule, and the number of councillors to be elected for each town ward shall be the number specified in respect of the town ward in column (3) of that Schedule.
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(1) The existing wards of the parish of South Normanton 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 parish ward shall be seven.
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The parish of Whitwell shall be divided into two parish wards which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of Schedule 7; 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 number of councillors to be elected for the parish wards of the parish of Blackwell shall be five for Newton, three for Blackwell and two each for Hilcote and Westhouses.
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The District of Bolsover (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
27th September 1999
SCHEDULE 1
Article 2


(1) (2) (3)
Name of ward Description of area Number of councillors
Barlborough The parish of Barlborough 2
Blackwell The parish of Blackwell 2
Bolsover North West  2
Bolsover South  2
Bolsover West  2
Clowne North  2
Clowne South  2
Elmton-with-Creswell  3
Pinxton  2
Pleasley The parishes of Glapwell and Pleasley 2
Scarcliffe  2
Shirebrook East  1
Shirebrook Langwith  1
Shirebrook North West  1
Shirebrook South East  1
Shirebrook South West  1
South Normanton East  2
South Normanton West  3
Tibshelf The parishes of Ault Hucknall and Tibshelf 2
Whitwell  2
SCHEDULE 2
Article 3


(1) (2)
Name of ward Area of ward
North So much of the district ward of Clowne North as comprises part of the parish of Clowne
South So much of the district ward of Clowne South as comprises part of the parish of Clowne
SCHEDULE 3
Article 4


(1) (2)
Name of ward Area of ward
North West So much of the district ward of Bolsover North West as comprises part of the town of Old Bolsover
South So much of the district ward of Bolsover South as comprises part of the town of Old Bolsover
West So much of the district ward of Bolsover West as comprises part of the town of Old Bolsover
SCHEDULE 4
Article 5


(1) (2) (3)
Name of ward Area of ward Number of councillors
Broadmeadows So much of the district ward of South Normanton West as comprises part of the parish of Pinxton 3
Pinxton So much of the district ward of Pinxton as comprises part of the parish of Pinxton 9
SCHEDULE 5
Article 7


(1) (2) (3)
Name of ward Area of ward Number of councillors
East So much of the district ward of Shirebrook East as comprises part of the town of Shirebrook 3
North So much of the district ward of Shirebrook Langwith as comprises part of the town of Shirebrook 3
North West So much of the district ward of Shirebrook North West as comprises part of the town of Shirebrook 3
South East So much of the district ward of Shirebrook South East as comprises part of the town of Shirebrook 4
South West So much of the district ward of Shirebrook South West as comprises part of the town of Shirebrook 3
SCHEDULE 6
Article 8


(1) (2)
Name of ward Area of ward
East So much of the district ward of South Normanton East as comprises part of the parish of South Normanton
West So much of the district ward of South Normanton West as comprises part of the parish of South Normanton
SCHEDULE 7
Article 9


(1) (2) (3)
Name of ward Area of ward Number of councillors
Hodthorpe So much of the district ward of Elmton-with-Creswell as comprises part of the parish of Whitwell 2
Whitwell So much of the district ward of Whitwell as comprises part of the parish of Whitwell 8