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(1) This Order may be cited as the District of North East Derbyshire (Electoral Changes) Order 1999.
(2) This Order shall come into force—
(a) for the purposes 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 North East Derbyshire;
 “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 East Derbyshire (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-five 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, 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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(1) The existing wards of the parish of Clay Cross shall be abolished.
(2) The parish shall be divided into two 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 town of Dronfield shall be abolished.
(2) The town shall be divided into five 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 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 Eckington 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 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 Killamarsh shall be abolished.
(2) The parish shall be divided into two 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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The parish of North Wingfield shall be divided into two 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 the number specified in respect of the parish ward in column (3) of that Schedule.
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(1) The parish of Wingerworth shall be divided into four wards which shall bear the names Adlington, Hardwick Wood, Wingerworth and Woodthorpe and the wards shall comprise the areas designated on sheet 6 by reference to the names of the wards and demarcated by orange lines.
(2) The number of councillors to be elected for the parish ward of Wingerworth shall be eleven and for each of the other parish wards shall be one.
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The District of North East Derbyshire (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 Area of ward Number of Councillors
Ashover The parish of Ashover 1
Barlow and Holmesfield The parishes of Barlow and Holmesfield 1
Brampton and Walton  2
Clay Cross North  3
Clay Cross South  2
Coal Aston  2
Dronfield North  2
Dronfield South  3
Dronfield Woodhouse  2
Eckington North  2
Eckington South  2
Gosforth Valley  3
Grassmoor The parishes of Grassmoor, Hasland and Winswick, and Temple Normanton 2
Holmewood and Heath  2
Killamarsh East  2
Killamarsh West  3
North Wingfield Central  3
Pilsley and Morton The parishes of Morton, Pilsley and Stretton 3
Renishaw The parish ward of Renishaw of the parish of Eckington 1
Ridgeway and Marsh Lane The parish ward of Ridgeway and Marsh Lane of the parish of Eckington 1
Shirland The parishes of Brackenfield, Shirland and Higham, and Wessington 3
Sutton The parishes of Calow and Sutton cum Duckmanton 2
Tupton  2
Unstone The parish of Unstone 1
Wingerworth  3
SCHEDULE 2
Article 3


(1) (2) (3)
Name of ward Area of ward Number of Councillors
North So much of the district ward of Clay Cross North as comprises part of the parish of Clay Cross 7
South So much of the district ward of Clay Cross South as comprises part of the parish of Clay Cross 4
SCHEDULE 3
Article 4


(1) (2) (3)
Name of ward Area of ward Number of Councillors
Coal Aston So much of the district ward of Coal Aston as comprises part of the town of Dronfield 3
Dronfield Woodhouse So much of the district ward of Dronfield Woodhouse as comprises part of the town of Dronfield 3
Gosforth Valley So much of the district ward of Gosforth Valley as comprises part of the town of Dronfield 5
North So much of the district ward of Dronfield North as comprises part of the town of Dronfield 3
South So much of the district ward of Dronfield South as comprises part of the town of Dronfield 5
SCHEDULE 4
Article 5


(1) (2) (3)
Name of ward Area of ward Number of Councillors
North So much of the district ward of Eckington North as comprises part of the parish of Eckington 6
Renishaw So much of the district ward of Renishaw as comprises part of the parish of Eckington 3
Ridgeway and Marsh Lane So much of the district ward of Ridgeway and Marsh Lane as comprises part of the parish of Eckington 3
South So much of the district ward of Eckington South as comprises part of the parish of Eckington 5
SCHEDULE 5
Article 6


(1) (2) (3)
Name of ward Area of ward Number of Councillors
East So much of the district ward of Killamarsh East as comprises part of the parish of Killamarsh 6
West So much of the district ward of Killamarsh West as comprises part of the parish of Killamarsh 9
SCHEDULE 6
Article 7


(1) (2) (3)
Name of ward Area of ward Number of Councillors
East So much of the district ward of Holmewood and Heath as comprises part of the parish of North Wingfield 1
West So much of the district ward of North Wingfield Central as comprises part of the parish of North Wingfield 9