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(1) This Order may be cited as the District of Salisbury (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 1 May 2003.
(3) In this Order—
 “district” means the district of Salisbury;
 “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 Salisbury (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-eight 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 town of Amesbury shall be divided into two town wards which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of Schedule 2; 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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The parish of Laverstock 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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The parish of Redlynch 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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The District of Salisbury (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1975 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
22nd October 1999
SCHEDULE 1
Article 2


(1) (2) (3)
Name of Ward Description of area Number of Councillors
Alderbury and Whiteparish   3
Amesbury East   3
Amesbury West   1
Bemerton   3
Bishopdown   2
Bulford The parishes of Bulford, Figheldean and Milston  2
Chalke Valley The parishes of Bowerchalke, Broad Chalke, Bishopstone, Ebbesbourne Wake and Stratford Toney  1
Donhead The parishes of Alvediston, Berwick St. John, Donhead St. Mary, Donhead St. Andrew and Tollard Royal  1
Downton and Redlynch   3
Durrington The parish of Durrington  3
Ebble The parishes of Britford, Coombe Bissett, Netherhampton and Odstock 1 
Fisherton and Bemerton Village   2 
Fonthill and Nadder The parishes of Barford St Martin, Berwick St Leonard, Chilmark, Compton Chamberlayne, Dinton, Fonthill Bishop and Teffont 1 
Harnham East   2 
Harnham West   2 
Knoyle The parishes of Chicklade, East Knoyle, Fonthill Gifford, Hindon, Sedgehill and Semley, and West Knoyle 1 
Laverstock   2 
Lower Wylye and Woodford Valley The parishes of Durnford, Great Wishford, South Newton, Wilsford Cum Lake and Woodford 1 
St Edmund and Milford   2 
St Mark and Stratford   3 
St Martin and Milford   2 
St Paul   2 
Till Valley and Wylye The parishes of Berwick St James, Orcheston, Shrewton, Stapleford, Steeple Langford, Tilshead, Winterbourne Stoke and Wylye 2 
Tisbury and Fovant The parishes of Ansty, Fovant, Sutton Mandeville, Swallowcliffe, Tisbury and West Tisbury 2 
Upper Bourne, Idmiston and Winterbourne The parishes of Allington, Cholderton, Idmiston, Newton Tony and Winterbourne 2 
Western and Mere The parishes of Maiden Bradley with Yarnfield, Mere, Kilmington, Stourton with Gasper and Zeals 2 
Wilton The parishes of Burcombe Without, Quidhampton and Wilton 2 
Winterslow The parishes of Firsdown, Pitton and Farley, West Dean and Winterslow 2 
SCHEDULE 2
Article 3


(1) (2) (3)
Name of ward Area of ward Number of Councillors
Amesbury East So much of the district ward of Amesbury East as comprises part of the town of Amesbury 12 
Amesbury West So much of the district ward of Amesbury West as comprises part of the town of Amesbury 3 
SCHEDULE 3
Article 4


(1) (2) (3)
Name of ward Area of ward Number of Councillors
Bishopdown North So much of the district ward of Bishopsdown as comprises part of the parish of Laverstock 4 
Laverstock So much of the district ward of Laverstock as comprises part of the parish of Laverstock 9 
SCHEDULE 4
Article 5


(1) (2) (3)
Name of ward Area of ward Number of Councillors
Nomansland So much of the district ward of Alderbury and Whiteparish as comprises part of the parish of Redlynch  3
Redlynch So much of the district ward of Downton and Redlynch as comprises part of the parish of Redlynch  12