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(1) This Order may be cited as the County of Hertfordshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2000.
(2) This article and articles 2 and 4 shall come into force—
(a) for the purpose of proceedings preliminary or relating to any election to be held on 3rd May 2001, on 10th October 2000;
(b) for all other purposes, on 3rd May 2001.
(3) Article 3 of this Order shall come into force—
(a) for the purpose of proceedings preliminary or relating to any election of a parish councillor for the parish of Abbots Langley to be held on 1st May 2003, on 10th October 2002;
(b) for all other purposes, on 1st May 2003.
(4) In this Order—
 “county” means the county of Hertfordshire;
 “existing”, in relation to a division or ward, means the division or ward as it exists on the date this Order is made;
 references to wards, unless the context otherwise requires, are references to borough, city and district wards in the county;
 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 County of Hertfordshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2000”, 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 divisions of the county shall be abolished.
(2) The county shall be divided into seventy-seven divisions which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of the Schedule.
(3) The divisions shall comprise the areas described in column (2) of the Schedule by reference to wards, wards and parishes, or wards and parish wards or, where no area is so described, the area designated on the map by reference to the name of the division and demarcated by red lines; and the number of councillors to be elected for each division shall be one.
(4) Where a boundary is shown on the map as running along a road, railway line, footway, watercourse 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 Abbots Langley shall be abolished.
(2) The parish of Abbots Langley shall be divided into six parish wards which shall bear the names Abbots Langley, Bedmond, Hunton Bridge and Langleybury, Leavesden, Primrose Hill and Tanners Wood; and the wards shall comprise the areas designated on sheet 7 by reference to the name of the ward and demarcated by orange lines.
(3) The number of councillors to be elected for the Leavesden parish ward shall be five, for the Abbots Langley parish ward shall be four, for the Tanners Wood parish ward shall be three and for each of the Bedmond, Hunton Bridge and Langleybury, and Primrose Hill parish wards shall be one.
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The County of Hertfordshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1980, and article 5 of the District of Three Rivers (Parishes and Electoral Changes) Order 1998 are hereby revoked.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions
Hilary Armstrong
Minister of State,
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
11th September 2000
SCHEDULE
article 2


(1) (2)
Name of Division Area of Division
In the borough of Broxbourne
Cheshunt Central The Cheshunt Central and Cheshunt North wards
Flamstead End and Turnford
Goffs Oak and Bury Green The Bury Green and Goffs Oak wards
Hoddesdon North The Hoddesdon North and Rye Park wards
Hoddesdon South
Waltham Cross The Theobalds and Waltham Cross wards
In the borough of Dacorum
Berkhamsted The Berkhamsted Castle, Berkhamsted East and Berkhamsted West wards
Bridgewater The Ashridge, Northchurch and Watling wards
Hemel Hempstead East The Adeyfield East and Leverstock Green wards
Hemel Hempstead North East The Grove Hill and Woodhall wards
Hemel Hempstead North West The Chaulden and Shrubhill, Gadebridge and Warners End wards
Hemel Hempstead St Paul's The Adeyfield West and Highfield and St Paul’s wards
Hemel Hempstead South East The Bennetts End, Corner Hall and Nash Mills wards
Hemel Hempstead Town The Apsley, Boxmoor and Hemel Hempstead Central wards
Kings Langley The Bovingdon, Flaunden and Chipperfield, and Kings Langley wards
Tring The Aldbury and Wigginton, Tring Central, Tring East and Tring West wards
In the district of East Hertfordshire
All Saints The Hertford Bengeo and Hertford Kingsmead wards
Bishop’s Stortford East The Bishop’s Stortford All Saints and Bishop’s Stortford Meads wards
Bishop’s Stortford Rural The Bishop’s Stortford South, Little Hadham and Much Hadham wards
Bishop’s Stortford West The Bishop’s Stortford Central and Bishop’s Stortford Silverleys wards
Braughing The Braughing, Buntingford, Puckeridge, and Mundens and Cottered wards
Hertford Rural The Datchworth and Aston, Hertford Rural North, Hertford Rural South, Walkern and Watton-at-Stone wards
St Andrew's The Hertford Castle and Hertford Sele wards
Sawbridgeworth The Hunsdon, Sawbridgeworth and Stanstead Abbots wards
Ware North The Thundridge and Standon, Ware St Mary’s and Ware Trinity wards
Ware South The Great Amwell, Hertford Heath, Ware Chadwell and Ware Christchurch wards
In the borough of Hertsmere
Borehamwood North The Borehamwood Brookmeadow and Borehamwood Cowley Hill wards
Borehamwood South The Borehamwood Hillside and Borehamwood Kenilworth wards
Bushey North
Bushey South
Potters Bar East The Potters Bar Parkfield and Potters Bar Oakmere wards
Potters Bar West and Shenley The Potters Bar Furzefield and Shenley wards
Watling The Aldenham East, Aldenham West and Elstree wards
In the district of North Hertfordshire
Hitchin North The Hitchin Bearton and Hitchin Walsworth wards
Hitchin Rural The Cadwell, Hitchin Oughton, Hoo and Offa wards
Hitchin South The Hitchin Highbury and Hitchin Priory wards
Knebworth and Codicote The Codicote, Hitchwood, Kimpton and Knebworth wards and the parish of Wymondley
Letchworth East and Baldock The Baldock Town and Letchworth East wards
Letchworth North West The Letchworth Grange and Letchworth Wilbury wards
Letchworth South The Letchworth South East and Letchworth South West wards
North Herts Rural The Arbury, Baldock East, Ermine, and Weston and Sandon wards and the parish of Graveley
Royston The Royston Heath, Royston Meridian and Royston Palace wards
In the city of St Albans
Harpenden North East The Harpenden East and Harpenden North wards
Harpenden South West The Harpenden South and Harpenden West wards
St Albans Central The Clarence and St Peters wards
St Albans East The Ashley and Cunningham wards
St Albans North The Batchwood and Marshalswick South wards
St Albans Rural The Redbourn and Wheathampstead wards
St Albans South The Sopwell and Verulam wards
St Stephen's The St Stephen and Park Street wards
Sandridge The Marshalswick North and Sandridge wards
The Colneys The Colney Heath and London Colney wards
In the borough of Stevenage
Bedwell The Bedwell and Pin Green wards
Broadwater The Longmeadow and Roebuck wards
Chells The Chells and Manor wards
Old Stevenage
St Nicholas
Shephall The Bandley Hill and Shephall wards
In the district of Three Rivers
Abbots Langley
Chorleywood
Croxley The Croxley Green, Croxley Green North and Croxley Green South wards
Oxhey Park The Carpenders Park, Moor Park and Eastbury, and Oxhey Hall wards
Rickmansworth The Maple Cross and Mill End, Penn, Rickmansworth and Rickmansworth West wards
South Oxhey The Ashridge, Hayling and Northwick wards
In the borough of Watford
Callowland Leggatts The Callowland and Leggatts wards
Central Oxhey The Central and Oxhey wards
Meriden Tudor The Meriden and Tudor wards
Nascot Park The Nascot and Park wards
Vicarage Holywell The Vicarage and Holywell wards
Woodside Stanborough The Woodside and Stanborough wards
In the district of Welwyn Hatfield
Haldens
Handside and Peartree The Handside and Peartree wards
Hatfield North The Hatfield Central and Hatfield North wards and the parish ward of East of Hatfield parish
Hatfield Rural The Brookmans Park and Little Heath, and Northaw wards and the parish of Essendon
Hatfield South The Hatfield South, Hatfield West and Welham Green wards
Welwyn
Welwyn Garden City South The Hollybush and Howlands wards