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(1) This Order may be cited as the County of Northumberland (Electoral Changes) Order 2000.
(2) This article and articles 2 and 5 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) Articles 3 and 4 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 Hexham or Morpeth 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 Northumberland;
 “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 district and borough wards in the county; 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 County of Northumberland (Electoral Changes) Order 2000”, and deposited in accordance with regulation 27 of the Local Government Changes for England Regulations 1994.
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(1) The existing divisions of the county shall be abolished.
(2) The county shall be divided into sixty-seven divisions which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of Schedule 1.
(3) The divisions shall comprise the areas described in column (2) of that Schedule by reference to wards, or wards and parishes 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 Hexham shall be abolished.
(2) The parish of Hexham shall be divided into six 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 or county division 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 Morpeth shall be abolished.
(2) The parish of Morpeth shall be divided into seven 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 or county division 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 County of Northumberland (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1980, article 3 of the District of Tynedale (Electoral Changes) Order 1998 and article 2 of the Borough of Castle Morpeth (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 1
Article 2


(1) (2)
Name of Division Area of Division
 In the district of Alnwick
Alnwick The Alnwick Clayport and Alnwick Hotspur wards
Amble The Amble Central and Amble East wards
Amble West with Warkworth The Amble West and Warkworth wards
Lesbury The Alnwick Castle and Alnmouth and Lesbury wards
Longhoughton The Embleton, Hedgeley, and Longhoughton with Craster and Rennington wards
Rothbury The Harbottle and Elsdon, Rothbury and South Rural, and Whittingham wards
Shilbottle The Longframlington and Shilbottle wards
 In the borough of Berwick-Upon-Tweed
Bamburgh The Bamburgh, Beadnell, Belford and North Sunderland wards
Berwick East The Seton and Spittal wards
Berwick North The Edward and Elizabeth wards
Berwick West with Ord The Prior and Shielfield wards and the parish of Ord
Norham and Islandshires The Lowick and Norhamshire ward and the parishes of Ancroft, Ford, Holy Island and Kyloe
Wooler The Cheviot, Flodden and Wooler wards and the parishes of Doddington, Ewart and Milfield
 In the borough of Blyth Valley
Cowpen
Cramlington East The Cramlington East ward
Cramlington Eastfield
Cramlington North The Cramlington North ward
Cramlington South East The Cramlington South East ward
Cramlington Village The Cramlington Village ward
Cramlington West
Croft The Croft ward
Hartley The Hartley ward
Holywell
Isabella
Kitty Brewster
Newsham The Newsham and New Delavel ward
Plessey
Seghill with Seaton Delaval
South Blyth
Wensleydale
 In the borough of Castle Morpeth
Chevington with The Chevington and Longhorseley wards
Longhorseley
Lynemouth The Ellingon and Lynemouth wards
Morpeth Kirkhill The Morpeth Kirkhill and Morpeth South wards
Morpeth North
Morpeth Stobhill
Pegswood
Ponteland East The Ponteland East and Stannington wards
Ponteland North The Hartburn and Ponteland North wards
Ponteland South with Heddon The Heddon-on-the-Wall and Ponteland South wards
Ponteland West The Ponteland West and Stamfordham wards
Ulgham The Hebron, Hepscott and Mitford, and Ulgham wards
 In the district of Tynedale
Bellingham The Bellingham, Redesdale, Upper North Tyne and Wanney wards
Bywell The East Tynedale, Ovingham and Wylam wards
Corbridge The Corbridge and Sandhoe with Dilston wards
Haltwhistle The Haltwhistle and West Tynedale wards
Haydon and Hadrian The Hadrian and Haydon wards
Hexham Central with Acomb
Hexham East
Hexham West
Humshaugh The Chollerton with Whittington, Humshaugh and Wall, Warden and Newbrough, and Wark wards
Prudhoe East The Prudhoe North and Prudhoe South wards
Prudhoe West The Prudhoe Castle and Prudhoe West wards
South Tynedale The Allendale, Slaley and Hexhamshire, and South Tynedale wards
Stocksfield and Broomhaugh The Broomhaugh and Riding, and Stocksfield with Mickley wards
 In the district of Wansbeck
Ashington Central
Bedlington Central The Bedlington Central ward
Bedlington East The Bedlington East ward
Bedlington West The Bedlington West ward
Bothal The Bothal ward
Choppington
College
Haydon The Haydon ward
Hirst
Newbiggin Central and East
Seaton with Newbiggin West
Sleekburn The Sleekburn ward
Stakeford
SCHEDULE 2
Article 3

(1) (2) (3)
Name of Ward Area of Ward Number of Councillors
Gilesgate The district ward of Hexham Gilesgate 2
Hexham Central So much of the county division of Hexham Central with Acomb as comprises the parish of Hexham 2
Hexham Elvaston So much of the county division of Hexham East as comprises the parish of Hexham 1
Hexham South So much of the county division of Hexham West as comprises the parish of Hexham 1
Leazes The district ward of Hexham Leazes 4
Priestpopple The district ward of Hexham Priestpopple 4
SCHEDULE 3
Article 4

(1) (2) (3)
Name of Ward Area of Ward Number of Councillors
Kirkhill The district ward of Morpeth Kirkhill 3
East So much of the county division of Pegswood as comprises the parish of Morpeth 1
Old Town So much of the county division of Morpeth North as comprises the parish of Morpeth 1
Station So much of the county division of Morpeth Stobhill as comprises the parish of Morpeth 1
North The district ward of Morpeth North 3
South The district ward of Morpeth South 3
Stobhill The district ward of Morpeth Stobhill 3