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(1) This Order may be cited as the County of Somerset (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 Frome or Burnham-on-Sea and Highbridge 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 Somerset;
 “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;
 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 Somerset (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 fifty-eight 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, wards and parishes, 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 Frome shall be abolished.
(2) The parish of Frome 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 Burnham-on-Sea and Highbridge shall be abolished.
(2) The parish of Burnham-on-Sea and Highbridge shall be divided into five parish wards which shall bear the names Burnham East, Burnham North, Burnham Central and South, Burnham West, and Highbridge; and the wards shall comprise the areas designated on sheet 5 by reference to the name of the ward and demarcated by orange lines.
(3) The number of councillors to be elected for each of the Burnham North and Highbridge wards shall be six, for the Burnham Central and South ward shall be three, for the Burnham East ward shall be two, and for the Burnham West ward shall be one.
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The County of Somerset (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1980, article 3 of the District of Mendip (Electoral Changes) Order 1998 and article 3 of the District of Sedgemoor (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
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(1) (2)
Name of Division Area of Division
In the district of Mendip
Frome North The Frome Berkeley Down and Frome Fromefield wards
Frome Selwood
Frome South
Glastonbury The Glastonbury St Benedict's, Glastonbury St Edmund's, Glastonbury St John’s and Glastonbury St Mary’s wards
Mendip Central and East The Beacon, Postlebury and Stratton wards and the parish of Trudoxhill
Mendip North East The Beckington and Rode, Coleford and Nordinton wards and the parishes of Elm, Mells and Whatley
Mendip North West The Ashwick and Ston Easton, Chilcompton, Nedge, and Rodney and Priddy wards
Mendip South The Avalon, Creech, Pylcombe and Vale wards
Mendip West The Knowle, Moor, and St Cuthbert (Out) North and West wards
Shepton Mallet The Shepton East and Shepton West wards
Street The Street North, Street South and Street West wards
Wells The Wells Central, Wells St Cuthbert’s and Wells St Thomas wards
In the district of Sedgemoor
Brent The Axe Vale, Berrow, Brent North and Knoll wards
Bridgwater East and Bawdrip
Bridgwater North and Central
Bridgwater South
Bridgwater West
Burnham-on-Sea North
Cannington The Cannington and Quantocks and Sandford wards
Cheddar The Axbridge and Cheddar and Shipham wards
Highbridge and Burnham-on-Sea South
Huntspill The Huntspill and Pawlett, Puriton and Woolavington wards
King Alfred The East Poldens, Wedmore and Mark and West Poldens wards
North Petherton The North Petherton ward and the parishes of Middlezoy, Othery and Westonzoyland
In the district of South Somerset
Blackmoor Vale The Blackmoor Vale and Milborne Port wards
Castle Cary The Camelot and Cary wards
Chard North The Blackdown, Chard Avishayes, Chard Combe and Chard Crimchard wards
Chard South The Chard Holyrood, Chard Jocelyn, and Tatworth and Forton wards
Coker The Coker and Parrett wards
Crewkerne The Crewkerne ward
Curry Rivel The Curry Rivel, Islemoor and Neroche wards
Ilchester The Brympton, Ivelchester and St Michael’s wards
Ilminster The Ilminster and Windwhistle wards
Langport The Burrow Hill, Langport and Huish, and Turn Hill wards
Martock The Hamdon and Martock wards
Somerton The Northstone and Wessex wards
South Petherton The Eggwood and South Petherton wards
Wincanton and Bruton The Bruton, Tower and Wincanton wards
Yeovil East The Yeovil East ward, the parish ward of Lyde of Yeovil Without parish and the parish ward of Mudford Urban of Mudford parish
Yeovil North and Central The Yeovil Central ward and the parish ward of Combe of Yeovil Without parish
Yeovil South The Yeovil South ward
Yeovil West The Yeovil West ward and the parish ward of Brimsmore of Yeovil Without parish
In the borough of Taunton Deane
Blackdown and Wellington East The Blackdown, Monument and Wellington East wards
Lydeard The Bishop’s Lydeard and Norton Fitzwarren wards and the parishes of Lydeard St Lawrence, Ash Priors, Combe Flory, Tolland and West Bagborough
North Curry The Neroche, North Curry, Ruishton and Creech and Stoke St Gregory wards
Staplegrove The Staple Grove and West Monkton wards
Taunton and Trull The Taunton Manor and Wilton, and Trull wards
Taunton East The Taunton Eastgate and Taunton Halcon wards
Taunton Fairwater
Taunton North
Taunton South The Taunton Blackbrook and Holway, and Taunton Killams and Mountfield wards
Taunton West The Bishop’s Hull and Comeytrowe wards
Upper Tone The Bradford-on-Tone and Wiveliscombe and West Deane wards and the parishes of Milverton, Fitzhead and Halse
Wellington The Wellington North and Wellington Rockwell Green and West wards
In the district of West Somerset
Dulverton and Exmoor The Aville Vale, Dulverton and Brushford, Exmoor, Porlock and District, and Quarme wards
Dunster The Alcombe East, Brompton Ralph and Haddon, Carhampton and Withycombe, Dunster, and Old Cleeve wards
Minehead The Alcombe West, Minehead North, and Minehead South wards
Watchet and Quantocks The Crowcombe and Stogumber, Quantock Vale, Watchet, West Quantock and Williton wards
SCHEDULE 2
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(1) (2) (3)
Name of Ward Area of Ward Number of Councillors
Frome Berkeley Down The district ward of Frome Berkeley Down 4
Frome Fromefield The district ward of Frome Fromefield 4
Frome Keyford The district ward of Frome Keyford 4
Frome Park East So much of the county division of Frome South as comprises the parish of Frome 2
Frome Park West So much of the county division of Frome Selwood as comprises the parish of Frome 2
Frome Welshmill The district ward of Frome Welshmill 4