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(1) This Order may be cited as the District of Hambleton (Electoral Changes) Order 2000.
(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 Hambleton;
 “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 Hambleton (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 wards of the district shall be abolished.
(2) The district shall be divided into thirty wards, which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of the Schedule.
(3) The wards shall comprise the areas described in column (2) of the Schedule by reference to parishes, parishes and parish wards, 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 the Schedule.
(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 Northallerton shall be abolished.
(2) The parish shall be divided into four parish wards which shall bear the names Central, North East, North West and South; and the wards shall comprise the areas designated on sheet 2 by reference to the name of the ward and demarcated by orange lines.
(3) The number of councillors to be elected for the Central parish ward shall be five, for the North East parish ward shall be three, and for each of the North West and South parish wards shall be two.
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The number of parish councillors to be elected for the parish of Appleton Wiske shall be seven.
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The District of Hambleton (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978 and the Parish of Northallerton (Wards) Order 1977 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
22nd September 2000
SCHEDULE
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(1) (2) (3)
Name of Ward Area of Ward Number of Councillors
Bedale The parish ward of Aiskew of the parish of Aiskew and the parish of Bedale 2
Brompton The parish of Brompton 1
Broughton and Greenhow The parishes of Great & Little Broughton, Ingleby Greenhow and Kirkby 1
Cowtons The parishes of Birkby, Deighton, East Cowton, Girsby, Great Smeaton, High Worsall, Hornby, Little Smeaton, Little Worsall, Over Dinsdale and South Cowton 1
Crakehall The parishes of Ainderby Mires with Holtby, Burrill with Cowling, Clifton-on-Yore, Crakehall, Firby, Hackforth, Langthorne, Rand Grange, Rookwith, Snape with Thorp, Thirn and Thornton Watlass 1
Easingwold The parish of Easingwold 2
Great Ayton The parishes of Easby, Great Ayton, Kildale and Little Ayton 3
Helperby The parishes of Birdforth, Brafferton, Fawdington, Helperby, Myton-on-Swale, Raskelf, Tholthorpe and Thormanby 1
Huby and Sutton The parishes of Huby and Sutton-on-the-Forest 1
Leeming The parishes of Burneston, Carthorpe, Exelby, Leeming & Newton, Gatenby, Swainby with Allerthorpe and Theakston 1
Leeming Bar The parishes of Killerby, Kirkby Fleetham with Fencote and Scruton, and the Leeming Bar parish ward of Aiskew parish 1
Morton-on-Swale The parishes of Ainderby Steeple, Danby Wiske, Great Langton, Hutton Bonville, Kiplin, Lazenby, Little Langton, Morton-on-Swale, North Otterington, Thrintoft, Warlaby, Whitwell and Yafforth 1
Northallerton Broomfield  2
Northallerton Central  2
Northallerton North  2
Osmotherley The parishes of East Harlsey, Ellerbeck, Kepwick, Kirby Sigston, Landmoth-cum-Catto, Nether Silton, Osmotherley, Over Silton, Sowerby-under-Cotcliffe, Thimbleby, Welbury, West Harlsey and Winton, Stank & Hallikeld 1
Romanby The parish ward of Romanby of the parish of Romanby 2
Rudby The parishes of Appleton Wiske, Crathorne, East Rounton, Hutton Rudby, Middleton-on-Leven, Picton, Potto, Rudby, Sexhow, Skutterskelfe, and West Rounton 2
Shipton The parishes of Beninbrough, Linton-on-Ouse, Newton-on-Ouse, Overton and Shipton 1
Sowerby The parish of Sowerby 2
Stillington The parishes of Brandsby-cum-Stearsby, Crayke, Dalby-cum-Skewsby, Farlington, Marton-cum-Moxby, Stillington, Whenby and Yearsley 1
Stokesley The parishes of Newby, Seamer and Stokesley 3
Swainby The parishes of Bilsdale Midcable, Carlton, Faceby, Great Busby, Ingleby Arncliffe, Little Busby and Whorlton 1
Tanfield The parishes of Ainderby Quernhow, East Tanfield, Holme, Howe, Howgrave, Kirklington-cum-Upsland, Pickhill with Roxby, Sinderby, Sutton with Howgrave, Well and West Tanfield 1
Thirsk The parishes of Carlton Miniott and Thirsk 3
Thorntons The parishes of Cotcliffe, Crosby, Kirby Wiske, Maunby, Newby Wiske, Newsham with Breckenbrough, Sandhutton, South Otterington, Thornton-le-Beans, Thornton-le-Moor and Thornton-le-Street 1
Tollerton The parishes of Aldwark, Alne, Flawith, Tollerton and Youlton 1
Topcliffe The parishes of Catton, Dalton, Eldmire with Crakehill, Hutton Sessay, Sessay, Skipton-on-Swale and Topcliffe 1
White Horse The parishes of Angram Grange, Bagby, Balk, Carlton Husthwaite, Coxwold, Husthwaite, Kilburn High & Low, Newburgh, Oulston, Thirkleby High & Low with Osgodby, Thornton-on-the-Hill and Wildon Grange 1
Whitestonecliffe The parishes of Boltby, Borrowby, Cowesby, Felixkirk, Hood Grange, Kirby Knowle, Knayton with Brawith, Leake, North Kilvington, South Kilvington, Sutton-under-Whitestonecliffe, Thirlby, Thornbrough and Upsall 1