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(1) This Order may be cited as the Borough of Rushcliffe (Electoral Changes) Order 2000.
(2) This Order shall come into force—
(a) for the purpose 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—
 “borough” means the borough of Rushcliffe;
 “existing”, in relation to a ward, means the ward as it exists on the date this Order is made; andany 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 Borough of Rushcliffe (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 wards of the borough shall be abolished.
(2) The borough 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 parish wards or, where an area is not 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, watercourse or similar geographical feature, it shall be treated as running along the centre line of the feature.
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The parish of Bingham shall be divided into two parish wards which shall bear the names Bingham East and Bingham West; each parish ward shall comprise the area of the borough ward bearing the same name; and the number of councillors to be elected for each parish ward shall be seven.
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(1) The existing wards of the parish of Radcliffe-on-Trent shall be abolished.
(2) The parish shall be divided into two parish wards which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of Schedule 2; each parish ward shall comprise the area of the borough 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 nine.
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(1) The number of councillors to be elected for the parish of Gamston shall be seven.
(2) The number of councillors to be elected for the parish of Holme Pierrepoint shall be three.
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The Borough of Rushcliffe (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
15th December 2000
SCHEDULE 1
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(1) (2) (3)
Name of Ward Area of Ward Number of Councillors
Abbey  2
Bingham East  2
Bingham West  2
Compton Acres  2
Cotgrave The parish of Cotgrave 3
Cranmer The parishes of Aslockton, Scarrington and Whatton 1
Edwalton Village  2
Gamston  2
Gotham The parishes of Barton in Fabis, Gotham and Thrumpton 1
Keyworth North The North parish ward of Keyworth parish 1
Keyworth South The South parish ward of Keyworth parish 3
Lady Bay  2
Leake The parishes of East Leake and West Leake 3
Lutterell  2
Manvers  2
Melton  2
Musters  2
Nevile The parishes of Hickling, Kinoulton, Owthorpe and Upper Broughton 1
Oak The parishes of Car Colston, East Bridgford, Kneeton and Screveton 1
Ruddington The parish of Ruddington 3
Soar Valley The parishes of Kingston on Soar, Ratcliffe on Soar and Sutton Bonington 1
Stanford The parishes of Bradmore, Bunny, Costock, Normanton on Soar, Rempstone and Stanford on Soar 1
Thoroton The parishes of Elton, Flintham, Flawborough, Granby Hawksworth, Orston, Shelton, Sibthorpe and Thoroton 1
Tollerton The parishes of Clipston and Tollerton 1
Trent  2
Trent Bridge  2
Wiverton The parishes of Colston Bassett, Cropwell Bishop, Cropwell Butler, Langar cum Barnstone, Tithby and Wiverton Hall 2
Wolds The parishes of Normanton on the Wolds, Plumtree, Stanton on the Wolds, Thorpe in the Glebe, Willoughby on the Wolds, Wysall and Widmerpool 1
SCHEDULE 2
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(1) (2)
Name of Ward Area of Ward
Manvers So much of the borough ward of Manvers as comprises part of the parish of Radcliffe-on-Trent
Trent So much of the borough ward of Trent as comprises part of the parish of Radcliffe-on-Trent