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(1) This Order may be cited as the Borough of Tewkesbury (Electoral Changes) Order 2001.
(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 15th October 2002;
(b) for all other purposes, on 1st May 2003.
(3) In this Order—
 “borough” means the borough of Tewkesbury;
 “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 for Transport, Local Government and the Regions marked “Map of the Tewkesbury (Electoral Changes) Order 2001”, 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-two 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, 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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(1) The ordinary elections of all councillors of the borough of Tewkesbury shall be held simultaneously on the ordinary day of election of non-metropolitan district councillors in 2003 and every fourth year after 2003.
(2) The term of office of councillors shall be four years; and all councillors shall retire on the fourth day after the ordinary day of election of councillors in the year of retirement and the newly-elected councillors shall come into office on the day on which their predecessors retire.
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The parish of Ashchurch shall be divided into three 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 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 Bishops Cleeve shall be abolished.
(2) The parish shall be divided into three parish wards which shall bear the names Cleeve Grange, Cleeve St Michael’s and Cleeve 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 the parish ward of Cleeve Grange shall be three, and for each of the parish wards of Cleeve St Michael’s and Cleeve West shall be six.
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(1) The existing wards of the parish of Churchdown shall be abolished.
(2) The parish shall be divided into three parish wards which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of Schedule 3; 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 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 Tewkesbury shall be abolished.
(2) The parish shall be divided into four parish wards which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of Schedule 4; 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 the number specified in respect of the parish ward in column (3) of that Schedule.
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The Borough of Tewkesbury (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1980 is hereby revoked.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions
Alan Whitehead
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions
30th November 2001
SCHEDULE 1
Article 2


(1) (2) (3)
Name of ward Area of ward Number of Councillors
Ashchurch with Walton Cardiff  2
Badgeworth The parishes of Badgeworth, Boddington, Staverton and Great Witcombe 1
Brockworth The parish of Brockworth 3
Churchdown Brookfield  2
Churchdown St John's  3
Cleeve Grange  1
Cleeve Hill The parishes of Prescott, Southam and Woodmancote 2
Cleeve St Michael's  2
Cleeve West  2
Coombe Hill The parishes of Deerhurst, Elmstone Hardwicke, Leigh, Longford, Norton, Sandhurst, Twigworth and Uckington 2
Highnam with Haw Bridge The parishes of Ashleworth, Chaceley, Forthampton, Hasfield, Highnam, Maisemore, Minsterworth and Tirley 2
Hucclecote The parish of Hucclecote 1
Innsworth with Down Hatherley  1
Isbourne The parishes of Buckland, Dumbleton, Snowshill, Stanton, Teddington and Toddington 1
Northway  2
Oxenton Hill The parishes of Gotherington, Oxenton and Stoke Orchard 1
Shurdington The parish of Shurdington 1
Tewkesbury Newtown  1
Tewkesbury Prior’s Park  2
Tewkesbury Town with Mitton  2
Twyning  1
Winchcombe The parishes of Alderton, Gretton, Hawling, Stanway, Sudeley and Winchcombe 3
SCHEDULE 2
Article 4


(1) (2) (3)
Name of ward Area of ward Number of Councillors
Newtown So much of the borough ward of Tewkesbury Newtown as comprises part of the parish of Ashchurch 1
Northway The borough ward of Northway 12
Rural So much of the borough ward of Ashchurch with Walton Cardiff as comprises part of the parish of Ashchurch 2
SCHEDULE 3
Article 6


(1) (2) (3)
Name of ward Area of ward Number of Councillors
Brookfield The borough ward of Churchdown Brookfield 8
RAF Innsworth So much of the borough ward of Innsworth with Down Hatherley as comprises part of the parish of Churchdown 1
St John's The borough ward of Churchdown St John's 12
SCHEDULE 4
Article 7


(1) (2) (3)
Name of ward Area of ward Number of Councillors
Mythe So much of the borough ward of Twyning as comprises part of the parish of Tewkesbury 1
Newtown So much of the borough ward of Tewkesbury Newtown as comprises part of the parish of Tewkesbury 3
Prior’s Park The borough ward of Tewkesbury Prior’s Park 6
Town with Mitton The borough ward of Tewkesbury Town with Mitton 6