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(1) This Order may be cited as the District of Babergh (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—
 “district” means the district of Babergh;
 “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 District of Babergh (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 district shall be abolished.
(2) The district shall be divided into twenty seven 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 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 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 ordinary elections of all councillors of the district of Babergh 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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(1) The existing wards of the parish of Great Cornard shall be abolished.
(2) The parish shall be divided into two parish wards which shall bear the names Great Cornard North and Great Cornard South; each parish ward shall comprise the area of the district ward bearing the same name; and the number of councillors to be elected for each parish ward shall be seven.
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The parish shall be divided into two parish wards which shall bear the names Hadleigh North and Hadleigh South; each parish ward shall comprise the area of the district ward bearing the same name; and the number of councillors to be elected for the Hadleigh North parish ward shall be eight and for the Hadleigh South parish ward shall be seven.
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(1)  The existing wards of the parish of Sudbury shall be abolished.
(2) The parish shall be divided into three parish wards which shall bear the names Sudbury East, Sudbury North and Sudbury South; each parish ward shall comprise the area of the district ward bearing the same name; and the number of councillors to be elected for each of the Sudbury East and Sudbury South parish wards shall be five, and for the Sudbury North parish ward shall be six.
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The District of Babergh (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976 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
4th December 2001
SCHEDULE
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(1) (2) (3)
Name of ward Area of ward Number of Councillors
Alton The parishes of Brantham, Sutton and Tattingstone 2
Berners The parishes of Arwarton, Chelmondiston, Freston, Shotley and Woolverstone 2
Boxford The parishes of Boxford, Edwardstone, Groton, Lindsey and Milden 1
Brent Vale The parishes of Bildeston, Brettenham, Hitcham and Wattisham 1
Brook The parishes of Belstead, Burstall, Chattisham, Copdock and Washbrook, Hintlesham, Sproughton and Wherstead 2
Bures St Mary The parishes of Bures St Mary, Little Cornard and Newton 1
Chadacre The parishes of Boxted, Hartest, Lawshall. Shimpling and Somerton 1
Dodnash The parishes of Bentley and East Bergholt 2
Glemsford and Stanstead The parishes of Glemsford and Stanstead 2
Great Cornard North  2
Great Cornard South  2
Hadleigh North  2
Hadleigh South  2
Holbrook The parishes of Harkstead and Holbrook 1
Lavenham The parishes of Lavenham 1
Leavenheath The parishes of Assington and Leavenheath 1
Long Melford The parishes of Alpheton and Long Melford 2
Lower Brent The parishes of Higham, Layham, Polstead, Raydon and Shelley 1
Mid Samford The parishes of Capel St Mary, Holton St Mary, Stratford St Mary, Wenham Magna and Wenham Parva 2
Nayland The parishes of Nayland-with-Wissington and Stoke by Nayland 1
North Cosford The parishes of Brent Eleigh, Chelsworth, Cockfield, Kettlebaston, Monks Eleigh, Preston St Mary and Thorpe Morieux 1
Pinewood The parish of Pinewood 2
South Cosford The parishes of Aldham, Elmsett, Kersey, Nedging-with-Naughton, Semer and Whatfield 1
Sudbury East  2
Sudbury North  2
Sudbury South  2
Waldingfield The parishes of Acton, Chilton, Great Waldingfield and Little Waldingfield 2