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(1) This Order may be cited as the District of Wealden (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 Wealden;
 “existing”, in relation to a ward, means the ward as it exists on the date this Order is made; and
 any 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 Wealden (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 thirty-five 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 district of Wealden 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 Crowborough shall be abolished.
(2) The parish of Crowborough shall be divided into five 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 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 Hailsham shall be abolished.
(2) The parish of Hailsham shall be divided into four parish wards which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of Schedule 3; each parish ward shall comprise the area of the district 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 parish of Hartfield shall be divided into two parish wards which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of Schedule 4; each parish ward shall comprise the area of the district 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 Heathfield and Waldron 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 5; each parish ward shall comprise the area of the district 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 parish of Maresfield shall be divided into three parish wards which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of Schedule 6; each parish ward shall comprise the area of the district 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 parish of Mayfield and Five Ashes shall be divided into three parish wards which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of Schedule 7; each parish ward shall comprise the area of the district 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 Polegate 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 8; each parish ward shall comprise the area of the district 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 parish of Rotherfield shall be divided into two parish wards which shall bear the names Eridge and Mark Cross, and Rotherfield; the parish ward of Rotherfield shall be coterminous with the district ward of the same name, and the Eridge and Mark Cross parish ward shall consist of the rest of the parish.
(2) The number of councillors to be elected for the Eridge and Mark Cross parish ward shall be three and for the Rotherfield parish ward shall be ten.
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(1) The existing wards of the parish of Uckfield 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 9; each parish ward shall comprise the area of the district 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 parish of Warbleton shall be divided into two parish wards which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of Schedule 10; each parish ward shall comprise the area of the district 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 District of Wealden (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1979 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
20th December 2001
SCHEDULE 1
Article 2


(1) (2) (3)
Name of ward Area of ward Number of councillors
Alfriston The parishes of Alciston, Alfriston, Berwick, Chalvington with Ripe and Selmeston 1
Buxted and Maresfield  2
Chiddingly and East Hoathly The parishes of Chiddingly, East Hoathly with Halland and Laughton 1
Cross in Hand/Five Ashes  1
Crowborough East  2
Crowborough Jarvis Brook  1
Crowborough North  2
Crowborough St. Johns  1
Crowborough West  2
Danehill/Fletching/Nutley  2
East Dean The parishes of Cuckmere Valley, East Dean and Friston, and Long Man 1
Forest Row  2
Framfield  1
Frant/Withyham  2
Hailsham Central and North  2
Hailsham East  1
Hailsham South and West  3
Hartfield  1
Heathfield East  1
Heathfield North and Central  3
Hellingly  2
Herstmonceux  1
Horam The parish of Horam 1
Mayfield  1
Ninfield and Hooe with Wartling The parishes of Hooe, Ninfield and Wartling 1
Pevensey and Westham The parishes of Pevensey and Westham 3
Polegate North  2
Polegate South  1
Rotherfield  1
Uckfield Central  1
Uckfield New Town  1
Uckfield North  2
Uckfield Ridgewood  1
Wadhurst  2
Willingdon  3
SCHEDULE 2
Article 4


(1) (2) (3)
Name of ward Area of ward Number of councillors
East The district ward of Crowborough East 4
Jarvis Brook The district ward of Crowborough Jarvis Brook 2
North The district ward of Crowborough North 4
St. Johns The district ward of Crowborough St. Johns 2
West The district ward of Crowborough West 4
SCHEDULE 3
Article 5


(1) (2) (3)
Name of ward Area of ward Number of councillors
Central and North The district ward of Hailsham Central and North 7
East The district ward of Hailsham East 3
South and West The district ward of Hailsham South and West 10
Upper Horsebridge So much of district ward of Hellingly as comprises part of the parish of Hailsham 4
SCHEDULE 4
Article 6


(1) (2) (3)
Name of ward Area of ward Number of councillors
Hartfield So much of the district ward of Hartfield as comprises part of the parish of Hartfield 12
Holtye So much of the district ward of Forest Row as comprises part of the parish of Hartfield 1
SCHEDULE 5
Article 7


(1) (2) (3)
Name of ward Area of ward Number of councillors
Cross in Hand So much of the Cross in Hand/Five Ashes district ward as comprises part of the parish of Heathfield and Waldron 3
East So much of the Heathfield East district ward as comprises part of the parish of Heathfield and Waldron 2
Heathfield The district ward of Heathfield North and Central 14
Waldron So much of the Framfield district ward as comprises part of the parish of Heathfield and Waldron 2
SCHEDULE 6
Article 8


(1) (2) (3)
Name of ward Area of ward Number of councillors
Fairwarp So much of the Hartfield district ward as comprises part of the Maresfield parish 3
Maresfield So much of the Buxted and Maresfield district ward as comprises part of the Maresfield parish 5
Nutley So much of the Danehill/Fletching/Nutley district ward as comprises part of the Maresfield parish 6
SCHEDULE 7
Article 9


(1) (2) (3)
Name of ward Area of ward Number of councillors
Five Ashes So much of the Cross in Hand/Five Ashes district ward as comprises part of the parish of Mayfield and Five Ashes 3
Mayfield The district ward of Mayfield 11
Rusher’s Cross So much of the Wadhurst district ward as comprises part of the parish of Mayfield and Five Ashes 1
SCHEDULE 8
Article 10


(1) (2) (3)
Name of ward Area of ward Number of councillors
North The district ward of Polegate North 10
South The district ward of Polegate South 5
Watermill So much of the Willingdon district ward as comprises part of the parish of Polegate 2
SCHEDULE 9
Article 12


(1) (2) (3)
Name of ward Area of ward Number of councillors
Central The district ward of Uckfield Central 3
New Town The district ward of Uckfield New Town 3
North The district ward of Uckfield North 6
Ridgewood The district ward of Uckfield Ridgewood 3
SCHEDULE 10
Article 13


(1) (2) (3)
Name of ward Area of ward Number of councillors
Bodle Street Green So much of the Herstmonceux district ward as comprises part of the parish of Warbleton 2
Warbleton So much of the Heathfield East district ward as comprises part of the parish of Warbleton 9