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(1) This Order may be cited as the District of Aylesbury Vale (Electoral Changes) Order 2002.
(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.
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In this Order—
 “district” means the district of Aylesbury Vale;
 “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 marked “Map of the District of Aylesbury Vale (Electoral Changes) Order 2002”, of which prints are available for inspection at—
(a) the principal office of the Electoral Commission; and
(b) the offices of Aylesbury Vale District Council; andany 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-six 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 parishes and 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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(1) The existing wards of the parish of Aylesbury shall be abolished.
(2) The parish shall be divided into ten 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.
5 
The parish of Bierton with Broughton shall be divided into two 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.
6 
The parish of Buckingham shall be divided into two parish wards which shall bear the names Buckingham North and Buckingham 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 Buckingham North parish ward shall be eight and for the Buckingham South parish ward shall be seven.
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(1) The parish of Stoke Mandeville shall be divided into four parish wards which shall bear the names Hawkslade, Stoke Grange, Stoke Leys and Stoke Mandeville Village; and the wards shall comprise the areas designated on sheet 5 by reference to the name of the ward and demarcated by orange lines.
(2) The number of councillors to be elected for each of the Hawkslade and Stoke Grange parish wards shall be three, for the Stoke Mandeville Village parish ward shall be four and for the Stoke Leys parish ward shall be two.
8 
The number of parish councillors to be elected for the parish of Aston Abbotts shall be seven.
9 
Aylesbury Vale District Council shall make a print of the map marked “Map of the District of Aylesbury Vale (Electoral Changes) Order 2002” available for inspection at its offices by any member of the public at any reasonable time.
10 
The Electoral Registration Officer for the district shall make such rearrangement of, or adaptation of, the register of local government electors as may be necessary for the purposes of, and in consequence of, this Order.
11 
The District of Aylesbury Vale (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1975 is revoked, save for article 8.
Signed by the members of the Electoral Commission
Pamela Gordon
Commissioner
11th July 2002Glyn Mathias
Commissioner
11th July 2002Neil McIntosh
Commissioner
11th July 2002Karamjit Singh
Commissioner
11th July 2002Sam Younger
Commissioner
11th July 2002Graham Zellick
Commissioner
11th July 2002
SCHEDULE 1
Article 3


(1) (2) (3)
Name of Ward Area of Ward Number of Councillors
Aston Clinton  3
Aylesbury Central  1
Bedgrove  3
Bierton  1
Brill The parishes of Boarstall, Brill, Chilton and Oakley 1
Buckingham North  2
Buckingham South  2
Cheddington The parishes of Cheddington, Marsworth and Slapton 1
Coldharbour  3
Edlesborough The parish of Edlesborough and the parish ward of Ivinghoe Aston of the parish of Ivinghoe 1
Elmhurst and Watermead  3
Gatehouse  2
Great Brickhill The parishes of Drayton Parslow, Great Brickhill, Soulbury and Stoke Hammond 1
Great Horwood The parishes of Great Horwood, Little Horwood, Nash, Thornborough and Whaddon 1
Grendon Underwood The parishes of Dorton, Edgcott, Grendon Underwood, Kingswood, Ludgershall, Westcott, Woodham and Wotton Underwood 1
Haddenham The parishes of Aston Sandford, Dinton-with-Ford and Upton, Haddenham, Kingsey, and Stone with Bishopstone and Hartwell 3
Long Crendon The parishes of Chearsley, Cuddington, Ickford, Long Crendon, Shabbington and Worminghall 2
Luffield Abbey The parishes of Akeley, Beachampton, Foscott, Leckhampstead, Lillingstone Dayrell with Luffield Abbey, Lillingstone Lovell, Maids Moreton, Stowe and Thornton 1
Mandeville and Elm Farm  3
Marsh Gibbon The parishes of Charndon, Hillesden, Marsh Gibbon, Poundon, Preston Bissett and Twyford 1
Newton Longville The parishes of Newton Longville and Mursley 1
Oakfield  2
Pitstone  1
Quainton The parishes of Hogshaw, North Marston, Oving, Pitchcott and Quainton 1
Quarrendon  2
Southcourt  2
Steeple Claydon The parishes of East Claydon, Middle Claydon and Steeple Claydon 1
Stewkley The parishes of Dunton, Granborough, Hoggeston, Stewkley and Swanbourne 1
Tingewick The parishes of Baron Hartshorn, Biddlesden, Chetwode, Gawcott with Lenborough, Radclive-cum-Chackmore, Shalstone, Tingewick, Turweston, Water Stratford and Westbury 1
Waddesdon The parishes of Ashendon, Fleet Marston, Lower Winchendon, Upper Winchendon and Waddesdon 1
Walton Court and Hawkslade  2
Weedon The parishes of Creslow, Hardwick, Weedon and Whitchurch 1
Wendover The parishes of Halton and Wendover 3
Wing The parish of Wing 1
Wingrave The parishes of Aston Abbotts, Cublington, Mentmore and Wingrave with Rowsham 1
Winslow The parishes of Addington, Adstock, Padbury and Winslow 2
SCHEDULE 2
Article 4


(1) (2) (3)
Name of Ward Area of Ward Number of Councillors
Bedgrove The district ward of Bedgrove 4
Central The district ward of Aylesbury Central 1
Elmhurst So much of the district ward of Elmhurst and Watermead as comprises part of the parish of Aylesbury 3
Gatehouse The district ward of Gatehouse 3
Mandeville So much of the district ward of Mandeville and Elm Farm as comprises part of the parish of Aylesbury 3
Oakfield The district ward of Oakfield 2
Oxford Road So much of the district ward of Coldharbour as comprises part of the parish of Aylesbury 2
Quarrendon So much of the district ward of Quarrendon as comprises part of the parish of Aylesbury 2
Southcourt The district ward of Southcourt 2
Walton Court So much of the district ward of Walton Court and Hawkslade as comprises part of the parish of Aylesbury 2
SCHEDULE 3
Article 5


(1) (2) (3)
Name of Ward Area of Ward Number of Councillors
Bierton Village So much of the district ward of Bierton as comprises part of the parish of Bierton with Broughton 8
Oldhams Meadow So much of the district ward of Elmhurst and Watermead as comprises part of the parish of Bierton with Broughton 1