
1 

(1) This Order may be cited as the District of West Berkshire (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.
2 
In this Order—
 “district” means the district of West Berkshire;
 “existing”, in relation to a ward, means the ward as it exists on the date this Order is made; andany reference to a map is a reference to the map marked “Map referred to in the District of West Berkshire (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 West Berkshire District Council.
3 

(1) The existing wards of the district shall be abolished.
(2) The district shall be divided into thirty 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.
4 
The parish of Cold Ash 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 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 

(1) The existing wards of the parish of Newbury shall be abolished.
(2) The parish shall be divided into seven 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 

(1) The existing wards of the parish of Thatcham shall be abolished.
(2) The parish shall be divided into four parish wards which shall bear the names Thatcham Central, Thatcham North, Thatcham West, and Thatcham South and Crookham; each parish ward shall comprise the area of the district ward bearing the same name.
(3) The number of councillors to be elected for each of the Thatcham Central, Thatcham North and Thatcham West parish wards shall be four and for the Thatcham South and Crookham parish ward shall be six.
7 

(1) The existing wards of the parish of Tilehurst 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 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.
8 
The West Berkshire District Council shall make a print of the map marked “Map referred to in the District of West Berkshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2002” available for inspection at its offices by any member of the public at any reasonable time.
9 
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.
10 
Articles 9(1), 9(2), 9(3) and 9(7) of the Berkshire (Structural Change) Order 1996 are revoked.
Signed by the members of the Electoral Commission
Pamela Gordon
Commissioner
29th August 2002Glyn Mathias
Commissioner
13th August 2002Neil McIntosh
Commissioner
7th August 2002Karamjit Singh
Commissioner
7th August 2002Sam Younger
Commissioner
7th August 2002Graham Zellick
Commissioner
15th August 2002
SCHEDULE 1
article 3


(1) (2) (3)
Name of Ward Area of Ward Number of Councillors
Aldermaston The parishes of Aldermaston, Brimpton, Midgham, Wasing and Woolhampton 1
Basildon The parishes of Aldworth, Basildon and Streatley 1
Birch Copse  3
Bucklebury The parishes of Bradfield, Bucklebury, Frilsham, Hermitage and Stanford Dingley 2
Burghfield The parish of Burghfield 2
Calcot  3
Chieveley The parish of Chieveley 1
Clay Hill  2
Cold Ash  1
Compton The parishes of Ashampstead, Compton, Hampstead Norreys and Yattendon 1
Downlands The parishes of Beedon, Brightwalton, Catmore, Chaddleworth, East Ilsley, Farnborough, Fawley, Leckhampstead, Peasemore and West Ilsley 1
Falkland  2
Greenham  2
Hungerford The parish of Hungerford 2
Kintbury The parishes of Combe, Enborne, Hampstead Marshall, Inkpen, Kintbury, Welford and West Woodhay 2
Lambourn Valley The parishes of East Garston, Great Shefford and Lambourn 2
Mortimer The parishes of Beech Hill, Padworth, Stratfield Mortimer, Ufton Nervet and Wokefield 2
Northcroft  2
Pangbourne The parish of Pangbourne 1
Purley on Thames  2
St Johns  2
Speen  2
Sulhamstead The parishes of Beenham, Englefield and Sulhamstead 1
Thatcham Central  2
Thatcham North  2
Thatcham South and Crookham  2
Thatcham West  2
Theale The parish of Theale 1
Victoria  2
Westwood  1
SCHEDULE 2
article 4


(1) (2) (3)
Name of Ward Area of Ward Number of Councillors
Cold Ash The district ward of Cold Ash 9
Manor Park and Manor Fields So much of the district ward of Clay Hill as comprises part of the parish of Cold Ash 2
SCHEDULE 3
article 5


(1) (2) (3)
Name of Ward Area of Ward Number of Councillors
Brummell Grove So much of the district ward of Speen as comprises part of the parish of Newbury 1
Clay Hill So much of the district ward of Clay Hill as comprises part of the parish of Newbury 4
Falkland The district ward of Falkland 4
Northcroft The district ward of Northcroft 4
Pyle Hill So much of the district ward of Greenham as comprises part of the parish of Newbury 2
St Johns The district ward of St Johns 4
Victoria The district ward of Victoria 4
SCHEDULE 4
article 7


(1) (2) (3)
Name of Ward Area of Ward Number of Councillors
Birch Copse The district ward of Birch Copse 12
Calcot So much of the district ward of Calcot as comprises part of the parish of Tilehurst 2
Denefield So much of the district ward of Purley on Thames as comprises part of the parish of Tilehurst 3
Westwood The district ward of Westwood 4