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(1) This Order may be cited as the South Lanarkshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 2006 and shall come into force on 14th July 2006.
(2) This Order shall apply only for the purposes of elections to be held after the date on which section 1 of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004 comes into force.
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In this Order–
(a) a reference to an electoral ward is a reference to that electoral ward as constituted in this Order; and
(b) “the deposited data” means the data recorded on the DVD-ROM–
(i) entitled “South Lanarkshire (Electoral Arrangements) 2006”; and
(ii) deposited with the Scottish Ministers at their offices at Victoria Quay, Leith, Edinburgh EH6 6QQ.
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(1) The area of South Lanarkshire Council shall be divided into 20 electoral wards.
(2) The number and name of an electoral ward is as specified in columns 1 and 2 respectively of the Schedule to this Order.
(3) The number of councillors to be returned for an electoral ward is as specified in the entry in column 3 of the Schedule to this Order corresponding to that electoral ward.
(4) The boundaries of the electoral wards are as described by the deposited data.
TOM MCCABE
A member of the Scottish Executive
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
22nd June 2006
SCHEDULE
Article 3


Column 1 Column 2 Column 3
Number of electoral ward Name of electoral ward Number of councillors to be returned
1 Clydesdale West 4
2 Clydesdale North 3
3 Clydesdale East 3
4 Clydesdale South 3
5 Avondale and Stonehouse 4
6 East Kilbride South 3
7 East Kilbride Central South 3
8 East Kilbride Central North 4
9 East Kilbride West 3
10 East Kilbride East 3
11 Rutherglen South 3
12 Rutherglen Central and North 3
13 Cambuslang West 3
14 Cambuslang East 3
15 Blantyre 4
16 Bothwell and Uddingston 3
17 Hamilton North and East 3
18 Hamilton West and Earnock 4
19 Hamilton South 4
20 Larkhall 4