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(1) This Order may be cited as the Fife (Electoral Arrangements) Order 2006 and shall come into force on 3rd November 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 “Fife (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 Fife Council shall be divided into 23 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
18th October 2006
SCHEDULE
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Column 1 Column 2 Column 3
Number of electoral ward Name of electoral ward Number of councillors to be returned
1 West Fife and Coastal Villages 4
2 Dunfermline North 3
3 Dunfermline Central 4
4 Dunfermline South 4
5 Rosyth 3
6 Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay 4
7 The Lochs 3
8 Cowdenbeath 3
9 Lochgelly and Cardenden 3
10 Burntisland, Kinghorn and Western Kirkcaldy 3
11 Kirkcaldy North 3
12 Kirkcaldy Central 3
13 Kirkcaldy East 3
14 Glenrothes West and Kinglassie 4
15 Glenrothes North, Leslie and Markinch 4
16 Glenrothes Central and Thornton 3
17 Howe of Fife and Tay Coast 3
18 Tay Bridgehead 3
19 St Andrews 4
20 East Neuk and Landward 3
21 Cupar 3
22 Leven, Kennoway and Largo 4
23 Buckhaven, Methil and Wemyss Villages 4