The Inverclyde (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1998

Made: 25th November 1998

Coming into force: 1st January 1999

Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 17(2) and 233(3) of, and Schedule 5 to, the said Act and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, the Secretary of State hereby makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1

This Order may be cited as the Inverclyde (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 1st January 1999.

Interpretation

2

In the Schedule to this Order–

• (a) a reference to–

• (i) an electoral ward is a reference to that electoral ward as constituted in this Order; and

• (ii) a road, footpath, railway line, river, burn or canal shall, where the context so admits, be construed as a reference to the centre line of the feature concerned; and

• (b) the following abbreviations are used:–

• “EW” for electoral ward;

• “NG Ref” for National Grid Reference as published on Ordnance Survey Maps.

Electoral arrangements

3

The area of Inverclyde Council shall be divided into 20 wards, having the contents and boundaries set forth in the Schedule to this Order.

SCHEDULE

ELECTORAL WARDS

Ward 1

Commencing at NG Ref NS 3708 7455 at the northeastern corner of Inverclyde Council Area on the River Clyde; then generally southeastward and southwestward along the eastern boundary of Inverclyde Council Area; then westward and northwestward along the southern boundary of Inverclyde Council Area to NG Ref NS 2502 6860; then northeastward along the Harestone Burn and its continuation as the Gryfe Burn to the Gryfe Reservoir No. 1; then northwestward along the southern and western shores to the northern shore of the said reservoir; then generally eastward along the northern boundary of the said reservoir to the confluence with the unnamed burn at NG Ref NS 2865 7192; then generally northeastward and northwestward along the line of the said unnamed burn to the line of a field boundary at NG Ref NS 2876 7244; then generally northeastward along the line of the said field boundaries to a point on the track leading to Leven Road at NG Ref NS 2881 7302; then generally northward along the said track to NG Ref NS 2878 7425; then westward and northward along the line of field boundaries to NG Ref NS 2827 7441; then running in a straight line eastward to NG Ref NS 2886 7438; then running southeast to NG Ref 2894 7425; then running southeastward to NG Ref NS 2897 7422; then turning and running generally northeastward to NG Ref NS 2935 7427; then running eastward to NG Ref NS 2970 7427; then turning and running northwards to a point on the south side of Auchmountain Road at NG Ref NS 2970 7432; then northwestward to NG Ref 2968 7434; then turning and following the centre line of Auchmountain Road to NG Ref NS 3070 7396; then turning and running generally northeastward in a straight line to a point at Wallace’s Loop at NG Ref 3091 7400; then generally southward along the Devol Burn to and generally southward along the eastern shore of Knocknairshill Reservoir to NG Ref NS 3082 7316; then due east to and generally southward and eastward along the western and southern shore of Harelaw Reservoir to a point opposite a field boundary at NG Ref NS 3111 7314; then southward to and generally eastward and then southeastward along the said field boundaries to Devol Road at NG Ref NS 3201 7222; then northeastward along the said road to a field boundary at NG Ref NS 3219 7259; then northeastward along the said field boundary to NG Ref NS 3304 7330; then southeastward by field boundaries to and generally southward along Montrose Avenue and Crosshill Road to a field boundary at NG Ref NS 3352 7243; then northeastward along the said field boundary, crossing Auchenbothie Road, and continuing northeastward along the southern curtilages of properties in Slaemuir to the southern boundary of Slaemuir Primary School; then generally northeastward along the said boundary and the southern boundary of Port Glasgow High School to the A761 (Kilmacolm Road); then generally northeastward by a field boundary to and generally northeastward along the southeastern curtilages of properties in Park Farm to NG Ref NS 3500 7308; then eastward, northwestward, southeastward and generally northward, southeastward and northeastward by field boundaries, passing to the north of Midhill Plantation, to a track at NG Ref NS 3564 7340; then northward along the said track to and southeastward along Old Greenock Road to NG Ref NS 3573 7345; then eastward in a straight line to and northwestward by field boundaries and a drain, crossing the A8 (T) Road, the Glasgow to Gourock Railway and Parklea Playing fields to the southern shore of the River Clyde; then due north in a straight line to the northern boundary of Inverclyde Council Area and finally running northeastward and then southeastward along the northern boundary of the said Area to the point of commencement.

Ward 2

Ward 3

Ward 4

Ward 5

Ward 6

Ward 7

Ward 8

Ward 9

Ward 10

Ward 11

Ward 12

Ward 13

Ward 14

Ward 15

Ward 16

Ward 17

Ward 18

Ward 19

Ward 20

Signed

Henry B McLeish — Minister of State, Scottish Office — 25th November 1998

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order gives effect to proposals made by the Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland for the future electoral arrangements for the area of Inverclyde Council. The proposals follow on the review of the whole of Scotland undertaken by the Commission in terms of Schedule 5 to the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973. The area of Inverclyde Council is divided into 20 electoral wards as described in the Schedule to the Order. The Order makes minor modifications to the boundaries of Wards 13 and 14 as compared to the proposals submitted to the Secretary of State by the Commission. In terms of paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994, the wards apply with effect from the ordinary election of councillors due to take place in May 1999.

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