The South Lanarkshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1998

Made: 16th December 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 South Lanarkshire (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 South Lanarkshire Council shall be divided into 67 wards, having the names, contents and boundaries set forth in the Schedule to this Order.

SCHEDULE — ELECTORAL WARDS

Ward 1 Lanark North

Commencing at NG Ref NS 8687 4399 at the junction of the A72 road and Mousemill Road; then generally northwestward along Mousemill Road to a track at NG Ref NS 8685 4425; then northeastward along the said track to where it crosses the Mouse Water at NG Ref NS 8692 4429; then generally northeastward along the said water to where it is crossed by the A706 road at Cleghorn Bridge NG Ref NS 9047 4526; then southeastward and southwestward along the said road to its junction with Stanmore Road; then southwestward along the said road to its junction with the A743 road; then southwestward along the said road to its junction with the A73 road; then northwestward along the said road to its junction with the A72 road; then southwestward, northwestward and southwestward along the said road to the point of commencement.

Ward 2 Lanark South

Ward 3 Lesmahagow

Ward 4 Blackwood

Ward 5 Clyde Valley

Ward 6 Biggar/Symington and Black Mount

Ward 7 Duneaton/Carmichael

Ward 8 Carstairs/Carnwath

Ward 9 Douglas

Ward 10 Carluke/Whitehill

Ward 11 Carluke/Crawforddyke

Ward 12 Forth

Ward 13 Law/Carluke

Ward 14 Long Calderwood

Ward 15 Calderglen

Ward 16 Blacklaw

Ward 17 Morrishall

Ward 18 Maxwellton

Ward 19 East Mains

Ward 20 West Mains

Ward 21 Duncanrig

Ward 22 Westwoodhill

Ward 23 Headhouse

Ward 24 Heatheryknowe

Ward 25 Greenhills

Ward 26 Whitehills

Ward 27 Hairmyres/Crosshouse

Ward 28 Mossneuk/Kittoch

Ward 29 Stewartfield

Ward 30 Lindsay

Ward 31 Avondale North

Ward 32 Avondale South

Ward 33 Blantyre West

Ward 34 Coatshill/Low Blantyre

Ward 35 Burnbank / Blantyre

Ward 36 High Blantyre

Ward 37 Hamilton Centre North

Ward 38 Whitehill

Ward 39 Bothwell South

Ward 40 Uddingston South/Bothwell

Ward 41 Uddingston

Ward 42 Hillhouse

Ward 43 Udston

Ward 44 Wellhall/Earnock

Ward 45 Earnock

Ward 46 Woodhead/Meikle Earnock

Ward 47 Hamilton Centre/Ferniegair

Ward 48 Low Waters

Ward 49 Silvertonhill

Ward 50 Cadzow

Ward 51 Dalserf

Ward 52 Larkhall East

Ward 53 Larkhall West

Ward 54 Larkhall South

Ward 55 Stonehouse

Ward 56 Rutherglen West

Ward 57 Stonelaw

Ward 58 Bankhead

Ward 59 Spittal/Blairbeth

Ward 60 Burgh

Ward 61 Cairns

Ward 62 Hallside

Ward 63 Cambuslang Central

Ward 64 Cathkin/Springhall

Ward 65 Fernhill

Ward 66 Kirkhill/Whitlawburn

Ward 67 Eastfield

Signed

Henry B McLeish — Minister of State, Scottish Office — 16th December 1998

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order gives effect (with minor modifications of a drafting nature) to proposals made by the Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland for the future electoral arrangements for the area of South Lanarkshire 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 South Lanarkshire Council is divided into 67 electoral wards as described in the Schedule to the Order. 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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