The District Electoral Areas (Northern Ireland) Order 1993

Made: 9th February 1993

Coming into force in accordance with article 2

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 9th day of February 1993 Present, The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Now, therefore, Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 38(1)(a) and (4) of the Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973[^f00001], is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:–

1

This Order may be cited as the District Electoral Areas (Northern Ireland) Order 1993.

2

This Order shall come into force on 19th May 1993, except that for the purpose of all proceedings preliminary or relating to an election to be held on or after that day this Order shall come into force forthwith.

3

• (1) For the purposes of elections to local government district councils, each district (as constituted by the Local Government (Boundaries) Order (Northern Ireland) 1992[^f00002]) shall be divided into district electoral areas which shall bear the names set out in column 1 of the Schedule to this Order and each such area shall comprise the wards (as so constituted) specified opposite thereto in column 2 of that Schedule.

• (2) The number of councillors to be elected for each district electoral area constituted by this Order shall be the number specified in column 3 of the Schedule to this Order opposite to the name of the electoral area as given in column 1 of that Schedule.

4

The District Electoral Areas (Northern Ireland) Order 1985[^f00003] is hereby revoked.

SCHEDULE — NAMES AND AREAS OF AND NUMBERS OF COUNCILLORS FOR DISTRICT ELECTORAL AREAS CONSTITUTED BY THIS ORDER

District of Antrim

Antrim North West

District of Ards

Ards East

District of Armagh

Armagh city

Crossmore

District of Ballymena

Ballymena North

District of Ballymoney

Ballymoney Town

District of Banbridge

Banbridge Town

District of Belfast

Balmoral

Upper Falls

District of Carrickfergus

Carrick Castle

District of Castlereagh

Castlereagh Central

District of Coleraine

Bann

Coleraine Central

District of Cookstown

Ballinderry

District of Craigavon

Central

Portadown

District of Derry

Cityside

District of Down

Ballynahinch

Rowallane

District of Dungannon

Blackwater

District of Fermanagh

Enniskillen

District of Larne

Coast Road

Larne Lough

District of Limavady

Bellarena

District of Lisburn

Downshire

District of Magherafelt

Magherafelt Town

District of Moyle

Ballycastle

District of Newry and Mourne

Crotlieve

The Mournes

District of Newtownabbey

Antrim Line

District of North Down

Abbey

District of Omagh

Mid Tyrone

District of Strabane

Derg

Signed

N. H. Nicholls — Clerk of the Privy Council

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

Article 2 (3) of the Local Government (Boundaries) Order (Northern Ireland) 1992 constitutes new wards for each local government district in Northern Ireland. Consequent on the making of that Order, the Secretary of State appointed a Commissioner under article 3(1) of the District Electoral Areas Commissioner (Northern Ireland) Order 1984 (S.I. [1984/360](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1984/360)). Under article 3(2) of that Order, the Commissioner was required to submit a report setting out, in respect of each district, his recommenda tions for the grouping together of those wards into electoral areas for the purpose of local government elections in each of those districts. This Order gives effect, without modification, to the recommendations in the Report by the District Electoral Areas Commissioner which was laid before Parliament under article 5 of the District Electoral Areas Commissioner (Northern Ireland) Order 1984 on 10th December 1992.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1973 c. 36; section 38 was amended by paragraph 6 of Schedule 2 to the Northern Ireland Act 1982 (c. 38).

[^f00002]: S.R. (N.I.) 1992 No. 303.

[^f00003]: S.I. 1985/169.