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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-borough-of-caerphilly-electoral-arrangements-order-2026/note",
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  "legislation": "wsi/2026/126",
  "legislation_title": "The County Borough of Caerphilly (Electoral Arrangements) Order 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-borough-of-caerphilly-electoral-arrangements-order-2026",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order implements the recommendations of the Democracy and Boundary Commission Cymru (“the Commission”), which reported in March 2026 on its review of the electoral arrangements for the County Borough of Caerphilly. The Commission’s report proposed a reduction in the number of electoral wards from 31 to 30 and a decrease in the number of councillors from 69 to 68.\nThis Order implements the Commission’s recommendations without modification.\nArticle 3 of this Order abolishes the existing electoral arrangements for the County Borough of Caerphilly and introduces the Schedule, which sets out the new electoral arrangements for the County Borough of Caerphilly.\nThe Welsh Ministers’ Code of Practice on the carrying out of Regulatory Impact Assessments was considered in relation to this Order. As a result, it was not considered necessary to carry out a regulatory impact assessment as to the likely costs and benefits of complying with this Order.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2026/126/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:54:35.635326+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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