The County Borough of Newport (Electoral Changes) Order 2002
W.S.I. 2002/3276 · Made 6 December 2002
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, WALES
Made 6th December 2002
Coming into force in accordance with article 1(2)
In pursuance of sections 58(1) and 64 of the Local Government Act 1972f1 the Local Government Boundary Commission for Wales submitted proposals in December 1999 for the future electoral arrangements for the County Borough of Newport. The National Assembly for Wales, having agreed with the proposals, makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred on it by sections 58(2) and 67(4) and (5) of the Act:
Annotations to the whole text
Footnotes
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Contents
- 1Name, commencement and interpretation
- 2Electoral Divisions
- 3Register of Local Government Electors
- Signature
- Schedule Names, areas and numbers of councillors for the electoral divisions of the County Borough of Newport
- Explanatory note
1Name, commencement and interpretation
This Order is called the County Borough of Newport (Electoral Changes) Order 2002.
This Order will come into force:
for the purposes of proceedings, preliminary or relating to any election to be held on the 6th May 2004, on the 9th October 2003, and
for all other purposes, on 6th May 2004.
In this Order—
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“the Act” (“y Ddeddf”) means the Local Government Act 1972;
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“electoral division” (“adran etholiadol”) means an electoral division of the County Borough of Newport as constituted by the County Borough of Newport Electoral Arrangements Order 1994f1.
2Electoral Divisions
The existing electoral divisions of the County Borough of Newport specified in the Schedule to the County Borough of Newport Electoral Arrangements Order 1994 are abolished.
For the purposes of the elections of councillors for the County Borough of Newport, that County Borough shall be divided into 20 electoral divisions bearing the names specified in column (1) of the Schedule to this order, and each such electoral division shall comprise the area specified in column (2) of that Schedule.
The number of councillors to be returned for each such electoral division shall be the number specified in relation to the division in column (3) of the Schedule to this Order.
3Register of Local Government Electors
The registration officer shall make such re-arrangements or adaptation of the register of local government electors as may be necessary due to the coming into force of this Order.
Signature
Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales
E.Hart
Minister for Local Government, Finance and Communities
6th December 2002
Names, areas and numbers of councillors for the electoral divisions of the County Borough of Newport
| (1) | (2) | (3) |
|---|---|---|
| Name of Electoral Division | Area of Electoral Division | Number of Councillors |
| Allt-yr-yn | The Community of Allt-yr-yn | 3 |
| Alway | The Community of Alway | 3 |
| Beechwood | The Community of Beechwood | 3 |
| Bettws | The Community of Bettws | 3 |
| Caerleon | The Community of Caerleon | 3 |
| Gaer | The Community of Gaer | 3 |
| Graig | The Community of Graig | 2 |
| Langstone | The Communities of Langstone, Llanvaches and Penhow | 2 |
| Liswerry | The Communities of Liswerry and Nash | 4 |
| Llanwern | The Communities of Bishton, Goldcliff, Llanwern and Redwick | 1 |
| Malpas | The Community of Malpas | 3 |
| Marshfield | The Communities of Coedkernew, Marshfield, Michaelstone-y-Fedw and Wentlooge | 2 |
| Pillgwenlly | The Community of Pillgwenlly | 2 |
| Ringland | The Community of Ringland | 3 |
| Rogerstone | The Community of Rogerstone | 3 |
| Shaftesbury | The Community of Shaftesbury | 2 |
| St. Julians | The Community of St. Julians | 3 |
| Stow Hill | The Community of Stow Hill | 2 |
| Tredegar Park | The Community of Tredegar Park | 1 |
| Victoria | The Community of Victoria | 2 |
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Order)
The Local Government Boundary Commission for Wales was required by section 64(1) of the Local Government Act 1972 (as substituted by the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994) to review the electoral arrangements as soon as practicable after the first elections to unitary authorities in May 1995.
This Order gives effect to the proposals made in the Local Government Boundary Commission for Wales' report of December 1999 for the County Borough of Newport.
Although the Order abolishes all existing electoral divisions within the County Borough and replaces them with new electoral divisions, in practice the majority of them will remain the same.
The existing arrangements remain for the electoral divisions of Allt-yr-yn, Alway, Beechwood, Bettws, Caerleon, Gaer, Graig, Llanwern, Malpas, Pillgwenlly, Ringland, Rogerstone, Shaftesbury, St. Julians, Stow Hill, Tredegar Park, Victoria.
The division of Langstone which comprises of the communities of Langstone, Llanvaches and Penhow will be represented by two councillors.
The electoral division of Liswerry is to comprises of the communities of Liswerry and Nash and be is represented by four councillors. The electoral division of Llan-wern will not therefore include the community of Nash.
The Marshfield division, which comprises of the communities of Coedkernew, Marshfield, Michaelstone-y-Fedw and Wentlooge, is to be represented by two councillors.