# The County of Ceredigion (Electoral Arrangements) Order 2021 W.S.I. 2021/1140 · made 11 October 2021 · revised to 25 June 2024 This Order implements the recommendations of the Local Democracy and Boundary Commission for Wales (“the Commission”) which reported in May 2019 on its review of the electoral arrangements for the County of Ceredigion. The Commission’s Report proposed a reduction in the number of electoral wards from 40 to 34 and a reduction in the number of councillors from 42 to 38. Made under: Democracy and Boundary Commission Cymru etc. Act 2013 (Section 37) PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/county-of-ceredigion-electoral-arrangements-order-2021/pdf/wsi_20211140_mi.pdf ## Introductory text Local Government, Wales Made 11 October 2021 Coming into force in accordance with article 1(2) and (3) The Local Democracy and Boundary Commission for Wales has, in accordance with section 36(5) of the Local Government (Democracy) (Wales) Act 2013 (“the 2013 Act”), submitted to the Welsh Ministers a report dated May 2019 containing its recommendations for change and the details of its review of the electoral arrangements for the County of Ceredigion. The Welsh Ministers have, after consideration of the matters referred to and set out in section 37(2)(a) and (c) of the 2013 Act, decided to give effect to those recommendations with modifications. In accordance with section 37(3) of the 2013 Act, more than 6 weeks have elapsed since those recommendations were submitted to the Welsh Ministers. The Welsh Ministers make the following Order in exercise of their powers conferred by section 37(1) of the 2013 Act. ## 1 Title, commencement and interpretation (1) The title of this Order is the County of Ceredigion (Electoral Arrangements) Order 2021. (2) For any purpose set out in regulation 4(1) of the Local Government Area Changes Regulations 1976, this Order comes into force on the second day after the day on which it is made. (3) For all other purposes, this Order comes into force on the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2022. (4) In this Order— “electoral ward” (“ward etholiadol”) means any area for which members are elected to Ceredigion County Council; words and expressions used in this Order have the same meaning as they have in Part 3 of the “Democracy and Boundary Commission Cymru etc. Act 2013, except so far as a contrary intention appears. ## 2 Electoral arrangements for the County of Ceredigion (1) The electoral wards of the County of Ceredigion, as they exist immediately before the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2022, are abolished. (2) The County of Ceredigion is divided into 34 electoral wards each bearing the English language name listed in column 1 and the Welsh language name listed in column 2 of the Table in the Schedule to this Order. (3) Each electoral ward comprises the areas specified in relation to that electoral ward in column 3 of the Table in the Schedule to this Order. (4) The number of members of the council to be elected for each electoral ward is the number specified in column 4 of the Table in the Schedule to this Order. (5) The provisions in this Order take precedence over any conflicting provision in any previous statutory instrument made under section 58(2) of the Local Government Act 1972. ## Signature Rebecca Evans Minister for Finance and Local Government, one of the Welsh Ministers 11 October 2021 ## NAMES AND AREAS OF ELECTORAL WARDS AND NUMBER OF MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL Table Column (1) Column (2) Column (3) Column (4) English language name of electoral ward Welsh language name of electoral ward Area of electoral ward Number of members of the council Aberaeron and Aberarth Aberaeron ac Aber-arth The town of Aberaeron and the Llanddewi Aberarth ward of the community of Dyffryn Arth 1 Aberporth and Y Ferwig Aber-porth a’r Ferwig The communities of Aberporth and Y Ferwig 2 Aberystwyth Morfa a Glais Aberystwyth Morfa a Glais The Bronglais, Canol/Central and Gogledd/North wards of the town of Aberystwyth 2 Aberystwyth Penparcau Aberystwyth Penparcau The Penparcau ward of the town of Aberystwyth 2 Aberystwyth Rheidol Aberystwyth Rheidol The Rheidol ward of the town of Aberystwyth 1 Beulah and Llangoedmor Beulah a Llangoedmor The communities of Beulah, and Llangoedmor 2 Borth Y Borth The communities of Borth, and Geneu’r Glyn 1 Ceulan a Maesmawr Ceulan a Maesmawr The communities of Ceulanamaesmawr, Llangynfelyn, and Ysgubor-y-Coed 1 Ciliau Aeron Ciliau Aeron The communities of Ciliau Aeron, and Henfynyw 1 Faenor Faenor The community of Faenor 1 Lampeter Llanbedr Pont Steffan The town of Lampeter 1 Llannarth Llannarth The community of Llanarth 1 Llanbadarn Fawr Llanbadarn Fawr The community of Llanbadarn Fawr 1 Llandyfriog Llandyfrïog The community of Llandyfriog 1 Llandysilio and Llangrannog Llandysilio a Llangrannog The communities of Llandysiliogogo, and Llangrannog 1 Llandysul North and Troedyraur Gogledd Llandysul a Throed-yr-aur The community of Troedyraur, and the Pontshaen and Tregroes wards of the community of Llandysul 1 Llandysul South De Llansysul The Capel Dewi and Trefol wards of the community of Llandysul 1 Llanfarian Llanfarian The community of Llanfarian 1 Llanfihangel Ystrad Llanfihangel Ystrad The community of Llanfihangel Ystrad, and the Nantcwnlle and the Trefilan wards of the community of Nantcwnlle 1 Llangeitho Llangeitho The communities of Llanddewi Brefi, and Llangeitho 1 Llangybi Llangybi The communities of Llanfair Clydogau, and Llangybi, and the Gartheli ward of the community of Nantcwnlle 1 Llanrhystyd Llanrhystud The communities of Llangwyryfon, and Llanrhystyd 1 Llansanffraid Llansanffraid The community of Llansantffraed, and the Llanbadarn Trefeglwys ward of the community of Dyffryn Arth 1 Llanwenog Llanwenog The communities of Llanwenog, and Llanwnnen 1 Lledrod Lledrod The communities of Lledrod, Ystrad Meurig, and Ysbyty Ystwyth 1 Melindwr Melindwr The communities of Blaenrheidol, Pontarfynach, and Melindwr 1 Mwldan Mwldan The Mwldan ward of the town of Cardigan 1 New Quay and Llanllwchaearn Ceinewydd a Llanllwchaearn The town of New Quay and the community of Llanllwchaiarn 1 Penbryn Penbryn The community of Penbryn 1 Teifi Teifi The Rhyd-y-Fuwch and Teifi wards of the town of Cardigan 1 Tirymynach Tirymynach The community of Tirymynach 1 Trefeurig Trefeurig The community of Trefeurig 1 Tregaron and Ystrad Fflur Tregaron ac Ystrad-Fflur The town of Tregaron and the community of Ystrad Fflur 1 Ystwyth Ystwyth The communities of Llanilar, and Trawsgoed 1 ## Explanatory note (This note is not part of the Order) This Order implements the recommendations of the Local Democracy and Boundary Commission for Wales (“the Commission”) which reported in May 2019 on its review of the electoral arrangements for the County of Ceredigion. The Commission’s Report proposed a reduction in the number of electoral wards from 40 to 34 and a reduction in the number of councillors from 42 to 38. This Order implements the Commission’s recommendations with modifications. Article 2 of this Order abolishes the existing electoral arrangements for the County of Ceredigion and introduces a Schedule which sets out the new electoral arrangements for the electoral wards within the County of Ceredigion. The 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. --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2021/1140 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/county-of-ceredigion-electoral-arrangements-order-2021 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.