# The County of Flintshire (Electoral Arrangements) (No. 2) Order 2021 W.S.I. 2021/1228 · made 2 November 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 June 2020 on its review of the electoral arrangements for the County of Flintshire. The Commission’s Report proposed a decrease in the number of electoral wards, from 57 to 42, and a decrease in the number of councillors from 70 to 66. Made under: Democracy and Boundary Commission Cymru etc. Act 2013 (Section 37) PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/county-of-flintshire-electoral-arrangements-no-2-order-2021/pdf/wsi_20211228_mi.pdf ## Introductory text Local Government, Wales Made 2 November 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 June 2020 containing its recommendations for change and the details of its review of the electoral arrangements for the County of Flintshire. 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 revocation (1) The title of this Order is the County of Flintshire (Electoral Arrangements) (No. 2) Order 2021. (2) For any purpose set out in regulation 4(1) of the Regulations, this Order comes into 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) The County of Flintshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 2021 is revoked. ## 2 Interpretation In this Order— “electoral ward” (“ward etholiadol”) means any area for which members are elected to Flintshire County Council; “the Regulations” (“y Rheoliadau”) means the Local Government Area Changes Regulations 1976; any reference to a map means one of the 10 maps marked “Map of the County of Flintshire (Electoral Arrangements) (No. 2) Order 2021” deposited in accordance with regulation 5 of the Regulations, labelled “1” to “10”, and a reference to a numbered map is a reference to the map that bears that number; where a boundary is shown on a map as running along a road, railway line, footway, watercourse or similar geographical feature, it is to be treated as running along the centre line of the feature; 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. ## 3 Electoral arrangements for the County of Flintshire (1) The electoral wards of the County of Flintshire, as they exist immediately before the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2022, are abolished. (2) The County of Flintshire is divided into 45 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. ## 4 The town of Buckley: changes to community wards In the town of Buckley— (a) the part of the Pentrobin ward shown hatched on Map 1 is transferred to the Bistre East ward; (b) the part of the Mountain ward shown hatched on Map 2 is transferred to the Pentrobin ward. ## 5 The town of Buckley: consequential changes to electoral arrangements In the town of Buckley— (a) the number of members to be elected for the Mountain ward is 3; (b) the number of members to be elected for the Pentrobin ward is 7. ## 6 The town of Flint: changes to community wards In the town of Flint— (a) the part of the Oakenholt ward shown hatched on Map 3 is transferred to the Castle ward; (b) the part of the Oakenholt ward shown hatched on Map 4 is transferred to the Trelawny ward. ## 7 The town of Flint: consequential changes to electoral arrangements In the town of Flint— (a) the number of members to be elected for the Oakenholt ward is 3; (b) the number of members to be elected for the Trelawny ward is 4. ## 8 The town of Connah’s Quay: changes to community wards In the town of Connah’s Quay— (a) the part of the South ward shown hatched on Map 5 is transferred to the Central ward; (b) the part of the Golftyn ward shown cross-hatched on Map 5 is transferred to the Central ward. ## 9 The town of Connah’s Quay: consequential changes to electoral arrangements In the town of Connah’s Quay— (a) the number of members to be elected for the Central ward is 5; (b) the number of members to be elected for the South ward is 6. ## 10 The community of Mold: changes to community wards In the community of Mold— (a) the part of the West ward shown hatched on Map 6 is transferred to the East ward; (b) the part of the Broncoed ward shown hatched on Map 7 is transferred to the South ward; (c) the part of the South ward shown hatched on Map 8 is transferred to the West ward. ## 11 The community of Hawarden: changes to community wards and abolition of the community ward of Hawarden The community ward of Hawarden, as it exists immediately before the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2022, is abolished and— (a) the part of that ward shown hatched on Map 9 is transferred to the Mancot ward; (b) the part of that ward shown hatched on Map 10 is transferred to the Aston ward. ## 12 The community of Hawarden: consequential changes to electoral arrangements In the community of Hawarden— (a) the number of members to be elected for the Aston ward is 7; (b) the number of members to be elected for the Mancot ward is 7. ## Signature Rebecca Evans Minister for Finance and Local Government, one of the Welsh Ministers 2 November 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 Argoed and New Brighton Argoed a New Brighton The community of Argoed 2 Bagillt Bagillt The town of Bagillt 2 Broughton North East Gogledd-ddwyrain Brychdyn The North East ward of the community of Broughton and Bretton 1 Broughton South De Brychdyn The South ward of the community of Broughton and Bretton 2 Brynford and Halkyn Brynffordd a Helygain The communities of Brynford and Halkyn 2 Buckley: Bistre East Bwcle: Dwyrain Bistre The Bistre East ward of the town of Buckley 2 Buckley: Bistre West Bwcle: Gorllewin Bistre The Bistre West ward of the town of Buckley 2 Buckley: Mountain Bwcle: Mynydd The Buckley Mountain ward of the town of Buckley 1 Buckley: Pentrobin Bwcle: Pentrobin The Pentrobin ward of the town of Buckley 2 Caergwrle Caergwrle The Caergwrle ward of the community of Hope 1 Caerwys Caerwys The community of Caerwys and the community of Ysceifiog 1 Cilcain Cilcain The communities of Cilcain and Nannerch 1 Connah’s Quay Central Canol Cei Connah The Central ward of the town of Connah’s Quay 2 Connah’s Quay: Golftyn Cei Connah: Golftyn The Golftyn ward of the town of Connah’s Quay 2 Connah’s Quay South De Cei Connah The South ward of the town of Connah’s Quay 2 Connah’s Quay: Wepre Cei Connah: Gwepra The Wepre ward of the town of Connah’s Quay 1 Flint: Castle Y Fflint: Y Castell The Castle ward of the town of Flint 1 Flint: Coleshill and Trelawny Y Fflint: Cynswllt a Threlawny The Coleshill and Trelawny wards of the town of Flint 3 Flint: Oakenholt Y Fflint: Oakenholt The Oakenholt ward of the town of Flint 1 Greenfield Maes-glas The Greenfield ward of the town of Holywell 1 Gwernaffield and Gwernymynydd Y Waun a Gwernymynydd The communities of Gwernaffield and Pantymwyn, Gwernymynydd and Nercwys 2 Hawarden: Aston Penarlâg: Aston The Aston ward of the community of Hawarden 2 Hawarden: Ewloe Penarlâg: Ewloe The Ewloe ward of the community of Hawarden 2 Hawarden: Mancot Penarlâg: Mancot The Mancot ward of the community of Hawarden 2 Higher Kinnerton Kinnerton Uchaf The community of Higher Kinnerton 1 Holywell Central Canol Treffynnon The Central ward of the town of Holywell 1 Holywell East Dwyrain Treffynnon The East ward of the town of Holywell 1 Holywell West Gorllewin Treffynnon The West ward of the town of Holywell 1 Hope Yr Hôb The Hope ward of the community of Hope 1 Leeswood Coed-llai The community of Leeswood 1 Llanasa and Trelawnyd Llanasa a Threlawnyd The communities of Llanasa, and Gwaenysgor and Trelawnyd 2 Llanfynydd Llanfynydd The community of Llanfynydd 1 Mold: Broncoed Yr Wyddgrug: Broncoed The Broncoed ward of the community of Mold 1 Mold East Dwyrain yr Wyddgrug The East ward of the community of Mold 1 Mold South De’r Wyddgrug The South ward of the community of Mold 1 Mold West Gorllewin yr Wyddgrug The West ward of the community of Mold 1 Mostyn Mostyn The community of Mostyn 1 Northop Llaneurgain The communities of Northop and Northop Hall 2 Pen-y-ffordd Pen-y-ffordd The community of Penyffordd 2 Saltney Ferry Saltney Ferry The town of Saltney 2 Queensferry and Sealand Queensferry a Sealand The communities of Queensferry and Sealand 2 Shotton East and Shotton Higher Dwyrain Shotton a Shotton Uchaf The East and Higher wards of the community of Shotton 2 Shotton West Gorllewin Shotton The West ward of the community of Shotton 1 Treuddyn Treuddyn The community of Treuddyn 1 Whitford Chwitffordd The community of Whitford 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 June 2020 on its review of the electoral arrangements for the County of Flintshire. The Commission’s Report proposed a decrease in the number of electoral wards, from 57 to 42, and a decrease in the number of councillors from 70 to 66. This Order implements the Commission’s recommendations with modifications. Article 1(4) of this Order revokes the County of Flintshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 2021. Article 3 of this Order abolishes the existing electoral arrangements for the County of Flintshire and introduces the Schedule, which sets out the new electoral arrangements for the County of Flintshire. This Order also implements recommendations for changes to community wards and changes to the electoral arrangements for some communities within the County of Flintshire. Article 4 makes changes to the boundaries between the community wards of Pentrobin, Bistre East and Mountain within the town of Buckley. Article 5 sets out the number of members to be elected for the Mountain and Pentrobin wards of the town of Buckley. Article 6 makes changes to the boundaries between the community wards of Oakenholt, Castle and Trelawny within the town of Flint. Article 7 sets out the number of members to be elected for the Oakenholt and Trelawny wards of the town of Flint. Article 8 makes changes to the boundaries between the community wards of South, Central and Golftyn within the town of Connah’s Quay. Article 9 sets out the number of members to be elected for the Central and South wards of the town of Connah’s Quay. Article 10 makes changes to the boundaries between the community wards of West, East, Broncoed and South within the community of Mold. Article 11 abolishes the community ward of Hawarden in the community of Hawarden and transfers parts of that ward to the Mancot and Aston wards of the community of Hawarden. Article 12 sets out the number of members to be elected for the Aston and Mancot wards of the community of Hawarden. 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. Prints of the maps labelled “1” to “10” to which this Order relates are deposited in the office of the Welsh Government at Cathays Park, Cardiff, CF10 3NQ (Local Government Democracy Division), and with Flintshire County Council. Prints deposited with Flintshire County Council are open to inspection by anyone affected by the provisions of this Order. --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2021/1228 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/county-of-flintshire-electoral-arrangements-no-2-order-2021 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.