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Article 3 Electoral divisions of the county of Shropshire

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(1)

The existing electoral divisions of the countyf1 shall be abolished.

(2)

The county shall be divided into forty-six electoral divisions which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of the Schedule.

(3)

The electoral divisions shall comprise the areas described in column (2) of the Schedule by reference to wards, parishes, or parish wards or, where an area is not so described, the area designated on the map by reference to the name of the electoral division and demarcated by red lines; and the number of councillors to be elected for each electoral division shall be the number specified in respect of the electoral division in column (3) of the Schedule.

(4)

Where a boundary is shown on the map as running along a road, railway line, footway, watercourse or similar geographical feature, it shall be treated as running along the centre line of the feature.

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f1

See the County of Shropshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1980 (S.I. 1980/1297). The area of the county of Shropshire was altered by the Hereford and Worcester and Shropshire (County Boundaries) Order 1991 (S.I. 1991/284), and the Shropshire (District of The Wrekin) (Structural Change) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/1866).