The County of Wiltshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2004
S.I. 2004/2821 · Made 28 October 2004
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND
Made 28th October 2004
Coming into force in accordance with article 1(2)
And whereas the Electoral Commission have decided to give effect to those recommendations:
And whereas a period of not less than six weeks has expired since the receipt of those recommendations:
Now, therefore, the Electoral Commission, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 17f4 and 26f5 of the Local Government Act 1992, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:
Annotations to the whole text
Footnotes
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The Boundary Committee for England is a committee of the Electoral Commission, established by the Electoral Commission in accordance with section 14 of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (c. 41). The Local Government Commission for England (Transfer of Functions) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/3962) transferred to the Electoral Commission the functions of the Local Government Commission for England.
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1992 c. 19. This section has been amended by S.I. 2001/3962.
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The Electoral Commission was established by the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (c. 41). The functions of the Secretary of State, under sections 13 to 15 and 17 of the Local Government Act 1992 (c. 19), to the extent that they relate to electoral changes within the meaning of that Act, were transferred with modifications to the Electoral Commission on 1st April 2002 (S.I. 2001/3962).
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This section has been amended by section 89(3) of the Local Government Act 2000 (c. 22), S.I. 2001/3962 and also otherwise in ways not relevant to this Order.
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This section has been amended by S.I. 2001/3962.
Contents
- 1Citation and commencement
- 2Interpretation
- 3Electoral divisions of the county of Wiltshire
- 4Electoral registers
- 5Revocation
- Signature
- Schedule NAMES AND AREAS OF ELECTORAL DIVISIONS AND NUMBERS OF COUNCILLORS
- Explanatory note
1Citation and commencement
This Order may be cited as the County of Wiltshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2004.
This Order shall come into force –
for the purpose of proceedings preliminary or relating to any election to be held on the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2005, on the day after that on which it is made;
for all other purposes, on the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2005.
2Interpretation
In this Order –
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“county” means the county of Wiltshire;
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“existing”, in relation to an electoral division or ward, means the electoral division or ward as it exists on the date this Order is made; and
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references to wards, unless the context otherwise requires, are references to district wards in the countyf1.
3Electoral divisions of the county of Wiltshire
The existing electoral divisions of the countyf1 shall be abolished.
The county shall be divided into forty-six electoral divisions which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of the Schedule.
The electoral divisions shall comprise the areas described in column (2) of the Schedule by reference to wards, parishes, or parish wards 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.
4Electoral registers
The Electoral Registration Officerf1 for each district in the county shall make such rearrangement of, or adaptation of, the register of local government electors as may be necessary for the purposes of, and in consequence of, this Order.
5Revocation
The County of Wiltshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order (1993)f1 is revoked.
Signature
Sealed with the seal of the Electoral Commission on the 28th day of October 2004
L.S.
Sam Younger
Chairman of the Commission
28th October 2004
Jacqui Dixon
Secretary to the Commission
28th October 2004
NAMES AND AREAS OF ELECTORAL DIVISIONS AND NUMBERS OF COUNCILLORS
| Column (1) | Column (2) | Column (3) |
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| Name of Electoral Division | Area of Electoral Division | Number of Councillors |
| In the district of Kennet | ||
| Aldbourne and Ramsbury | Aldbourne ward; Ogbourne ward; Ramsbury ward; West Selkley ward | 1 |
| Avon and Pewsey | Netheravon ward; Pewsey ward; Pewsey Vale ward; Upavon ward | 1 |
| Bedwyn and Collingbourne | Bedwyn ward; Burbage ward; Collingbourne ward; Milton Lilbourne ward; Shalbourne ward | 1 |
| Bromham and Potterne | Bromham and Rowde ward; Cheverell ward; Potterne ward; Seend ward | 1 |
| Devizes North | Devizes East ward; Devizes North ward | 1 |
| Devizes South | Devizes South ward; Roundway ward | 1 |
| Lavington and Cannings | All Cannings ward; Bishops Cannings ward; Lavingtons ward; Urchfont ward | 1 |
| Marlborough | Marlborough East ward; Marlborough West ward | 1 |
| Tidworth and Ludgershall | Ludgershall ward; Tidworth, Perham Down and Ludgershall South ward | |
| In the district of North Wiltshire | ||
| Box, Colerne and Lacock | Box ward; Colerne ward; Lacock with Neston and Gastard ward | 1 |
| Calne | Calne Abberd ward; Calne Chilvester ward; Calne Lickhill ward; Calne Priestley ward | 1 |
| Calne and Without | Calne Marden ward; Calne Quemerford ward; Calne Without ward; Hilmarton ward | 1 |
| Central | Chippenham Audley ward; Chippenham Avon ward; Chippenham Redland ward | 1 |
| Chippenham North | Chippenham Hill Rise ward; Chippenham Monkton Park ward; Chippenham Park ward; Cepen Park North parish ward of Langley Burrell Without parish | 1 |
| Chippenham Pewsham | Chippenham London Road ward; Chippenham Pewsham ward | 1 |
| Chippenham West | Chippenham Allington ward; Chippenham Westcroft/Queens ward; Cepen Park South parish ward of Chippenham Without parish | 1 |
| Corsham | Corsham ward; Pickwick ward | 1 |
| Cricklade and Purton | Cricklade ward; Purton ward | 1 |
| Kington | Bremhill ward; Kington Langley ward; Kingston St. Michael ward; Nettleton ward | 1 |
| Malmesbury | Malmesbury ward; St. Paul Malmesbury Without and Sherston ward | 1 |
| Minety | Ashton Keynes and Minety ward; Brinkworth and The Somerfords ward | 1 |
| Wootton Bassett North | The Lydiards and Broad Town ward; Wootton Bassett North ward | 1 |
| Wootton Bassett South | Lyneham ward; Wootton Bassett South ward | 1 |
| In the district of Salisbury | ||
| Alderbury | Alderbury and Whiteparish ward; Winterslow ward | 1 |
| Amesbury | Amesbury East ward; Amesbury West ward | 1 |
| Bourne and Woodford Valley | Laverstock ward; Upper Bourne, Idmiston and Winterbourne ward; Durnford parish; Wilsford cum Lake parish; Woodford parish | 1 |
| Chalke and Nadder | Chalke Valley ward; Donhead ward; Fonthill and Nadder ward; Ansty parish; Burcombe Without parish; Chicklade parish; Fonthill Gifford parish; Fovant parish; Hindon parish; Sutton Mandeville parish; Swallowcliffe parish | 1 |
| Downton and Ebble Valley | Downton and Redlynch ward; Ebble ward | 1 |
| Durrington and Bulford | Bulford ward; Durrington ward | 1 |
| Mere and Tisbury | Western and Mere ward; East Knoyle parish; Sedgehill and Semley parish; Tisbury parish; West Knoyle parish; West Tisbury parish | 1 |
| Salisbury East | Bishopdown ward; St Edmund and Milford ward; St Mark and Stratford ward | 2 |
| Salisbury South | Fisherton and Bemerton Village ward; Harnham East ward; Harnham West ward; St Martin and Milford ward | 2 |
| Salisbury West | Bemerton ward; St Paul ward | 1 |
| Wilton and Wylye | Till Valley and Wylye ward; Great Wishford parish; Quidhampton parish; South Newton parish; Wilton parish | 1 |
| In the district of West Wiltshire | ||
| Bradford-on-Avon | Bradford-on-Avon North ward; Bradford-on-Avon South ward | 1 |
| Holt and Paxcroft | Holt ward; Paxcroft ward | 1 |
| Manor Vale | Atworth and Whitley ward; Manor Vale ward | 1 |
| Melksham and Without | Melksham Spa ward; Melksham Without ward | 1 |
| Melksham Central | Melksham North ward; Melksham Woodrow ward | 1 |
| Trowbridge East | Trowbridge Adcroft ward; Trowbridge Drynham ward; Trowbridge Park ward | 2 |
| Trowbridge West | Trowbridge College ward; Trowbridge John of Gaunt ward | 1 |
| Warminster East and Wylye | Mid Wylye Valley ward; Warminster East ward; Bishopstrow parishf1; Norton Bavant parish | 1 |
| Warminster West | Warminster West ward | 1 |
| Westbury Ham and Dilton | Westbury Ham ward; Dilton Marsh parish | 1 |
| Westbury Laverton and Shearwater | Westbury Laverton ward; Brixton Deverill parish; Chapmanslade parish; Corsley parish; Horningsham parish; Kingston Deverill parish; Longbridge Deverill parish; Sutton Veny parish; Upton Scudamore parish | 1 |
| Whorwellsdown Hundred | Ethandune ward; Southwick and Wingfield ward; Summerham ward; North Bradley parish | 1 |
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order gives effect to recommendations by the Boundary Committee for England, a committee of the Electoral Commission, for electoral changes in the county of Wiltshire.
The changes have effect in relation to local government elections to be held on and after the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2005.
Article 3 abolishes the existing electoral divisions of the county and provides for the creation of 46 new electoral divisions. That article and the Schedule also make provision for the names and areas of, and numbers of councillors for, the new electoral divisions.
Article 4 obliges the Electoral Registration Officer in each district in the county of Wiltshire to make any necessary amendments to the electoral register for that district to reflect the new electoral arrangements.
Article 5 revokes the County of Wiltshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1993.