{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/district-of-the-wrekin-parishes-and-electoral-changes-order-1997/article-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/district-of-the-wrekin-parishes-and-electoral-changes-order-1997/article-8.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1997/780",
  "legislation_title": "The District of The Wrekin (Parishes and Electoral Changes) Order 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/district-of-the-wrekin-parishes-and-electoral-changes-order-1997",
  "path": "article/8",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Newport parish",
  "text": "(1) The existing wards of the parish of Newport shall be abolished.\n(2) The parish of Newport shall be divided into four parish wards which shall bear the names Newport East, Newport North, Newport South and Newport West and each parish ward shall comprise the area of the ward of the district bearing the same name.\n(3) The number of councillors to be elected for each ward shall be three.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/780/article/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:21:16.909989+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}