Explanatory note

This Order gives effect to recommendations by the Local Government Commission for England for boundary and electoral changes in the district of The Wrekin (“the district”).

Article 2 makes changes to the boundaries of a number of parishes in the district.

Article 3 abolishes all the existing wards of the district and provides for the creation of thirty-four new wards. That article and the Schedule also make provision for the names, areas and numbers of councillors for the new wards.

Prints of the map on which the boundary changes, and district warding arrangements, are shown may be inspected at all reasonable times at the offices of The Wrekin District Council and at the offices of the Secretary of State for the Environment which, until May 1997, are located at 2 Marsham Street, London SW1P 3EB and, thereafter, at 2nd Floor, Ashdown House, 123 Victoria Street, London SW1E 6DE.

Article 4 makes provision for a whole council election in the district of The Wrekin in 1997, 2000 and 2003 and every fourth year after 2003.

Articles 5 to 10 make electoral changes in respect of the parishes of Stirchley and Brookside, Lilleshall and Donnington, Wellington, Newport, Hadley, and Oakengates in the district.

Article 11 provides for elections of parish councils in the district in 2000, 2003 and every fourth year thereafter.