The Wiltshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2020

Draft Order laid before Parliament under section 59(9) of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009; draft to lie for forty days pursuant to section 6(1) of the Statutory Instruments Act 1946, during which period either House of Parliament may resolve that the Order be not made.

Draft Statutory Instruments

2020 No. 0000

Local Government, England

The Wiltshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2020

Made

Coming into force in accordance with article 1(2) and (3)

Under section 58(4) of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009(1) (“the Act”) the Local Government Boundary Commission for England(2) (“the Commission”) published a report dated October 2019 stating its recommendations for changes to the electoral arrangements for Wiltshire. The Commission has decided to give effect to the recommendations.

A draft of the instrument has been laid before Parliament and a period of forty days has expired since the day on which it was laid and neither House has resolved that the instrument be not made.

The Commission makes the following Order in exercise of the power conferred by section 59(1) of the Act.

Citation and commencement

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Wiltshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2020.

(2) This article and article 2 come into force on the day after the day on which this Order is made.

(3) Articles 3 and 4 come into force—

(a) for the purpose of proceedings preliminary or relating to the election of councillors, on 15th October 2020;

(b) for all other purposes, on the ordinary day of election of councillors in England(3) in 2021.

Interpretation

2.—(1) In this Order, “the map” means the map marked “Map referred to in the Wiltshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2020”, held by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England(4).

(2) Where a boundary is shown on the 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.

Divisions of Wiltshire and number of councillors

3.—(1) The existing divisions of Wiltshire are abolished.

(2) Wiltshire is divided into the 98 divisions listed in Schedule 1.

(3) Each division comprises the area identified on the map by reference to the name of the division.

(4) The number of councillors to be elected for each division is one.

Wards of the parishes in Wiltshire

4.—(1) The existing wards of the following parishes in Wiltshire are abolished—

(a) Amesbury;

(b) Box;

(c) Bradford-on-Avon;

(d) Calne;

(e) Calne Without;

(f) Chippenham;

(g) Corsham;

(h) Devizes;

(i) Laverstock & Ford;

(j) Ludgershall;

(k) Marlborough;

(l) Melksham;

(m) Melksham Without;

(n) Royal Wootton Bassett;

(o) Salisbury;

(p) Tidworth;

(q) Trowbridge;

(r) Warminster; and

(s) Westbury.

(2) The parish of Amesbury is divided into the three parish wards listed in the first column of table 1 in Schedule 2.

(3) The parish of Box is divided into the two parish wards listed in the first column of table 2 in Schedule 2.

(4) The parish of Bradford-on-Avon is divided into the two parish wards listed in the first column of table 3 in Schedule 2.

(5) The parish of Calne is divided into the four parish wards listed in the first column of table 4 in Schedule 2.

(6) The parish of Calne Without is divided into the five parish wards listed in the first column of table 5 in Schedule 2.

(7) The parish of Chippenham is divided into the eight parish wards listed in the first column of table 6 in Schedule 2.

(8) The parish of Corsham is divided into the four parish wards listed in the first column of table 7 in Schedule 2.

(9) The parish of Devizes is divided into the four parish wards listed in the first column of table 8 in Schedule 2.

(10) The parish of Durrington is divided into the two parish wards listed in the first column of table 9 in Schedule 2.

(11) The parish of Idmiston is divided into the two parish wards listed in the first column of table 10 in Schedule 2.

(12) The parish of Lacock is divided into the two parish wards listed in the first column of table 11 in Schedule 2.

(13) The parish of Langley Burrell Without is divided into the three parish wards listed in the first column of table 12 in Schedule 2.

(14) The parish of Laverstock & Ford is divided into the three parish wards listed in the first column of table 13 in Schedule 2.

(15) The parish of Ludgershall is divided into the two parish wards listed in the first column of table 14 in Schedule 2.

(16) The parish of Malmesbury is divided into the two parish wards listed in the first column of table 15 in Schedule 2.

(17) The parish of Marlborough is divided into the two parish wards listed in the first column of table 16 in Schedule 2.

(18) The parish of Melksham is divided into the four parish wards listed in the first column of table 17 in Schedule 2.

(19) The parish of Melksham Without is divided into the four parish wards listed in the first column of table 18 in Schedule 2.

(20) The parish of Netherhampton is divided into the two parish wards listed in the first column of table 19 in Schedule 2.

(21) The parish of North Bradley is divided into the three parish wards listed in the first column of table 20 in Schedule 2.

(22) The parish of Royal Wootton Bassett is divided into the three parish wards listed in the first column of table 21 in Schedule 2.

(23) The parish of Salisbury is divided into the nine parish wards listed in the first column of table 22 in Schedule 2.

(24) The parish of Tidworth is divided into the two parish wards listed in the first column of table 23 in Schedule 2.

(25) The parish of Trowbridge is divided into the seven parish wards listed in the first column of table 24 in Schedule 2.

(26) The parish of Warminster is divided into the four parish wards listed in the first column of table 25 in schedule 2.

(27) The parish of Westbury is divided into the three parish wards listed in the first column of table 26 in Schedule 2.

(28) Each parish ward comprises the area identified on the map by reference to the name of the parish ward.

(29) The number of councillors to be elected for each parish ward is the number specified in relation to that ward in the second column of the relevant table in Schedule 2.

Sealed with the seal of the Local Government Boundary Commission for England

Name

Chief Executive

Local Government Boundary Commission for England

Date

Article 3

SCHEDULE 1 Names of divisions

1.  Aldbourne & Ramsbury

2.  Alderbury & Whiteparish

3.  Amesbury East & Bulford

4.  Amesbury South

5.  Amesbury West

6.  Avon Valley

7.  Bowerhill

8.  Box & Colerne

9.  Bradford-on-Avon North

10.  Bradford-on-Avon South

11.  Brinkworth

12.  Bromham, Rowde & Roundway

13.  By Brook

14.  Calne Central

15.  Calne Chilvester & Abberd

16.  Calne North

17.  Calne Rural

18.  Calne South

19.  Chippenham Cepen Park & Derriads

20.  Chippenham Cepen Park & Hunters Moon

21.  Chippenham Hardenhuish

22.  Chippenham Hardens & Central

23.  Chippenham Lowden & Rowden

24.  Chippenham Monkton

25.  Chippenham Pewsham

26.  Chippenham Sheldon

27.  Corsham Ladbrook

28.  Corsham Pickwick

29.  Corsham Without

30.  Cricklade & Latton

31.  Devizes East

32.  Devizes North

33.  Devizes Rural West

34.  Devizes South

35.  Downton & Ebble Valley

36.  Durrington

37.  Ethandune

38.  Fovant & Chalke Valley

39.  Hilperton

40.  Holt

41.  Kington

42.  Laverstock

43.  Ludgershall North & Rural

44.  Lyneham

45.  Malmesbury

46.  Marlborough East

47.  Marlborough West

48.  Melksham East

49.  Melksham Forest

50.  Melksham South

51.  Melksham Without North & Shurnhold

52.  Melksham Without West & Rural

53.  Mere

54.  Minety

55.  Nadder Valley

56.  Old Sarum & Lower Bourne Valley

57.  Pewsey

58.  Pewsey Vale East

59.  Pewsey Vale West

60.  Purton

61.  Redlynch & Landford

62.  Royal Wootton Bassett East

63.  Royal Wootton Bassett North

64.  Royal Wootton Bassett South & West

65.  Salisbury Bemerton Heath

66.  Salisbury Fisherton & Bemerton Village

67.  Salisbury Harnham East

68.  Salisbury Harnham West

69.  Salisbury Milford

70.  Salisbury St Edmund’s

71.  Salisbury St Francis & Stratford

72.  Salisbury St Paul’s

73.  Sherston

74.  Southwick

75.  The Lavingtons

76.  Tidworth East & Ludgershall South

77.  Tidworth North & West

78.  Till Valley

79.  Tisbury

80.  Trowbridge Adcroft

81.  Trowbridge Central

82.  Trowbridge Drynham

83.  Trowbridge Grove

84.  Trowbridge Lambrok

85.  Trowbridge Park

86.  Trowbridge Paxcroft

87.  Urchfont & Bishops Cannings

88.  Warminster Broadway

89.  Warminster East

90.  Warminster North & Rural

91.  Warminster West

92.  Westbury East

93.  Westbury North

94.  Westbury West

95.  Wilton

96.  Winsley & Westwood

97.  Winterslow & Upper Bourne Valley

98.  Wylye Valley

Article 4

SCHEDULE 2 Names of parish wards and number of councillors

Table 1

Wards of the parish of Amesbury

(1) Name of parish ward	(2) Number of councillors
Amesbury East	2
Amesbury South	7
Amesbury West	7

Table 2

Wards of the parish of Box

(1) Name of parish ward	(2) Number of councillors
Box	9
Rudloe	6

Table 3

Wards of the parish of Bradford-on-Avon

(1) Name of parish ward	(2) Number of councillors
Bradford-on-Avon North	6
Bradford-on-Avon South	6

Table 4

Wards of the parish of Calne

(1) Name of parish ward	(2) Number of councillors
Calne Central	5
Calne Chilvester & Abberd	5
Calne North	5
Calne South	4

Table 5

Wards of the parish of Calne Without

(1) Name of parish ward	(2) Number of councillors
Calne Without East	3
Calne Without Middle	4
Calne Without Pewsham	1
Calne Without Sandy Lane	1
Calne Without West	6

Table 6

Wards of the parish of Chippenham

(1) Name of parish ward	(2) Number of councillors
Chippenham Cepen Park & Derriads	3
Chippenham Cepen Park & Hunters Moon	3
Chippenham Hardenhuish	3
Chippenham Hardens & Central	3
Chippenham Lowden & Rowden	3
Chippenham Monkton	3
Chippenham Pewsham	3
Chippenham Sheldon	3

Table 7

Wards of the parish of Corsham

(1) Name of parish ward	(2) Number of councillors
Corsham Gastard	1
Corsham Ladbrook	8
Corsham Neston	3
Corsham Pickwick	8

Table 8

Wards of the parish of Devizes

(1) Name of parish ward	(2) Number of councillors
Devizes East	7
Devizes North	6
Devizes Roundway	2
Devizes South	6

Table 9

Wards of the parish of Durrington

(1) Name of parish ward	(2) Number of councillors
Durrington	10
Larkhill	5

Table 10

Wards of the parish of Idmiston

(1) Name of parish ward	(2) Number of councillors
Gomeldon	5
Idmiston & Porton	10

Table 11

Wards of the parish of Lacock

(1) Name of parish ward	(2) Number of councillors
Lacock	10
Showell	1

Table 12

Wards of the parish of Langley Burrell Without

(1) Name of parish ward	(2) Number of councillors
Langley Burrell	3
Langley Burrell Barrow Farm	1
Langley Burrell Rawlings Farm	1

Table 13

Wards of the parish of Laverstock & Ford

(1) Name of parish ward	(2) Number of councillors
Bishopdown Farm	5
Ford, Old Sarum & Longhedge	6
Laverstock & Milford	5

Table 14

Wards of the parish of Ludgershall

(1) Name of parish ward	(2) Number of councillors
Ludgershall North	8
Ludgershall South	7

Table 15

Wards of the parish of Malmesbury

(1) Name of parish ward	(2) Number of councillors
Backbridge	1
Malmesbury	15

Table 16

Wards of the parish of Marlborough

(1) Name of parish ward	(2) Number of councillors
Marlborough East	9
Marlborough West	7

Table 17

Wards of the parish of Melksham

(1) Name of parish ward	(2) Number of councillors
Melksham East	4
Melksham Forest	5
Melksham North	2
Melksham South	4

Table 18

Wards of the parish of Melksham Without

(1) Name of parish ward	(2) Number of councillors
Melksham Without (Beanacre, Shaw & Whitley)	3
Melksham Without (Berryfield)	2
Melksham Without (Bowerhill)	7
Melksham Without (Hunters Wood)	1

Table 19

Wards of the parish of Netherhampton

(1) Name of parish ward	(2) Number of councillors
Netherhampton East	1
Netherhampton West	4

Table 20

Wards of the parish of North Bradley

(1) Name of parish ward	(2) Number of councillors
North Bradley (Park)	1
North Bradley (Village)	9
North Bradley (White Horse)	1

Table 21

Wards of the parish of Royal Wootton Bassett

(1) Name of parish ward	(2) Number of councillors
Royal Wootton Bassett East	3
Royal Wootton Bassett North	7
Royal Wootton Bassett South & West	6

Table 22

Wards of the parish of Salisbury

(1) Name of parish ward	(2) Number of councillors
Salisbury Bemerton Heath	3
Salisbury Fisherton & Bemerton Village	3
Salisbury Harnham East	3
Salisbury Harnham West	2
Salisbury Milford	2
Salisbury St Edmund’s	3
Salisbury St Francis & Stratford	3
Salisbury St Mark’s & Bishopdown	1
Salisbury St Paul’s	3

Table 23

Wards of the parish of Tidworth

(1) Name of parish ward	(2) Number of councillors
Tidworth East & South	6
Tidworth North & West	13

Table 24

Wards of the parish of Trowbridge

(1) Name of parish ward	(2) Number of councillors
Trowbridge Adcroft	3
Trowbridge Central	3
Trowbridge Drynham	3
Trowbridge Grove	3
Trowbridge Lambrok	3
Trowbridge Park	3
Trowbridge Paxcroft	3

Table 25

Wards of the parish of Warminster

(1) Name of parish ward	(2) Number of councillors
Warminster Broadway	3
Warminster East	4
Warminster North	2
Warminster West	4

Table 26

Wards of the parish of Westbury

(1) Name of parish ward	(2) Number of councillors
Westbury East	5
Westbury North	5
Westbury West	5

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order makes changes to electoral arrangements for Wiltshire following recommendations made by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England. The area of Wiltshire remains unchanged.

Article 3 abolishes the existing electoral divisions of Wiltshire and replaces them with 98 new ones for the purpose of elections held on or after the ordinary day of election of councillors in England in 2021. It establishes the names and areas of the new electoral divisions and the number of councillors for each.

Article 4 makes changes to parish wards which are consequential on the changes made by article 3. The changes to parish wards introduced by article 4 come into force for the purpose of parish elections in 2021.

The area covered by each division created by this Order is identified on a map which is available for inspection at reasonable times at the offices of the Local Government Boundary Commission for England, 1st Floor, Windsor House, 50 Victoria Street, London, SW1H 0TL.

The map may also be accessed at http://www.lgbce.org.uk/all-reviews/south-west/wiltshire/wiltshire-unitary-authority-ua

An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private, public or voluntary sectors is foreseen.

(1)

2009 c. 20.

(2)

The Local Government Boundary Commission for England was established on 1st April 2010 by section 55(1) of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009.

(3)

The ordinary day of election of councillors in England is prescribed by section 37(1) of the Representation of the People Act 1983 (c. 2), as amended by section 18(2) of the Representation of the People Act 1985 (c. 50) and section 6(16) of the Wales Act 2017 (c. 4).

(4)

Prints of the map are available for inspection at reasonable times at the principal office of the Local Government Boundary Commission for England, 1st Floor, Windsor House, 50 Victoria Street, London, SW1H 0TL. It is also accessible online at http://www.lgbce.org.uk/all-reviews/south-west/wiltshire/wiltshire-unitary-authority-ua.