2004 No.2821

LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND

The County of Wiltshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2004

Made

Coming into force in accordance with article 1(2)

Whereas the Boundary Committee for England1, acting pursuant to section 15(4) of the Local Government Act 19922, has submitted to the Electoral Commission3 recommendations dated March 2004 on its review of the county of Wiltshire:

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 174 and 265 of the Local Government Act 1992, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:

Citation and commencement1

1

This Order may be cited as the County of Wiltshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2004.

2

This Order shall come into force –

a

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;

b

for all other purposes, on the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2005.

Interpretation2

In this Order –

  • “county” means the county of Wiltshire;

  • “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

  • references to wards, unless the context otherwise requires, are references to district wards in the county6.

Electoral divisions of the county of Wiltshire3

1

The existing electoral divisions of the county7 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 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.

Electoral registers4

The Electoral Registration Officer8 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.

Revocation5

The County of Wiltshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order (1993)9 is revoked.

Sealed with the seal of the Electoral Commission on the 28th day of October 2004

Sam YoungerChairman of the Commission
Jacqui DixonSecretary to the Commission

SCHEDULENAMES AND AREAS OF ELECTORAL DIVISIONS AND NUMBERS OF COUNCILLORS

article 3

Column (1)

Column (2)

Column (3)

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 parish10; 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

(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.