2002 No. 3276 (W.314)
The County Borough of Newport (Electoral Changes) Order 2002
Made
Coming into force in accordance with article 1(2)
In pursuance of sections 58(1) and 64 of the Local Government Act 19721 the Local Government Boundary Commission for Wales submitted proposals in December 1999 for the future electoral arrangements for the County Borough of Newport. The National Assembly for Wales, having agreed with the proposals, makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred on it by sections 58(2) and 67(4) and (5) of the Act:
Name, commencement and interpretation1
1
This Order is called the County Borough of Newport (Electoral Changes) Order 2002.
2
This Order will come into force:
a
for the purposes of proceedings, preliminary or relating to any election to be held on the 6th May 2004, on the 9th October 2003, and
b
for all other purposes, on 6th May 2004.
3
In this Order—
“the Act” (“y Ddeddf”) means the Local Government Act 1972;
“electoral division” (“adran etholiadol”) means an electoral division of the County Borough of Newport as constituted by the County Borough of Newport Electoral Arrangements Order 19942.
Electoral Divisions2
1
The existing electoral divisions of the County Borough of Newport specified in the Schedule to the County Borough of Newport Electoral Arrangements Order 1994 are abolished.
2
For the purposes of the elections of councillors for the County Borough of Newport, that County Borough shall be divided into 20 electoral divisions bearing the names specified in column (1) of the Schedule to this order, and each such electoral division shall comprise the area specified in column (2) of that Schedule.
3
The number of councillors to be returned for each such electoral division shall be the number specified in relation to the division in column (3) of the Schedule to this Order.
Register of Local Government Electors3
The registration officer shall make such re-arrangements or adaptation of the register of local government electors as may be necessary due to the coming into force of this Order.
Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales
SCHEDULENames, areas and numbers of councillors for the electoral divisions of the County Borough of Newport
(1) | (2) | (3) |
---|---|---|
Name of Electoral Division | Area of Electoral Division | Number of Councillors |
Allt-yr-yn | The Community of Allt-yr-yn | 3 |
Alway | The Community of Alway | 3 |
Beechwood | The Community of Beechwood | 3 |
Bettws | The Community of Bettws | 3 |
Caerleon | The Community of Caerleon | 3 |
Gaer | The Community of Gaer | 3 |
Graig | The Community of Graig | 2 |
Langstone | The Communities of Langstone, Llanvaches and Penhow | 2 |
Liswerry | The Communities of Liswerry and Nash | 4 |
Llanwern | The Communities of Bishton, Goldcliff, Llanwern and Redwick | 1 |
Malpas | The Community of Malpas | 3 |
Marshfield | The Communities of Coedkernew, Marshfield, Michaelstone-y-Fedw and Wentlooge | 2 |
Pillgwenlly | The Community of Pillgwenlly | 2 |
Ringland | The Community of Ringland | 3 |
Rogerstone | The Community of Rogerstone | 3 |
Shaftesbury | The Community of Shaftesbury | 2 |
St. Julians | The Community of St. Julians | 3 |
Stow Hill | The Community of Stow Hill | 2 |
Tredegar Park | The Community of Tredegar Park | 1 |
Victoria | The Community of Victoria | 2 |
(This note is not part of the Order)