2021 No. 1084 (W. 258)
The County Borough of Bridgend (Electoral Arrangements) Order 2021
Made
Coming into force in accordance with article 1(2) and (3)
The Local Democracy and Boundary Commission for Wales1 has, in accordance with section 36(5) of the Local Government (Democracy) (Wales) Act 20132 (“the 2013 Act”), submitted to the Welsh Ministers a report dated October 2019 containing its recommendations for change and the details of its review of the electoral arrangements for the County Borough of Bridgend.
The Welsh Ministers have, after consideration of the matters referred to and set out in section 37(2)(a) and (c) of the 2013 Act, decided to give effect to those recommendations with modifications.
In accordance with section 37(3) of the 2013 Act, more than 6 weeks have elapsed since those recommendations were submitted to the Welsh Ministers.
The Welsh Ministers make the following Order in exercise of their powers conferred by section 37(1) of the 2013 Act.
Title and commencementI1I101
1
The title of this Order is the County Borough of Bridgend (Electoral Arrangements) Order 2021.
2
For any purpose set out in regulation 4(1) of the Regulations, this Order comes into force on 1 October 2021.
3
For all other purposes, this Order comes into force on the ordinary day of election of councillors in 20223.
InterpretationI2I92
In this Order—
“electoral ward” (“ward etholiadol”) means any area for which members are elected to Bridgend County Borough Council;
“the Regulations” (“y Rheoliadau”) means the Local Government Area Changes Regulations 19764;
any reference to a map means one of the 7 maps marked “Map of the County Borough of Bridgend (Electoral Arrangements) Order 2021” deposited in accordance with regulation 5 of the Regulations, labelled “1” to “7”, and a reference to a numbered map is a reference to the map that bears that number;
where a boundary is shown on a 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;
words and expressions used in this Order have the same meaning as they have in Part 3 of the Local Government (Democracy) (Wales) Act 2013, except so far as a contrary intention appears.
Electoral arrangements for the County Borough of BridgendI3I113
1
The electoral wards of the County Borough of Bridgend, as they exist immediately before the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2022, are abolished.
2
The County Borough of Bridgend is divided into 28 electoral wards each bearing the English language name listed in column 1 and the Welsh language name listed in column 2 of the Table in the Schedule to this Order.
3
Each electoral ward comprises the areas specified in relation to that electoral ward in column 3 of the Table in the Schedule to this Order.
4
The number of members of the council to be elected for each electoral ward is the number specified in column 4 of the Table in the Schedule to this Order.
5
The provisions in this Order take precedence over any conflicting provision in any previous statutory instrument made under section 58(2) of the Local Government Act 19725.
The community of Brackla: creation of community wardsI4I124
The community of Brackla is to be divided into the following wards—
a
the Brackla West ward shown hatched on Map 1;
b
the Brackla West Central ward shown hatched on Map 2;
c
the Brackla East Central ward shown hatched on Map 3;
d
the Brackla East ward shown hatched on Map 4.
The community of Brackla: consequential changes to electoral arrangementsI5I135
In the community of Brackla—
a
the number of members to be elected for the Brackla West ward is 3;
b
the number of members to be elected for the Brackla West Central ward is 3;
c
the number of members to be elected for the Brackla East Central ward is 3;
d
the number of members to be elected for the Brackla East ward is 3.
The community of Porthcawl: changes to community ward boundariesI6I146
In the community of Porthcawl—
a
the part of the Nottage ward shown hatched on Map 5 is transferred to the Rest Bay ward;
b
the part of the Rest Bay ward shown hatched on Map 6 is transferred to the West Central ward;
c
the part of the Newton ward shown cross-hatched on Map 7 is transferred to the East Central ward;
d
the part of the West Central ward shown hatched on Map 7 is transferred to the East Central ward.
The community of Porthcawl: consequential changes to electoral arrangementsI7I157
In the community of Porthcawl—
a
the number of members to be elected for the Nottage ward is 3;
b
the number of members to be elected for the Newton ward is 3;
c
the number of members to be elected for the West Central 3;
d
the number of members to be elected for the East Central ward is 6.
I8I16SCHEDULENAMES AND AREAS OF ELECTORAL WARDS AND NUMBER OF MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL
Column (1) | Column (2) | Column (3) | Column (4) |
|---|---|---|---|
English language name of electoral ward | Welsh language name of electoral ward | Area of electoral ward | Number of members of the council |
Aberkenfig | Abercynffig | The Aberkenfig ward of the community of Newcastle Higher and the community of Llangynwyd Lower | 1 |
Blackmill | Melin Ifan Ddu | The Blackmill and Evanstown wards of the community of Ogmore Valley | 1 |
Brackla East and Coychurch Lower | Dwyrain Bracla a Llangrallo Isaf | The Brackla East ward of the community of Brackla and the community of Coychurch Lower | 2 |
Brackla East Central | Canol Dwyrain Bracla | The Brackla East Central ward of the community of Brackla | 1 |
Brackla West | Gorllewin Bracla | The Brackla West ward of the community of Brackla | 1 |
Brackla West Central | Canol Gorllewin Bracla | The Brackla West Central ward of the community of Brackla | 1 |
Bridgend Central | Canol Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr | The Morfa and Newcastle wards of the community of Bridgend | 3 |
Bryntirion, Laleston and Merthyr Mawr | Bryntirion, Trelales a Merthyr Mawr | The community of Merthyr Mawr, and the Laleston / Bryntirion ward of the community of Laleston | 3 |
Caerau | Caerau | The Caerau and Nantyffyllon wards of the community of Maesteg | 2 |
Cefn-glas | Cefn-glas | The Cefn Glas 1 and Cefn Glas 2 wards of the community of Laleston | 2 |
Coity Higher | Coety Uchaf | The community of Coity Higher | 3 |
Cornelly | Corneli | The community of Cornelly | 3 |
Garw Valley | Cwm Garw | The community of Garw Valley | 3 |
Llangynwyd | Llangynwyd | The Cwmfelin and Pont-rhyd-y-cyff wards of the community of Llangynwyd Middle | 1 |
Maesteg East | Dwyrain Maesteg | The East ward of the community of Maesteg | 2 |
Maesteg West | Gorllewin Maesteg | The West ward of the community of Maesteg | 2 |
Nant-y-moel | Nant-y-moel | The Nant-y-moel ward of the community of Ogmore Valley | 1 |
Newton | Drenewydd | The Newton ward of the community of Porthcawl | 1 |
Nottage | Notais | The Nottage ward of the community of Porthcawl | 1 |
Ogmore Vale | Bro Ogwr | The Ogmore Vale ward of the community of Ogmore Valley | 1 |
Oldcastle | Hengastell | The Oldcastle ward of the community of Bridgend | 2 |
Pencoed and Penprysg | Pencoed a Phen-prysg | The community of Pencoed and the community of Coychurch Higher | 3 |
Pen-y-fai | Pen-y-fai | The Pen-y-fai ward of the community of Newcastle Higher | 1 |
Porthcawl East Central | Canol Dwyrain Porthcawl | The East Central ward of the community of Porthcawl | 2 |
Porthcawl West Central | Canol Gorllewin Porthcawl | The West Central ward of the community of Porthcawl | 1 |
Pyle, Kenfig Hill and Cefn Cribwr | Y Pîl, Cynffig a Chefn Cribwr | The communities of Cefn Cribwr and Pyle | 3 |
Rest Bay | Rest Bay | The Rest Bay ward of the community of Porthcawl | 1 |
St Bride’s Minor and Ynysawdre | Llansanffraid-ar-Ogwr ac Ynysawdre | The communities of St Bride’s Minor and Ynysawdre | 3 |
(This note is not part of the Order)
Sch. in force at 1.10.2021 for specified purposes, see art. 1(2)