The County of Ceredigion (Electoral Arrangements) Order 2021

Welsh Statutory Instruments

2021 No. 1140 (W. 277)

Local Government, Wales

The County of Ceredigion (Electoral Arrangements) Order 2021

Made

11 October 2021

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

The Local Democracy and Boundary Commission for Wales(1) has, in accordance with section 36(5) of the Local Government (Democracy) (Wales) Act 2013(2) (“the 2013 Act”), submitted to the Welsh Ministers a report dated May 2019 containing its recommendations for change and the details of its review of the electoral arrangements for the County of Ceredigion.

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, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) The title of this Order is the County of Ceredigion (Electoral Arrangements) Order 2021.

(2) For any purpose set out in regulation 4(1) of the Local Government Area Changes Regulations 1976(3), this Order comes into force on the second day after the day on which it is made.

(3) For all other purposes, this Order comes into force on the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2022(4).

(4) In this Order—

“electoral ward” (“ward etholiadol”) means any area for which members are elected to Ceredigion County Council;

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 of Ceredigion

2.—(1) The electoral wards of the County of Ceredigion, as they exist immediately before the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2022, are abolished.

(2) The County of Ceredigion is divided into 34 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 1972(5).

Rebecca Evans

Minister for Finance and Local Government, one of the Welsh Ministers

11 October 2021

Article 2

SCHEDULE NAMES AND AREAS OF ELECTORAL WARDS AND NUMBER OF MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL

Table

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
Aberaeron and Aberarth	Aberaeron ac Aber-arth	The town of Aberaeron and the Llanddewi Aberarth ward of the community of Dyffryn Arth	1
Aberporth and Y Ferwig	Aber-porth a’r Ferwig	The communities of Aberporth and Y Ferwig	2
Aberystwyth Morfa a Glais	Aberystwyth Morfa a Glais	The Bronglais, Canol/Central and Gogledd/North wards of the town of Aberystwyth	2
Aberystwyth Penparcau	Aberystwyth Penparcau	The Penparcau ward of the town of Aberystwyth	2
Aberystwyth Rheidol	Aberystwyth Rheidol	The Rheidol ward of the town of Aberystwyth	1
Beulah and Llangoedmor	Beulah a Llangoedmor	The communities of Beulah, and Llangoedmor	2
Borth	Y Borth	The communities of Borth, and Geneu’r Glyn	1
Ceulan a Maesmawr	Ceulan a Maesmawr	The communities of Ceulanamaesmawr, Llangynfelyn, and Ysgubor-y-Coed	1
Ciliau Aeron	Ciliau Aeron	The communities of Ciliau Aeron, and Henfynyw	1
Faenor	Faenor	The community of Faenor	1
Lampeter	Llanbedr Pont Steffan	The town of Lampeter	1
Llannarth	Llannarth	The community of Llanarth	1
Llanbadarn Fawr	Llanbadarn Fawr	The community of Llanbadarn Fawr	1
Llandyfriog	Llandyfrïog	The community of Llandyfriog	1
Llandysilio and Llangrannog	Llandysilio a Llangrannog	The communities of Llandysiliogogo, and Llangrannog	1
Llandysul North and Troedyraur	Gogledd Llandysul a Throed-yr-aur	The community of Troedyraur, and the Pontshaen and Tregroes wards of the community of Llandysul	1
Llandysul South	De Llansysul	The Capel Dewi and Trefol wards of the community of Llandysul	1
Llanfarian	Llanfarian	The community of Llanfarian	1
Llanfihangel Ystrad	Llanfihangel Ystrad	The community of Llanfihangel Ystrad, and the Nantcwnlle and the Trefilan wards of the community of Nantcwnlle	1
Llangeitho	Llangeitho	The communities of Llanddewi Brefi, and Llangeitho	1
Llangybi	Llangybi	The communities of Llanfair Clydogau, and Llangybi, and the Gartheli ward of the community of Nantcwnlle	1
Llanrhystyd	Llanrhystud	The communities of Llangwyryfon, and Llanrhystyd	1
Llansanffraid	Llansanffraid	The community of Llansantffraed, and the Llanbadarn Trefeglwys ward of the community of Dyffryn Arth	1
Llanwenog	Llanwenog	The communities of Llanwenog, and Llanwnnen	1
Lledrod	Lledrod	The communities of Lledrod, Ystrad Meurig, and Ysbyty Ystwyth	1
Melindwr	Melindwr	The communities of Blaenrheidol, Pontarfynach, and Melindwr	1
Mwldan	Mwldan	The Mwldan ward of the town of Cardigan	1
New Quay and Llanllwchaearn	Ceinewydd a Llanllwchaearn	The town of New Quay and the community of Llanllwchaiarn	1
Penbryn	Penbryn	The community of Penbryn	1
Teifi	Teifi	The Rhyd-y-Fuwch and Teifi wards of the town of Cardigan	1
Tirymynach	Tirymynach	The community of Tirymynach	1
Trefeurig	Trefeurig	The community of Trefeurig	1
Tregaron and Ystrad Fflur	Tregaron ac Ystrad-Fflur	The town of Tregaron and the community of Ystrad Fflur	1
Ystwyth	Ystwyth	The communities of Llanilar, and Trawsgoed	1

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order implements the recommendations of the Local Democracy and Boundary Commission for Wales (“the Commission”) which reported in May 2019 on its review of the electoral arrangements for the County of Ceredigion. The Commission’s Report proposed a reduction in the number of electoral wards from 40 to 34 and a reduction in the number of councillors from 42 to 38.

This Order implements the Commission’s recommendations with modifications.

Article 2 of this Order abolishes the existing electoral arrangements for the County of Ceredigion and introduces a Schedule which sets out the new electoral arrangements for the electoral wards within the County of Ceredigion.

The Welsh Ministers’ code of Practice on the carrying out of Regulatory Impact Assessments was considered in relation to this Order. As a result, it was not considered necessary to carry out a regulatory impact assessment as to the likely costs and benefits of complying with this Order.

(1)

The Local Government Boundary Commission for Wales was established by section 53 of, and Schedule 8 to, the Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70) (“the 1972 Act”). Section 53 and Schedule 8 were repealed by section 73(2) of, and Schedule 2 to, the Local Government (Democracy) (Wales) Act 2013 (anaw 4) (“the 2013 Act”). The 2013 Act re-names the Local Government Boundary Commission for Wales as the Local Democracy and Boundary Commission for Wales (see section 2).

(2)

2013 anaw 4.

(3)

S.I. 1976/246. Section 74(3) of the 2013 Act provides that these Regulations continue to have effect in relation to orders made under Part 3 of the 2013 Act, as if those orders were made under Part 4 of the 1972 Act.

(4)

The Local Authorities (Change to the Years of Ordinary Elections) (Wales) Order 2019 (S.I. 2019/1269 (W. 220)) amends section 26(1) of the 1972 Act to provide that the year in which the ordinary elections of councillors of local authorities shall take place is 2022 instead of 2021.

(5)

1972 c. 70; section 58 of the 1972 Act was repealed by section 73(2) of, and Schedule 2 to, the 2013 Act, subject to savings provisions specified in section 74 of the 2013 Act.