Title and commencement
1.—(1) The title of this Order is the City and County Borough of Newport (Electoral Arrangements) Order 2021.
(2) For any purpose set out in regulation 4(1) of the Regulations, 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(1).
Interpretation
2. In this Order—
“electoral ward” (“ward etholiadol”) means any area for which members are elected to Newport City Council;
“the Regulations” (“y Rheoliadau”) means the Local Government Area Changes Regulations 1976(2);
any reference to a map means one of the 2 maps marked “Map of the City and County Borough of Newport (Electoral Arrangements) Order 2021” deposited in accordance with regulation 5 of the Regulations, labelled “1” and “2”, 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 City and County Borough of Newport
3.—(1) The electoral wards of the City and County Borough of Newport, as they exist immediately before the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2022, are abolished.
(2) The City and County Borough of Newport is divided into 21 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(3).
The communities of Graig and Rogerstone: changes to community boundaries
4. The part of the community of Graig shown hatched on Map 1 is transferred to the community of Rogerstone, and forms part of the West ward of the community of Rogerstone.
The community of Rogerstone: changes to electoral arrangements
5. In the community of Rogerstone—
(a)the number of members to be elected for the East ward is 4;
(b)the number of members to be elected for the North ward is 4;
(c)the number of members to be elected for the West ward is 7.
The communities of Pillgwenlly and Stow Hill: changes to community boundaries
6. The part of the community of Pillgwenlly shown hatched on Map 2 is transferred to the community of Stow Hill.
Rebecca Evans
Minister for Finance and Local Government, one of the Welsh Ministers
1 November 2021