2021 No. 1216 (W. 305)
The City and County Borough of Newport (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 August 2020 containing its recommendations for change and the details of its review of the electoral arrangements for the City and County Borough of Newport.
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 modification.
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 commencement1
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 20223.
Interpretation2
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 19764;
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 Newport3
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 19725.
The communities of Graig and Rogerstone: changes to community boundaries4
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 arrangements5
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 boundaries6
The part of the community of Pillgwenlly shown hatched on Map 2 is transferred to the community of Stow Hill.
SCHEDULENAMES 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 |
Allt-yr-yn | Allt-yr-ynn | The community of Allt-yr-yn | 3 |
Alway | Alway | The community of Alway | 3 |
Beechwood | Beechwood | The community of Beechwood | 3 |
Bettws | Betws | The community of Bettws | 3 |
Bishton and Langstone | Trefesgob a Langstone | The communities of Bishton, Langstone, Llanvaches, and Penhow | 2 |
Caerleon | Caerllion | The community of Caerleon | 3 |
Gaer | Gaer | The community of Gaer | 3 |
Graig | Graig | The community of Graig | 2 |
Lliswerry | Llyswyry | The community of Lliswerry | 4 |
Llanwern | Llan-wern | The communities of Goldcliff, Llanwern, Nash and Redwick | 1 |
Malpas | Malpas | The community of Malpas | 3 |
Pillgwenlly | Pilgwenlli | The community of Pillgwenlly | 2 |
Ringland | Ringland | The community of Ringland | 3 |
Rogerstone East | Dwyrain Tŷ-du | The East ward of the community of Rogerstone | 1 |
Rogerstone North | Gogledd Tŷ-du | The North ward of the community of Rogerstone | 1 |
Rogerstone West | Gorllewin Tŷ-du | The West ward of the community of Rogerstone | 2 |
Shaftesbury | Shaftesbury | The community of Shaftesbury | 2 |
St Julians | Sain Silian | The community of St Julians | 3 |
Stow Hill | Stow Hill | The community of Stow Hill | 2 |
Tredegar Park and Marshfield | Parc Tredegar a Maerun | The communities of Marshfield, Michaelstone-y-Fedw, Coedkernew, Wentlooge and Tredegar Park | 3 |
Victoria | Victoria | The community of Victoria | 2 |
(This note is not part of the Order)