The County of Monmouthshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2002

Made6th December 2002

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 March 2000 for the future electoral arrangements for the County of Monmouthshire. 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 of Monmouthshire (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 to be held on the 6th May 2004, on the 9th October 2003, and

b

for all other purposes, on 6 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 of Monmouthshire as constituted by the County of Monmouthshire Electoral Arrangements Order 19942;
“map” (“map”) means the map marked “map of the County of Monmouthshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2002” and deposited in accordance with Regulation 5 of the Local Government Area Changes Regulations 19763.

Electoral Divisions2

1

The existing electoral divisions of the County of Monmouthshire specified in the Schedule to the County of Monmouthshire Electoral Arrangements Order 1994 are abolished.

2

For the purposes of the elections of councillors for the County of Monmouthshire, that County shall be divided into 42 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, as designated on the map and demarcated by red lines.

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

E. HartMinister for Local Government, Finance and Communities6th December 2002

SCHEDULENames, areas and numbers of councillors for the electoral divisions of the County of Monmouthshire

Article 2

(1)	(2)	(3)
Name of Electoral Division	Area of Electoral Division	Number of Councillors
Caerwent	The Community of Caerwent	1
Caldicot Castle	The Caldicot Castle ward of the of the Community of Caldicot	1
Cantref	The Cantref ward of the Community of Abergavenny	1
Castle	The Castle ward of Abergavenny	1
Croesonen	The Croesonen East and Croesonen West wards of the Community of Llantilio Pertholey	1
Crucorney	The Communities of Crucorney and Grosmont	1
Devauden	The Communities of Devauden and Llangwm	1
Dewstow	The Dewstow ward of the Community of Caldicot	1
Dixton with Osbaston	The Dixton with Osbaston ward of the Community of Monmouth	1
Drybridge	The Drybridge and Town wards of the Community of Monmouth	1
Goetre Fawr	The Community of Goetre Fawr	1
Green Lane	The Green Lane ward of the Community of Caldicot	1
Grofield	The Grofield ward of the Community of Abergavenny	1
Lansdown	The Lansdown ward of the Community of Abergavenny	1
Larkfield	The Larkfield ward of the Community of Chepstow	1
Llanbadoc	The Communities of Gwehelog Fawr and Llanbadoc	1
Llanelly Hill	The Community of Llanelly	2
Llanfoist Fawr	The Llanellen, Llanfoist and Llanwenarth Citra wards of the Community of Llanfoist Fawr	1
Llangybi Fawr	The Communities of Llangybi, Llanhennock and Llantrisant Fawr	1
Llanover	The Communities of Llanarth and Llanover	1
Llantilio Crossenny	The Communities of Llangattok-Vibon-Avel and Llantilio Crossenny	1
Llanwenarth Ultra	The Llanwenarth Ultra ward of the Community of Llanfoist Fawr	1
Mardy	The Mardy, Pantygelli, Sgyrrid East and Sgyrrid West wards of the Community of Llantilio Pertholey	1
Mill	The Mill, Denny and Salisbury wards of the Community of Magor with Undy	1
Mitchel Troy	The Community of Mitchel Troy	1
Overmonnow	The Overmonnow ward of the Community of Monmouth	1
Portskewett	The Community of Portskewett	1
Priory	The Priory ward of the Community of Abergavenny	1
Raglan	The Community of Raglan	1
Rogiet	The Community of Rogiet	1
Severn	The Severn ward of the Community of Caldiciot	1
Shirenewton	The Communities of Mathern and Shirenewton	1
St. Arvans	The Communities of St. Arvans and Tintern	1
St. Christopher's	The St. Christopher’s ward of the Community of Chepstow	1
St. Kingsmark	The St. Kingsmark ward of the Community of Chepstow	1
St. Mary's	The St. Mary’s ward of the Community of Chepstow	1
The Elms	The Elms ward of the Community of Magor with Undy	1
Thornwell	The Thornwell ward of the Community of Chepstow	1
Trellech United	The Community of Trellech United	1
Usk	The Community of Usk	1
West End	The West End ward of the Community of Caldicot	1
Wyesham	The Wyesham ward of the Community of Monmouth	1

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(This note is not part of the Order)

The Local Government Boundary Commission for Wales was required by section 64(1) of the Local Government Act 1972 (as substituted by the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994) to review electoral arrangements as soon as practicable after the first elections to unitary authorities in May 1995.

This Order gives effect to the proposals made in the Local Government Boundary Commission for Wales' report of March 2000 for the County of Monmouthshire.

Although the Order abolishes all existing electoral divisions within the County and replaces them with new electoral divisions, in practice the majority of them will remain the same.

There is no change to the divisions of:

Croesonen, Crucorney, Goetre Fawr, Larkfield, Llanbadoc, Llanelly Hill, Llanfoist Fawr, Llangybi Fawr, Llanover, Llantilio Crossenny, Llanwenarth Ultra, Mardy, Mitchel Troy, Overmonnow, Portskewett, Raglan, Rogiet, St. Arvans, St. Christopher's, St. Kingsmark, St. Mary's, Thornwell, Trellech United, Usk, Wyesham.

The existing community of Abergavenny is to be divided to create five electoral divisions each returning one councillor:

Cantref, Castle, Grofield, Lansdown, Priory.

The existing community of Caldicot is to be divided to create five electoral divisions each returning one councillor:

Caldicot Castle, Dewstow, Green Lane, Severn, West End.

The existing division of Caerwent presently includes the communities of Caerwent and Mathern. Under the new arrangements the electoral division of Caerwent comprises of the Community of Caerwent. The division will return one councillor.

The existing division of Shirenewton presently comprises the communities of Devauden, Llangwm and Shirenewton. Under the new arrangements the electoral division of Shirenewton comprises of the communities of Mathern and Shirenewton and returns one councillor.

New electoral divisions are created for:

Devauden, returning one councillor. The division to comprise of the communities of Devauden and Llangwm.
Dixton with Osbaston to return one councillor. The division to comprise of the Dixton with Osbaston ward of the Community of Monmouth.
Drybridge, returning one councillor. The division to comprise of the Drybridge and Town wards of the Community of Monmouth.
Mill, returning one councillor. The division to comprise of The Mill, Denny and Salisbury wards of the Community of Magor with Undy.
The Elms, returning one councillor. The division to comprise of The Elms ward of the Community of Magor with Undy.

The areas of the new divisions are demarcated on the detailed map described in Article 2, prints of which may be inspected at all reasonable times at the offices of Monmouthshire County Council and at the offices of the National Assembly for Wales, Cathays Park, Cardiff, CF10 3NQ (Local Government Modernisation Division).