The County of Shropshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2009

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order makes changes to the electoral arrangements for the county of Shropshire following recommendations made by the Boundary Committee for England to the Electoral Commission. The Shropshire (Structural Change) Order 2008 provides for the establishment, on 1st April 2009, of a single tier of local government in the county of Shropshire. The area of the county remains unchanged.

The Electoral Commission accepted the Boundary Committee’s recommendations with one modification. The modification concerns the boundary between Quarry and Coton Hill electoral division and Castlefields and Ditherington electoral division.

The electoral changes apply in respect of local government elections to be held on and after the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2009.

Article 3 abolishes the existing electoral divisions of the county and replaces them with 63 new ones. That article, the map and the Schedule also establish the names and areas of the new county electoral divisions and the numbers of county councillors for each electoral division.

Article 4 abolishes the parish wards of the parish of Broseley and replaces them with 3 new ones. That article and the map also establish the names and areas of the new parish wards and the numbers of parish councillors for each ward.

Article 5 abolishes the parish wards of the parish of Ludlow and replaces them with 7 new ones. That article and the map also establish the names and areas of the new parish wards and the numbers of parish councillors for each ward.

Article 6 abolishes the existing parish wards of the parish of Market Drayton and replaces them with 3 new ones. That article and the map also establish the names and areas of the new parish wards and the numbers of parish councillors for each ward.

Article 7 abolishes the existing parish wards of the parish of Oswestry and replaces them with 6 new ones. That article and the map also establish the names and areas of the new parish wards and the numbers of parish councillors for each ward.

Article 8 establishes 17 parish wards for the parish of Shrewsbury. That article and the map also establish the areas of the new parish wards and the numbers of parish councillors for each ward.

Article 9 abolishes the existing parish wards of Whitchurch Urban and replaces them with 3 new ones. That article and the map also establish the names and areas of the new parish wards and the numbers of parish councillors for each ward.

The map defined in article 2 shows the new county electoral divisions and parish wards. It is available at www.electoralcommission.org.uk/boundary-reviews/all-reviews/west-midlands/shropshire/shropshire-electoral-review and, at all reasonable times, at the offices of the council of the county of Shropshire and at the principal office of the Electoral Commission at Trevelyan House, Great Peter Street, London SW1P 2HW.