Welsh Statutory Instruments
2002 No. 3274 (W.312)
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, WALES
The County of Gwynedd (Electoral Changes) Order 2002
Made 6th December 2002
Coming into force in accordance with article 1(2)

In pursuance of sections 58(1) and 64 of the Local Government Act 1972 the Local Government Boundary Commission for Wales submitted proposals in September 1998 for the future electoral arrangements for the County of Gwynedd. 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.
1972 c. 70.

Name, commencement and interpretation
1. (1) This Order is called the County of Gwynedd (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 on the 6th May 2004, on the 9th October 2003, and
(b) for all other purposes, on 6th 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 Gwynedd constituted by the County of Caernarfonshire and Merionethshire Electoral Arrangements Order 1994;
The name of the County has been changed from Caernarfonshire and Merionethshire to Gwynedd in accordance with section 74 of the Local Government Act 1972. This Order was made on the 19th December 1994 by the Secretary of State for the Home Department.

Electoral Divisions
2. (1) The existing electoral divisions of the County of Gwynedd specified in the Schedule to the County of Gwynedd Electoral Arrangements Order 1994 are abolished.
(2) For the purposes of the elections of councillors for the County of Gwynedd, that County shall be divided into 71 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.
(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 Electors
3. 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. Hart
Minister for Local Government, Finance and Communities
6th December 2002

SCHEDULE Names, areas and numbers of councillors for the electoral divisions of the County of Gwynedd
Article 2
(1)	(2)	(3)
Name of Electoral Division	Area of Electoral Division	Number of Councillors
Aberdaron	The Community of Aberdaron	1
Aberdovey	The Communities of Aberdovey and Pennal	1
Abererch	The Abererch and Y Ffôr wards of the Community of Llannor	1
Abermaw	The Community of Barmouth	1
Abersoch	The Abersoch ward of the Community of Llanengan	1
Arllechwedd	The Community of Aber and Llanllechid and the Llandygai ward of the Community of Llandygai	1
Bala	The Community of Bala	1
Bethel	The Bethel ward of the Community of Llanddeiniolen	1
Bontnewydd	The Community of Bontnewydd	1
Botwnnog	The Community of Botwnnog	1
Bowydd and Rhiw	The Bowydd and Rhiw and Tanygrisiau wards of the Community of Ffestiniog	1
Brithdir and Llanfachreth/Ganllwyd/Llanelltyd	The Communities of Brithdir and Llanfachreth, Ganllwyd and Llanelltyd	1
Bryn-crug/ Llanfihangel	The Communities of Bryn-crug and Llanfihangel-y-Pennant	1
Cadnant	The Dwyrain ward of the Community of Caernarfon	1
Clynnog	The Community of Clynnog	1
Corris/Mawddwy	The Communities of Corris and Mawddwy	1
Criccieth	The Community of Criccieth	1
Cwm-y-Glo	The Ceunant and Cwm-y-Glo wards of the Community of Llanrug	1
Deiniol	The Deiniol ward of the Community of Bangor	1
Deiniolen	The Clwt-y-bont, Deiniolen and Dinorwic wards of the Community of Llanddeiniolen	1
Dewi	The Dewi ward of the Community of Bangor	1
Diffwys and Maenofferen	The Diffwys and Maenofferen ward of the Community of Ffestiniog	1
Dolbenmaen	The Bryncir, Garn, Golan, Penmorfa and Treflys wards of the Community of Dolbenmaen	1
Dolgellau North	The Northern and Rural wards of the Community of Dolgellau	1
Dolgellau South	The Southern ward of the Community of Dolgellau	1
Dyffryn Ardudwy	The Community of Dyffryn Ardudwy	1
Efail-newydd/Buan	The Community of Buan and the Efail-newydd and Pentre-uchaf wards of the Community of Llannor	1
Garth	The Garth ward of the Community of Bangor	1
Gerlan	The Gerlan and Rachub wards of the Community of Bethesda	1
Glyder	The Glyder ward of the Community of Bangor	1
Groeslon	The Dinas Dinlle and Groeslon wards of the Community of Llandwrog	1
Harlech	The Communities of Harlech and Talsarnau	1
Hendre	The Hendre ward of the Community of Bangor	1
Hirael	The Hirael ward of the Community of Bangor	1
Llanaelhaearn	The Communities of Llanaelhaearn and Pistyll	1
Llanbedr	The Communities of Llanbedr and Llanfair	1
Llanbedrog	The Community of Llanbedrog	1
Llanberis	The Community of Llanberis	1
Llandderfel	The Communities of Llandderfel and Llanycil	1
Llanengan	The Llanengan and Llangian wards of the Community of Llanengan	1
Llangelynin	The Communities of Arthog, Llanegryn and Llangelynin	1
Llanllyfni	The Llanllyfni, Nantlle and Nebo wards of the Community of Llanllyfni	1
Llanrug	The Llanrug ward of the Community of Llanrug	1
Llanuwchllyn	The Communities of Llanuwchllyn and Llangywer	1
Llanwnda	The Community of Llanwnda	1
Llanystumdwy	The Community of Llanystumdwy	1
Marchog	The Marchog ward of the Community of Bangor	2
Menai (Bangor)	The Menai ward of the Community of Bangor	2
Menai (Caernarfon)	The Gogledd ward of the Community of Caernarfon	1
Morfa Nefyn	The Edern and Morfa Nefyn wards of the Community of Nefyn	1
Nefyn	The Nefyn Ward of the Community of Nefyn	1
Ogwen	The Ogwen ward of the Community of Bethesda	1
Peblig (Caernarfon)	The Deheuol ward of the Community of Caernarfon	1
Penisarwaun	The Brynrefail, Penisarwaun and Rhiwlas wards of the Community of Llanddeiniolen	1
Penrhyndeudraeth	The Communities of Llanfrothen and Penrhyndeudraeth	1
Pentir	The Community of Pentir	1
Penygroes	The Penygroes ward of the Community of Llanllyfni	1
Porthmadog East	The East and Ynys Galch wards of the Community of Porthmadog	1
Porthmadog West	The Gest, Morfa Bychan and West wards of the Community of Porthmadog	1 1
Porthmadog-Tremadog	The Community of Beddgelert, the Pren-teg ward of the Community of Dolbenmaen and the Tremadog ward of the Community of Porthmadog	1
Pwllheli North	The North ward of the Community of Pwllheli	1
Pwllheli South	The South ward of the Community of Pwllheli	1
Seiont	The Gorllewin ward of the Community of Caernarfon	2
Talysarn	The Carmel and Cesarea wards of the Community of Llandwrog and the Talysarn ward of the Community of Llanllyfni	1
Teigl	The Conglywal and Cynfal and Teigl wards of the Community of Ffestiniog	1
Trawsfynydd	The Communities of Maentwrog and Trawsfynydd	1
Tregarth & Mynydd Llandygai	The St. Ann’s and Tregarth wards of the Community of Llandygai	1
Tudweiliog	The Community of Tudweiliog	1
Tywyn	The Community of Tywyn	2
Waunfawr	The Communities of Betws Garmon and Waunfawr	1
Y Felinheli	The Community of Y Felinheli	1

(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 September 1998 for the County of Gwynedd.
Although the Order abolishes all existing electoral divisions within the County and replaces them with new electoral divisions, in practice the majority will remain the same.
There is no change to the divisions of Aberdaron, Aberdovey, Abererch, Abersoch, Bala, Bethel, Bontnewydd, Botwnnog, Bowydd and Rhiw, Cadnant, Clynnog, Corris/Mawddwy, Criccieth, Deiniol, Deiniolen, Dewi, Dyffryn Ardudwy, Efail-newydd/Buan, Garth, Glyder, Harlech, Hendre, Hirael, Llanaelhaearn, Llanbedr, Llanbedrog, Llanberis, Llandderfel, Llanengan, Llanuwchllyn, Llanwnda, Marchog, Menai (Bangor), Nefyn, Ogwen, Peblig (Caernarfon), Penygroes, Pwllheli North, Pwllheli South, Seiont, Trawsfynydd, Tudweiliog, Tywyn, Waunfawr, Y Felinheli.
However the following new electoral divisions are to be created:
Abermaw to comprise of the Community of Barmouth and be represented by one councillor. Arllechwedd to comprise of the Communities of Aber and Llanllechid and the Llandygai ward of the Community of Llandygai and represented by one councillor.
Brithdir and Llanfachreth/Ganllwyd/ Llanelltyd to comprise of the Communities of Brithdir and Llanfachreth, Ganllwyd and Llanelltyd and be represented by one councillor.
Bryn-crug/Llanfihangel to comprise of the Communities of Bryn-crug and Llanfihangel-y-Pennant and be represented by one councillor.
Cwm-y-Glo to comprise of the Communities of Ceunant and Cwm-y-Glo wards of the community of Llanrug, represented by one councillor.
Diffwys and Maenofferen division to comprise of the Diffwys and Maenofferen ward of the Community of Ffestiniog and be represented by one councillor.
Dolbenmaen to comprise of the Bryncir, Garn, Golan, Penmorfa and Treflys wards of the Community of Dolbenmaen and represented by one councillor.
Dolgellau North to comprise of the Northern and Rural wards of the Community of Dolgellau and represented by one councillor.
Dolgellau South to comprise of the Southern ward of the Community of Dolgellau and represented by one councillor.
Groeslon to comprise of the Dinas Dinlle and Groeslon wards of the Community of Llandwrog and represented by one councillor.
Llanystumdwy to comprise of the Community of Llanystumdwy and be represented by one councillor.
Morfa Nefyn to comprise of the Edern and Morfa Nefyn wards of the Community of Nefyn and represented by one councillor.
Teigl to comprise of the Conglywal and Cynfal and Teigl wards of the Community of Ffestiniog and represented by one councillor.
Tregarth and Mynydd Llandygai to comprise of the St. Ann’s and Tregarth wards of the Community of Llandygai and represented by one councillor.
The composition of the following existing divisions will change:
Gerlan to comprise of the Gerlan and Rachub wards of the Community of Bethesda and represented by one councillor.
Llangelynin to comprise of the Communities of Arthog, Llanegryn and Llangelynnin and be represented by one councillor.
Llanllyfni to comprise of the Llanllyfni, Nantlle and Nebo wards of the Community of Llanllyfni and be represented by one councillor.
Penisarwaun to comprise of the Brynrefail, Penisarwaun and Rhiwlas wards of the Community of Llanddeiniolen and be represented by one councillor.
Porthmadog East to comprise of the East and Ynys Galch wards of the Community of Porthmadog and be represented by one councillor.
Porthmadog West to comprise of the Gest, Morfa Bychan and West wards of the Community of Porthmadog and be represented by one councillor.
Porthmadog-Tremadog to comprise of the Community of Beddgelert, the Prenteg ward of the Community of Dolbenmaen and the Tremadog ward of the Community of Porthmadog and be represented by one councillor.
Talysarn to comprise of the Carmel and Cesarea wards of the Community of Llandwrog and the Talysarn ward of the Community of Llanllyfni and be represented by one councillor.
There is also a change in the number of councillors for the following divisions:
Llanrug representation reduced from two to one councillor.
Menai (Caernarfon) representation reduced from two to one councillor.
Penrhyndeudraeth representation reduced from two to one councillor.
Pentir representation to be reduced from two to one councillor.