The County Borough of Merthyr Tydfil (Electoral Arrangements) Order 2021
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 modifications.
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, commencement and interpretation1.
(1)
The title of this Order is the County Borough of Merthyr Tydfil (Electoral Arrangements) Order 2021.
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In this Order—
“electoral ward” (“ward etholiadol”) means any area for which members are elected to Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council;
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 County Borough of Merthyr Tydfil2.
(1)
The electoral wards of the County Borough of Merthyr Tydfil, as they exist immediately before the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2022, are abolished.
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The County Borough of Merthyr Tydfil is divided into 11 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.
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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.
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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.
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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 |
Bedlinog and Trelewis | Bedlinog a Threlewis | The community of Bedlinog | 2 |
Cyfarthfa | Cyfarthfa | The community of Cyfarthfa | 3 |
Dowlais and Pant | Dowlais a Phant | The communities of Dowlais and Pant | 3 |
Gurnos | Gurnos | The community of Gurnos | 3 |
Merthyr Vale | Ynysowen | The community of Merthyr Vale | 2 |
Park | Y Parc | The community of Park | 2 |
Penydarren | Penydarren | The community of Penydarren | 3 |
Plymouth | Plymouth | The community of Troed-y-rhiw | 3 |
Town | Y Dref | The community of Town | 4 |
Treharris | Treharris | The community of Treharris | 3 |
Vaynor | Faenor | The community of Vaynor | 2 |
This Order implements the recommendations of the Local Democracy and Boundary Commission for Wales (“the Commission”), which reported in October 2019 on its review of the electoral arrangements for the County Borough of Merthyr Tydfil. The Commission’s report proposed no changes to the number of electoral wards but a reduction in the number of councillors from 33 to 30.
This Order implements the Commission’s recommendations, with modifications.
Article 2 of this Order abolishes the existing electoral arrangements for the County Borough of Merthyr Tydfil and introduces the Schedule, which sets out the new electoral arrangements for the County Borough of Merthyr Tydfil.
The Welsh Ministers’ Code of Practice on the carrying out of Regulatory Impact Assessments was considered in relation to this Order. As a result, it was not considered necessary to carry out a regulatory impact assessment as to the likely costs and benefits of complying with this Order.