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2002 No. 2373
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND
The Borough of Telford and Wrekin (Electoral Changes) Order 2002

	Made	11th September 2002
	Coming into force in accordance with article 1(2)

Whereas the Boundary Committee for England[1], acting pursuant to section 15(4) of the Local Government Act 1992[2], has submitted to the Electoral Commission[3] a report dated April 2002 on its review of the borough[4] of Telford and Wrekin together with its recommendations:

     And whereas a period of not less than six weeks has expired since the receipt of those recommendations:

     And whereas the Electoral Commission have decided to give effect to those recommendations:

     Now, therefore, the Electoral Commission, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 17[5] and 26[6] of the Local Government Act 1992, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:

Citation and commencement
     1. - (1) This Order may be cited as the Borough of Telford and Wrekin (Electoral Changes) Order 2002.

    (2) This Order shall come into force -

Interpretation
2. In this Order -

"borough" means the borough of Telford and Wrekin;

"existing", in relation to a ward, means the ward as it exists on the date this Order is made; and

any reference to a map is a reference to the map marked "Map referred to in the Borough of Telford and Wrekin (Electoral Changes) Order 2002", of which prints are available for inspection at -

(a) the principal office of the Electoral Commission; and

(b) the offices of Telford and Wrekin Council; and

SCHEDULE 1Article 3

NAMES AND AREAS OF WARDS AND NUMBERS OF COUNCILLORS

(1)	(2)	(3)
Name of Ward	Area of Ward	Number of Councillors
Apley Castle		1
Arleston		1
Brookside		2
Church Aston and Lilleshall		1
College		1
Cuckoo Oak		2
Dawley Magna		3
Donnington		2
Dothill		1
Edgmond	The parishes of Chetwynd, Edgmond, and Tibberton and Cherrington	1
Ercall		1
Ercall Magna	The parishes of Ercall Magna, Eyton upon the Weald Moors, Kynnersley and Waters Upton	1
Hadley and Leegomery		3
Haygate		1
Horsehay and Lightmoor		2
Ironbridge Gorge		1
Ketley and Oakengates		3
Lawley and Overdale		2
Madeley		2
Malinslee		2
Muxton		2
Newport East		1
Newport North		1
Newport South		1
Newport West		1
Park		1
Priorslee		2
Shawbirch		1
St Georges		2
The Nedge		3
Woodside		2
Wrockwardine		2
Wrockwardine Wood and Trench		2

SCHEDULE 2Article 4

WARDS OF THE PARISH OF CHURCH ASTON

NAMES AND AREAS OF WARDS AND NUMBERS OF COUNCILLORS

(1)	(2)	(3)
Name of Ward	Area of Ward	Number of Councillors
Church Aston	So much of the borough ward of Church Aston and Lilleshall as comprises part of the parish of Church Aston	9
Wallshead	So much of the borough ward of Newport South as comprises part of the parish of Church Aston	1

SCHEDULE 3Article 5

WARDS OF THE PARISH OF DAWLEY HAMLETS

NAMES AND AREAS OF WARDS AND NUMBERS OF COUNCILLORS

(1)	(2)	(3)
Name of Ward	Area of Ward	Number of Councillors
Aqueduct	So much of the borough ward of Dawley Magna as comprises part of the parish of Dawley Hamlets	6
Dawley Hamlets	So much of the borough ward of Horsehay and Lightmoor as comprises part of the parish of Dawley Hamlets	3

SCHEDULE 4Article 6

WARDS OF THE PARISH OF GREAT DAWLEY

NAMES AND AREAS OF WARDS

(1)	(2)
Name of Ward	Area of Ward
Dawley	So much of the borough ward of Dawley Magna as comprises part of the parish of Great Dawley
Malinslee	The borough ward of Malinslee

SCHEDULE 5Article 7

WARDS OF THE PARISH OF HADLEY AND LEEGOMERY

NAMES AND AREAS OF WARDS

(1)	(2)	(3)
Name of Ward	Area of Ward	Number of Councillors
Apley Castle	The borough ward of Apley Castle	4
Hadley and Leegomery	So much of the borough ward of Hadley and Leegomery as comprises part of the parish of Hadley and Leegomery	12

SCHEDULE 6Article 8

WARDS OF THE PARISH OF KETLEY

NAMES AND AREAS OF WARDS AND NUMBERS OF COUNCILLORS

(1)	(2)	(3)
Name of Ward	Area of Ward	Number of Councillors
Beveley	So much of the borough ward of Hadley and Leegomery as comprises part of the parish of Ketley	2
Ketley	So much of the borough ward of Ketley and Oakengates as comprises part of the parish of Ketley	9

SCHEDULE 7Article 9

WARDS OF THE PARISH OF LAWLEY AND OVERDALE

NAMES AND AREAS OF WARDS AND NUMBERS OF COUNCILLORS

(1)	(2)	(3)
Name of Ward	Area of Ward	Number of Councillors
Central	The borough ward of Lawley and Overdale	5
Lawley	So much of the borough ward of Horsehay and Lightmoor as comprises part of the parish of Lawley and Overdale	2
West	So much of the borough ward of Wrockwardine as comprises part of the parish of Lawley and Overdale	1

SCHEDULE 8Article 10

WARDS OF THE PARISH OF LILLESHALL AND DONNINGTON

NAMES AND AREAS OF WARDS AND NUMBERS OF COUNCILLORS

(1)	(2)	(3)
Name of Ward	Area of Ward	Number of Councillors
Donnington	The borough ward of Donnington	6
Lilleshall	So much of the borough ward of Church Aston and Lilleshall as comprises part of the parish of Lilleshall and Donnington	3
Muxton	The borough ward of Muxton	6

SCHEDULE 9Article 12

WARDS OF THE PARISH OF NEWPORT

NAMES AND AREAS OF WARDS

(1)	(2)
Name of Ward	Area of Ward
Newport East	The borough ward of Newport East
Newport North	The borough ward of Newport North
Newport South	So much of the borough ward of Newport South as comprises part of the parish of Newport
Newport West	The borough ward of Newport West

SCHEDULE 10Article 13

WARDS OF THE PARISH OF OAKENGATES

NAMES AND AREAS OF WARDS AND NUMBERS OF COUNCILLORS

(1)	(2)	(3)
Name of Ward	Area of Ward	Number of Councillors
North	So much of the borough ward of Wrockwardine Wood and Trench as comprises part of the parish of Oakengates	4
Oakengates	So much of the borough ward of Ketley and Oakengates as comprises part of the parish of Oakengates	9

SCHEDULE 11Article 14

WARDS OF THE PARISH OF ST GEORGES AND PRIORSLEE

NAMES AND AREAS OF WARDS AND NUMBERS OF COUNCILLORS

(1)	(2)	(3)
Name of Ward	Area of Ward	Number of Councillors
Priorslee	So much of the borough ward of Priorslee as comprises part of the parish of St Georges and Priorslee	6
St Georges	So much of the borough ward of St Georges as comprises part of the parish of St Georges and Priorslee	5

SCHEDULE 12Article 15

WARDS OF THE PARISH OF STIRCHLEY AND BROOKSIDE

NAMES AND AREAS OF WARDS AND NUMBERS OF COUNCILLORS

(1)	(2)	(3)
Name of Ward	Area of Ward	Number of Councillors
Brookside	The borough ward of Brookside	8
Stirchley	So much of the borough ward of The Nedge as comprises part of the parish of Stirchley and Brookside	5

SCHEDULE 13Article 18

WARDS OF THE PARISH OF WROCKWARDINE WOOD AND TRENCH

NAMES AND AREAS OF WARDS AND NUMBERS OF COUNCILLORS

(1)	(2)	(3)
Name of Ward	Area of Ward	Number of Councillors
East	So much of the borough ward of Priorslee as comprises part of the parish of Wrockwardine Wood and Trench	1
Trench	So much of the borough ward of Wrockwardine Wood and Trench as comprises part of the parish of Wrockwardine Wood and Trench	8
Wrockwardine Wood	So much of the borough ward of St Georges as comprises part of the parish of Wrockwardine Wood and Trench	2

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order gives effect, with one modification, to recommendations by the Boundary Committee for England, a committee of the Electoral Commission, for electoral changes in the borough of Telford and Wrekin. The changes have effect in relation to local government elections to be held on and after 1st May 2003.

The modification relates to the amendment of the boundary between Dawley Magna and Malinslee borough wards.

Article 3 abolishes the existing wards of the borough and provides for the creation of 33 new wards. That article and Schedule 1 also make provision for the names and areas of, and numbers of councillors for, the new wards.

Articles 4 to 18 make electoral changes in the parishes of Church Aston, Dawley Hamlets, Great Dawley, Hadley, Ketley, Lawley and Overdale, Lilleshall and Donnington, Madeley, Newport, Oakengates, St Georges and Priorslee, Stirchley and Brookside, The Gorge, Wellington and Wrockwardine Wood and Trench.

Article 20 obliges the Electoral Registration Officer to make any necessary amendments to the electoral register to reflect the new electoral arrangements.

Article 21 revokes the District of The Wrekin (Parishes and Electoral Changes) Order 1997 (S.I. 1997/780), with the exception of articles 2, 4 and 11.

The areas of the new borough and parish wards are demarcated on the map described in article 2. Prints of the map may be inspected at all reasonable times at the offices of Telford and Wrekin Council and at the principal office of the Electoral Commission at Trevelyan House, Great Peter Street, London SW1P 2HW.

Notes:

[1] The Boundary Committee for England is a committee of the Electoral Commission, established by the Electoral Commission in accordance with section 14 of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (c. 41). The Local Government Commission for England (Transfer of Functions) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/3962) transferred to the Electoral Commission the functions of the Local Government Commission for England.back

[2] 1992 c. 19. This section has been amended by S.I. 2001/3962.back

[3] The Electoral Commission was established the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (c. 41). The functions of the Secretary of State, under sections 13 to 15 and 17 of the Local Government Act 1992, to the extent that they relate to electoral arrangements within the meaning of that Act, were transferred with modifications to the Electoral Commission on 1st April 2002 (S.I. 2001/3962).back

[4] The non-metropolitan district of Telford and Wrekin has the status of a borough.back

[5] This section has been amended by S.I. 2001/3962. There are amendments to this section that are not relevant to this Order.back

[6] This section has been amended by S.I. 2001/3962.back

[7] See the District of the Wrekin (Parishes and Electoral Changes) Order 1997 (S.I. 1997/780). The name of the borough was changed from The Wrekin to Telford and Wrekin on 1st April 1998.back

[8] As to electoral registration offices and the register of local government electors, see sections 8 to 13 of the Representation of the People Act 1983 (c. 2).back

[9] S.I. 1997/780.back

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Prepared 20 September 2002