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Made
6th March 2009
Coming into force in accordance with article 1(2) and (3)
The Boundary Committee for England, in accordance with section 15 of the Local Government Act 1992(1) (-�the 1992 Act-�), have conducted a review of the county of Wiltshire and have submitted to the Electoral Commission recommendations dated October 2008.
Six weeks have expired since the receipt of the recommendations.
The Electoral Commission have decided to give effect, with modifications, to the recommendations.
The Electoral Commission make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 17(1A) of the 1992 Act:
1.-"(1) This Order may be cited as the County of Wiltshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2009.
(2) This Order, other than articles 4 to 19, comes into force-"
(a) for the purpose of proceedings preliminary or relating to the election of councillors for county electoral divisions, on the day following the day on which the Order is made;
(b) for all other purposes, on the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2009.
(3) Articles 4 to 19 of this Order come into force-"
(a) for the purpose of proceedings preliminary or relating to the election of councillors for parishes or parish wards, on 15th October 2012;
(b) for all other purposes, on the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2013.
2. In this Order-"
-�map-� means the map marked -�Map referred to in the County of Wiltshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2009-�, of which prints are available for inspection at the principal office of the Electoral Commission: and any reference to a numbered sheet is a reference to the sheet of the map which bears that number;
-�ordinary day of election of councillors-� has the meaning given by section 37 of the Representation of the People Act 1983(2).
3.-"(1) The electoral divisions of the county of Wiltshire are abolished and the County of Wiltshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2004(3) is revoked.
(2) The county is divided into ninety-eight electoral divisions each bearing a name listed in the Schedule.
(3) Each electoral division comprises the area designated on sheet 1 of the Map by the name of the electoral division and demarcated by red lines.
(4) One councillor is to be elected for each electoral division.
(5) Where a boundary is shown on the map as running along a road, railway line, footway, watercourse or similar geographical feature, it shall be treated as running along the centre line of the feature.
4.-"(1) The wards of the parish of Amesbury are abolished(4).
(2) The parish is divided into two wards named respectively-"
(a) Amesbury East;
(b) Amesbury West.
(3) Each ward comprises the area designated on sheet 7 of the map by the name of the ward and demarcated by orange lines.
(4) Eight councillors are to be elected for each ward.
5.-"(1) The parish of Box is divided into two wards named respectively-"
(a) Box;
(b) Box Hill.
(2) Each ward comprises the area designated on sheet 4 of the map by the name of the ward and demarcated by orange lines.
(3) Ten councillors are to be elected for Box ward.
(4) Five councillors are to be elected for Box Hill ward.
6.-"(1) The wards of the parish of Bradford-on-Avon are abolished(5).
(2) The parish is divided into two wards named respectively-"
(a) Bradford on Avon North;
(b) Bradford on Avon South.
(3) Each ward comprises the area designated on sheet 7 of the map by the name of the ward and demarcated by orange lines.
(4) Six councillors are to be elected for each ward.
7.-"(1) The wards of the parish of Calne are abolished(6).
(2) The parish is divided into four wards named respectively-"
(a) Calne Central;
(b) Calne Chilvester and Abberd;
(c) Calne North;
(d) Calne South.
(3) Each ward comprises the area designated on sheet 3 of the map by the name of the ward and demarcated by orange lines.
(4) Five councillors are to be elected for each of the following wards-"
(a) Calne Central;
(b) Calne North;
(c) Calne South.
(5) Three councillors are to be elected for Calne Chilvester and Abberd ward.
8.-"(1) The wards of the parish of Chippenham are abolished(7).
(2) The parish is divided into eight wards named respectively-"
(a) Chippenham Cepen Park and Derriads;
(b) Chippenham Cepen Park and Redlands;
(c) Chippenham Hardenhuish;
(d) Chippenham Hardens and England;
(e) Chippenham Lowden and Rowden;
(f) Chippenham Monkton;
(g) Chippenham Pewsham;
(h) Chippenham Queens and Sheldon.
(3) Each ward comprises the area designated on sheet 5 of the map by the name of the ward and demarcated by orange lines.
(4) Three councillors are to be elected for each ward.
9.-"(1) The wards of the parish of Corsham are abolished(8).
(2) The parish is divided into five wards named respectively-"
(a) Corsham Gastard;
(b) Corsham Neston;
(c) Corsham Rudloe;
(d) Corsham Pickwick;
(e) Corsham Town.
(3) Each ward comprises the area designated on sheet 4 of the map by the name of the ward and demarcated by orange lines.
(4) Seven councillors are to be elected for the following wards-"
(a) Corsham Pickwick;
(b) Corsham Town.
(5) Three councillors are to be elected for Corsham Gastard ward.
(6) One councillor is to be elected for Corsham Rudloe ward.
10.-"(1) The wards of the parish of Devizes are abolished(9).
(2) The parish is divided into three wards named respectively-"
(a) Devizes East;
(b) Devizes North;
(c) Devizes South.
(3) Each ward comprises the area designated on sheet 6 of the map by the name of the ward and demarcated by orange lines.
(4) Six councillors are to be elected for each of Devizes East ward and Devizes North ward.
(5) Five councillors are to be elected for Devizes South ward.
11.-"(1) The wards of the parish of Heywood are abolished(10).
(2) The parish is divided into two wards named respectively-"
(a) Heywood Storridge;
(b) Heywood Village.
(3) Each ward comprises the area designated on sheet 8 of the map by the name of the ward and demarcated by orange lines.
(4) Four councillors are to be elected for Heywood Village ward.
(5) Three councillors are to be elected for Heywood Storridge ward.
12.-"(1) The wards of the parish of Marlborough are abolished(11).
(2) The parish is divided into two wards named respectively-"
(a) Marlborough East;
(b) Marlborough West.
(3) Each ward comprises the area designated on sheet 6 of the map by the name of the ward and demarcated by orange lines.
(4) Eight councillors are to be elected for each ward.
13.-"(1) The wards of the parish of Melksham are abolished(12).
(2) The parish is divided into three wards named respectively-"
(a) Melksham Central;
(b) Melksham North;
(c) Melksham South.
(3) Each ward comprises the area designated on sheet 6 of the map by the name of the ward and demarcated by orange lines.
(4) Five councillors are to be elected for each ward.
14. Nine councillors are to be elected for the parish of Staverton.
15.-"(1) The wards of the parish of Trowbridge are abolished(13).
(2) The parish is divided into seven wards named respectively-"
(a) Trowbridge Adcroft;
(b) Trowbridge Central;
(c) Trowbridge Drynham;
(d) Trowbridge Grove;
(e) Trowbridge Lambrok;
(f) Trowbridge Park;
(g) Trowbridge Paxcroft.
(3) Each ward comprises the area designated on sheet 7 of the map by the name of the ward and demarcated by orange lines.
(4) Three councillors are to be elected for each ward.
16.-"(1) The wards of the parish of Warminster are abolished(14).
(2) The parish is divided into four wards named respectively-"
(a) Warminster Broadway;
(b) Warminster Copheap;
(c) Warminster East;
(d) Warminster West.
(3) Each ward comprises the area designated on sheet 9 of the map by the name of the ward and demarcated by orange lines.
(4) Three councillors are to be elected for each ward.
17.-"(1) The wards of the parish of Westbury are abolished(15).
(2) The parish is divided into three wards named respectively-"
(a) Westbury East;
(b) Westbury North;
(c) Westbury West.
(3) Each ward comprises the area designated on sheet 8 of the map by the name of the ward and demarcated by orange lines.
(4) Five councillors are to be elected for each ward.
18.-"(1) The wards of the parish of Wootton Bassett are abolished(16).
(2) The parish is divided into three wards named respectively-"
(a) Wootton Bassett East;
(b) Wootton Bassett North;
(c) Wootton Bassett South.
(3) Each ward comprises the area designated on sheet 3 of the map by the name of the ward and demarcated by orange lines.
(4) Seven councillors are to be elected for each of Wootton Bassett North ward and Wootton Bassett South ward.
(5) Two councillors are to be elected for Wootton Bassett East ward.
Sealed with the seal of the Electoral Commission on the 6th day of March 2009
Chief Executive of the Electoral Commission
6th March 2009
Article 3
| Aldbourne and Ramsbury |
| Alderbury and Whiteparish |
| Amesbury East |
| Amesbury West |
| Bourne and Woodford Valley |
| Box and Colerne |
| Bradford-on-Avon North |
| Bradford-on-Avon South |
| Brinkworth |
| Bromham, Rowde and Potterne |
| Bulford, Allington and Figheldean |
| Burbage and the Bedwyns |
| By Brook |
| Calne Central |
| Calne Chilvester and Abberd |
| Calne North |
| Calne Rural |
| Calne South and Cherhill |
| Chippenham Cepen Park and Derriads |
| Chippenham Cepen Park and Redlands |
| Chippenham Hardenhuish |
| Chippenham Hardens and England |
| Chippenham Lowden and Rowden |
| Chippenham Monkton |
| Chippenham Pewsham |
| Chippenham Queens and Sheldon |
| Corsham Pickwick |
| Corsham Town |
| Corsham Without and Box Hill |
| Cricklade and Latton |
| Devizes and Roundway South |
| Devizes East |
| Devizes North |
| Downton and Ebble Valley |
| Durrington and Larkhill |
| Ethandune |
| Fovant and Chalke Valley |
| Hilperton |
| Holt and Staverton |
| Kington |
| Laverstock, Ford and Old Sarum |
| Ludgershall and Perham Down |
| Lyneham |
| Malmesbury |
| Marlborough East |
| Marlborough West |
| Melksham Central |
| Melksham North |
| Melksham Without North |
| Melksham South |
| Melksham Without South |
| Mere |
| Minety |
| Nadder and East Knoyle |
| Pewsey |
| Pewsey Vale |
| Purton |
| Redlynch and Landford |
| Roundway |
| Salisbury Bemerton |
| Salisbury Fisherton and Bemerton Village |
| Salisbury Harnham |
| Salisbury St Edmund and Milford |
| Salisbury St Francis and Stratford |
| Salisbury St Mark-�s and Bishopdown |
| Salisbury St Martin-�s and Cathedral |
| Salisbury St Paul-�s |
| Sherston |
| Southwick |
| Summerham and Seend |
| The Collingbournes and Netheravon |
| The Lavingtons and Erlestoke |
| Tidworth |
| Till and Wylye Valley |
| Tisbury |
| Trowbridge Adcroft |
| Trowbridge Central |
| Trowbridge Drynham |
| Trowbridge Grove |
| Trowbridge Lambrok |
| Trowbridge Park |
| Trowbridge Paxcroft |
| Urchfont and The Cannings |
| Warminster Broadway |
| Warminster Copheap and Wylye |
| Warminster East |
| Warminster West |
| Warminster Without |
| West Selkley |
| Westbury North |
| Westbury East |
| Westbury West |
| Wilton and Lower Wylye Valley |
| Winsley and Westwood |
| Winterslow |
| Wootton Bassett East |
| Wootton Bassett North |
| Wootton Bassett South |
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order makes changes to the electoral arrangements for the county of Wiltshire following recommendations made by the Boundary Committee for England to the Electoral Commission. The Wiltshire (Structural Change) Order 2008 provides for the establishment, on 1st April 2009, of a single tier of local government in the county of Wiltshire. The area of the county remains unchanged.
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 98 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 existing parish wards of the parish of Amesbury and replaces them with two 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 establishes two parish wards for the parish of Box. That article and the map also establish the 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 Bradford-on-Avon and replaces them with two 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 Calne and replaces them with four 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 abolishes the existing parish wards of the parish of Chippenham and replaces them with eight 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 9 abolishes the existing parish wards of the parish of Corsham and replaces them with five 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 10 abolishes the existing parish wards of the parish of Devizes and replaces them with three 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 11 abolishes the existing parish wards of the parish of Heywood and replaces them with two 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 12 abolishes the existing parish wards of the parish of Marlborough and replaces them with two 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 13 abolishes the existing parish wards of the parish of Melksham and replaces them with three 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 14 alters the number of parish councillors for the parish of Staverton.
Article 15 abolishes the existing parish wards of the parish of Trowbridge and replaces them with seven 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 16 abolishes the existing parish wards of the parish of Warminster and replaces them with four 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 17 abolishes the existing parish wards of the parish of Westbury and replaces them with three 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 18 abolishes the existing parish wards of the parish of Wootton Bassett and replaces them with three 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/south-west/wiltshire/wiltshire-electoral-review and, at all reasonable times, at the offices of the council of the county of Wiltshire and at the principal office of the Electoral Commission at Trevelyan House, Great Peter Street, London SW1P 2HW.
1983 c.2 Back [2]
S.I. 2004/2821 Back [3]
The parish wards that are abolished were established by the District of Salisbury (Electoral Changes) Order 1999 (SI 1999/2924). Back [4]
The parish wards that are abolished were established by the District of West Wiltshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2007 (SI 2007/323). Back [5]
The parish wards that are abolished were established by the District of North Wiltshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2007 (SI 2007/143). Back [6]
The parish wards that are abolished were established by the District of North Wiltshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2007 (SI 2007/143). Back [7]
The parish wards that are abolished were established by the District of North Wiltshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2007 (SI 2007/143). Back [8]
The parish wards that are abolished were established by the District of Kennet (Electoral Changes) Order 1999 (SI 1999/292). Back [9]
The parish wards that are abolished were established by the Parish of Heywood (Village Ward) (Councillors) Order 1979 and the Parish of Heywood (Storridge Ward) (Councillors) Order 1981 Back [10]
The parish wards that are abolished were established by the District of Kennet (Electoral Changes) Order 1999 (SI 1999/292). Back [11]
The parish wards that are abolished were established by the District of West Wiltshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2007 (SI 2007/323). Back [12]
The parish wards that are abolished were established by the District of West Wiltshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2007 (SI 2007/323). Back [13]
The parish wards that are abolished were established by the District of West Wiltshire (Electoral Changes) Order 1999 (SI 1999/2926). Back [14]
The parish wards that are abolished were established by the District of West Wiltshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2007 (SI 2007/323). Back [15]
The parish wards that are abolished were established by the District of North Wiltshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2007 (SI 2007/143). Back [16]
Amended by correction slip on 01 August 2009
