The Wiltshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2020

Made: 17th March 2020

Coming into force in accordance with article 1(2) and (3)

The Commission makes the following Order in exercise of the power conferred by section 59(1) of the Act.

Citation and commencement

1

• (1) This Order may be cited as the Wiltshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2020.

• (2) This article and article 2 come into force on the day after the day on which this Order is made.

• (3) Articles 3 and 4 come into force—

• (a) for the purpose of proceedings preliminary or relating to the election of councillors, on 15th October 2020;

• (b) for all other purposes, on the ordinary day of election of councillors in England[^f00003] in 2021.

Interpretation

2

• (1) In this Order, “the map” means the map marked “Map referred to in the Wiltshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2020”, held by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England[^f00004].

• (2) Where a boundary is shown on the map as running along a road, railway line, footway, watercourse or similar geographical feature, it is to be treated as running along the centre line of the feature.

Divisions of Wiltshire and number of councillors

3

• (1) The existing divisions of Wiltshire are abolished.

• (2) Wiltshire is divided into the 98 divisions listed in Schedule 1.

• (3) Each division comprises the area identified on the map by reference to the name of the division.

• (4) The number of councillors to be elected for each division is one.

Wards of the parishes in Wiltshire

4

• (1) The existing wards of the following parishes in Wiltshire are abolished—

• (a) Amesbury;

• (b) Box;

• (c) Bradford-on-Avon;

• (d) Calne;

• (e) Calne Without;

• (f) Chippenham;

• (g) Corsham;

• (h) Devizes;

• (i) Laverstock & Ford;

• (j) Ludgershall;

• (k) Marlborough;

• (l) Melksham;

• (m) Melksham Without;

• (n) Royal Wootton Bassett;

• (o) Salisbury;

• (p) Tidworth;

• (q) Trowbridge;

• (r) Warminster; and

• (s) Westbury.

• (2) The parish of Amesbury is divided into the three parish wards listed in the first column of table 1 in Schedule 2.

• (3) The parish of Box is divided into the two parish wards listed in the first column of table 2 in Schedule 2.

• (4) The parish of Bradford-on-Avon is divided into the two parish wards listed in the first column of table 3 in Schedule 2.

• (5) The parish of Calne is divided into the four parish wards listed in the first column of table 4 in Schedule 2.

• (6) The parish of Calne Without is divided into the five parish wards listed in the first column of table 5 in Schedule 2.

• (7) The parish of Chippenham is divided into the eight parish wards listed in the first column of table 6 in Schedule 2.

• (8) The parish of Corsham is divided into the four parish wards listed in the first column of table 7 in Schedule 2.

• (9) The parish of Devizes is divided into the four parish wards listed in the first column of table 8 in Schedule 2.

• (10) The parish of Durrington is divided into the two parish wards listed in the first column of table 9 in Schedule 2.

• (11) The parish of Idmiston is divided into the two parish wards listed in the first column of table 10 in Schedule 2.

• (12) The parish of Lacock is divided into the two parish wards listed in the first column of table 11 in Schedule 2.

• (13) The parish of Langley Burrell Without is divided into the three parish wards listed in the first column of table 12 in Schedule 2.

• (14) The parish of Laverstock & Ford is divided into the three parish wards listed in the first column of table 13 in Schedule 2.

• (15) The parish of Ludgershall is divided into the two parish wards listed in the first column of table 14 in Schedule 2.

• (16) The parish of Malmesbury is divided into the two parish wards listed in the first column of table 15 in Schedule 2.

• (17) The parish of Marlborough is divided into the two parish wards listed in the first column of table 16 in Schedule 2.

• (18) The parish of Melksham is divided into the four parish wards listed in the first column of table 17 in Schedule 2.

• (19) The parish of Melksham Without is divided into the four parish wards listed in the first column of table 18 in Schedule 2.

• (20) The parish of Netherhampton is divided into the two parish wards listed in the first column of table 19 in Schedule 2.

• (21) The parish of North Bradley is divided into the three parish wards listed in the first column of table 20 in Schedule 2.

• (22) The parish of Royal Wootton Bassett is divided into the three parish wards listed in the first column of table 21 in Schedule 2.

• (23) The parish of Salisbury is divided into the nine parish wards listed in the first column of table 22 in Schedule 2.

• (24) The parish of Tidworth is divided into the two parish wards listed in the first column of table 23 in Schedule 2.

• (25) The parish of Trowbridge is divided into the seven parish wards listed in the first column of table 24 in Schedule 2.

• (26) The parish of Warminster is divided into the four parish wards listed in the first column of table 25 in schedule 2.

• (27) The parish of Westbury is divided into the three parish wards listed in the first column of table 26 in Schedule 2.

• (28) Each parish ward comprises the area identified on the map by reference to the name of the parish ward.

• (29) The number of councillors to be elected for each parish ward is the number specified in relation to that ward in the second column of the relevant table in Schedule 2.

SCHEDULE 1 — Names of divisions

1

Aldbourne & Ramsbury

2

Alderbury & Whiteparish

3

Amesbury East & Bulford

4

Amesbury South

5

Amesbury West

6

Avon Valley

7

Bowerhill

8

Box & Colerne

9

Bradford-on-Avon North

10

Bradford-on-Avon South

11

Brinkworth

12

Bromham, Rowde & Roundway

13

By Brook

14

Calne Central

15

Calne Chilvester & Abberd

16

Calne North

17

Calne Rural

18

Calne South

19

Chippenham Cepen Park & Derriads

20

Chippenham Cepen Park & Hunters Moon

21

Chippenham Hardenhuish

22

Chippenham Hardens & Central

23

Chippenham Lowden & Rowden

24

Chippenham Monkton

25

Chippenham Pewsham

26

Chippenham Sheldon

27

Corsham Ladbrook

28

Corsham Pickwick

29

Corsham Without

30

Cricklade & Latton

31

Devizes East

32

Devizes North

33

Devizes Rural West

34

Devizes South

35

Downton & Ebble Valley

36

Durrington

37

Ethandune

38

Fovant & Chalke Valley

39

Hilperton

40

Holt

41

Kington

42

Laverstock

43

Ludgershall North & Rural

44

Lyneham

45

Malmesbury

46

Marlborough East

47

Marlborough West

48

Melksham East

49

Melksham Forest

50

Melksham South

51

Melksham Without North & Shurnhold

52

Melksham Without West & Rural

53

Mere

54

Minety

55

Nadder Valley

56

Old Sarum & Lower Bourne Valley

57

Pewsey

58

Pewsey Vale East

59

Pewsey Vale West

60

Purton

61

Redlynch & Landford

62

Royal Wootton Bassett East

63

Royal Wootton Bassett North

64

Royal Wootton Bassett South & West

65

Salisbury Bemerton Heath

66

Salisbury Fisherton & Bemerton Village

67

Salisbury Harnham East

68

Salisbury Harnham West

69

Salisbury Milford

70

Salisbury St Edmund’s

71

Salisbury St Francis & Stratford

72

Salisbury St Paul’s

73

Sherston

74

Southwick

75

The Lavingtons

76

Tidworth East & Ludgershall South

77

Tidworth North & West

78

Till Valley

79

Tisbury

80

Trowbridge Adcroft

81

Trowbridge Central

82

Trowbridge Drynham

83

Trowbridge Grove

84

Trowbridge Lambrok

85

Trowbridge Park

86

Trowbridge Paxcroft

87

Urchfont & Bishops Cannings

88

Warminster Broadway

89

Warminster East

90

Warminster North & Rural

91

Warminster West

92

Westbury East

93

Westbury North

94

Westbury West

95

Wilton

96

Winsley & Westwood

97

Winterslow & Upper Bourne Valley

98

Wylye Valley

SCHEDULE 2 — Names of parish wards and number of councillors

(1) Name of parish ward	(2) Number of councillors
Amesbury East	2
Amesbury South	7
Amesbury West	7
(1) Name of parish ward	(2) Number of councillors
---	---
Box	9
Rudloe	6
(1) Name of parish ward	(2) Number of councillors
---	---
Bradford-on-Avon North	6
Bradford-on-Avon South	6
(1) Name of parish ward	(2) Number of councillors
---	---
Calne Central	5
Calne Chilvester & Abberd	5
Calne North	5
Calne South	4
(1) Name of parish ward	(2) Number of councillors
---	---
Calne Without East	3
Calne Without Middle	4
Calne Without Pewsham	1
Calne Without Sandy Lane	1
Calne Without West	6
(1) Name of parish ward	(2) Number of councillors
---	---
Chippenham Cepen Park & Derriads	3
Chippenham Cepen Park & Hunters Moon	3
Chippenham Hardenhuish	3
Chippenham Hardens & Central	3
Chippenham Lowden & Rowden	3
Chippenham Monkton	3
Chippenham Pewsham	3
Chippenham Sheldon	3
(1) Name of parish ward	(2) Number of councillors
---	---
Corsham Gastard	1
Corsham Ladbrook	8
Corsham Neston	3
Corsham Pickwick	8
(1) Name of parish ward	(2) Number of councillors
---	---
Devizes East	7
Devizes North	6
Devizes Roundway	2
Devizes South	6
(1) Name of parish ward	(2) Number of councillors
---	---
Durrington	10
Larkhill	5
(1) Name of parish ward	(2) Number of councillors
---	---
Gomeldon	5
Idmiston & Porton	10
(1) Name of parish ward	(2) Number of councillors
---	---
Lacock	10
Showell	1
(1) Name of parish ward	(2) Number of councillors
---	---
Langley Burrell	3
Langley Burrell Barrow Farm	1
Langley Burrell Rawlings Farm	1
(1) Name of parish ward	(2) Number of councillors
---	---
Bishopdown Farm	5
Ford, Old Sarum & Longhedge	6
Laverstock & Milford	5
(1) Name of parish ward	(2) Number of councillors
---	---
Ludgershall North	8
Ludgershall South	7
(1) Name of parish ward	(2) Number of councillors
---	---
Backbridge	1
Malmesbury	15
(1) Name of parish ward	(2) Number of councillors
---	---
Marlborough East	9
Marlborough West	7
(1) Name of parish ward	(2) Number of councillors
---	---
Melksham East	4
Melksham Forest	5
Melksham North	2
Melksham South	4
(1) Name of parish ward	(2) Number of councillors
---	---
Melksham Without (Beanacre, Shaw & Whitley)	3
Melksham Without (Berryfield)	2
Melksham Without (Bowerhill)	7
Melksham Without (Hunters Wood)	1
(1) Name of parish ward	(2) Number of councillors
---	---
Netherhampton East	1
Netherhampton West	4
(1) Name of parish ward	(2) Number of councillors
---	---
North Bradley (Park)	1
North Bradley (Village)	9
North Bradley (White Horse)	1
(1) Name of parish ward	(2) Number of councillors
---	---
Royal Wootton Bassett East	3
Royal Wootton Bassett North	7
Royal Wootton Bassett South & West	6
(1) Name of parish ward	(2) Number of councillors
---	---
Salisbury Bemerton Heath	3
Salisbury Fisherton & Bemerton Village	3
Salisbury Harnham East	3
Salisbury Harnham West	2
Salisbury Milford	2
Salisbury St Edmund’s	3
Salisbury St Francis & Stratford	3
Salisbury St Mark’s & Bishopdown	1
Salisbury St Paul’s	3
(1) Name of parish ward	(2) Number of councillors
---	---
Tidworth East & South	6
Tidworth North & West	13
(1) Name of parish ward	(2) Number of councillors
---	---
Trowbridge Adcroft	3
Trowbridge Central	3
Trowbridge Drynham	3
Trowbridge Grove	3
Trowbridge Lambrok	3
Trowbridge Park	3
Trowbridge Paxcroft	3
(1) Name of parish ward	(2) Number of councillors
---	---
Warminster Broadway	3
Warminster East	4
Warminster North	2
Warminster West	4
(1) Name of parish ward	(2) Number of councillors
---	---
Westbury East	5
Westbury North	5
Westbury West	5

Signed

Sealed with the seal of the Local Government Boundary Commission for England

Jolyon Jackson — Chief Executive — Local Government Boundary Commission for England — 17th March 2020

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order makes changes to electoral arrangements for Wiltshire following recommendations made by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England. The area of Wiltshire remains unchanged.

Article 3 abolishes the existing electoral divisions of Wiltshire and replaces them with 98 new ones for the purpose of elections held on or after the ordinary day of election of councillors in England in 2021. It establishes the names and areas of the new electoral divisions and the number of councillors for each.

Article 4 makes changes to parish wards which are consequential on the changes made by article 3. The changes to parish wards introduced by article 4 come into force for the purpose of parish elections in 2021.

The area covered by each division created by this Order is identified on a map which is available for inspection at reasonable times at the offices of the Local Government Boundary Commission for England, 1st Floor, Windsor House, 50 Victoria Street, London, SW1H 0TL.

The map may also be accessed at http://www.lgbce.org.uk/all-reviews/south-west/wiltshire/wiltshire-unitary-authority-ua

An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private, public or voluntary sectors is foreseen.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2009 c. 20.

[^f00002]: The Local Government Boundary Commission for England was established on 1st April 2010 by section 55(1) of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009.

[^f00003]: The ordinary day of election of councillors in England is prescribed by section 37(1) of the Representation of the People Act 1983 (c. 2), as amended by section 18(2) of the Representation of the People Act 1985 (c. 50) and section 6(16) of the Wales Act 2017 (c. 4).

[^f00004]: Prints of the map are available for inspection at reasonable times at the principal office of the Local Government Boundary Commission for England, 1st Floor, Windsor House, 50 Victoria Street, London, SW1H 0TL. It is also accessible online at http://www.lgbce.org.uk/all-reviews/south-west/wiltshire/wiltshire-unitary-authority-ua.