
1 
This Order may be cited as the District of Carmarthen (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1987. 
2 
This Order shall come into force on 7th May 1987, except that for the purpose of all proceedings preliminary or relating to an election to be held on or after that day it shall come into force forthwith. 
3 

(1) The existing wards of the District of Carmarthen shall be abolished and that district shall be divided into twenty-six wards which shall bear the names set out in column 1 of the Schedule to this Order, and each such ward shall comprise the areas specified in column 2 of that Schedule opposite to the name of the ward as given in column 1, which areas are:— 
(a) in the case of a ward of a community, the areas demarcated by green lines on the boundary map referred to in the Carmarthen (Communities) Order 1986 and designated on that map by reference to the names of the wards of the communities as set out in column 2 of Schedule 2 to that Order, and
(b) in the case of a community, the areas demarcated by red lines on the boundary map referred to in the Carmarthen (Communities) Order 1986 and designated on that map by reference to the names of the communities as set out in paragraphs (1), (2) and (4) of Article 6 of that Order.
(2) The number of councillors to be elected for each such ward shall be the number specified in column 3 of the Schedule to this Order opposite to the name of the ward as given in column 1 of that Schedule. 
4 
The ordinary elections of all councillors for the District of Carmarthen shall be held simultaneously on the ordinary day of election of non-metropolitan district councillors in 1987 and every fourth year thereafter. 
5 
The registration officer shall make such re-arrangement or alteration of the register of local government electors as may be necessary on account of the coming into force of this Order. 
Douglas Hurd
One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State
Home Office
10th February 1987
SCHEDULE
Article 3


1  2  3 
Name of New Ward  Area of New Ward  Number of Councillors   
Abergwili The Communities of Abergwili and Llanllawddog 1
Carmarthen Town North The North ward of the Community of Carmarthen 4
Carmarthen Town South The South ward of the Community of Carmarthen 2
Carmarthen Town West The West ward of the Community of Carmarthen 3
Cenarth The Communities of Cenarth and Newcastle Emlyn 1
Clynderwen The Communities of Cilymaenllwyd and Clynderwen 1
Cynwyl Elfed The Communities of Cynwyl Elfed and Llanpumsaint 1
Gorslas The Community of Gorslas 2
Laugharne Township The Community of Laugharne Township 1
Llanboidy The Communities of Henllanfallteg, Llanboidy and Llangynin 1
Llanddarog The Communities of Llanarthney and Llanddarog 1
Llanddowror The Communities of Eglwyscummin, Llanddowror and Pendine 1
Llandyfaelog The Community of Llandyfaelog 1
Llanfihangel-ar-Arth The Community of Llanfihangel-ar-Arth 1
Llangeler The Community of Llangeler 2
Llangunnor The Community of Llangunnor 2
Llangyndeyrn The Community of Llangyndeyrn 2  
Llanllwni The Communities of Llanfihangel Rhos-y-Corn and Llanllwni 1
Llansteffan The Communities of Llangain, Llangynog and Llansteffan 1
Llanybydder The Community of Llanybydder 1
Newchurch The Communities of Bronwydd and Newchurch and Merthyr 1
Pencarreg The Communities of Llanycrwys and Pencarreg 1
St. Clears The Communities of Meidrim and St. Clears 2
St. Ishmael The Community of St. Ishmael 1
Trelech The Communities of Abernant, Llanwinio and Trelech 1
Whitland The Community of Whitland 1