
1 
This Order may be cited as the County of Mid Glamorgan (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1988.
2 
This Order shall come into force on the ordinary day of election of councillors in 1989 (within the meaning of section 37 of the Representation of the People Act 1983()) 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 on 10th October 1988.
3 

(1) The existing electoral divisions of the County of Mid Glamorgan shall be abolished and that County shall be divided into seventy-four electoral divisions which shall bear the names set out in column 1 of the Schedule to this Order, and each electoral division shall comprise the existing areas specified opposite thereto in column 2 of that Schedule.
(2) The number of councillors to be elected for each electoral division constituted by this Order shall be one.
4 
The ordinary elections of all councillors for the County of Mid Glamorgan shall be held simultaneously on the ordinary day of election of county councillors in 1989 and every fourth year thereafter.
Home Office
Douglas Hurd
One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State
2nd March 1988
SCHEDULE
Article 3(1)


1. Name of new electoral division 2. Area of new electoral division
In the Borough of Cynon Valley
Aberaman North The Aberaman North ward
Aberaman South The Aberaman South ward
Abercynon The Abercynon ward
Aberdare East The Aberdare East ward
Aberdare West The Aberdare West and Llwydcoed wards
Cwmbach The Cwmbach ward
Hirwaun The Hirwaun, Pen-y-waun and Rhigos wards
Mountain Ash The Mountain Ash East and Mountain Ash West wards
Penrhiwceiber The Penrhiwceiber ward
Ynysybwl The Ynysybwl ward
In the Borough of Merthyr Tydfil
Cyfarthfa The Cyfarthfa ward
Dowlais The Dowlais ward
Gurnos The Gurnos ward
Merthyr Vale The Merthyr Vale ward
Park The Park and Vaynor wards
Penydarren The Penydarren ward
Plymouth The Plymouth ward
Town The Town ward
Treharris The Bedlinog and Treharris wards
In the Borough of Ogwr
BettwsThe Bettws and Ynysawdre wards
Brackla The Brackla ward
Caerau The Caerau and Nantyffyllon wards
Cornelly The Cornelly ward
Cwm Garw The Blaengarw, Llangeinor and Pontycymmer wards
Cwm Ogwr The Blackmill, Nant-y-moel and Ogmore Vale wards
Laleston The Laleston ward
Litchard
Coity Higher and Morfa wards
Maesteg East The Maesteg East ward
Maesteg West The Maesteg West ward
Newcastle The Newcastle and Oldcastle wards
Newcastle Higher The Llangynwyd and Newcastle Higher wards
Pencoed The Pencoed ward
Porthcawl East The Porthcawl East ward
Porthcawl WestThe Porthcawl West ward
Pyle The Cefn Cribwr and Pyle wards
St. Bride’s Major The Coychurch Lower and St. Bride’s Major wards
St. Bride’s Minor The St. Bride’s Minor ward
In the Borough of Rhondda
Cymmer The Cymmer ward
Ferndale The Ferndale and Maerdy wards
Pentre The Pentre ward
Pen-y-graig The Pen-y-graig ward
Porth The Porth and Ynyshir wards
Tonypandy The Cwm Clydach and Tonypandy wards
Trealaw The Llwyn-y-pia and Trealaw wards
Treherbert The Treherbert ward
Treorchy The Treorchy ward
Tylorstown The Tylorstown ward
Ystrad The Ystrad ward
In the District of Rhymney Valley
Aber Valley The Aber Valley ward
Bargoed The Bargoed and Gilfach wards
Bedwas The Maesycwmmer ward, the Bedwas ward of the Community of Bedwas and Machen and the Parcyfelin ward of the Community of Caerphilly
Bedwelty The Aberbargoed and New Tredegar wards
Cascade The Cascade, Cefn Hengoed and Tir-y-berth wards of the Community of Gelligaer
Darren Valley The Abertysswg, Darren Valley, Pontlottyn and Tir-Phil wards
Llanbradach The Llanbradach ward and the Energlyn ward of the Community of Penyrheol
Machen The Machen ward and the Trethomas ward of the Community of Bedwas and Machen
Nelson The Nelson ward and the Greenhill ward of the Community of Gelligaer
Penyrheol The Penyrheol and Trecenydd wards of the Community of Penyrheol
Rhymney The Moriah and Twyn Carno wards
St. James The St. James ward and the Tonyfelin ward of the Community of Caerphilly
St. Martins The St. Martins ward and the Bryncenydd ward of the Community of Caerphilly
Ystrad Mynach The Ystrad Mynach ward and the Hengoed ward of the Community of Gelligaer
In the Borough of Taff-Ely
Llanharan The Brynna, Llanharan and Llanharry wards
Llantrisant Town The Llantrisant Town and Talbot Green wards
Llantwit Fardre The Church Village and Llantwit Fardre wards
Pont-y-Clun The Creigiau and Pont-y-Clun wards
RhonddaThe Graig, Pontypridd Town and Rhondda wards
Rhydfelen The Hawthorn, Ilan, Rhydfelen Central and Rhydfelen Lower wards
Taffs Well The Pentyrch and Taffs Well wards
Ton-teg The Ton-teg and Treforest wards
Tonyrefail East The Tonyrefail East ward
Tonyrefail West The Gilfach Goch and Tonyrefail West wards
Trallwng The Cilfynydd, Glyncoch and Trallwng wards
Tyn-y-nant The Beddau and Tyn-y-nant wards