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(1) This Order may be cited as the District of West Wiltshire (Electoral Changes) Order 1999.
(2) This Order shall come into force—
(a) for the purpose of proceedings preliminary or relating to any election to be held on 1st May 2003, on 10th October 2002;
(b) for all other purposes, on 1st May 2003.
(3) In this Order—
 “district” means the district of West Wiltshire;
 “existing”, in relation to a ward, means the ward as it exists on the date this Order is made; and
 any reference to the map is a reference to the map prepared by the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions marked “Map of the District of West Wiltshire (Electoral Changes) Order 1999”, and deposited in accordance with regulation 27 of the Local Government Changes for England Regulations 1994.
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(1) The existing wards of the district shall be abolished.
(2) The district shall be divided into twenty-five wards which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of Schedule 1.
(3) The wards shall comprise the areas described in column (2) of that Schedule by reference to parishes, or parish wards, or parishes and parish wards or, where no area is so described, the area designated on the map by reference to the name of the ward and demarcated by red lines; and the number of councillors to be elected for each ward shall be the number specified in respect of the ward in column (3) of that Schedule.
(4) Where a boundary is shown on the map as running along a road, railway line, footway, waterway or similar geographical feature, it shall be treated as running along the centre line of the feature.
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(1) The existing wards of the parish of Bradford-on-Avon shall be abolished.
(2) The parish shall be divided into two parish wards which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of Schedule 2; each parish ward shall comprise the area of the district ward specified in respect of the parish ward in column (2) of that Schedule, and the number of councillors to be elected for each parish ward shall be six.
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(1) The existing wards of the parish of Melksham shall be abolished.
(2) The parish shall be divided into three parish wards which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of Schedule 3; each parish ward shall comprise the area of the district ward specified in respect of the parish ward in column (2) of that Schedule, and the number of councillors to be elected for each parish ward shall be the number specified in respect of the parish ward in column (3) of that Schedule.
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(1) The existing wards of the parish of Melksham Without shall be abolished.
(2) The parish shall be divided into two parish wards which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of Schedule 4; each parish ward shall comprise the area of the district ward specified in respect of the parish ward in column (2) of that Schedule, and the number of councillors to be elected for each parish ward shall be the number specified in respect of the parish ward in column (3) of that Schedule.
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(1) The existing wards of the parish of Trowbridge shall be abolished.
(2) The parish shall be divided into five parish wards which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of Schedule 5; each parish ward shall comprise the area of the district ward specified in respect of the parish ward in column (2) of that Schedule, and the number of councillors to be elected for each parish ward shall be four.
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(1) The existing wards of the parish of Warminster shall be abolished.
(2) The parish shall be divided into two parish wards which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of Schedule 6; each parish ward shall comprise the area of the district ward specified in respect of the parish ward in column (2) of that Schedule, and the number of councillors to be elected for each parish ward shall be six.
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(1) The existing wards of the parish of Westbury shall be abolished.
(2) The parish shall be divided into two parish wards which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of Schedule 7; each parish ward shall comprise the area of the district ward specified in respect of the parish ward in column (2) of that Schedule, and the number of councillors to be elected for each parish ward shall be eight.
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The District of West Wiltshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1979 is hereby revoked.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions
Beverley Hughes
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of the Environment Transport and the Regions
22nd October 1999
SCHEDULE 1
Article 2


(1) (2) (3)
Name of Ward Description of area Number of councillors
Atworth and Whitley   1
Bradford-on-Avon North   2
Bradford-on-Avon South   2
Dilton Marsh The parishes of Chapmanslade, Corsley, Dilton Marsh, North Bradley and Upton Scudamore  2
Ethandune The parishes of Bratton Coulston and Edington and the parish ward of Heywood Village of the parish of Heywood  1
Holt The parishes of Broughton Gifford and Holt  1
Manor Vale The parishes of Limpley Stoke, Monkton Farleigh, South Wraxall, Westwood and Winsley  2
Melksham North   2
Melksham Spa   2
Melksham Without   2
Melksham Woodrow   1
Mid Wylye Valley The parishes of Boyton, Chitterne, Codford, Heytesbury, Knook, Sherrington, Stockton and Upton Lovell  1
Paxcroft The parishes of Hilperton, Semington and Staverton  2
Shearwater The parishes of Bishopston, Brixton Deverill, Horningsham, Kingston Deverill, Longbridge Deverill, Norton Bavant and Sutton Veny  1
Southwick and Wingfield The parishes of Southwick and Wingfield  1
Summerham The parishes of Bulkington, Great Hinton, Keevil, Steeple Ashton and West Ashton  1
Trowbridge Adcroft   2
Trowbridge College   2
Trowbridge Drynham   2
Trowbridge John of Gaunt   2
Trowbridge Park   2
Warminster East   3
Warminster West   3
Westbury Ham   2
Westbury Laverton   2
SCHEDULE 2
Article 3


(1) (2)
Name of ward Area of Ward
Bradford-on-Avon North So much of the district ward of Bradford-on-Avon North as comprises part of the parish of Bradford-on-Avon 
Bradford-on-Avon South So much of the district ward of Bradford-on-Avon South as comprises part of the parish of Bradford-on-Avon 
SCHEDULE 3
Article 4


(1) (2) (3)
Name of ward Area of ward Number of councillors
Melksham North So much of the district ward of Melksham North as comprises part of the parish of Melksham  6
Melksham Spa So much of the district ward of Melksham Spa as comprises part of the parish of Melksham  6
Melksham Woodrow The district ward of Melksham Woodrow  3
SCHEDULE 4
Article 5


(1) (2) (3)
Name of ward Area of ward Number of councillors
Beanacre and Bowerhill So much of the district ward of Melksham Without as comprises part of the parish of Melksham Without  10
Shaw and Whitley So much of the district ward of Atworth and Whitley as comprises part of the parish of Melksham Without  3
SCHEDULE 5
Article 6


(1) (2)
Name of ward Area of ward
Trowbridge Adcroft The district ward of Trowbridge Adcroft 
Trowbridge College The district ward of Trowbridge College 
Trowbridge Drynham The district ward of Trowbridge Drynham 
Trowbridge John of Gaunt The district ward of Trowbridge John of Gaunt 
Trowbridge Park The district ward of Trowbridge Park 
SCHEDULE 6
Article 7


(1) (2)
Name of ward Area of ward
Warminster East The district ward of Warminster East 
Warminster West The district ward of Warminster West 
SCHEDULE 7
Article 8


(1) (2)
Name of ward Area of ward
Ham So much of the district ward of Westbury Ham as comprises part of the parish of Westbury 
Laverton The district ward of Westbury Laverton 