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(1) This Order may be cited as the District of Bridgnorth (Electoral Changes) Order 2000.
(2) This Order shall come into force—
(a) for the purposes 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 Bridgnorth;
 “existing”, in relation to a ward, means the ward as it exists on the date this Order is made; andany reference to the map is a reference to a map prepared by the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions marked “Map of the District of Bridgnorth (Electoral Changes) Order 2000”, 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-one 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, 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, watercourse or similar geographical feature, it shall be treated as running along the centre line of the feature.
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The parish of Albrighton 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 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 Bridgnorth shall be abolished.
(2) The parish shall be divided into four parish wards which shall bear the names Bridgnorth Castle, Bridgnorth East, Bridgnorth Morfe and Bridgnorth West; each parish ward shall comprise the area of the district ward bearing the same name, and the number of councillors to be elected for each parish ward shall be four.
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The parish of Broseley shall be divided into two 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 Shifnal shall be abolished.
(2) The parish shall be divided into three parish wards which shall bear the names Idsall, Manor and Rural; and the wards shall comprise the areas of the district wards bearing the names Shifnal Idsall, Shifnal Manor and Shifnal Rural, respectively.
(3) The number of councillors to be elected for the Idsall parish ward shall be seven, for the Manor parish ward shall be six and for the Rural parish ward shall be two.
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The parish of Worfield shall be divided into two parish wards which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of Schedule 4; each parish 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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The District of Bridgnorth (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976 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
24th May 2000
SCHEDULE 1
Article 2


(1) (2) (3)
Name of Ward Area of Ward Number of Councillors
Albrighton South  2
Alveley  2
Bridgnorth Castle  2
Bridgnorth East  2
Bridgnorth Morfe  2
Bridgnorth West  2
Broseley East  2
Broseley West  2
Claverley The parish of Claverley 1
Ditton Priors The parishes of Aston Botterel, Burwarton, Cleobury North, Ditton Priors, Farlow and Neenton 1
Donington and Albrighton North  2
Glazeley The parishes of Billingsley, Chelmarsh, Chetton, Deuxhill, Eardington, Glazeley and Middleton Scriven 1
Harrington The parishes of Badger, Beckbury, Kemberton, Stockton, Sutton Maddock and Ryton 1
Highley The parish of Highley 2
Morville The parishes of Acton Round, Astley Abbotts, Aston Eyre, Monkhopton, Morville, Tasley and Upton Cressett 1
Much Wenlock The parishes of Easthope, Much Wenlock, Shipton and Stanton Long 2
Shifnall Idsall  2
Shifnal Manor  2
Shifnal Rural  1
Stottesdon The parishes of Kinlet, Neen Savage, Sidbury and Stottesdon 1
Worfield  1
SCHEDULE 2
Article 3


(1) (2) (3)
Name of Ward Area of Ward Number of Councillors
North So much of the district ward of Donington and Albrighton North as comprises the parish of Albrighton 5
South So much of the district ward of Albrighton South as comprises the parish of Albrighton 10
SCHEDULE 3
Article 5


(1) (2) (3)
Name of Ward Area of Ward Number of Councillors
East So much of the district ward of Broseley East as comprises the parish of Broseley 6
West So much of the district ward of Broseley West as comprises the parish of Broseley 5
SCHEDULE 4
Article 7


(1) (2) (3)
Name of Ward Area of Ward Number of Councillors
Hobbins So much of the district ward of Alveley as comprises the parish of Worfield 3
North So much of the district ward of Worfield as comprises the parish of Worfield 10