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(1) The title of this Order is the County Borough of Wrexham (Electoral Arrangements) Order 2021.
(2) For any purpose set out in regulation 4(1) of the Regulations, this Order comes into force on the second day after the day on which it is made.
(3) For all other purposes, this Order comes into force on the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2022.
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In this Order—
 “electoral ward” (“ward etholiadol”) means any area for which members are elected to Wrexham County Borough Council;
 “the Regulations” (“y Rheoliadau”) means the Local Government Area Changes Regulations 1976;
 any reference to a map means one of the 12 maps marked “Map of the County Borough of Wrexham (Electoral Arrangements) Order 2021” deposited in accordance with regulation 5 of the Regulations, labelled “1” to “12”, and a reference to a numbered map is a reference to the map that bears that number;
 where a boundary is shown on a 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;
 words and expressions used in this Order have the same meaning as they have in Part 3 of the  Democracy and Boundary Commission Cymru etc. Act 2013, except so far as a contrary intention appears.
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(1) The electoral wards of the County Borough of Wrexham, as they exist immediately before the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2022, are abolished.
(2) The County Borough of Wrexham is divided into 49 electoral wards each bearing the English language name listed in column 1 and the Welsh language name listed in column 2 of the Table in the Schedule to this Order.
(3) Each electoral ward comprises the areas specified in relation to that electoral ward in column 3 of the Table in the Schedule to this Order.
(4) The number of members of the council to be elected for each electoral ward is the number specified in column 4 of the Table in the Schedule to this Order.
(5) The provisions in this Order take precedence over any conflicting provision in any previous statutory instrument made under section 58(2) of the Local Government Act 1972.
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In the community of Cefn—
(a) the part of the Acrefair and Penybryn ward shown hatched on Map 1 is transferred to the Plas Madoc ward;
(b) the part of the Cefn ward shown hatched on Map 2 is transferred to the Acrefair and Penybryn ward;
(c) the part of the Rhosymedre and Cefn Bychan ward shown cross-hatched on Map 2 is transferred to the Acrefair and Penybryn ward.
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In the community of Cefn—
(a) the number of members to be elected for the Acrefair and Penybryn ward is 5;
(b) the number of members to be elected for the Cefn ward is 5;
(c) the number of members to be elected for the Rhosymedre and Cefn Bychan ward is 1.
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In the community of Rhosllanerchrugog—
(a) the part of Ponciau North ward shown hatched on Map 3 is transferred to the Rhos ward;
(b) the part of the Ponciau South ward shown cross-hatched on Map 3 is transferred to the Rhos ward.
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In the community of Rhosllanerchrugog—
(a) the number of members to be elected for the Johnstown ward is 6;
(b) the number of members to be elected for the Ponciau South ward is 2;
(c) the number of members to be elected for the Rhos ward is 4.
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In the community of Broughton—
(a) the part of the Brynteg ward shown hatched on Map 4 is transferred to the Bryn Cefn ward;
(b) the part of the Brynteg ward shown hatched on Map 5 is transferred to the Gwenfro ward;
(c) the part of the New Broughton ward shown cross-hatched on Map 5 is transferred to the Gwenfro ward.
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In the community of Broughton—
(a) the number of members to be elected for the Bryn Cefn ward is 5;
(b) the number of members to be elected for the Brynteg ward is 2;
(c) the number of members to be elected for the Gwenfro ward is 5.
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The part of the Gwersyllt South ward of the community of Gwersyllt shown hatched on Map 6 is transferred to the Gwersyllt East ward of the community of Gwersyllt.
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In the community of Gwersyllt—
(a) the number of members to be elected for the East ward is 4;
(b) the number of members to be elected for the South ward is 4;
(c) the number of members to be elected for the West ward is 5.
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In the community of Caia Park—
(a) the part of the Whitegate ward shown hatched on Map 7 is transferred to the Smithfield ward;
(b) the part of the Smithfield ward shown hatched on Map 8 is transferred to the Wynnstay ward.
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That part of the community of Abenbury shown hatched on Map 9 is transferred to the community of Caia Park, and forms part of the Whitegate ward of the community of Caia Park.
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The number of members to be elected for the Wynnstay ward of the community of Caia Park is 3.
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In the community of Offa—
(a) the parts of the Offa ward shown hatched on Map 10 are transferred to the Erddig ward;
(b) the part of the Brynyffynnon ward shown hatched on Map 11 is transferred to the Offa ward;
(c) the part of the Offa ward shown hatched on Map 12 is transferred to the Brynyffynnon ward.
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In the community of Offa—
(a) the number of members to be elected for the Hermitage ward is 4;
(b) the number of members to be elected for the Offa ward is 5.
Rebecca Evans
Minister for Finance and Local Government, one of the Welsh Ministers

SCHEDULE
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Table
Column (1) Column (2) Column (3) Column (4)
English language name of electoral ward Welsh language name of electoral ward Area of electoral ward Number of members of the council
Acrefair North Gogledd Acre-fair The Plas Madoc ward of the community of Cefn 1
Acton and Maesydre Gwaunyterfyn a Maes-y-dre The Acton Park, Acton Central, and Maesydre wards of the community of Acton 2
Bangor Is-y-Coed Bangor-is-y-coed The communities of Bangor Is-y-Coed and Willington Worthenbury 1
Borras Park Parc Borras The Borras Park ward of the community of Acton 1
Bronington and Hanmer Bronington a Hanmer The communities of Bronington and Hanmer 1
Brymbo Brymbo The Brymbo and Vron wards of the community of Brymbo 2
Bryn Cefn Bryn Cefn The Bryn Cefn ward of the community of Broughton 1
Brynyffynnon Brynyffynnon The Brynyffynnon ward of the community of Offa 1
Cartrefle Cartrefle The Cartrefle ward of the community of Caia Park 1
Cefn East Dwyrain Cefn The Cefn, and Rhosymedre and Cefn Bychan wards of the community of Cefn 1
Cefn West Gorllewin Cefn The Acrefair and Penybryn ward of the community of Cefn 1
Chirk North Gogledd y Waun The North ward of the community of Chirk 1
Chirk South De’r Waun The South ward of the community of Chirk 1
Coedpoeth Coed-poeth The community of Coedpoeth 2
Dyffryn Ceiriog Dyffryn Ceiriog The communities of Ceiriog Ucha, Glyntraian and Llansantffraid Glyn Ceiriog 1
Erddig Erddig The Erddig ward of the community of Offa 1
Esclusham Esclusham The Bersham and Rhostyllen wards of the community of Esclusham 1
Garden Village Garden Village The Garden Village ward of the community of Rhosddu 1
Gresford East and West Dwyrain a Gorllewin Gresffordd The Gresford East and Gresford West wards of the community of Gresford 1
Grosvenor Grosvenor The Grosvenor ward of the community of Rhosddu 1
Gwenfro Gwenfro The Gwenfro ward of the community of Broughton 1
Gwersyllt East Dwyrain Gwersyllt The East ward of the community of Gwersyllt 1
Gwersyllt North Gogledd Gwersyllt The North ward of the community of Gwersyllt 1
Gwersyllt South De Gwersyllt The South ward of the community of Gwersyllt 1
Gwersyllt West Gorllewin Gwersyllt The West ward of the community of Gwersyllt 1
Hermitage Hermitage The Hermitage ward of the community of Offa 1
Holt Holt The communities of Abenbury, Holt and Isycoed 1
Little Acton Acton Fechan The Little Acton ward of the community of Acton 1
Llangollen Rural Llangollen Wledig The community of Llangollen Rural 1
Llay Llai The community of Llay 2
Marchwiel Marchwiel The communities of Erbistock, Marchwiel and Sesswick 1
Marford and Hoseley Marford a Hoseley The Marford and Hoseley ward of the community of Gresford 1
Minera Mwynglawdd The Bwlchgwyn ward of the community of Brymbo, and the community of Minera 1
New Broughton New Broughton The Brynteg and New Broughton wards of the community of Broughton 1
Offa Offa The Offa ward of the community of Offa 1
Overton and Maelor South Owrtyn a De Maelor The communities of Maelor South and Overton 1
Pant and Johnstown Pant a Johnstown The Johnstown and Pant wards of the community of Rhosllanerchrugog 2
Penycae Pen-y-cae The Eitha ward of the community of Penycae 1
Penycae and Ruabon South Pen-y-cae a De Rhiwabon The Groes ward of the community of Penycae and the South ward of the community of Ruabon 1
Ponciau Ponciau The Pentrebychan ward of the community of Esclusham and the Ponciau North and Ponciau South wards of the community of Rhosllanerchrugog 1
Queensway Queensway The Queensway ward of the community of Caia Park 1
Rhos Rhos The Rhos ward of the community of Rhosllanerchrugog and the Aberoer ward of the community of Esclusham 1
Rhosnesni Rhosnesni The Rhosnesni ward of the community of Acton 2
Rossett Yr Orsedd The community of Rossett 2
Ruabon Rhiwabon The North ward of the community of Ruabon 1
Smithfield Smithfield The Smithfield ward of the community of Caia Park 1
Stansty Stansty The Stansty ward of the community of Rhosddu 1
Whitegate Whitegate The Whitegate ward of the community of Caia Park 1
Wynnstay Wynnstay The Wynnstay ward of the community of Caia Park 1