Devon

A complete list of orders affecting Devon County from 1973 to the present.

Where possible, a link has been provided to a copy of the order. 

• County of Devon (Divided into 10 Districts) 1973

• The Local Government (Successor Parishes) Order 1973

• The Local Government (Successor Parishes) (No.2) Order 1973

• The English Non-metropolitan District (Names) Order 1973 (Devon Torridge Dist)

• County of Devon (Electoral Divisions) Order 1973

• County of Devon (District Wards) Order 1973

• Formation of New County of Devon 1974

• Order in Council Granting of Borough Charter to Plymouth District 1974

• Order in Council Granting of Borough Charter to Torbay District 1974

• Order in Council Granting of Borough Charter to Exeter District 1974

• North Devon District Parish Name Change (Lynton CP to Lynton and Lynmouth CP) 1976

• The District of West Devon (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1977

• The District of Tiverton (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1977

• The District of South Hams (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1977

• The Cornwall and Devon (Areas) Order 1977

• The District of Teignbridge (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978

• The District of Torridge (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978

• The District of East Devon (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978

• Tiverton District renamed Mid Devon District 1978

• The City of Plymouth (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978

• The District of East Devon (Electoral Arrangements) (Amendment) Order 1979

• The Harford and Ivybridge (Areas) Order 1979 (South Hams District)

• The City of Exeter (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1979

• The Borough of Torbay (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1979

• The District of North Devon (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1980

• The County of Devon (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1981  

• Order in Council Granting of Borough Charter to West Devon District 1982

• The Teignbridge (Parishes) Order 1983

• The Mid Devon, South Hams and Teignbridge (Areas) Order 1985

• The Devon (District Boundaries) Order 1985 (Plymouth Dist)

• The South Hams (Parishes) Order 1985

• The North Devon (Parishes) Order 1986

• The West Devon (Parishes) Order 1986

• The Borough of Torbay (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1987

• The East Devon (Parishes) Order 1987

• The Devon (District Boundaries) Order 1987  

• The East Devon (Parishes) Order 1989

• The South Hams (Parishes) Order 1990

• South Hams District Council Order Parish Name Change Halwell CP changed to Halwell and Moreleigh CP 1990

• The Teignbridge (Parishes) Order 1990

• North Devon District Council Order Parish Name Change Newton Tracey CP to Horwood, Lovacott and Newton Tracey CP 1991

• The Mid Devon, Torridge and West Devon (District Boundaries) Order 1991

• The Mid Devon (Parishes) Order 1991

• The East Devon (Parishes) Order 1995

• The Devon (City of Plymouth & Torbay) (Structural Change) Order 1996

• Teignbridge District Council Order Torbryan CP renamed Denbury and Torbryan 1998

• North Devon District Council Order Parish Name Change from WEST PILTON to PILTON WEST 1998

• District of South Hams (Electoral changes) Order 1998

• The City of Exeter (Electoral Changes ) Order 1999

• The District of East Devon (Electoral Changes) Order 1999

• The District of North Devon (Electoral Changes) Order 1999

• The District of Mid Devon (Electoral Changes) Order 1999

• The District of Teignbridge (Electoral Changes) Order 1999

• The District of Torridge (Electoral Changes) Order 1999

• The Borough of West Devon (Electoral Changes) Order 1999

• The Borough of Torbay (Electoral Changes) Order 2002

• The North Devon (Parishes) Order 2003

• The Mid Devon (Parishes) Order 2003

• The Borough of West Devon (Electoral Changes) (Amendment) Order 2004

• County of Devon (Electoral Changes) Order 2004

• The Torbay (Parishes) Order 2006

• The Torbay (Parish Electoral Arrangements) Order 2007

• The East Devon (Parishes) Order 2007

• The North Devon (Parish Electoral Arrangements and Electoral Changes) Order 2007

• The East Devon (Related Alterations) Order 2009

• The Mid Devon (Related Alterations) Order 2009

• The Teignbridge District Council (Reorganisation of Community Governance) Order 2010 

• The Teignbridge District Council (Reorganisation of Community Governance) (Amendment) Order 2010

• The Teignbridge (Electoral Changes) Order 2010

• West Devon Borough Council - Grouping of Parishes of Bradstone, Dunterton and Milton Abbot under a common parish council 2011

• The North Devon (Reorganisation of Community Governance) No. 1 Order 2011

• The North Devon (Reorganisation of Community Governance) No. 1 Order 2012

• The North Devon (Electoral Changes) Order 2012

• The South Hams (Electoral Changes) Order 2014

• The West Devon (Electoral Changes) Order 2015

• The Cranbrook (Reorganisation of Community Governance) Order 2015 - East Devon

• The Exeter (Electoral Changes) Order 2016

• The Devon (Electoral Changes) Order 2016

• The Ottery St Mary and West Hill (Reorganisation of Community Governance) Order 2017

• The North Devon (Electoral Changes) Order 2018

• The Torridge District Council (Reorganisation of Community Governance) (Abbotsham) Order 2018

• The Torridge District Council (Reorganisation of Community Governance) (Weare Giffard) Order 2018

• The Torridge District Council (Reorganisation of Community Governance) (Littleham) Order 2018

• The Mid Devon District Council (Electoral Changes) Order 2021