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Agenda item
Polling Places Review 2019
Decision:
1. To recommend that Council adopts the Acting Returning Officer's recommendations (as appended to this report) and publish the results of the review.
2. Delegate authority to the Director of Corporate Services and Governance to amend any decisions made under this review with regard to polling places or polling stations, should there be an urgent or necessary need.
Minutes:
The Director of Corporate Services and Governance submitted a report on the findings and evaluation of the recent review and the Acting Returning Officer’s subsequent recommendations.
The Electoral Administration Act 2006 (Section 16, EAA 2006) introduced a duty for all UK parliamentary polling districts and polling places to be reviewed by the end of 2007 and thereafter to be reviewed periodically.
The polling district boundaries in 6 of the 16 wards were reviewed in order to achieve, where possible, a more equal number of electors. This will mean a number of polling station changes for electors within the borough.
The wards affected are:
- Ashdown (A1, A2, A3)
- Gensing (G1, G2, G2A)
- Old Hastings (J1, J2)
- St Helens (L1, L2)
- Silverhill (M1, M1A, M2, M2A, M2A, M2B)
- Wishing Tree (P1, P1A, P2)
Under rule 13.3 the recommendations of the report were agreed without being called for discussion.
RESOLVED
1. To recommend that Council adopts the Acting Returning Officer's recommendations (as appended to this report) and publish the results of the review.
2. Delegate authority to the Director of Corporate Services and Governance to amend any decisions made under this review with regard to polling places or polling stations, should there be an urgent or necessary need.
Reasons for the decision:
The council must regularly review the division of its parliamentary constituency area (within the borough boundary) into polling districts and the places where electors are asked to vote. The council must comply with the requirements of the Electoral Administration Act 2006 (Section 16, EAA 2006) and complete regular reviews of all polling districts and polling places. The council has a duty to ensure that the most suitable premises are used as polling places with regard to the needs of the electorate, subject to availability.
Supporting documents:
- Polling Places Review 2019, item 203. PDF 137 KB
- Appendix to Polling Places Review 2019 (Consultation Document and ARO recommendations), item 203. PDF 216 KB
- Appendix to Polling Places Review 2019 (Ashdown ward polling district boundary changes), item 203. PDF 2 MB
- Appendix to Polling Places Review 2019 (Gensing ward polling district boundary changes), item 203. PDF 2 MB
- Appendix to Polling Places Review 2019 (Old Hastings ward polling district boundary changes), item 203. PDF 2 MB
- Appendix to Polling Places Review 2019 (Silverhill ward polling district boundary changes), item 203. PDF 2 MB
- Appendix to Polling Places Review 2019 (St Helens ward polling district boundary changes), item 203. PDF 2 MB
- Appendix to Polling Places Review 2019 (Wishing Tree ward polling district boundary changes), item 203. PDF 2 MB
- Appendix to Polling Places Review 2019 (List of polling districts and properties affected), item 203. PDF 76 KB
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