Issue - meetings

Review of polling districts and polling places

Meeting: 22/10/2014 - Boundary and Electoral Arrangements Working Party (Item 19)

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Minutes:

Glenn Back, Democratic Services and Scrutiny Manager outlined the report on Polling Districts and Places.

 

Councillor W.Scobie explained that he was happy with the change to Salmestone ward. Councillor D.Green asked Officers to look again at St Lawrence College.

 

It was then proposed by Councillor W.Scobie and seconded by Councillor Duncan and AGREED that:

 

The Boundary and Electoral Arrangements Working Party recommend to Council that it adopts the proposed revised polling district and polling places scheme for implementation on 1 December 2014.


Meeting: 09/01/2014 - Boundary and Electoral Arrangements Working Party (Item 4)

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Minutes:

The Democratic Services and Scrutiny Manager gave a brief on the Review of Polling Districts and Polling Places which had to be undertaken and completed by 31 January 2015.

 

It was recommended to the Working Party that the review would start in July.

 

All existing polling stations would be evaluated by Officers at the forthcoming European Parliamentary Election using the evaluation checklist used by the Electoral Commission.  Upon completion, Officers would analyse each individual polling stations checklist to ascertain the suitability of the existing polling station.


Furthermore, feedback generated from the European Parliamentary Election (electors, staff, candidates, agents, elected representatives, etc.) would be analysed and incorporated into the review[1]. This would be in addition to the public consultation as part of the statutory review.

 

Members asked for a copy of the existing (2011) Polling District and Polling Places schedule, together with any recent feedback received on those polling stations, and it was agreed that would be provided.

 

Members were informed there would be some changes to the existing polling stations for the forthcoming European Parliamentary Election arising from the Kent County Council election in May 2013.  It had been hoped that a report would be presented to this meeting but as yet a few polling stations remained unconfirmed.


When the situation of polling stations had been agreed for the forthcoming European Parliamentary Election a report would be submitted to Council for information purposes[2].

 

Proposed by Councillor Scobie, and

Seconded by Councillor Johnston that:

 

1.  The proposed timetable for the review of polling districts and places be agreed;

2.  All representations received during the polling districts and polling places review be considered; and

3.  Recommendations be made to an extraordinary meeting of the Council in November 2014.

 

RESOLVED

 

 

 

 



[1] This is undertaken by staff at review/evaluation at all elections

[2] Polling district and polling places are fixed by the local authority.  Polling stations are chosen by the Returning Officer.