Issue - meetings

To consider a report of the Assistant Director for Legal & Democratic Governance.

The report seeks the views of the Committee on the current and proposed polling arrangements within the area in order to inform the 2024 Polling District Review.

The Area Committee is recommended to give its views on the proposed polling arrangements.

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A representative of the Assistant Director for Legal & Democratic Governance submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated) which sought the views of the Committee on the current and proposed polling arrangements within the area in order to inform the 2024 Polling District Review.

The following comments were made/ issues raised:-

·         Members welcomed the change of polling station for BN4 and BN7 to the Brookdale Theatre commenting that the new polling station would be better suited to the volume of residents attending but raised concern regarding the distance electors in BN7 would have to travel and suggested that consideration should be given to the use of Cheadle Hulme Methodist Church for BN7.

·         Members noted that there were no proposals to move polling station out of schools and would broadly support moves away from schools being used as polling stations where this was possible.

·         It was commented that changes to polling district boundaries can result in residents attending the incorrect polling station, notwithstanding that the poll card issues to those residents did identify the new location for their polling station.  It was suggested that there some areas of Cheadle Hulme where minor realignments of polling district boundaries would ameliorate some of these issues.

RESOLVED – That the report be noted.