Issue - meetings

To consider a report of the Corporate Director (Corporate and Support Services) & Deputy Chief Executive.

Following the 6th May 2021 Local and Combined Authority Mayoral Elections, the Elections Office has undertaken a review of the polling station arrangements in all wards, considering feedback provided following the poll.

The Area Committee is requested to comment on and note the proposed changes to the polling station arrangements detailed in the report, and recommend that the Chief Executive gives approval to them.

Officer contact: Caroline Bell on 0161 474 3173 or email: caroline.bell@stockport.gov.uk

A representative of the Corporate Director (Corporate and Support Services) and Deputy Chief Executive submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated) to provide an overview of a review by the Elections Office of the polling station arrangements in all wards following the 6th May 2021 Local and Combined Authority Mayoral Elections.

The following comments were made/issues raised:-

·         Members noted that Trinity Methodist Church was potentially being sold so could be looked at again in the future as a potential polling station.

·         It was confirmed that the only changes to polling stations within the remit of the Area Committee were those proposed in Stepping Hill ward and as identified in the report..

RESOLVED – That the Chief Executive be recommended to give approval to the proposed changes to the polling station arrangements as detailed in the report.