Issue - meetings
Polling District and Places Review
Meeting: 27/11/2024 - Council (Item 12.)
12. Polling District and Places Review 
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Purpose:
To update Members on the review of the Parliamentary Polling Districts and Polling Places within West Oxfordshire, following the public consultation which was in place from 24 September to 4 November 2024.
Recommendation:
That Council resolves to:
1. Note the consultation feedback as set out in Annex A.
2. Approve the recommended changes to polling districts and polling places as set out in Annex A.
3. Approve the full schedule of polling districts and polling places set out in Annex B.
4. Note that the Council will undertake a further review of polling districts and polling places following the Local Government Boundary Commission for England’s electoral review of West Oxfordshire District Council.
Additional documents:
- Annex A – Consultation responses and recommendations, item 12.
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- Annex B - Schedule of polling districts and polling places, item 12.
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Meeting: 13/03/2024 - Council (Item 154)
154 Polling District and Places Review PDF 79 KB
Purpose:
To update Members on the requirement to conduct a review of the Parliamentary Polling Districts and Polling Places within West Oxfordshire, to put in hand the necessary initial steps, and to note the suggested timetable for the review.
Recommendations:
That Council Resolves to:
1. Carry out the statutorily required review of the Parliamentary Polling Districts and Polling Places within West Oxfordshire;
2. Agree that, in accordance with the statute, the Acting Returning Officer for the Parliamentary Constituency of Witney; be requested to submit his representations on the review, to include information as to the location of polling stations (both existing and proposed) within Polling Places (both existing and proposed);
3. Agree that the information in this report as to the processes and the timetable for the review be noted; and
4. Agree that consultation responses and representations be considered at the meeting of Council to be held 25 September 2024/or 27 November 2024.
Additional documents:
- Full Council Report - Parliamentary Review of Polling Districts and Places (13 March 2024)Final - Annex A, item 154
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- Full Council Report - Parliamentary Review of Polling Districts and Places (13 March 2024)Final - Annex B, item 154
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Minutes:
Councillor Andy Graham, Leader of the Council, introduced the report, which updated members on the requirement to conduct a review of the Parliamentary Polling Districts and Polling Places within West Oxfordshire, to put in hand the necessary initial steps, and note the suggested timetable for the review.
Councillor Andy Graham proposed that Council agree the recommendations as listed on the report. This was seconded by Councillor Duncan Enright, was put to a vote, and was unanimously agreed by Council.
Council Resolved to:
- Carry out the statutorily required review of the Parliamentary Polling Districts and Polling Places within West Oxfordshire;
- Agree that, in accordance with the statute, the Acting Returning Officer for the Parliamentary Constituency of Witney; be requested to submit his representations on the review, to include information as to the location of polling stations (both existing and proposed) within Polling Places (both existing and proposed);
- Agree that the information in this report as to the processes and the timetable for the review be noted;
- Agree that consultation responses and representations be considered at the meeting of Council to be held 25 September 2024 /or 27 November 2024.