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Polling districts and polling places review 2019

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Meeting: 15/01/2020 - Council (Item 10)

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10 Report of the General Purposes Committee: Polling districts and polling places review 2019 pdf icon PDF 287 KB

Additional documents:

  • 10.4a Appendix A for Polling districts and polling places review 2019, item 10 pdf icon PDF 38 KB
  • 10.4b Appendix B for Polling districts and polling places review 2019, item 10 pdf icon PDF 2 MB
  • 10.4c Appendix C for Polling districts and polling places review 2019, item 10 pdf icon PDF 277 KB
  • 10.4d Appendix D for Polling districts and polling places review 2019, item 10 pdf icon PDF 31 KB
  • Webcast for Report of the General Purposes Committee: Polling districts and polling places review 2019

Decision:

The Council noted that (i) this report sets out recommendations for changes to polling districts and polling places as a result of the statutory review of polling districts and polling places undertaken in 2019; (ii) it also set out a small number of recommendations arising from the review but that do not fall within the scope of a statutory review; (iii) the report also incorporated comments on draft recommendations made by the General Purpose Committee on 10 December 2019.

 

 DECISION

 

  1. Agreed the proposed changes to polling district boundaries within the wards of Canary Warf, Island Gardens, Spitalfields & Banglatown, and St Katharines & Wapping as set out in paragraphs 3.27 to 3.31 of the report;
  2. Subject to the availability of the venues, agreed the proposed changes to polling places in the wards of Canary Warf, Spitalfields & Banglatown and Bow West as set out in paragraphs 3.32 to 3.34 of the report;
  3. Requested that the Electoral Registration Officer, on conclusion of the review, to make the necessary amendments to the polling districts and any consequential amendments arising from the review, to take effect from publication of the revised register on 1 December 2020;
  4. Noted the other recommendations arising from the review.

 

(Action by: Asmat Hussain, Corporate Director, Governance and Monitoring Officer)

 

 

Minutes:

The Council noted that (i) this report sets out recommendations for changes to polling districts and polling places as a result of the statutory review of polling districts and polling places undertaken in 2019; (ii) it also set out a small number of recommendations arising from the review but that do not fall within the scope of a statutory review; (iii) the report also incorporated comments on draft recommendations made by the General Purpose Committee on 10 December 2019.

 

 DECISION

 

  1. Agreed the proposed changes to polling district boundaries within the wards of Canary Warf, Island Gardens, Spitalfields & Banglatown, and St Katharines & Wapping as set out in paragraphs 3.27 to 3.31 of the report;
  2. Subject to the availability of the venues, agreed the proposed changes to polling places in the wards of Canary Warf, Spitalfields & Banglatown and Bow West as set out in paragraphs 3.32 to 3.34 of the report;
  3. Requested that the Electoral Registration Officer, on conclusion of the review, to make the necessary amendments to the polling districts and any consequential amendments arising from the review, to take effect from publication of the revised register on 1 December 2020;
  4. Noted the other recommendations arising from the review.

 

(Action by: Asmat Hussain, Corporate Director, Governance and Monitoring Officer)

 

 

 

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