Issue - meetings

To seek approval of the review outcomes in relation to polling districts and polling places.

Appendix C to the report (maps) are available on the website alongside the agenda.

Addendum to report:

Paragraph 3.6.11: disregard lines 2 and 4 and substitute with “no changes to the polling district boundaries and polling place for DAC and DAD”.

Appendix C: disregard map 2.

The final recommendations of the Polling District and Polling Place review were presented. It was moved by Councillor Bray, seconded by Councillor Bools and unanimously

RESOLVED –

(i)            All descriptions of polling places be redesignated to better reflect the legal definition of a polling place as a specific location to which a voter can travel, such as a building or a road;

(ii)          The delegated authority of the Chief Executive to agree ‘polling station changes’ at short notice in consultation with group leaders and relevant ward member(s) (section 2, paragraph 3.2 of the Council’s constitution), be amended to read ‘polling place changes’;

(iii)         The polling place for FAD (Earl Shilton ward) be designated as Belle Vue Road and Heath Land Academy, Earl Shilton, as a temporary measure with the intention of pursuing the use of Newlands Communty Primary School;

(iv)         The boundaries of DAA and DAB (Hinckley Castle ward) be merged to simplify boundaries, with a new polling district DAA created with the polling place designated as Mount Road Baptist Church, Mount Road, Hinckley;

(v)          The boundary of EAB (Hinckley Clarendon ward) be extended westwards to better reflect the shape of the established neighbourhood;

(vi)         The boundary of EAC (Hinckley Clarendon ward) be split to make the Hollycroft Grange / Normandy Way development a separate new polling district, EAE, with the polling place for EAE temporarily designated as Hope Community Church, Deveron Way, Hinckley;

(vii)        The boundaries of polling districts ABA and ABC (Hinckley De Montfort ward) be redrawn to create a third, new polling district (ABD);

(viii)       The polling place for ABB (Hinckley De Montfort ward) be changed to Hinckley Methodist Church, Albert Road, Hinckley;

(ix)         The polling place for new polling district ABD (Hinckley De Montfort ward) be designated as Ashby Road Sports Club, Ashby Road, Hinckley;

(x)          The boundaries of ACA and ACB (Hinckley Trinity ward) be merged to create a new polling district ACA with the polling place designated as St Francis Community Centre, Tudor Road, Hinckley;

(xi)         The boundary of polling district ACC (Hinckley Trinity ward) be split to create two smaller polling districts, ACB and ACC with the polling place for ACB designated as Hope Community Church, Deveron Way, Hinckley and the new polling place for ACC designated as Gwendoline Community House, Gwendoline Avenue, Hinckley.