Issue - meetings

To consider the Polling District and Polling Places Review 2019 for the Saffron Walden Constituency.

The Chief Executive gave a summary of the report which detailed the statutory responsibility, under the Electoral Registration and Administrations Act 2013, on Councils, via the Returning Officer, to carry out a UK Parliamentary polling district and polling places review every 5 years.

In response to Members’ comments and questions about specific polling stations, the Chief Executive said that the European Parliamentary Election and the General Election had enabled some new sites to be tested and explained how the cost of elections could be claimed back from the Government.

In accordance with the recommendation, the committee approved the Returning Officer’s recommendations for a revised Scheme of Polling District and Polling Places for the Saffron Walden Parliamenta