Notice of Polling Districts and Polling Places Review
A message from Buckinghamshire Council
Notice of Polling Districts and Polling Places Review
Notice is hereby given that in accordance with Section 18C of the Representation of the People Act 1983 Buckinghamshire Council (the Council) is to carry out a review of its polling districts and polling places.
Relevant information and mapping regarding the current arrangements and proposals for changes can be found on the Council’s website www.buckinghamshire.gov.uk/polling-feedback, or can be inspected at The Gateway, Gatehouse Road, Aylesbury, Bucks, HP19 8FF.
The (Acting) Returning Officer (ARO) for the Parliamentary constituencies of:
- Aylesbury
- Beaconsfield
- Buckingham and Bletchley
- Chesham and Amersham
- Mid Buckinghamshire, and
- Wycombe
will comment on the proposals. Those representations will be published on the Council’s website and will be available for inspection at The Gateway, Gatehouse Road, Aylesbury, Bucks, HP19 8FF in accordance with the timetable set out below.
Electors within the Council area or within a UK Parliamentary constituency which has any part in the authority may make a representation. We invite comments from all electors regarding the convenience of voting at polling stations currently used for elections and would welcome suggestions for alternative sites.
The Council would also welcome the views of all residents, particularly disabled residents, or any person or body with expertise in access for persons with any type of disability, on the proposals, ARO’s representations or any other related matters.
Anybody making representations should, if possible, give alternative places that may be used as polling places.
Comments and representations may be submitted as follows:
By post:
Polling District Review Consultation, Electoral Services, The Gateway, Gatehouse Road, Aylesbury, Bucks, HP19 8FF
By email:
elections@buckinghamshire.gov.uk
By completing
the online feedback form www.buckinghamshire.gov.uk/polling-review
All representations must be made by no later than Monday 4 December 2023
Timetable
2 October 2023 – Formal notice of review
6 November 2023 – Publication of (Acting) Returning Officer’s comments
2 October 2023 – Commencement of public consultation period
4 December 2023 – End of public consultation period
18 January 2023 – Final proposals considered by Standards and General Purposes Committee
1 February 2024 – Publish revised register of electors
The outcome of the review will be published by the Council in January 2024 and will be available for inspection on the Council’s website and The Gateway, Gatehouse Road, Aylesbury, Bucks, HP19 8FF.
Anybody making representations should be aware that, upon completion of the review, all correspondence and representations received must, by law, also be published.
Dated: Monday 2 October 2023
Rachael Shimmin
Chief Executive
Buckinghamshire Council
A copy of this notification can be viewed and downloaded here.