Polling district and polling place review

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 North Northamptonshire 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, or can be inspected at the Municipal Offices, Bowling Green Road, Kettering, Northamptonshire, NN15 7QX.

The (Acting) Returning Officer (ARO) for the Parliamentary constituencies of Corby, Daventry, Kettering and Wellingborough will comment on the proposals. Those representations will be published on the Council’s website and will be available for inspection at the Municipal Offices, Bowling Green Road, Kettering, Northamptonshire, NN15 7QX 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 by:

All representations must be made by no later than Monday 30 October.

Timetable

Date

Action

Monday 2 October

Formal notice of review

Monday 2 October

Commencement of public consultation period

Within 30 calendar days of receipt

Publication of (Acting) Returning Officer’s comments

Monday 30 October

End of public consultation period

Monday 20 November

Final proposals considered by Democracy & Standards Committee

Friday 1 December

Publish revised register of electors

The outcome of the review will be published by the Council in November 2023 and will be available for inspection on the Council's website and Municipal Offices, Bowling Green Road, Kettering, Northamptonshire, NN15 7QX.

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

George Candler
Chief Executive (Interim)
North Northamptonshire Council

Last updated 02 October 2023