Your Voice Matters - review launched on polling districts and places
Elections and voting19 August 2024
North Northamptonshire Council is seeking comments from residents and stakeholders on a review of polling districts and polling places within the North Northamptonshire area.
This follows on from a statutory review completed in 2023 and takes into account new ward boundaries that come into effect for the local council elections that will take place in May 2025.
The council are looking for suggestions and representation on all polling districts, alongside taking the opportunity to gather feedback about all polling stations in order to ensure good accessibility for all electors.
As a council, we have a requirement to look at our polling districts and places to ensure that, so far as is reasonable and practicable, they are suitable and as accessible as possible for residents wishing to vote in-person.Adele Wylie, Chief Executive for North Northamptonshire Council
But we can’t do this without the input of residents and stakeholders - we need your input on areas like whether your polling place is suitable for the communities’ needs or if there is somewhere more suitable we should be considering? We are also looking at how the new wards should be split into polling districts.
The feedback received and outcomes of the review will be presented to the Democracy and Standards committee.
All consultation and engagement activities can be viewed online via North Northamptonshire Council’s Consultation and Engagement Hub and the opportunity to provide feedback, or make suggestions in relation to this review is open until 25 October 2024.