Decision details

REVIEW OF POLLING DISTRICTS / POLLING PLACES 2018/20

Decision status: For Determination

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: No

Decisions:

The Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013 required Argyll and Bute Council to undertake a review, between the dates of 1 October 2018 and 31 January 2020, of polling districts and polling places within the Argyll and Bute UK Parliamentary Constituency for the purposes of UK Parliamentary, Scottish Parliamentary and Local Government elections. The Council considered the revised scheme of polling districts and polling places as outlined in the Appendices to the report.

 

Decision

 

a)

Noted that polling districts and polling places will continue to be reviewed on an on-going basis by the Returning Officer to whom authority has already been delegated to make alterations in response to changing circumstances;

 

b)

Noted that under the provisions of the Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013 a further formal review of polling districts and polling places will require to be carried out by the end of January 2025 and on a 5 yearly basis thereafter;

 

c)

Approved the scheme of polling districts and polling places detailed in Appendix 1;

 

d)

Noted the representations received during the consultation period detailed in Appendix 2 together with the Returning Officer comments thereon.

 

(Ref: Report by Executive Director of Customer Services dated 14 January 2019, submitted)

Publication date: 26/02/2019

Date of decision: 21/02/2019

Decided at meeting: 21/02/2019 - Argyll and Bute Council

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