Review of Polling Districts and Polling Places 2023

Audience: All interested parties as per the Notice of Review

This consultation is now closed. It was open from 2 October 2023 to 10 November 2023.

West Suffolk Council is required to complete a full review of all polling districts and polling places in its area every five years. The next compulsory review must be completed between 1 October 2023 and 31 January 2025.

The council is carrying out the statutory review of polling districts and polling places in readiness for the next scheduled Police and Crime Commissioner elections on 2 May 2024 and for any UK General Election to be held by January 2025.

The review is designed to see if the polling districts and polling places in West Suffolk suit the needs of voters, and includes:

  • polling district boundaries within each ward in the district
  • location of the polling places and stations in each polling district
  • access to each polling station.

The aim of the review is to make sure:

  • electors have such reasonable facilities for voting as are practicable in the circumstances
  • as far as is reasonable and practicable, polling places are accessible to all electors, and consider the needs of disabled persons.

Definitions

  • Polling district - a geographical subdivision of an electoral area, for example a district or parish ward, within which a polling place is designated.
  • Polling place – an area or building in which polling stations are located, and which can be as wide as a whole polling district.
  • Polling station – the actual building in which voting takes place.

Review timetable

Date Action
2 October 2023 Formal notice of review
2 October 2023 Commencement of public consultation period
10 November 2023 End of public consultation period
19 December 2023 Final proposals considered by West Suffolk Council
1 February 2024 Publish revised register of electors

Notices

Formal Notice of Polling Districts and Polling Places Review 2023

Recommendations

Schedule of polling districts and polling places with proposed changes and comments

Links to maps of the polling districts for each district ward are listed at the bottom of this page.

Consultation

We would like to invite all interested parties as per the Notice of Review to make representations and comments on both the existing and proposed polling districts and polling places. The consultation deadline is 10 November 2023.

When making comments or alternative proposals, please consider that we must:

  • seek to ensure that all electors have reasonable facilities for voting as are practicable in the circumstances, and
  • ensure that so far as is reasonable and practicable, every polling place is accessible to electors who have a disability.

Any comments should include, where appropriate, alternative venue suggestions that may be used as polling places.

Comments and representations can be submitted in the following ways:

If you have any questions or need an explanation relating to any part of this review, please email elections@westsuffolk.gov.uk or telephone 01284 757101.

Ward maps with polling districts and polling places

Other review documents

Review of Polling Districts and Polling Places – report to full Council on 26 September 2023: Agenda for Council on Tuesday 26 September 2023, 7pm

Results

Consultation

We invited all interested parties as per the Notice of Review to make representations and comments on both the existing and proposed polling districts and polling places. 

When making comments or alternative proposals, stakeholders and residents were asked to consider that we must:

  • Seek to ensure that all electors have reasonable facilities for voting as are practicable in the circumstances, and
  • Ensure that so far as is reasonable and practicable, every polling place is accessible to electors who have a disability.

Stakeholders and residents were asked to include, where appropriate, alternative venue suggestions that may be used as polling places.

Comments and representations could be submitted in the following ways:

Consultation responses

Final recommendations

Following consultation, the final recommendations were considered and agreed:

Appealing against a review

Some individuals and bodies have a right to appeal to us against reviews of polling districts and places, but only on certain grounds. Information regarding the procedure for appeal following a review is provided by The Electoral Commission - Polling place reviews