Polling District and Polling Places Review 2023/24
The council has a duty to divide its area into polling districts and designate polling places for each district and review them every five years. As part of this process, Redbridge Council Electoral Services are wanting to hear from local residents about our plans for organising polling places across the borough.
The Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013 introduced a change to the timing of the compulsory reviews. The next compulsory review must take place within a 16-month window starting on 1 October 2023 and ending on 31 January 2025.
The review period in Redbridge will begin on Monday 29 July 2024 with the publication of a formal Notice of Review. Comments and observations are invited for a period of eight weeks, until Monday 23 September 2024.
The review will end with the publication of the council’s conclusions.
The review is designed to see if the polling districts and polling places in the Parliamentary Constituencies within the London Borough of Redbridge suit the needs of voters and cover:
- the polling district boundaries within each ward in the borough
- the location of the polling places and stations in each polling district
- access to each polling station
This is not a review of the:
- Borough ward boundaries
- Parliamentary Constituency boundaries
You can see the full proposals on the Redbridge Council Website, including information about what the review involves and what makes a suitable polling place. You can view the list of polling places and check the polling station maps now. Everyone who has the right to vote in an election in Redbridge can make a comment on these proposals. You can leave a comment or representation and view the comments of other local people in the box below.
Your Comments
I am very concerned that some Redbridge schools are forced to close on polling days. The council takes action when children are absent from school and yet are prepared to shut schools down for their own purposes. It is not always easy for parents to find someone to look after their children. It can also be costly if they do. They are not always able to take time off work themselves. Last academic year 2023-2024 some children lost 2 days of their education due to election closures. They have already sacrificed so many others to keep people safe during COVID. No work is set for them to do on these closure days. Those parents who have children in infant and junior schools have the challenge of taking some to the school which hasn’t closed and some to the person who will be looking after them. All this before going to work! Children might miss their before and after school clubs that have been paid for and in some cases their music lessons. I also think that polling should take place at the weekend when fewer people are at work.
As headteacher of Aldersbrook Primary School we get a LOT of parent complaints whenever we are closed for polling. I can understand their frustration as we do not want to loose any learning time. Could the local Bowls Club or Church be used? This would be good to minimise disruption to the children especially if there has already been a Polling Day closure that academic year.
I am an employee of Woodford Methodist Church, Derby Road, E18 2PU, which is used as a polling station. We have received many positive comments about the venue itself from the electoral officers regarding the service received from the church stewards and of the facilities offered by the church.
Parkside Community Centre is a great venue as a polling location - it has parking available, it is highly accessible and spacious. I would recommend it continued use as a polling station for local residents.
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