Notice of Polling Districts and Polling Places Review 2024
Cherwell District Council
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 Cherwell District 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 Bodicote House, White Post Road, Bodicote, Oxfordshire, OX15 4AA
The (Acting) Returning Officer (ARO) for the Parliamentary constituencies of Banbury and of Bicester and Woodstock will comment on the proposals. Those representations will be published on the Council’s website and will be available for inspection at Bodicote House, White Post Road, Bodicote, Oxfordshire, OX15 4AA 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 also welcomes 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 as follows:
| By Post | Polling Place Review, Democratic and Elections Team, Bodicote House, White Post Road, Bodicote, Oxfordshire, OX15 4AA |
| By Email | democracy@cherwell-dc.gov.uk |
| By completing | the online feedback form https://cherwell.citizenspace.com/ |
All representations must be made by no later than Monday 11 November 2024
| Timetable | |
|---|---|
| Date | |
| 21 October 2024 | Formal notice of review |
| 21 October 2024 | Publication of (Acting) Returning Officer’s comments |
| 21 October 2024 | Commencement of public consultation period |
| 11 November 2024 | End of public consultation period |
| 16 December 2024 | Final proposals considered by Full Council |
| 1 February | Publish revised register of electors |
The outcome of the review will be published by the Council in December 2024 and will be available for inspection on the Council's website and Bodicote House, White Post Road, Bodicote, Oxfordshire, OX15 4AA
Anybody making representations should be aware that, upon completion of the review, all correspondence and representations received must, by law, also be published.
Dated: 21 October 2024
Gordon Stewart, Chief Executive, Cherwell District Council