Following Hertsmere’s Electoral Review and the subsequent changes to warding arrangements a review of local government polling districts and places must be conducted by the (Acting) Returning Officer. This is to ensure polling stations are located correctly within the new ward areas. The review had to be conducted and concluded by 31 January 2019 in time for the all-out borough, parish and town elections in May 2019.
In addition, the Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013 requires us to complete a review of all parliamentary polling districts and polling places every four years. The review had to be completed between October 2018 and January 2020.
There is no difference between these two reviews for Hertsmere as both the borough and parliamentary boundaries are coterminous. This means that the location of polling stations is the same for all elections.
Definitions
- A ‘polling district’ is a geographical area created by the subdivision of a Parliamentary constituency.
- A ‘polling place’ is the building or area in which polling stations will be provided by the Returning Officer.
- A ‘polling station’ is therefore the room or area within the polling place where voting takes place.
| presented to the Council | 11 July 2018 - postponed 18 July 2018 |
|---|---|
| Start of Polling District Review | 1 October 2018 |
| Publication of | 1 October 2018 |
| Publication of current arrangements 2018 and proposals for new arrangements - consultation begins: | 2 October 2018 |
| Consultation closes | 30 November 2018 |
| Full register published under current arrangements (End of Canvass) | 1 December 2018 |
| Publish public | 18 January 2019 |
| presented to Council | 23 January 2019 |
| 24 January 2019 | |
| Full Electoral Register published under new arrangements | 1 February 2019 |
Consultation
The consultation ran from 2 October to 30 November 2018. During this time we invited electors and people from disability groups, political parties to comment on the current polling district arrangements and the proposed arrangements.
- Annex 2 - Full list of consulteesdoc file[22KB]
- Annex 3 - 16 consultation responses were received.pdf file[200KB]
- Annex 4 - The (Acting) Returning Officers responsedoc file[33KB]
The final recommendations were presented to Full Council on Wednesday 24 January 2018. The proposals were agreed by all Members. The new ward arrangements are in effect from the elections on 2 May 2019.
Maps of polling districts and polling stations
A map for each individual polling district, detailing the polling station, can be found below in Ward order:
Aldenham East Ward
Aldenham West Ward
Bentley Heath & The Royds Ward
Borehamwood Brookmeadow Ward
Borehamwood Cowley Hill Ward
Borehamwood Hillside Ward
Borehamwood Kenilworth Ward
Bushey Heath Ward
Bushey North Ward
Bushey Park Ward
Bushey St James Ward
Elstree Ward
Potters Bar Furzefield Ward
Potters Bar Oakmere Ward
Potters Bar Parkfield Ward
Shenley Ward
- - Note that the Polling Station is now Shenley Chapel, Porters Park Drive, Shenley, WD7 9DW.
