Review of polling districts and polling places for elections from May 2022

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Consultation has concluded

Background

New Warding Arrangements coming in May 2022

Following the outcome of the Local Government Boundary Commission for England (LGBCE) statutory review, the new electoral arrangements for Barnet Council will come into effect at the Local Government elections on 5 May 2022.

Barnet will continue to have 63 councillors but the number of wards is increasing from 21 to 24. There will be 15 three-councillor and 9 two-councillor wards.

These changes to the warding arrangements in Barnet mean that all polling districts and polling places have to be reviewed.


Review of polling districts and polling places – How to

Background

New Warding Arrangements coming in May 2022

Following the outcome of the Local Government Boundary Commission for England (LGBCE) statutory review, the new electoral arrangements for Barnet Council will come into effect at the Local Government elections on 5 May 2022.

Barnet will continue to have 63 councillors but the number of wards is increasing from 21 to 24. There will be 15 three-councillor and 9 two-councillor wards.

These changes to the warding arrangements in Barnet mean that all polling districts and polling places have to be reviewed.


Review of polling districts and polling places – How to have your say

As part of this review, Barnet’s Returning Officer (RO) has drawn up proposals for new polling districts and polling places. You can read more information about the proposals here.

Any elector registered in the London Borough of Barnet may make a representation on the Returning Officer’s proposals and may suggest alternative venues and locations.

In addition to this, we would like to hear the views of anyone who is considered to have particular expertise in relation to access to premises or facilities for persons who have different forms of disability.

If you wish to make a representation you should send it by:

Representations must be received by no later than 5pm on Friday 19 November 2021.


What happens after the consultation closes?

Copies of all representations received will be submitted to the Council’s Constitution and General Purposes Committee and will also be published and available for viewing by the general public.

The Constitution and General Purposes Committee will review all representations received by the closing date and decide whether to accept and implement the Returning Officer’s proposals for polling arrangements at the meeting on 12 January 2022.


Consultation has concluded
  • We asked, you said, we did

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    We asked

    Following the outcome of the Local Government Boundary Commission for England (LGBCE) statutory review, the new electoral arrangements for Barnet Council will come into effect at the Local Government elections on 5 May 2022. Barnet will continue to have 63 councillors but the number of wards is increasing from 21 to 24. There will be 15 three-councillor and 9 two-councillor wards. These changes to the warding arrangements in Barnet mean that all polling districts and polling places have to be reviewed.

    As part of this review, Barnet’s Returning Officer (RO) proposed for new polling districts and polling places. We asked residents to comment on the Returning Officer’s proposals and suggestions for alternative venues and locations.


    You said

    We received a range of comments on the proposals from residents and councillors – you can view the representations received here.


    We did

    On behalf of the Returning Officers, we reviewed all representations and presented final polling district and polling place proposals to the Constitution and General Purposes Committee on 6 January and Full Council on 25 January for final approval. All 24 new warding arrangements were approved. To find out more information, please visit www.barnet.gov.uk/find-my-polling-station