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

You can read more about this consultation here.

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