Brent Polling District Review
As required by the Representation of the People Act 1983 (as amended by the Electoral Administration Act 2006), Brent Council is undertaking a statutory review of the local authority’s polling districts and polling places. The Act requires that the local authority consults widely before reaching a decision on its preferred electoral arrangements. In addition, the (Acting) Returning Officer for each constituency is required to submit his or her own proposals for future electoral arrangements. What follows are the proposals for the London Borough of Brent and the parliamentary constituencies of Brent Central and Brent North and the three Brent wards of Hampstead and Kilburn constituency. The Chief Executive for Camden Council is the (Acting) Returning Officer for that constituency and must be consulted on the polling arrangements for the relevant area.
Background
The Local Government Boundary Commission for England (LGBCE) has undertaken a review of the electoral wards of Brent and made the following recommendations:
- Brent will be represented by 57 ward councillors, six fewer than under the current arrangements.
- Brent will have 22 wards, one more than under the current arrangements.
- The boundaries of all wards other than Kilburn have changed.
The new arrangements will come into force for the local government elections on Thursday 5 May 2022.
The London Borough of Brent (Electoral Changes) Order 2020 was made by parliament on 28 January 2020 implementing the changes. As a result of the changes, the council is required to carry out a review of all the polling districts and polling places in the borough. The wards have to be sub-divided into smaller geographical areas called polling districts. Each polling district has a polling place where the polling station for the district is located and where electors living in the district will vote.
It should also be noted that this review is only concerned with the internal polling district boundaries. The ward boundaries have been ratified by Parliament and cannot be changed.
Paper copies of the survey are available at all libraries across Brent.
If you are unable to access this consultation via this website or by viewing the paper copies in Brent libraries, please email the Electoral Services team: electoral.services@brent.gov.uk
Phases
Consultation Feedback
Thank you for participating in the Brent Polling District Review. The consultation is now closed.
The Council has analysed the comments submitted and where possible they were reflected in the proposals put to the Council’s General Purpose Committee (GPC) meeting on the 8th November 2021. This Committee approved the polling district boundaries and location of polling places as set out in these maps:
For more information on the GPC meeting and the full report of the Polling District Review, the minutes of the meeting can be viewed here.
In reviewing polling districts, the Council has tried wherever possible to minimise changes to location of polling places while at the same time reducing our reliance on schools, portacabins and unsuitable premises.
Should any polling places subsequently become unavailable or found to be unsuitable in the run up to the May 2022 election, the (Acting) Returning Officer has delegated authority to approve an alternative polling place.