Norwich City Council is to complete a review of polling districts and polling places in its area. This is to ensure that the polling districts are correct prior to the boundary changes for Norfolk County Council Divisions that will come into effect for the elections on 1 May 2025. These will also be in place for any other local or national elections.
View the Notice of Polling District and Polling Place Review.
The review process
The review is designed to see if the polling districts and polling places in Norwich suit the needs of voters, and includes:
- polling district boundaries within each ward in the city
- location of the polling places and stations in each polling district
- access to each polling station
The aim of the review is:
- to ensure that all electors in the Norwich area have such reasonable facilities for voting as are practicable in the circumstances
- all electors have a polling station that is convenient to where they live
- to ensure as far as it is reasonable and practicable, that all polling places are accessible to all electors.
The Acting Returning Officer's (ARO's) proposals
The ARO's proposed recommendations for future polling districts and polling places have been published.
The review will not consider ward, divisions or parliamentary constituencies boundaries and will not consider polling districts and places outside the scope of the review.
How to take part
The deadline to comment on the proposed changes or make any other suggestions on our existing polling stations is Thursday 5 December 2024.
The council welcomes views or comments from any elector and those with expertise in access to premises or facilities for persons with a disability.
When making representations about a polling place/station, it would be helpful if you could provide as much relevant information as you can, including:
- how convenient (or not) the location is in relation to where you live
- whether there is adequate parking
- what access is available for disabled and/or wheelchair users
- how suitable overall it is for voting
Comments and representations can be made in writing in the following ways:
- Email us: elections@norwich.gov.uk
- Write to us: Elections, Room 401, City Hall, Norwich City Council, Norwich, NR2 1NH
Privacy
The information you provide in your response will be used to identify if facilities in the polling stations are fit for purpose and reasonably accessible to the voters who are allocated to it.
This will help the council make decisions when considering the designation of a polling station.
Personal data you provide such as your email or home address and any information you may include will be kept private and confidential and will not be shared. It will only be used as part of this review.
Any report published will have all personal data removed or anonymised.
Read our privacy notice for more information about how we process personal data.
Timetable of review process
| Activity | Owner | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Publish notice of review. | Elections team | 16 October 2024 |
| First meeting of the Polling District Review Working Party (via Teams). | Working group/ Elections team | w/c 21 October 2024 |
| Publication of Acting Returning Officer's (ARO's) proposals and start of public consultation. | Elections team | 22 October to 5 December 2024 |
| Publication of responses to ARO proposals and initial consultation public responses. | Elections team | 6 December 2024 |
| Polling District Review Working Party to agree on ARO's proposals and amend where required. Recommendations to council to be agreed. | Working group/ Elections team/ARO | w/c 9 December 2024 |
| Full meeting of council to agree changes. | Council | 21 January 2025 |
| Register of Electors to be published with the new polling districts and agreed polling places and stations. | Elections team | 1 February 2025 |
