Each local authority is required to carry out reviews of the Polling Districts and Polling Places in its area.
The Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013 changed the timing of these reviews and the next review must be held between 1st October 2018 and 31st January 2020. You can find more information on the review here.
The Boundary Commission for England (BCE) are reviewing the boundaries of all the constituencies in England.
Maidstone is currently part of two constituencies:
The proposed changes would create two new constituencies:
Current and Proposed Constituencies Map
For more information about the review visit the BCE 2018 website.
There aren't any reviews taking place at the moment.
A Community Governance Review (CGR) is a review we can carry out on the whole or part of the borough, with the aim of:
Borough council wards and county council divisions can't be altered by a Community Governance Order (CGO). This is dealt with by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England.
In 2015 we reviewed the number of Parish Councillors. The number of councillors increased from 9 to 11 following the May 2015 elections.
These are the results from the second polling district and polling places review:
| Ward | Old Polling Station | New Polling Station |
|---|---|---|
| Headcorn | Headcorn Village Hall | Headcorn Baptist Church |
| Parkwood | Christchurch Hall | Langley Park Primary School |
| Shepway North Ward | British Red Cross Centre | Greenfields Community Primary School |
| South | St Stephens Day Centre | Archbishop Courtenay School |
The second review finished on Wednesday 22 October 2014. We received a number of responses. They were used to prepare a report for the General Purposes Group on Friday 24 October 2014 and an extraordinary meeting of the Council on Monday 10 November 2014.
All of the proposed changes were agreed and put in place on Monday 1 December 2014:
| Ward | Old Polling Station | New Polling Station |
|---|---|---|
| Bridge | St Simon Stock RC School | The Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints |
| Harrietsham and Lenham | Lenham Community Centre | St Edmunds Centre, Platts Heath |
| Headcorn | The Games Room at The Hawkenbury Inn | The Small Restaurant at The Hawkenbury Inn |
| Sutton Valence and Langley | The Games Room at The Hawkenbury Inn | The Small Restaurant at The Hawkenbury Inn |
| Heath | Beechwood Community Centre | St Andrew's Church Hall |
| Marden and Yalding | St Margarets Church | St Margarets Collier Street School |
Some of the roads in Harrietsham and Lenham Ward moved to new Polling Stations:
Some roads in Heath Ward stayed at Beechwood Community Hall. The rest moved to St Andrew's Church Hall.
The review finished on Monday 7 April 2014. We received a number of responses which were used to prepare the second review.
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