Northumberland County Council : ​​​​​​​Notice of Polling Districts and Polling Places Review

THERE IS A PROPOSED CHANGE TO THE POLLING DISTRICT FOR BRINKBURN & HESLEYHURST (as previously discussed on this webpage). PLEASE SEE THE NOTICE FROM NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY COUNCIL  BELOW AND THE PROPOSED NEW POLLING STATION. All representations must be made by no later than 22 July 2024.

Notice is hereby given that in accordance with Section 18C of the Representation of the People Act 1983, Northumberland County Council (the Council) is to carry out a review of its polling districts and polling places.

Relevant information and mapping regarding the current arrangements and proposals for changes can be found on the Council’s website https://www.northumberland.gov.uk/elections.aspx ,or can be inspected at the Election Office, Northumberland County Council, County Hall, Morpeth, Northumberland, NE61 2EF.

The (Acting) Returning Officer (ARO) for the Parliamentary constituencies of Blyth and Ashington, Cramlington and Killingworth (part), Hexham (part) and North Northumberland will comment on the proposals. Those representations will be published on the Council’s website and will be available for inspection at:

• Election Office, Northumberland County Council, County Hall, Morpeth, Northumberland, NE61 2EF
• Alnwick Lindisfarne Centre, Lindisfarne Road, Alnwick, Northumberland, NE66 1AU
• Berwick Northumberland Information Centre, Berwick Library, Walkergate, Berwick-Upon-Tweed, Northumberland, TD15 1DB
• Hexham Northumberland Information Centre, Queens Hall, Beaumont Street, Hexham, Northumberland, NE46 3LS

In accordance with the timetable set out below.

Electors within the Council area or within a UK Parliamentary constituency which has any part in the authority may make a representation. We invite comments from all electors regarding the convenience of voting at polling stations currently used for elections and would welcome suggestions for alternative sites.

The Council would also welcome the views of all residents, particularly disabled residents, or any person or body with expertise in access for persons with any type of disability, on the proposals, ARO’s representations or any other related matters.

Anybody making representations should, if possible, give alternative places that may be used as polling places.

Comments and representations may be submitted as follows:

All representations must be made by no later than 22 July 2024.

The outcome of the review will be published by the Council in September 2024 and will be available for inspection on the Council's website and at the Election Office, Northumberland County Council, County Hall, Morpeth, Northumberland, NE61 2EF.

Anybody making representations should be aware that, upon completion of the review, all correspondence and representations received must, by law, also be published. 

Dated: 1 July 2024 

Dr Helen Paterson  

Chief Executive 

Northumberland County Council

PROPOSED NEW POLLING DISTRICT AND POLLING STATION DETAILS: BRINKBURN & HESLEYHURST