Newcastle City Council is conducting a review of the polling districts and polling places that fall within its area.
At least once every five years local authorities must review their polling districts and polling places.
A polling district is an area that is set for election purposes. Electors who live in the same polling district go to the same polling place to vote. The polling place should be within the polling district area, if possible.
A polling place is the whole building or area where your polling station is located. In some cases some polling places may have more than one polling station inside.
The review is to ensure voters have reasonable and accessible facilities for voting. The council is seeking feedback and comments on the current polling districts and places.
Ward boundaries are not covered by this review. Ward boundaries are reviewed by the Local Government Boundary Commission (LGBCE). The LGBCE are currently conducting a review of the ward boundaries. It is expected that the final proposals will be published early 2025.
Polling districts that are aligned with Parish boundaries, can only be amended by a Community Governance Review.
The LGBCE is due to publish its final proposals early 2025 on the ward boundaries. A further review of polling districts and polling places will take place in 2025 to consider the LGBCE proposals.
The consultation closed on Monday 11th November 2024. The conclusion of the review will be published in January 2025.
Here are the supporting documents for the consultation stage of the polling districts and polling place review.
Following Constitutional Committee on 13 January 2025, the proposed outcome to our polling districts and polling places were agreed by councillors.
All relevant information regarding the outcome of the consultation and the final proposed polling arrangements for each Parliamentary constituency for Newcastle upon Tyne can be found below.
The people contacted for representations and comments as part of the review were:
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