Notice of Polling Districts and Polling Places Review
Notice is hereby given that in accordance with Section 18c of the Representation of the People Act 1983, Basildon Borough 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 or can be inspected in person at:
Basildon Council OfficesSt Martins SquareBasildonEssex SS14 1DLThe (Acting) Returning Officer (ARO) for the Parliamentary Constituencies of Basildon & Billericay Borough Constituency, Castle Point Borough Constituency, Rayleigh and Wickford County Constituency and South Basildon & East Thurrock County Constituency will comment on the proposals.
Those representations will be published on the Council's website and will be available for inspection at the Basildon Council Offices 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. Anybody making representations should, if possible, give alternative places that may be used as polling places.
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.
We would encourage anyone who wishes to make representations or comments to submit them in writing to the address below or by email to elections@basildon.gov.uk (opens new window)
Electoral ServicesBasildon Borough CouncilThe Basildon CentreSt Martin's SquareBasildonSS14 1DLAll representations must be made by no later than Friday, 15th December 2023.
20 November 2023 | Notice of Review |
11 December 2023 | Publication of (Acting) Returning Officers Comments |
18 December 2023 | End of public consultation period |
8 January 2024 | Final proposals considered |
1 February 2024 | Publish revised register of electors |
The outcome of the review will be published by the Council in January 2024 and will be available for inspection on the Council's website and at the Basildon Council Offices.
Anybody making representations should be aware that, upon completion of the review, all correspondence and representations received must, by law, also be published.
Further Information
For more information about the review, please contact the Electoral Services team by email to elections@basildon.gov.uk (opens new window) or by telephone on 01268 207962.
Notices and Relevant Documents
- Basildon Council - Notice of Polling Districts and Polling Places Review - Nov 2023 (PDF) [134KB] (opens new window)
- Basildon Council - Polling Wards, Polling Districts and Polling Places - Nov 2023 (PDF) [189KB] (opens new window)
- Basildon Council - Publication of Acting Returning Officers Comments for the Basildon & Billericay Constituency - Dec 2023 (PDF) [116KB] (opens new window)
- Basildon Council - Publication of Returning Officers Comments for the Basildon Borough - Dec 2023 (PDF) [126KB] (opens new window)
Maps (All of the polling district letterings and names used in these maps will be the new ones that can be found in the above document 'Basildon Council - Polling Wards, Polling Districts and Polling Places - Nov 2023)
- Basildon Council - Map of Basildon & Billericay Constituency - Nov 2023 (PDF) [104KB] (opens new window)
- Basildon Council - Map of Castle Point Constituency - Nov 2023 (PDF) [108KB] (opens new window)
- Basildon Council - Map of Rayleigh & Wickford Constituency - Nov 2023 (PDF) [84KB] (opens new window)
- Basildon Council - Map of South Basildon & East Thurrock Constituency - Nov 2023 (PDF) [86KB] (opens new window)
- Basildon Council - Map showing Basildon Council's Wards - Nov 2023 (PDF) [94KB] (opens new window)
- Basildon Council - Maps of Individual Polling Districts - Nov 2023 (PDF) [23MB] (opens new window)
Polling Descriptions:
- A polling district is a geographical sub-division of an electoral area, ie: a UK Parliamentary constituency, a borough ward or an electoral division.
- A polling place is a geographical area in which a polling station is located. There is no legal definition of what a polling place is, the geographical area could be defined as tightly as a particular building or as widely as the entire polling district.
- A polling station is the actual area where the process of voting takes place.