Dorset Council is required by law to review all polling district, polling places and polling stations in the Dorset Council area.
The electoral register for Dorset Council is divided into approximately 400 local areas (polling districts) and by law every polling district must be assigned a polling place where electors can go to vote. Around 320 buildings are used as polling stations by Dorset Council with most being village and church halls, schools and community centres. This review aims to ensure that voting arrangements for future elections suit the needs of electors in each area, so that electors have access to reasonable facilities for voting.
The Council is consulting the public to seek their comments on the suitability of the polling station where they voted in person. The Council is also consulting local political parties, local party agents, parish and town councils, MPs and local disability groups.
The consultation finishes on the 13 November. Please add your views.
The consultation document and information about the current polling arrangements are available online here.
Please note that no changes can be made to existing ward or parish boundaries during this review and that any recommendations need to be in alignment with existing parliamentary constituency, ward and parish boundaries. There will be changes to the ward boundaries in some areas because of the recent Community Governance Review. Information regarding the Community Governance Review can be found here. Therefore, polling districts and polling places will need to be changed to align with these new boundaries. All the proposed changes can be found using the information on our website regarding the review.