C2C3C4C6C5C7C8C9C10 Part I Parliamentary and Local Government Franchise and its Exercise

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Place and manner of voting at parliamentary elections

18AF1Polling districts at parliamentary electionsF3: Great Britain

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Every constituency is to be divided into polling districts.

2

A relevant authority must—

a

divide its area into polling districts for the purpose of parliamentary elections for so much of any constituency as is situated in its area, and

b

keep the polling districts under review.

3

The following rules apply—

a

the authority must seek to ensure that all electors in a constituency in its area have such reasonable facilities for voting as are practicable in the circumstances;

b

in England, each parish is to be a separate polling district;

c

in Wales, each community is to be a separate polling district;

d

in Scotland, each electoral ward (within the meaning of section 1 of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004) is to be divided into two or more separate polling districts.

4

Subsection (3)(b) to (d) does not apply if, in any case, there are special circumstances.

5

If an alteration of polling districts in an area is made under this section—

a

the registration officer who acts for the area must make such adaptations of his register of parliamentary electors as are necessary to take account of the alteration, and

b

the alteration is effective on the date on which the registration officer publishes a notice stating that the adaptations have been made by him.

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This section does not apply to Northern Ireland.