Review of Polling Districts, Polling Places and Polling Stations 2012

The Highland Council has agreed to carry out a review of Polling Districts and designated Polling Places for those Polling Districts. This review requires to be completed by 30 April 2013.  The Council will consult the Returning Officer and the Returning Officer must make representations to the authority.

Any elector within the Highland Council area may make a representation to the Council, and the representation made by any person may include proposals for specified alternative polling places.

The Council is also consulting with persons and bodies with expertise in access for persons with any type of disability and has invited them to make a representation or to comment on the Council’s proposals, the Returning Officer’s representation or any other matter. Any persons or bodies making representations should, if possible, give alternative places that may be used as polling places.

Documents relative to the first review, including maps detailing current polling districts, may be found here.

The lists of the Polling Districts and Polling Places used at the Election in May 2010 are available from the following links:

Representations should be made in writing to Alistair Dodds, Chief Executive, The Highland Council, Glenurquhart Road, Inverness IV3 5NX or by e-mail to election@highland.gov.uk  by Monday, 4 February 2013.

All responses received will be published on the Council's website at the conclusion of the review.

Alistair Dodds
Chief Executive

Dated 12 November 2012