READING BOROUGH COUNCIL REPORT BY RETURNING OFFICER TO: COUNCIL DATE: 17 OCTOBER 2006 AGENDA ITEM: TITLE: POLLING DISTRICTS AND PLACES IN CHURCH, MINSTER AND WHITLEY WARDS LEAD CLLR LOVELOCK PORTFOLIO: CORPORATE SERVICES COUNCILLOR: SERVICE: ELECTIONS WARDS: CHURCH, MINSTER AND WHITLEY LEAD OFFICER: JOHN PAINTER TEL: JOB TITLE: HEAD OF CENTRAL E-MAIL:
[email protected] ADMINISTRATION 1. PURPOSE AND SUMMARY OF REPORT 1.1 To seek retrospective approval to changes made to polling districts and polling places in Church, Minster and Whitley wards for the local elections held in May 2006: 2. RECOMMENDED ACTION 2.1 That with regard to Church ward: a) Christ the King Church Hall, Northumberland Avenue, be designated as the polling place for District NC of Church ward; b) the polling the areas shown hatched on plan A attached to this report be transferred from District NB to District NC in Church ward, so that their polling place will be Christ the King Church Hall; 2.2 That with regard to Minster ward: a) the Coley Park Community Centre be designated as the polling place for District DC of Minster ward; b) the polling districts DB and DC in Minster ward be combined as Minster DB; 2.3 That with regard to Whitley ward: 1 a) the Whitley Park Infants’ School be designated as the polling place for District S of Whitley ward b) the polling districts S and SC be combined as Whitley S c) the polling district SD (which polls at the South Reading Youth & Community Centre) be re-designated as polling district SC.