Southwark 2019 Review of Polling Districts, Polling Places and Polling Stations
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SOUTHWARK 2019 REVIEW OF POLLING DISTRICTS, POLLING PLACES AND POLLING STATIONS 1 Summary of proposed changes ‘The Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013 introduced a change to the timing of compulsory reviews of UK Parliamentary polling districts and polling places. The next compulsory review must now be started and completed between 1 October 2018 and 31 January 2020 (inclusive).’ The scope of the 2019 polling district and polling station review project covers the following: 1. Identify wards which are split by parliamentary constituency boundaries, and ensure the following: a. that polling district boundaries align closely with the existing constituency boundaries b. that suitable polling station provision is made for all electors 2. Identify polling stations which were found to be not fit for purpose during the 2018 elections, and identify suitable alternatives where possible 3. Identify all polling stations located in schools, and identify suitable alternative venues where possible 4. Make adjustments to existing polling districts, for administrative purposes in order to improve the delivery of elections This has resulted in 105 polling districts. A total of 100 polling stations will be allocated for these polling districts. Five polling stations would serve as a double polling station for two polling districts. These stations are: Albrighton Community Centre in Champion Hill Ward Ivydale Primary School in Peckham Rye Ward Dockland Settlements Community Centre in Surrey Docks Ward Michael Faraday Primary School in Faraday Ward Bermondsey Village Hall in London Bridge & West Bermondsey Ward The parameters for the process of drawing up the districts were: There should be no more than 2500 electors (excluding absent voters) allocated to a particular polling station as per the Electoral Commission’s guidance. Polling district boundaries should be drawn so as to reduce the impact of non-coterminous constituency and ward boundaries. This results in an additional number of small polling districts, as the constituency boundaries must be used in devising the final scheme To identify suitable venues to replace polling stations used in 2018 that were not fit for purpose To identify suitable venues, where possible, to replace schools currently used as polling stations All suitable existing polling stations used in the 2018 election to be retained where possible There are three enclaves in the borough, where the ward boundaries and constituency boundaries result in a small number of electors who are in a different constituency to the rest of the ward. There are two small enclaves in Dulwich Village Ward, and a third one in Faraday Ward. These will only cause difficulties if there is a combined election with both local and parliamentary franchises able to vote. In this case electors will vote in the parliamentary polling station, and arrangements will be made to provide local ballot papers for those electors in that other polling station. The electorate totals for all wards and polling districts in this report includes absent voters. These figures are based on the electorate for February 2019, and have been rounded up and down to 5. 2 Polling districts will be identified as number 1 at the north of the ward, moving clockwise through all the different polling districts. The following legend has been developed for use of all maps contained in this report: Polling district 1 – pink Polling district 2 – yellow Polling district 3 – blue Polling district 4 – green Polling district 5 – purple Polling district 6 – gold Number of Polling Districts and Polling Stations per Ward breakdown: Page Ward Name Designation Districts Stations No 7 Camberwell Green CMG 5 5 8 Nunhead & Queen’s Road NQR 5 5 9 Old Kent Road OKR 6 6 10 Peckham PKM 5 5 11 Peckham Rye PHR 4 3 12 Rye Lane RLN 5 5 13 St Giles SGL 6 6 15 North Bermondsey NBM 5 5 16 Rotherhithe RTH 5 5 17 South Bermondsey SBM 5 5 18 Surrey Docks SDK 4 3 20 Borough & Bankside BNB 3 3 21 Chaucer CHR 5 5 22 Faraday FRD 4 3 23 London Bridge & West Bermondsey LBW 5 4 24 Newington NTN 5 5 25 North Walworth NWL 5 5 26 St George’s SGG 3 3 28 Champion Hill CHH 3 2 29 Dulwich Hill DLH 4 4 30 Dulwich Village DLV 4 4 31 Dulwich Wood DLW 4 4 32 Goose Green GGR 5 5 ` Total 105 100 3 Situation of Polling Stations: The proposed scheme includes a total of ten new polling stations which have all been assessed and have been deemed suitable to be used as polling stations. These polling stations may be new to the polling district, rather than being a completely new venue. List of Ten New Polling Stations in Proposed Scheme Polling District Polling Stations Address Ref CMG1 Walworth Methodist Church 54 Camberwell Rd, Camberwell, London SE5 0EW OKR1 Astley Cooper TRA Hall 375 Old Kent Road, SE1 5JX OKR6 Unwin & Friary TRA Hall 33 Frensham Street, SE15 6TH PKM3 Apostolic Faith Church 95 Fenham Road Road, SE15 1AE PHR2 Ivydale Primary School Ivydale Road, Nunhead, SE15 3BU NTN4 Brandon Senior Citizen Hall Grimsell Path, London, SE5 0TB NWL1 Draper TRA Hall 1 Howell Walk, SE1 6TL NWL4 Nelson TRA Hall Trafalgar House, Bronti Close, Walworth, SE17 2HF DLH2 Lordship Lane TRA Hall 29 Bew Court, Lordship Lane, East Dulwich, SE22 8AP DLW2 Bradbury Oak House 2-4 Underhill Road, East Dulwich SE22 0AH 4 Proposed Polling Districts and Polling Stations: Central Southwark Ward Name Number of Cllrs 2017 Electorate 2019 Electorate Camberwell Green 3 9,684 10,230 Nunhead & Queens 3 10,423 10,885 Rd Old Kent Road 3 11,166 11,760 Peckham 3 9,817 10,165 Peckham Rye 2 7,411 7,435 Rye Lane 3 10,362 10,660 St Giles 3 11,133 11,535 5 Camberwell Green Proposal 2019 Number Polling District Polling Stations Address of Status Ref Electors Walworth Methodist 54 Camberwell Road, SE5 CMG1 2,070 Church 0EW New Camberwell Salvation 105 Lomond Grove, London, CMG2 2,500 Army SE5 7HG Existing CMG3 Crawford Primary School Crawford Road, SE5 9NF 1,775 Existing CMG4 Sacred Heart Church Hall 2 Knatchbull Road, SE5 9QS 1,715 Existing Jessie Duffett Tenants (Wyndham Hall), Wyndham CMG5 2,170 Hall Road, SE5 0UB Existing Total 10,230 6 Nunhead & Queen’s Road Proposal 2019 Polling Number Nunhead & Queen’s Road District Address of Status Polling Stations Ref Electors Brimmington Estate, 2 NQR1 Brimmington T&RA Hall 2,340 Existing Culmore Road, SE15 2RQ St Mary's Church and 17 St Mary's Road, NQR2 2,375 Existing Community Centre Peckham, SE15 2EA 21 Buchan Road, London, NQR3 Buchan TRA Hall 1,730 Existing SE15 3HQ The Green Community Nunhead Green, London NQR4 2,000 Existing Centre SE15 3QQ 48 Mortlock Close, NQR5 Cossall Tenants Hall 2,440 Existing SE15 2QE Total 10,885 7 Old Kent Road Proposal 2019 Number Polling District Old Kent Road Address of Status Ref Polling Stations Electors OKR1 Astley Cooper TRA Hall 375 Old Kent Road, SE1 5JX 1,850 New OKR2 St Philip's Church Hall Avondale Square, SE1 5PD 2,010 Existing 353 Rotherhithe New Road, OKR3 Links Community Centre 1,955 Existing SE16 3HF Manor Grove, London, OKR4 Pilgrims Way Primary School 1,935 Existing SE15 1EF Bird In Bush Road, London, OKR5 Camelot Primary School 1,955 Existing SE15 1QP OKR6 Unwin & Friary TRA Hall 33 Frensham Street, SE15 6TH 2,055 New Total 11,760 8 Peckham Proposal 2019 Polling Peckham Number of Address Status District Ref Polling Stations Electors Wickway PKM1 Community Entrance on St George`s Way, SE15 6PL 2,125 Existing Centre Sojourner Truth PKM2 Community 161 Sumner Road, SE15 6LJ 1,705 Existing Centre Apostolic Faith PKM3 95 Fenham Road Road, SE15 1AE 2,165 New Church PKM4 Peckham Library Peckham Hill Street, SE15 5JR 2,375 Existing St Lukes Church Pentridge Street, St Lukes Church Hall, PKM5 1,795 Existing Hall SE15 6ED Total 10,165 9 Peckham Rye Proposal 2019 Polling Number Peckham Rye District Address of Status Polling Stations Ref Electors PHR1 Ivydale Primary School Ivydale Road, Nunhead, SE15 3BU 1,230 Existing PHR2 Ivydale Primary School Ivydale Road, Nunhead, SE15 3BU 2,100 New PHR3 Honor Oak Baptist Church Forest Hill Road, SE22 0SG 1,580 Existing PHR4 Rye Hill Tenants Hall 241 Peckham Rye, SE15 3HZ 2,525 Existing Total 7,435 10 Rye Lane Proposal 2019 Polling Number Rye Lane District Address of Status Polling Stations Ref Electors 59A Rye Lane, Entrance in Cerise Road, RLN1 Rye Lane Baptist Chapel 2,275 Existing SE15 5EX RLN2 Consort Tenants Hall 29 Philip Walk, SE15 3NH 2,380 Existing RLN3 Bellenden Primary School Dewar Street, SE15 4JP 2,195 Existing St Saviours Church (Copleston RLN4 Copleston Road, London, SE15 4AN 1,895 Existing Centre) Corner of Alpha Street and Choumert Road, RLN5 Thomas Calton Centre 1,915 Existing SE15 4NX Total 10,660 11 St Giles Proposal 2019 Polling Number St Giles District Address of Status Polling Stations Ref Electors SGL1 Trinity College Centre 1 Newent Close, London, SE15 6EF 1,730 Existing 65-67 Peckham Road, London, SGL2 South London Gallery (Clore Studio) 2,170 Existing SE5 8UH Welton Hall, Bushey Hill Road, SGL3 South London Tabernacle Baptist Church 1,790 Existing SE5 8QG SGL4 Lettsom Tenants Hall 114 Vestry Road, SE5 8PQ 1,980 Existing Camberwell Green United Reform Entrance In Love Walk, SGL5 1,815 Existing Church Camberwell Green, SE5 8SN 81 Camberwell Church Street, SGL6 St Giles Centre 2,050 Existing Camberwell, London, SE5 8RB Total for St Giles 11,535 12 North-East Southwark Ward Name Number of Cllrs 2017 Electorate 2019 Electorate North Bermondsey 3 10,979 11,540 Rotherhithe 3 10,360 10,410 South Bermondsey 3 10,905 11,255 Surrey Docks 3 8,721 9,495 13 North Bermondsey Proposal 2019 Polling Number North Bermondsey District Address of Status Polling Stations Ref Electors NBM1 Downside Fisher Youth Club Coxson Place, Druid Street, SE1 2EZ 2,465 Existing NBM2 Wade Hall Dickens Estate, SE1 2DH 2,515 Existing NBM3 Cherry Gardens (Millopond) Hall 210A Jamaica Road, SE16 4RT 2,145 Existing NBM4 Four Squares TRA Hall 1 Marden Square, London, SE16 2HZ 2,075 Existing 2 Tranton Road, Keetons Estate, London, NBM5 Keetons TRA Hall 2,340 Existing SE16 4SE Total 11,540 14 Rotherhithe Proposal 2019 Polling Number Rotherhithe District Address of Status Polling Stations Ref Electors RTH1 St.