Durham County Council Review of Polling Districts & Polling Places 2019 Representations Received Easington Constituency

Electoral Comment Comment Returning Officer Response Division/Polling Received From District Electoral Division: Returning Officer Closure of existing No other premises are available within the area so the options were to East polling station at Kasko either send electors to the polling station at St Joseph’s Church Hall, House, Marine Crescent, Blackhall Colliery or site a mobile unit within the housing estate in Polling District: Blackhall Rocks. County Councillors Rob Krute and Lynn Pounder were EBC – Blackhall consulted and both agreed that the siting of a mobile unit was the best Rocks No 2 option in the circumstances due to the distance residents would have to travel to St Joseph’s. At the European Parliamentary Election on 23 May 2019, a mobile unit was sited on the corner of Ocean Drive/Mickle Hill Road and apart from some initial confusion over location, this arrangement worked suitably well and it is proposed that a mobile is sited here in the future.

Electoral Division: Howletch Lane Suggestion that non- The school will continue to be used as there are no other suitable Peterlee West Primary School, school buildings are used premises in the area – both the school and Councillor Rob Moore Peterlee and acknowledged that this was the case in the current circumstances Polling District: Councillor Rob EFA – Howletch Moore

Electoral Division: Our Lady Star of Suggestion that other Implementing a system of using different premises as suggested would Horden the Sea RC schools in the area are confuse electors and provide inconsistency for voters. This area is highly Primary School, used on a rota basis populated and one of the other local schools is in fact already a Polling District: Horden designated polling station. It is proposed that current arrangements at the EHA – Horden North school continue. No 1

Electoral Division: Returning Officer The polling district itself It is proposed to divide the polling district EMA into two parts so that 115- Murton contains a polling station 126 Toft Crescent, 1-54 Burnip Road, and 26-48 Webb Avenue are re- (Ribbon Academy )but allocated to vote at Ribbon Academy and leave the remainder of the Polling District: electors in this polling polling district allocated to New Social Club. EMA – Murton West district are not actually No 1 allocated to this station. Its boundary wraps around polling district EMB – this results in the electors from EMA being allocated to New Hesledon Social Club and the electors from EMB at Ribbon Academy

Electoral Division: Member of the Query as to why he and It was explained to the elector that whilst we appreciate that these voting Murton Public his neighbours in St Ives arrangements may be confusing, they are as they are due to the fact that Place vote at Ribbon the boundary for the polling district in which they live (ENB) runs in front of Polling District: Academy when there is a their house and that properties, whilst close by, are actually in another ENB – Murton East polling station closer. He polling district (END) which is allocated to Macrae House. It would be No 1 suggested that all difficult to find a dividing line within the polling district ENB to reallocate households in St Ives some electors to Macrae House. Whilst understanding the comments of Place be able to vote at the elector, it is proposed that current voting arrangements continue. Macrae House