APPENDIX A – MID SUFFOLK DC SCHEDULE OF POLLING DISTRICTS, POLLING PLACES AND POLLING STATIONS - 2018 B A C D Recommended E Recommended Proposed Polling F Polling Place Returning Officer’s Comments G Polling District Polling Station Station Consultation Comments Wiithin the R.O. Additional Comments (A) : aligned Electorate* at following (* Total electorate minus postal with parish August 2018 parish(es) voters) (W) : warded Akenham (A) Akenham, Village Hall, 34 No change necessary. Akenham Claydon and Claydon electorate is too small to justify Henley its own polling stations. Ashbocking (A) Ashbocking, Meeting Room, 249 No change necessary Gosbeck, Suffolk Wildlife Henley and Trust, Brooke Hemingstone. House, The Green, Ashbocking Ashfield-cum- Ashfield-cum- Community 146 No change necessary Thorpe (A) Thorpe, Centre, Debenham, Ashfield-cum- Kenton and Thorpe Winston Aspall (A) Aspall, Dove Cottage, 40 No change necessary. Aspall Bedingfield, 39 High Street, electorate is too small to justify Debenham and Debenham its own polling station. Kenton Athelington (A) Athelington, Old School, 27 No change necessary. Horham, Horham Athelington electorate is too Southolt and small to justify its own polling Worlingworth station. Bacton (A) Bacton, Cotton, Village Hall, 846 No change necessary Finningham and Bacton Wyverstone Badley (A) Badley and The Lounge, 49 Badley electorate is too small to Needham Needham justify its own polling station. Market Market Community Centre, School Street, Needham Market Badwell Ash (A) Badwell Ash, Village Hall, 586 No change necessary. Suitable Polling Station in walking distance No response required Great Ashfield, Badwell Ash Hunston and Walsham-le- Willows Barham (A) Barham, Barham Scout 996 No change necessary. Barham unsuitable, It is confusing to have a different Combining Barham and Claydon would push the Claydon, and Guide Hut, polling stations for Claydon & Barham and the Barham electorate to over 2500 and hence a second polling Coddenham, Kirby Rise, location is difficult to find. Both councils should use the station would be required. Whilst it would be feasible to Hemingstone Barham Claydon & Barham village hall. have two polling stations within the one room at Claydon and Henley Village Hall the electorate of Barham at nearly 1000 commands its own polling station. Comments on location noted, signage has to be good and perhaps more external signs are required Barking (A) Barking, Village Hall, 283 No change necessary. Battisford, Barking Ringshall and Willisham B A C D Recommended E Recommended Proposed Polling F Polling Place Returning Officer’s Comments G Polling District Polling Station Station Consultation Comments Wiithin the R.O. Additional Comments (A) : aligned Electorate* at following (* Total electorate minus postal with parish August 2018 parish(es) voters) (W) : warded Battisford (A) Battisford, Village Hall, 442 No change necessary Barking, Great Battisford Bricett and Ringshall Baylham (A) Baylham, Village Hall, 184 No change necessary Darmsden and Baylham Needham Market Bedfield (A) Bedfield, Monk Bedfield Sports 263 No change necessary. Soham, Southolt Pavilion, Long and Green, Bedfield Worlingworth Bedingfield (A) Bedingfield, Village Hall, 185 No change necessary. Aspall and Bedingfield Kenton Beyton (A) Beyton, Tostock White Horse 491 No change possible, but keep ARO West Suffolk Council - Agree with Returning No response required and Thurston Public House, under review, public house is not Officer’s comments that this polling station is not ideal. Beyton a preferred polling station The only alternative would be to use a temporary polling station such as a portacabin. I agree that this should be kept under review. Botesdale (A) Botesdale, Village Hall, 549 No change necessary Hinderclay, Botesdale Redgrave and Rickinghall Braiseworth (A) Braiseworth, Village Hall, 53 Electors in Braiseworth Stoke Ash and Stoke Ash previously voted at Thorndon, Yaxley but as Thorndon is now in the Mendlesham Ward, and Braiseworth is the Palgrave Ward, it is recommended that voters in Braiseworth now go to Stoke Ash Bramford (A) Bramford Loraine Victory 1,739 No change necessary Hall, Bramford Brome and Brome and Village Hall, 169/182 No change necessary. The Oakley (A) (W) Oakley, Stuston Brome parishes are combined. and Thrandeston Brundish (A) Brundish, Village Hall, 120 No change necessary Recommended that electors from Tannington will now Tannington and Brundish vote in Brundish Wilby Burgate (A) Burgate, Community 122 Electorate of Burgate is too small ARO West Suffolk Council Where possible, electors This will now be combined with Wortham Community Gislingham, Centre, to justify continued use of should be able to poll within their polling district if a Centre Mellis and Wortham dedicated polling station and suitable building is available. However I note the Wortham. thus it is recommended that it be Returning Officer’s recommendations that electors combined with Wortham should poll in the neighbouring parish of Wortham. Buxhall (A) Buxhall and Village Hall, 287 No change necessary Rattlesden Buxhall B A C D Recommended E Recommended Proposed Polling F Polling Place Returning Officer’s Comments G Polling District Polling Station Station Consultation Comments Wiithin the R.O. Additional Comments (A) : aligned Electorate* at following (* Total electorate minus postal with parish August 2018 parish(es) voters) (W) : warded Claydon (A) Claydon, Village Hall, 1,553 No change necessary. Akenham, Claydon Barham and Henley Coddenham (A) Coddenham, Community 417 No change necessary Barham, Sports Hall, Gosbeck, Coddenham Hemingstone Combs (A) Combs’ St Mary’s 513 No change necessary. Combs Ford suitable close and accessible with car No response required Battisford, Little Church Hall, parking Finborough and Poplar Hill, Stowmarket Stowmarket Combs Ford Cotton (A) Cotton, Bacton Village Hall, 418 No change necessary and Finningham Cotton Creeting St Creeting St Village Hall, 500 No change necessary Mary (A) Mary, Creeting Creeting St St Peter and Mary Needham Market Creeting St Creeting St Church Hall, 175 No change necessary Peter (A) Mary, Creeting Creeting St St Peter and Peter Needham Market Crowfield (A) Crowfield, Village Hall, 259 No change necessary Helmingham, Crowfield Pettaugh and Stonham Aspal Darmsden (A) Darmsden, Village Hall, 25 No change necessary. Baylham and Baylham Darmsden electorate is too small Needham to justify its own polling station. Market Debenham (A) Debenham, Dove Cottage, 1,503 No change necessary. Ashfield-cum- 39 High Street, Thorpe, Aspall, Debenham Kenton and Winston Denham (A) Denham, St Edmunds 151 We have previously used the No response Denham will now be combined with Hoxne Horham and Hall, Hoxne village hall in Denham but this is Hoxne currently considered unfit for use and is not available. In the absence of any other suitable facility in Denham it is recommended that electors in Denham vote in Hoxne. Drinkstone (A) Drinkstone, Drinkstone 414 No change necessary. Hessett and Village Hall, Rattlesden. Drinkstone B A C D Recommended E Recommended Proposed Polling F Polling Place Returning Officer’s Comments G Polling District Polling Station Station Consultation Comments Wiithin the R.O. Additional Comments (A) : aligned Electorate* at following (* Total electorate minus postal with parish August 2018 parish(es) voters) (W) : warded Earl Stonham Earl Stonham, Village Hall, Earl 439 No change necessary Village hall suitable can walk or drive plenty of parking No response required (A) Stonham Aspal Stonham available and Stonham Parva Elmswell (North) Elmswell and The 633 No change necessary (A) Woolpit Blackbourne Centre, Elmswell Elmswell Elmswell and Wesley Hall, 2,036 No change necessary (South) (A) Woolpit School Road, Elmswell Eye (A) Eye and Occold Town Hall, Eye 1,544 No change necessary Felsham (A) Felsham, Village Hall, 352 No change necessary. Gedding and Felsham Rattlesden Finningham (A) Finningham, Village Hall, 318 The polling station in Finningham Thank you for your letter of 6 December 2018. My Either Cotton or Westhorpe could be used as a Bacton, Cotton Cotton is currently the back room at the apologies for the delay in responding. replacement for Finningham. The suitability is largely and Westhorpe White Horse Public House. This dependent on where an individual lives. Those in is not considered to be a suitable If Westhorpe Parish Council are not too late, we wish it Walsham Road or Westhorpe Road would be better arrangement. The polling station to be noted that in the event of Finningham not having a served by Westhorpe. Those in Station Road or is cramped and contains a large Polling Station the nearest and most suitable Polling Wickham Road would be better served by Cotton. On pool table which is too heavy to Station is Westhorpe Village Hall, not Cotton as the table balance though, given that Westhorpe is a brand new move, the stepped access is not suggests. facility, this suggestion is a sound one and the electorate suitable for disabled access and at Finningham can be moved to vote at Westhorpe all that separates the polling ARO West Suffolk -I have noted the Returning Officer’s station from the pub is a curtain. comments and agree with the proposal for electors to If no other facility can be found in poll at Cotton Village Hall as the current arrangement is Finningham then it is not satisfactory. recommended that electors in Finningham vote at Cotton Village Hall. Flowton (A) Flowton, Little Village Hall, 90 The polling station