APPENDIX C – SUMMARY OF CONSULTATION RESPONSES RECEIVED

* Denotes a change from the initial recommendations

Consultation Responses & Representations Received to Initial Proposals
No	Constituency	Division	Polling Districts affected	Commentator	Summary of comment	Assessment of comments	(Acting) Returning Officer’s final recommendation
1	Richmond and Northallerton*	North Richmondshire	Dalton-on-Tees & Eryholme	Clerk to Dalton-on-Tees Parish Council	Objection to changing the polling station from Dalton-on-Tees Village Hall to Croft-on-Tees Village Hall.	Dalton-on-Tees Village Hall condition is poor and currently is not suitable to be used as a polling station.  If it is renovated, an inspection and review would take place.	An interim inspection has taken place to Dalton-on-Tees Village Hall as renovation work is underway and to be completed around mid-December.  The final recommendation is to reinstate the polling station to Dalton-on-Tees Village Hall on the evidence of an improvement to the building. A further inspection will be made in January.
2	Richmond and Northallerton	Catterick & Brompton-on-Swale	Easby	Member of the public	To consider changing their allocated polling station.	Property falls under Easby parish of Catterick & Brompton-on-Swale division.  Their preferred polling station is currently within Richmond East parish of Richmond division.	Out of scope.
3	Harrogate and Knaresborough	Coppice & Duchy	Killinghall (Oakdale Ward)	Killinghall Parish Councillor	New developments in both Harrogate Duchy and Killinghall (Oakdale Ward) have no connection with Harrogate Duchy and location of the polling station.	NYC currently under a LGBCE review of divisions.  Upon conclusion of LGBCE review, it may be necessary to carry out a CGR to look at any changes to parish or polling station boundaries and other anomalies.  Review of polling districts and polling stations will take place after CGR until such time.	Out of scope.
					Killinghall (Oakdale Ward) parish boundary runs through the middle of 15 houses in Ribble Head Road, the parish boundary needs to be moved.
					A temporary polling station in the Killinghall (Oakdale Ward) is needed to assist with Army College electors and those in Burley bank road for Killinghall (Rural Ward).	There will be no changes to the current arrangements for voting as no scheduled elections until May 2027
4	Harrogate and Knaresborough	Killinghall, Hampsthwaite & Saltergate	Killinghall (Rural Ward)	Killinghall Parish Councillor	A temporary polling station in the Killinghall (Oakdale Ward) is needed to assist with Army College electors and those in Burley Bank Road for Killinghall (Rural Ward).	There will be no changes to the current arrangements for voting as no scheduled elections until May 2027	Out of scope
5	Scarborough and Whitby	Newby	Newlands, St Marks, Lady Edith & Newby	Clerk to Newby & Scalby Town Council	Newby & Scalby Town Council have no objections to the proposal.	Comments noted	No change to initial recommendation
6	Harrogate and Knaresborough	High Harrogate & Kingsley	High Harrogate	Councillor Chris Aldred, High Harrogate & Kingsley Division	Arrangements for High Harrogate is satisfactory.	Comment noted	No change to initial recommendation
7			Kingsley 2*		Current arrangements for Kingsley 2 are not satisfactory as it is difficult to get to the polling station.  Potential alternative at Station View Sheltered Housing Scheme Common Room.	Inspection of Station View Sheltered Housing Scheme Common Room on suitability for use as a polling station to take place.  (Verbal feedback to be provided)	Potentially change from Starbeck Methodist Church to Station View Sheltered housing scheme common room if it is deemed suitable to be used as a polling station.
8			Starbeck & Kingsley		Proposals for the LBC to have an extra division at the 2027 Election (Town Council & NYC) where Kingsley may become part of an historic Starbeck ward and a separate polling station would be a great idea.	At the conclusion of the LGBCE review, there will be a full polling district review which may well require further changes to polling stations. Currently this is out of scope for this review.	Out of scope
9	Scarborough & Whitby	Whitby Streonshalth	Whitby Town (South Ward)	Councillor Neil Swannick, Whitby Streonshalh division	The Coliseum is a satisfactory location for the majority of the polling districts.	Comment noted	No change to initial proposal
10			Whitby Town (North Ward)		No objection to using Church House as long as there is step-free access.	Comment noted	No change to initial recommendation