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Representation of the People Act 1983

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Representation of the People Act 1983, Cross Heading: Place and manner of voting at local government elections is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 01 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations. Help about Changes to Legislation

Place and manner of voting at local government electionsU.K.

31 Polling districts and stations at local government elections.U.K.

(1)For elections of county councillors [F1in England] . . ., the county council may divide an electoral division into polling districts, and may alter any polling district, and for elections of London borough or district councillors the London borough or district council may divide the London borough or district or any ward thereof into polling districts, and may alter any polling district.

[F2(1A)For elections of county or county borough councillors in Wales, the county or county borough council may divide an electoral division into polling districts and may alter any polling district.]

[F3(1B)For any Authority elections, a London borough council or the Common Council may divide their area into polling districts and may alter any polling district.

For the purposes of this subsection the Inner Temple and the Middle Temple shall be treated as forming part of the City.]

(2)In Scotland, for elections of [F4local authority] councillors the [F5local authority] may divide an electoral [F6ward] into polling districts and may alter any polling district, F7. . .; but in the absence of special circumstances those polling districts shall be those which were last designated for the purpose of parliamentary elections under [F8section 18A] above.

(3)Any power to constitute polling districts for the purpose of local government elections shall be exercised so that electors from any parliamentary polling district wholly or partly within the electoral area can, in the absence of special circumstances, be allotted to a polling station within the parliamentary polling place for that district unless the parliamentary polling place is outside the electoral area.

F9(4), (5). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F10(6), (7). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F3S. 31(1B) inserted (14.12.1999) by 1999 c. 29, s. 17, Sch. 3 para. 2 (with Sch. 12 para. 9(1)); S.I. 1999/3376, art. 2

F4Words in s. 31(2) substituted (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 39, s. 180(1), Sch. 13 para. 130(4)(a); S.I. 1996/323, art. 4(1)(b)(c)

F5Words in s. 31(2) substituted (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 39, s. 180(1), Sch. 13 para. 130(4)(b); S.I. 1996/323, art. 4(1)(b)(c)

F6Word in s. 31(2) substituted (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 39, s. 180(1), Sch. 13 para. 130(4)(c); S.I. 1996/323, art. 4(1)(b)(c)

F8Words in s. 31(2) substituted (1.1.2007 for E.W.S. and 1.7.2008 for N.I.) by Electoral Administration Act 2006 (c. 22), ss. 74(1), 77, Sch. 1 para. 108; S.I. 2006/3412, art. 3, Sch. 1 para. 14(aa)(bb)(v) (subject to transitional provisions in art. 6, Sch. 2); S.I. 2008/1316, arts. 2, 4

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1S. 31: functions of local authority not to be responsibility of an executive of the authority (E.) (16.11.2000) by virtue of S.I. 2000/2853, reg. 2(1), Sch. 1 D9

C2S. 31 applied (with modifications) (E.) (28.7.2007) by The Local Authorities (Conduct of Referendums) (England) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/2089), regs. 8, 11, 13, {Sch. 4 Table 1}

C3S. 31 applied (with modifications) (W.) (24.7.2008) by The Local Authorities (Conduct of Referendums) (Wales) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/1848), reg. 8, {Sch. 4 para. 1 Table 1}

C6S. 31(1)(3) applied (with modifications) (E.) (2.4.2001) by S.I. 2001/1298, reg. 8(1), Sch. 3 Table 2 (subject to regs. 9-12, 15-17, 20, 25)

S. 31(3) applied (with modifications) (W.) (24.3.2004) by The Local Authorities (Conduct of Referendums) (Wales) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/870), reg. 8, {Sch. 3 Table 2} (which S.I. was revoked (24.7.2008) by S.I. 2008/1848)

C7S. 31(1) applied (with modifications) (W.) (24.3.2004) by The Local Authorities (Conduct of Referendums) (Wales) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/870), reg. 8, {Sch. 3 Table 2} (which S.I. was revoked by S.I. 2008/1848)

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