Following the boundary review and the creation of new wards in Newcastle, we are reviewing the boundaries of the polling districts within these wards. This means that some polling stations in local neighbourhoods might move from their current locations. These changes to polling districts and polling places (stations) will be implemented from the Local Elections in May 2026.
What we would like you to do
We would like to hear your views. Our goals are:
What we would like you to do
We would like to hear your views. Our goals are:
- to ensure that all electors (voters) have reasonable facilities for voting
- to seek to make polling places (buildings where people can cast their votes) as accessible as possible for disabled people
- to seek to make polling stations (the actual place within the buildings where people can cast their votes) as accessible as possible
- to ensure that polling places are always located in the polling district they serve (unless there are exceptional circumstances)
We are consulting with electors and key stakeholders (including elected representatives, political parties and groups who support disabled people) between 18 August and 15 September 2025. Please give us your views by answering the questions below or email us at: pollingplaces@newcastle.gov.uk.
Please use the interactive map below to see if your ward has changed -
https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/fc05f82d32d34578a799f32269c87c07
Keeping your answers private
Please use the interactive map below to see if your ward has changed -
https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/fc05f82d32d34578a799f32269c87c07
Keeping your answers private
The survey is confidential, and we will keep your answers private and store them securely. We will publish comments and suggestions received about polling arrangements in our report to Constitutional Committee, but we will remove any information from them that could identify individuals. We are committed to protecting your privacy when you use our services - full details of our Privacy Policy can be found here: Privacy Policy.
If you need this information in another format, such as large print, or you have questions about this, please contact us at: pollingplaces@newcastle.gov.uk or call: 0191 211 5137.
What happens next
All suggestions received during the consultation will be evaluated carefully against set criteria and final proposals will be considered by the council's Constitutional Committee in November 2025. These revised arrangements, if approved, will come into effect when the revised version of the Electoral Register is published on 1 December 2025. The consultation results will be published here in due course: Let's Talk Newcastle - Consultation Results. Thank you for giving us your views.
