We would like to hear your views on our proposals for polling arrangements in the following wards: Blakelaw & Cowgate, Castle, and Parklands & North Gosforth.
Following the start of the Community Governance Review of all parishes in the city, amendments have been identified to existing polling district arrangements in the wards listed above. These changes to polling districts and polling places (stations) will be implemented from the Local Elections in May 2027. We are consulting with electors (members of the public with the right to vote) and key stakeholders, including elected representatives, political parties and groups who support disabled people between 2 to 30 November 2026.
What we would like you to do
To help us do this, we want to hear from you about your views on the current polling districts and polling places, including any suggestions you may have about alternative polling districts or polling places. We welcome you to comment on the recommendations proposed by the Acting Returning Officer (ARO). The ARO's comments and maps showing the current and proposed polling districts and polling places are shown below:
What we would like you to do
To help us do this, we want to hear from you about your views on the current polling districts and polling places, including any suggestions you may have about alternative polling districts or polling places. We welcome you to comment on the recommendations proposed by the Acting Returning Officer (ARO). The ARO's comments and maps showing the current and proposed polling districts and polling places are shown below:
- 2026 10 Blakelaw and Cowgate - Public Consultation.docx
- 2026 10 Parklands and North Gosforth - Public Consultation.docx
- 2026 10 Castle - Public Consultation.docx
and are also available on our website here: Polling Districts and Polling Places 2026.
Please give us your views via one of the methods below:
Please give us your views via one of the methods below:
- Survey: Please complete the survey for the appropriate ward you want to comment on; you can find them at the bottom of this webpage.
- Email: pollingplaces@newcastle.gov.uk
- Telephone: 0191 211 5137
- Post: Electoral Services Manager, Polling District Review, Electoral Services, Civic Centre, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 8QH
If you need information about this in a different format (such as large print), please get in touch with us at: pollingplaces@newcastle.gov.uk or call: 0191 211 5137.
What will happen next
We will consider all responses received and representations made to this consultation after it closes, and the findings from this consultation will be published in January 2027 here on Let’s talk Newcastle Online, and on our webpage here: Review of Polling Districts and Polling Places.
Please complete this form before 30 November 2026. Thank you for giving us your views.
We will consider all responses received and representations made to this consultation after it closes, and the findings from this consultation will be published in January 2027 here on Let’s talk Newcastle Online, and on our webpage here: Review of Polling Districts and Polling Places.
Please complete this form before 30 November 2026. Thank you for giving us your views.
