Councillors and Polling Stations: Databases
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to support open data across-council look up database for (a) councillor contact details and (b) polling station addresses.
Answered by Rushanara Ali
The Electoral Commission provide a comprehensive tool to support electors in finding their local polling station address at https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/i-am-a/voter/your-election-information. Electors enter their postcode, and the tool shows them where their nearest polling station is. Polling station details are also included on poll cards sent to every elector ahead of relevant electoral events.
The Department does not currently provide open data across-council look up database for councillor contact details. A tool on gov.uk exists to find your local council https://www.gov.uk/find-local-council.
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