Polling station problems

Claire Young highlighting the
difficult step at the entrance
to the Manor Hall.

A mix up over rooms meant that people with mobility problems found the disabled access locked when they went to vote at the Manor Hall on 5th May. Claire Young says, "I took up this issue after last year's general election and it was agreed that the polling station would switch to the Newman Room, with the pre-school moving to the Jubilee Room. This way everyone would enter via the ramp and the door would not be locked. Unfortunately this did not happen. I alerted electoral services to the problem just after 7am on polling day and a notice was posted on the door and staff offered help where it was needed.The Head of Electoral Services has promised to investigate to make sure this problem doesn't happen again."