Written question asked by Lord Pickles (Conservative) on Monday, 28 April 2008, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 30 April 2008. It was answered by Lord Wills (Labour) on Tuesday, 6 May 2008 on behalf of the Ministry of Justice.

Voting Methods

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what pilots of weekend voting have taken place to date; in which local authority areas; and on which dates.

Answer

Two local authorities have piloted weekend voting at local elections on both the Saturday and Sunday, in addition to voting on the traditional polling day. They were Manchester in 2000 and the London Borough of Camden in 2002.15 local authorities have also piloted voting at the weekend at local elections which included voting either on a Saturday or Sunday or both, as well as other advance voting days, in addition to voting on the traditional polling day. These were:

	Name of Authority
May 2000	Blackburn, Coventry, Kingston-upon-Hull, Knowsley, Norwich, Plymouth, Redditch, St Helens, Sunderland and Watford.
May 2006	Broxbourne and Tyne and Wear (Gateshead, Newcastle, South Tyneside and Sunderland)
May 2007	Bedford, Broxbourne and Gateshead

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Type: Written question
Reference: 475 c794-5W; 203141
Session: 2007-08
Related items: Voting Methods
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Voting Methods

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