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2010 Elections »

Governance and Resources Scrutiny Commission
London Borough of Hackney

This report details the findings and recommendations from the scrutiny review of 2010 Elections. The elections held in May 2010 were the most complex in Hackney for many years. There were polls for two parliamentary seats, the directly elected mayor and 57 councillors across 19 wards. This complexity contributed to some of the problems experienced on polling day: for citizens wanting to cast their vote, and for officers with administrative responsibility.

2010 Elections »

Governance and Resources Scrutiny Commission
2011
London Borough of Hackney

This report details the findings and recommendations from the scrutiny review of 2010 Elections. The elections held in May 2010 were the most complex in Hackney for many years. There were polls for two parliamentary seats, the directly elected mayor and 57 councillors across 19 wards. This complexity contributed to some of the problems experienced on polling day: for citizens wanting to cast their vote, and for officers with administrative responsibility.

Community Involvement in Local Democracy »

Michael Carr
2010
Bromsgrove District Council

A Task Group was set up to investigate ways to promote public engagement in the democratic process. It considered the legal and constitutional framework through which people can participate in democracy through elections and the ways in which people can participate as citizens both by voting in elections and by getting involved in the local decision making process.

Review of democratic engagement and electoral services »

Daniel Moore
2009
London Borough of Merton

With a forthcoming election in 2010 combined with the recognition that voter turnouts were failing the Corporate Capacity Overview and Scrutiny Panel agreed to establish a task group to review what the council does around democratic engagement and elections.

Crawley: election turnout »

Chris Pedlow
2008
Crawley Borough Council

A focused review examining the immediate issues surrounding Vote Turnout and Electoral Registration.

Buckinghamshire CC: involving young people in decision making and local democracy »

Helen Wayland
2007
Buckinghamshire County Council

The Buckinghamshire Community and Environment Overview and Scrutiny Committee examined how young people are involved in decision making and local democracy.

Rotherham: electoral registration and turnout in local government »

Sioned-Mair Richards
2006
Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council

The review was initiated by the Democratic Renewal Scrutiny Panel because Members were concerned that voter registration and voter turnout in local elections could be improved in Rotherham.

Enhancing Local Democracy »

Performance and Quality Overview Committee
2006
Vale Royal Borough Council

The Committee established a task group to investigate what Vale Royal Borough Council could do to encourage its residents to be more involved in Local Democracy.

Crawley: election processes »

Daniel Hyslop
2006
Crawley Borough Council

The review was requested by Members following the late declaration of the Crawley constituency in the 2005 parliamentary election and the delay in counting the town's West Sussex County Council (WSCC) seats.

Second Enquiry into Electoral Matters »

Nick Partridge
2005
Birmingham City Council

This review looks at practice around the European Parliamentary and municipal elections of June 2004 in Birmingham and brings forward recommendations for improvement.

Haringey: youth democracy »

2005
London Borough of Haringey

The Scrutiny Review was set up to investigate what the Council could to do to increase young people’s involvement in the community and in democratic processes.

Derbyshire: County Council Elections »

Roy Ackrill
2005
Derbyshire County Council

The review looked at issues affecting turnout at County Council Elections and what if anything the County Council could do to improve voters numbers at the May 2005 elections.

Canterbury: stregthening local democracy »

Chris Took/Malcolm Burgess
2004
Canterbury City Council

This review was established to consider public access to the decision-making process.

supporting local democracy »

2002
Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council

Examining how Councillors are supported in their day to day role as ward representatives.