§ 35. Lieut.-Colonel ACLAND-TROYTEasked the Home Secretary the average acreage covered by each polling district in English constituencies which have an area of between 300 and 400 square miles and between 400 and 500 square miles, respectively?
§ Mr. CLYNESThe average acreage of a polling district in constituencies of between 300 and 400 square miles in area is, on the figures available, 4,768. The corresponding figure in the case of constituencies of between 400 and 500 square miles in extent is 4,878.
§ 36. Lieut.-Colonel ACLAND-TROYTEasked the Home Secretary whether he is aware that, on account of parish boundaries, electors in rural districts often have to go great distances to record their votes in spite of the fact that there is a polling station close to their homes; and whether, in view of the limitation placed on the use of cars, he will issue regulations to allow such electors to vote at the nearest polling station?
§ Mr. CLYNESI have no power to make regulations on this subject. Any case of the kind referred to should be brought to the notice of the county council, who in the exercise of their powers under Section 31 of the Representation of the People Act, 1918, can transfer any part of a parish to another polling district if the polling station of that district is more convenient for the electors in such part of the parish.