HL Deb 01 March 2000 vol 610 cc79-80WA
Lord Mackay of Ardbrecknish

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Which pilot schemes have been approved for the May 2000 local elections. [HL1146]

Lord Bassam of Brighton

Provisional approval has been given to the schemes that follow. A final decision will be taken on each scheme once the Representation of the People Bill has received Royal Assent.

  • Early voting
  • Blackburn
  • Blackpool Chester
  • Coventry
  • Kingston upon Hull
  • Knowsley (three wards)
  • Manchester
  • Norwich*
  • Pendle
  • Plymouth
  • Redditch
  • St Helens (six wards)
  • Stoke on Trent
  • Sunderland*
  • Telford and the Wrekin (two wards)
  • Watford*
  • All-postal ballots
  • Bolton (three wards)
  • Doncaster (one ward)
  • Gateshead (two wards)
  • Norwich (two wards)*
  • Salford (one ward)*
  • Stevenage (two wards)
  • Swindon (four wards)
  • Wigan (three wards)
  • Electronic Voting/counting
  • Broxbourne
  • Bury (one ward)
  • Salford (two wards)*
  • Stratford on Avon
  • Three Rivers
  • Warrington
  • Extension of postal vote entitlement
  • Amber Valley (two wards)
  • Eastleigh
  • Gloucester (three wards)
  • Milton Keynes
  • Extension of hours of poll
  • Leeds
  • Mole Valley
  • Mobile polling facility
  • Norwich*
  • Sunderland (eight wards)*
  • Watford*
  • Windsor and Maidenhead (two wards)
  • Weekend voting
  • Watford*
  • Freepost
  • Watford*
  • *Councils running more than one scheme.