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Local Election 2011 and AV Referendum

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This page contains all the information about the Local Election on Thursday 5th May, 2011.

The deadline to register to vote and request a postal vote was 14th April 2011.

Local Election 2011

Statement of Persons Nominated

These are divided by ward. You can find out which ward you live in from our Street Index Listing. 

Notice of Poll

AV Vote Referendum

About the Referendum

A referendum will be held on Thursday 5th May 2011 (same day as the local election) to decide on the question below:

At present, the UK uses the ‘first past the post’ system to elect MPs to the House of Commons. Should the 'alternative vote' system be used instead?

The hours of the referendum will be from 7.00am to 10.00pm. This poll will be combined with the poll for local government election.

If you have further questions about the referendum these must be put to the Electoral Commission as the council is not allowed to give further information:

To find out more please download the notice of poll below or visit www.aboutmyvote.co.uk.

Notice of Poll

Notice of Referendum Agents' Names and Offices

Result

The result in Worthing was as follows:

  • Yes : 30.44% (9,476 votes)
  • No : 69.56% (21,653 votes)

Therefore Worthing said No to using the alternative vote system instead.

Nationally the alternative vote system was also rejected with a No vote:

  • Yes : 32.10% (6,152,607 votes)
  • No : 67.90% (13,013,123 votes)

To find out much more you can visit ukreferendumresults.aboutmyvote.co.uk

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