Council Tax precept Parish Poll date announced

The date for the Parish Poll of Salisbury City residents has now been confirmed.

The Parish Poll follows two parish meetings that have been convened after Salisbury City Council raised their portion of the council tax precept by nearly 44%.

In a statement released today, they confirmed that the poll will take place on Thursday 20th April.

The details of where polling stations and other logistics of the poll are yet to be confirmed.

The poll question will be, “Do you support a 5% cap on future increases to the Salisbury City Council precept and a parish consultation if any proposed increase is larger than 5%?”

Wiltshire Council say that as this is a parish poll, the legislation is slightly different to election legislation, and the key differences are listed below:

• Hours of poll: 4pm – 9pm, voters cannot be issued with a ballot paper outside of that timeframe.
• No provision for poll cards, postal voting or proxy voting – electors have to vote in person regardless of whether they are usually a postal voter or a proxy voters.
• The only person legally entitled to attend the count is the proposer.
• The only statutory notice is the Notice of Poll which has to be published no later than Thursday, 13 April. The notice will legally include the proposer’s name and address as well as details on the poll and location of polling stations.

Once further details are confirmed by Wiltshire Council, this information too will be made available to the public by the City Council.

Questions about the conduct of the poll should be addressed to the Elections Team at Wiltshire Council.