Councillors are assessing the election process in Telford & Wrekin to identify areas for improvement. The local authority's returning officer and an expert have provided insights on the process.
Councillors have been scrutinising how the election process is carried out in Telford & Wrekin – and assessing if there is any room for improvement in the current system.Telford & Wrekin Council’s communities scrutiny committee has heard from the local authority ’s returning officer and an expert about the election process .Anthea Lowe, council director of policy and governance, presented a report to the scrutiny committee meeting on Thursday night.
“Some small issues had been identified following the May 2023 elections and plans already adapted to make the process as seamless as possible and to further improve efficiency.” In 2019, there were 125,918 votes counted whilst in 2023 there were 153,812 votes counted. In 2019, the two counts collectively took around 12 hours and 45 minutes whilst in 2023 the two counts collectively took around 13 hours and 20 minute to undertake.Councillors heard that last year’s election was the first following the recent boundary review.
“It had, therefore, already been agreed that breaks for count teams would be staggered so that count activity would still be ongoing throughout the count venue.” The recommendations made in the report included the elections team ‘piloting the staggering of staff breaks to assess what impact, if any, this has on the efficiency of proceedings’.
Councillor Angela McClements said that the review and report shows that the council ‘are doing everything right’ in Telford & Wrekin.
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