Referendum Day in Redland, Bristol: list of polling stations and extra info.

Thousands of people in Redland and Bristol will head to the ballot boxes to vote whether they want to see a change in the electoral system - from the current First Past The Post method to an Alternative Vote (AV) method. See previous article for more info on this. Or visit www.aboutmyvote.co.uk

The ballot paper is a straightforward question along the lines of: At present the UK uses the First Past The Post System, should the Alternative Vote system be used instead? The answer options are ‘yes’ or ‘no’. You must put a cross next to the option you want, you must not write ‘yes’ or ‘no’ on your ballot paper as that would spoil the paper (despite what it looks like on some of the newspaper’s front pages today). You can, of course, abstain from voting but this may be interpreted as apathy. 

Finally, you could deliberately spoil your ballot paper by scribbling on it, writing on it, or even drawing on it. You may ask why you’d want to do this, but if you agree with the principle of democracy but aren’t happy with the options given in this referendum then this may be the most appealing option for you.

Polling stations are situated across Redland (see list below) and Bristol and are open from 7am until 10pm today, May 5. The count will take place tomorrow afternoon with the result announced after that, hopefully before the end of the week.

Cairns Road Baptist Church, Westbury Park, BS6 7TH 

Redland Parish Church Hall, Redland Green Road, BS6 7HE 

Bristol New Church, Cranbrook Road, BS6 7BS 

St Bartholomew's Church, Maurice Road, BS6 5BZ 

Friends Meeting House, Hampton Road, BS6 6JE 

Friends Meeting House, Hampton Road, BS6 6JE 

The Elmgrove Centre, Elmgrove Road, BS6 6AH 

Colstons Primary School, Cotham Grove, BS6 6AL 

Tyndale Baptist Church, Whiteladies Road, BS8 2QG 

Bishop Road Primary School, Bishop Road Access, BS7 8LS 

St Michaels Church Centre, 160A Gloucester Road, BS7 8NT 

The Ark, Cotham Road South, BS6 5TZ

For a full list of polling stations in Bristol click HERE.

There are also local council elections taking place in Cotham, but not in the Redland ward. Elsewhere in Bristol, Ashley, which includes Montpelier, and Cabot, which includes Kingsdown, also have local council elections today. See previous article for more details.

So what are you waiting for, go forth and take advantage of your democratic right to vote! Or tell us why you won’t be voting in this AV referendum, which is only the second ever referendum offered to UK voters...