Local Elections 2007
Local elections for Poole were held on 3 May 2007.
Elections offer people the chance to have their say on who runs Borough of Poole.
The Council 
has 42 seats which represent the Borough's 16 wards.
Local elections are held every four years.
We produced a special edition of Poole News for the 2007 elelctions, detailing all 115 candidates.
Key changes to the 2007 elections aimed to increase the number of people who vote, improve access to polling stations and extend openness and transparency.
The changes, brought about by the Electoral Administration Act 2006 , include:
- Extending polling hours from 7am to 10pm on election day
- Reducing the minimum age for candidates from 21 to 18.
- Extending the closing date for postal votes and deadline to register to vote to April 18.
Postal votes can be handed into polling stations on the day of the election and children will also be able to accompanying parents and guardians go to polling stations to vote.
Other changes include the appointment of emergency proxies up until 5 pm on polling day and new techniques to increase registration, such as Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) calling on non-responding properties at least once.
A short film was made to encourage more people to vote:
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