I was browsing through Blog posts written years ago - at the time during and before the debates about Compulsory Purchase Orders and Closure of the Station Gates.
It is interesting as the 2005 poll provided a complex result. This was about have road through part of the Boston Road Recreation Ground.
The second, in 2011, was about the issue of closing the Station gates on Southgate. The second I remember well due to the queues of people trying to vote at the Jolly Scotchman but some being turned away (they had either come to the wrong polling station or maybe were not eligible). Polling cards had not been issued and the Polling Station (3 in total) were only open from 1600 hr to
2100 hr.
Anyway here are the results that I logged at the time>
Boston Road Poll Results:
17 November 2005
The full poll results were: The votes have been counted in the Sleaford Parish Poll, which was
held on Thursday 17 November 2005.
Q1. Are
you in favour of a road being constructed across Boston Road Recreation Ground
now or at any time in the future?
YES = 1,438
NO = 1,351
Q2. Are you in favour of retaining Boston road recreation ground as
a recreation ground, now and in the future?
YES = 2,250
NO = 386
Station Gate Poll: May 19th 2011
The
Poll, asking residents if they approved or disapproved of the proposal to close
the Station Gates, was as follows:
YES (approve): 200 (8.1%); NO (disapprove): 2,274 (91.9%).
Note: There were queues at the
Jolly Scotchman and the 2 other Polling Stations. Some were turned away as they had come to the
wrong polling station.
The
3 Polling Stations were open from
1600 hr to 2100 hr. (Polling Cards had not been issued).
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Will we need to return to these findings and perhaps try again. U cannot believe the issue has gone away forever.
