A by-election is to be held on May 19th to fill a vacancy in Aberdeen City Council’s Dyce, Bucksburn and Danestone ward.
The announcement was made by Returning Officer Valerie Watts after the death of Councillor Ron Clark last month.
The poll could have been held on the same day as the Scottish Parliamentary elections and the Alternative Vote referendum but that would mean voters would have to complete four different ballot papers.
The group also had to take into consideration the Gould Report which recommends that parliamentary and local government polls should not be held on the same day.
Mrs Watts said: “In addition, electoral legislation means that we cannot legally combine the polls on the same day and we would therefore have to set up separate polling stations in each of the polling places, each with separate staff. In at least two of our polling places in the ward, there is no room for this to be accommodated.”
Dyce Church Hall, Dyce Church Hall (Dr Cox Room), Beacon Community Centre, Newhills Primary, Bucksburn Primary, Stoneywood Primary and Danestone Primary will act as polling stations on the day.
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