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17-542: Tettenhall Regis is a ward of Wolverhampton City Council, West Midlands . The population of this ward at the 2011 census was 11,911. The modern ward of Tettenhall Regis is one of two covering the Tettenhall area, the other being Tettenhall Wightwick . It is situated on the western edge of the city, bordering South Staffordshire and the Oxley , St Peter's , Park and Tettenhall Wightwick wards. It forms part of

34-633: A county , township , or city council district is typically subdivided into precincts and each address is assigned to a specific precinct. Each precinct has a specific polling station where its residents go to vote; however, more than one precinct may use the same polling station. A 2004 survey by the United States Election Assistance Commission reported an average precinct size in the United States of approximately 1,100 registered voters. Kansas had

51-706: A ku (or 区 in Japanese writing ) is an administrative unit of one of the larger cities, closely equivalent to the divisions or wards of a London Borough or a New York Borough. In Vietnam , a phường is an administrative subunit of an inner city district, or quận . Wards and electoral divisions of Nepal are political divisions which are grouped into Gaunpalika ( Rural council ) and Municipality . A rural municipality or municipality has minimum of five and maximum of 33 divisions. Electoral precinct A precinct or voting district (U.S. terms), polling district (UK term) or polling division (Canadian term),

68-536: A district or municipality , used in local government elections. In the United States, wards are usually subdivided into precincts for polling purposes. In Wisconsin, a 'ward' is what in most other states would be a precinct In some cities of India , such as Mumbai and Delhi , a ward is an administrative unit of the city region; a city area is divided into Zones, which in turn contain numerous wards. The smallest administrative unit of Gram Panchayats in India

85-597: A number of primary schools . City of Wolverhampton Council elections 52°36′07″N 2°10′12″W  /  52.602°N 2.17°W  / 52.602; -2.17 This West Midlands location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Ward (politics) The word "ward", for an electoral subdivision, appears to have originated in the Wards of the City of London , where gatherings for each ward known as "wardmotes" have taken place since

102-484: Is a subdivision of an electoral district , typically a contiguous area within which all electors go to a single polling place to cast their ballots. In elections in Canada , the area is called a polling division . Canadian political parties do not have elections for positions representing the voters in a polling division, although parties may assign volunteers to canvass a poll, or to be an outside scrutineer pulling

119-495: Is also known as a ward. In Bangladesh wards are subdivisions of a city or town which administrates under City Corporations and municipalities ( pourashova ) In East Africa, the word ward used in English is translated into Swahili/Kiswahili as Kata. In the case of a municipal amalgamation , the former cities and towns that make up the new metropolis may be referred to as wards. In Monaco , wards are informal divisions of

136-569: The Wolverhampton West constituency. As well as the northern part of Tettenhall , it covers the suburbs of Aldersley and Claregate . Historically, Tettenhall parish was divided into two manors , Tettenhall Regis ("Tettenhall of the king") and Tettenhall Clericorum ("Tettenhall of the clergy"). Likewise, the smaller prebend of Tettenhall was divided into two constablewicks called Tettenhall Regis and Tettenhall Clericorum. The ward contain some interesting architecture including

153-614: The 12th century. The word was much later applied to divisions of other cities and towns in England and Wales and Ireland . In parts of northern England , a ward was an administrative subdivision of a county , very similar to a hundred in other parts of England. In Australia , Canada , New Zealand , South Africa , Sri Lanka , the United Kingdom , and the United States , wards are an electoral district , within

170-538: The Clifton Road conservation area. Woodthorne, once the home of Lord Wolverhampton , has long since been demolished and its site is now used by DEFRA . The Church of St. Michael on Lower Green was a medieval church (and formerly a Royal Free Chapel ) that was badly damaged by a fire in the 1950s and rebuilt in the Gothic style. The A41 runs through the western area of the ward, this section of A41 "Holyhead Road"

187-400: The constable system, constables are elected from individual electoral precincts. In a political party, individuals, known by various titles such as precinct committeeman , precinct captain, or Precinct Committee Officer, are elected by ballot or county party executive committee, to represent precinct residents in every level of party operations. They report to the party on how the voters in

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204-507: The country, grouped into quartiers. In the Republic of Ireland , urban divisions were called wards and rural ones were called district electoral divisions . Both were renamed as electoral divisions in 1996. The electoral districts for Irish local authorities are local electoral areas . These are generally defined as combinations of electoral divisions, and in urban areas were formally described as combination of wards. In Japan ,

221-410: The polling station for that district may for practical reasons be located in a neighbouring district, sharing polling place with that district's polling station. The UK polling districts are usually the same, regardless of type of election. In the United States , an electoral precinct or voting district is the smallest unit into which electoral districts are divided. A larger geographic unit such as

238-776: The smallest average precinct size with 437 voters per precinct, while the District of Columbia had the largest average size at 2,704 voters per precinct. The 2020 survey by the United States Election Assistance Commission found a total of 176,933 precincts or precinct equivalents in the United States, of which 175,441 were in the 50 states plus the District of Columbia and 1,492 were in overseas U.S. territories. Electoral precincts usually do not have separate governmental authorities, but there are limited exceptions in some states. In Ohio ,

255-571: The vote (i.e. reminding supporters to go to vote) on Election Day or an advance polling day, or to be an inside scrutineer in the polling station noting who has come to vote so that can be communicated to an outside scrutineer. In elections in the United Kingdom , this subdivision is known as a polling district . It is typically a subdivision of a ward and the polling station for the voters within that polling district can be found within it. However, in urban areas where distances are short,

272-521: The voters within a precinct may vote on liquor control laws that will apply only within that precinct (called "local option elections"). When precinct boundaries are redrawn during redistricting , the result of the vote continues to bind the areas that were formerly inside the precinct's boundaries, although it does not bind any areas that have been newly added to the precinct since the vote. In addition, in Alabama, in those counties that have not abolished

289-623: Was designed by Thomas Telford who organised blasting through Tettenhall Rock. Adjacent to the A41 is Tettenhall Green which was gifted to Tettenhall Parish Council by a Miss Jenks, the Green contains Tettenhall pool (a well known local paddling pool). Adjacent to Tettenhall Green is Wolverhampton Cricket Club and also nearby is the South Staffordshire Golf Club. The ward is home to Aldersley and The King's secondary schools and

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