12 Maidstone Borough Council
Kathy Hildige joined Maidstone council from school in 1986. After five years in land charges she joined the council’s elections team and is now acting Registration Services Manager.
Kathy’s job includes: z Compiling the list of parliamentary and local government electors, so that people are registered and can vote at elections.
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z Writing to everyone in the borough, every year, to encourage them to register to vote.
z Updating the list of electors monthly and issuing postal vote applications throughout the year.
z Organising elections – everything from booking polling stations, to printing ballot papers, through to counting the votes cast.
Facts about electoral registration and elections:
• In Maidstone elections are held: z Every four years for parish councillors.
z Three years out of every four for borough councillors.
What attracted you to the job?
It’s really important work. We work hard so people can vote at elections and there’s always a tremendous buzz in the office as we get to election day.
What is the best part of the job?
Working under pressure to get the job done. Sometimes working late into the night to make sure that election notices and ballot papers are correct or that the ballot boxes and equipment are ready for the polling station staff to collect the day before an election.
What’s the worst part of the job?
When people realise too late that they haven’t registered to vote and I can’t help them.
What does good customer service mean to you? It’s doing everything I can to make sure that people get a vote, either in person or by post.
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z Every four years for Kent County Councillors.
z Every five years for European and UK parliamentary members.
z Other types of elections are held for Police and Crime Commissioner, Neighbourhood Planning Referendums and Parish Polls.
• Maidstone has: z 1 European Parliamentary Region z 2 Parliamentary Constituencies z 9 County Divisions z 26 Borough Wards z 35 Parish Councils z 6 Parish Meetings z 82 polling stations at 70 venues z More than 112,000 voters z More than 19,000 postal voters
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