The Parish Poll on King’s Pond took place on 21 January. The poll was demanded and the questions set by local residents. East Hampshire District Council ran the poll. Alton Town Council has not taken a view on the poll and will consider the results at its 4 February meeting.
The six questions and the answers were:
1. Do you believe that Alton Town Council is listening to residents concerning King’s Pond? Yes:459 (44.6%) / No:544 (52.86%) / No vote: 26 (2.54%)
2. Do you trust Alton Town Council to spend council taxpayers’ money wisely? Yes:466 (45.29%) / No:530 (51.5%) / No vote: 33 (3.21%)
3. Should Alton residents be consulted on any further spending on King’s Pond? Yes:831 (80.75%) / No:179 (17.39%) / No vote: 19 (1.86%)
4. Do you want to remove Don Hammond from any further King’s Pond focus groups? Yes:417 (40.52%) / No:513 (49.85%) / No vote: 99 (9.63%)
5. Do you want Alton Town Council to recommence Stage 1 so that the people can take an informed decision? Yes:497 (48.3%) / No:476 (46.25%) / No vote: 56 (5.45%)
6. Should Alton Town Council stop investigating alternatives and instead proceed only with making plans and finding costs for the dredging of King’s Pond at its current size and adding improvements such as silt traps? Yes:602 (58.5%) / No:412 (40.04%) / No vote: 15 (1.46%)
Turnout was 1,029 out of 14,837 electors (6.9%).