A General Election blunder means hundreds of voters in Bedfont have been sent to the WRONG polling station.

Around 3,000 people in the area were sent polling cards with the incorrect station printed on them, Hounslow Council said on Thursday morning (May 7).

The council has apologised for the mix-up, affecting those using polling booths in Southville Road and Bedfont Library, which it is understood only became apparent after voting opened at 7am.

A spokesman said the council was hand delivering letters to those properties affected and had arranged a free bus shuttle service between the two stations, running until 2.30pm and again from 5pm to 10pm, when the polls close.

"We are sorry for any inconvenience this may cause," said the spokesman.

Both polling stations are in the constituency of Feltham & Heston.

One woman contacted getwestlondon to raise concerns about the possible impact of the error.

"It is a short five to 10-minute walk for an able-bodied person [between the two stations], but for the elderly and disabled this could be a major disadvantage and could possibly put people off voting," she said.

Although you do not need your polling card to vote, people can only cast their vote at their allocated polling station, which is listed on the card.

Voters living in the following roads should visit the polling station at Southville Community and Children's Centre, in Southville Road, regardless of what their polling card says:

  • ASH GROVE
  • SANDBANKS, BEATTIE CLOSE
  • BEDFONT LANE
  • BEECH ROAD
  • BOWDEN CLOSE
  • BRIDLEPATH WAY
  • COLONIAL ROAD
  • ELSWORTH CLOSE
  • GOULD ROAD
  • GROVESTILE WAYE
  • IMPERIAL ROAD
  • CLEEVE COURT, KILROSS ROAD
  • CRAMOND COURT, KILROSS ROAD
  • KILROSS ROAD
  • SLEDMERE COURT, KILROSS ROAD
  • ELDRICK COURT, LOXWOOD
  • CLOSE
  • GRAFTON COURT, LOXWOOD
  • CLOSE
  • LOXWOOD CLOSE
  • ROUTH COURT, LOXWOOD CLOSE
  • MONARCH CLOSE
  • OAK WAY
  • PADBURY CLOSE
  • SANDY DRIVE
  • SOUTHVILLE CLOSE
  • SOUTHVILLE CRESCENT
  • SOUTHVILLE ROAD
  • STAINES ROAD
  • STONE CRESCENT
  • WARFIELD ROAD
  • WATERMEAD
  • EDWARD PAULING HOUSE,
  • WESTMACOTT DRIVE

Voters living in the following roads should visit the polling station at Bedfont Library, in Staines Road, regardless of what their polling card says:

  • BEDFONT GREEN CLOSE
  • SILVERDALE BOARDING KENNELS,
  • BEDFONT ROAD
  • CEDAR ROAD
  • CLOCKHOUSE LANE
  • PRINCES CLUB, CLOCKHOUSE
  • LANE
  • DUDLEY ROAD
  • ELM ROAD
  • FAWNS MANOR CLOSE
  • FAWNS MANOR ROAD
  • GROVESTILE WAYE
  • HATCHETT ROAD
  • LINDSEY GARDENS
  • NATALIE CLOSE
  • OTHER ELECTORS
  • PEACOCK AVENUE
  • SHERBORNE ROAD
  • COUNTESS OF WESSEX HOUSE,
  • 537A, STAINES ROAD
  • DAVID HENRY WARING COURT,
  • STAINES ROAD
  • FAIRHOLME ESTATE, STAINES
  • ROAD
  • PIPPIN COURT, 687 STAINES ROAD
  • STAINES ROAD
  • WOOLDRIDGE CLOSE

For more information, call the council on 020 8583 2828.