St James' BID ballot results

As part of our statutory duty, we were appointed to hold a ballot for the proposed new St. James’s occupier and property owner Business Improvement Districts (BIDs).

The results were announced for the two BID ballots on 13 March 2025.

For the occupier ballot, 32 out of 61 votes were in favour (52%), but only 46.9% of those who voted, by aggregate rateable value were in favour, which resulted in an unsuccessful ballot. In order for a new BID to be established, the votes in favour of the BID proposal must form a majority, both in terms of aggregate rateable value, and numbers voting. 

For the property owner ballot, 58 out of 77 votes were in favour with the majority of voters in the proposed BID area who voted, voting in favour of the proposal, both by aggregate rateable value (84%) and numbers voting (75%). 

In order for a property owner BID to be established, an occupier BID must be established first in line with BID regulations.