The results of yesterday’s parish poll on Kings Pond in Alton have been revealed.

The poll was called and the questions were 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 meeting on February 4.

The six questions, and the answers, were:

1) Do you believe that Alton Town Council is listening to residents concerning Kings Pond? Yes 459, No 544.

2) Do you trust Alton Town Council to spend council tax payers’ money wisely? Yes 466, No 530.

3) Should Alton residents be consulted on any further spending on Kings Pond? Yes 831, No 179.

4) Do you want to remove Don Hammond from any further Kings Pond focus groups? Yes 417, No 513.

5) Do you want Alton Town Council to recommence Stage One so that the people can take an informed decision? Yes 497, No 476.

6) Should Alton Town Council stop investigating alternatives and instead proceed only with making plans and finding costs for the dredging of Kings Pond at its current size and adding improvements such as silt traps? Yes 602, No 412.

The turnout was 1,029 out of 14,837 electors - 6.9 per cent.