Devizes Area Board is to concentrate its efforts to fight for health services in the town following an electronic poll at a public meeting.

Each of the 51 people who turned up to Lavington School’s main hall last Monday were given a small voting computer to register their opinion of six shortlisted by the board.

Coun Laura Mayes, chairman of the area board, explained it had already set itself five priorities and they were looking for two more.

The ones already chosen are to support the creation of neighbourhood plans to complement and strengthen Wiltshire Council’s core strategy, the creation of a skatepark, fighting childhood obesity and premature death in men, fighting air pollution and traffic congestion and the creation of a community farm on land at Bath Road.

Among the six options they gave the audience on Monday night, the winner was the fight for health services at 32 per cent. The closest runner up, at 23 per cent, was more low cost homes for local people.

The economy and employment got 21 per cent, the creation of more volunteering opportunities 12 per cent, fighting anti-social behaviour eight per cent and the creation of more allotments just three per cent.