If you’re aged 16 or over you can register to vote (but you can’t vote until you’re 18 years old). To register to vote online, you need just five minutes and your National Insurance number. The deadline for registering to vote is 11th April and the election is 1st May. Please click the button below to learn how to register.
Once you have registered to vote you will then need to apply for photo ID to vote, this is to insure that voting is fair and democratic and does not allow for anyone to have multiple votes to try and give extra votes to their favoured candidate. Here are some of the examples that qualify as acceptable ID and will allow you to vote;
A UK or Northern Ireland photocard driving licence (full or provisional)
A UK passport
A PASS card (National Proof of Age Standards Scheme)
For a full list of acceptable ID Verifications please use the link below,
Acceptable IDs
If you do not have a photo ID that allows you to vote, you can apply for a Voter Authority Certificate for free. This is a paper document with your photo on it that you can use to prove your identity when voting. Please use the link below to apply for a Voter Authority Certificate.
Voter Authority Certificate
We all have a right to vote and we should all make the most of that right and vote at all elections no matter if they are for local elections or general elections. Our votes make a difference and it could be your vote that decides the winner and that is an opportunity that you can not miss.
There are 3 ways that are available to you when it comes to voting, these are;
In Person
By Post
By Proxy
The most common form of voting is done in person, if you decide to vote in person you would need to go a polling station which is usually in a public building, such as a school or local hall. You will receive a poll card with all the candidates on it, from there you would be asked to read the instructions and select who you wish to represent your local area.
For more information on the different ways to vote please click the link below.
Different Ways To Vote
