Have your say on 2 May

South Derbyshire District Council is urging residents to head to the polls on 2 May and have their say.

British, Commonwealth and European Union citizens living in the UK are eligible to vote in elections to elect a new East Midlands Mayor and Police and Crime Commissioner for Derby and Derbyshire/Nottingham and Nottinghamshire.

If you are registered to vote and have applied for a postal vote, your postal pack should be with you within the next few days. Make sure you send the completed pack to us before 2 May.

You can also drop off your completed postal vote pack at The Civic Offices, Civic Way, Swadlincote, DE11 0AH, up to and including polling day or at your local polling station on 2 May if you don’t post it in time. In both cases, due to new rules on postal vote handling, you will be required to complete a form when handing it in.

If you are registered to vote but have not applied for a postal vote, you should have received a poll card in the post and you will need to go to your local polling station to vote.

Polling stations are open from 7am to 10pm on polling day (Thursday 2 May).

Details of your polling station are available online and will also be on your poll card. Your polling station might have changed since the last elections so make sure to check your poll card for the correct information.

You do not need to take your poll card with you, but it will speed things up at the polling station if you do.

You will need to bring an accepted form of photo ID to vote.

Pencils will be provided, but you are welcome to bring your own pen or pencil to use. Once the polls close at 10pm, all the ballot boxes will be taken to Greenbank Leisure Centre in Swadlincote, where the votes will be verified before being counted on Friday.

If you’re not able to get down to a polling station to vote, or can’t send a postal vote, you can nominate someone else to vote on your behalf – this is called a proxy vote. Details of how to do this are available on our website. You’ll need to have nominated a proxy by 5pm on Wednesday 24 April.

For further information on elections visit the voting and elections pages on our website.

17 April 2024