4 July 2024 Parliamentary Election
The Parliamentary election will be held on Thursday 4 July 2024. Polling stations will be open from 7am until 10pm. Poll cards will be sent to registered voters who are eligible to vote in this election. A polling card is only for information, and you can vote without it. Staff at your polling station will ask you to confirm your name and address, check your details on the register and then check your voter ID before issuing your ballot paper. You can only vote if your name is included on the Register of Electors.
You can find your polling station on the Democracy Club’s website.
Voters will need to show photo ID to vote in person at polling stations this election. More information can be found at https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/i-am-a/voter/voter-id.
If you do not have an accepted photo ID, you can apply for a free voter ID document, which is known as a Voter Authority Certificate, online at https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-photo-id-voter-authority-certificate. Applications should be made online or a form completed and returned to us by 5pm on Wednesday 26 June 2024 to receive your ID for these elections. If you cannot apply online, please contact us.
We can also help you to make an application if you visit us at Castle House or Ollerton Advice office. We will need to check you are registered to vote and you will just have to provide your date of birth and national insurance number.
If you do not wish to vote in person, you can apply to vote by post, no photo ID is required.
Registering to vote
The current register was first published on 1 December 2023. If you are not registered to vote, have recently moved address, changed your name or nationality, you can apply to register online.
Applications should be made online or a form completed and returned to us by Tuesday 18 June 2024 to register for this election. If you cannot register online, please contact us. If you are already registered correctly, you do not need to register again for this election.
Postal and Proxy voting
Postal voting
If you would like to vote by post, you can now apply to vote by post online and this application must be submitted by 5pm on Wednesday 19 June 2024 if it is to be effective for this election. You will need your National Insurance number to hand when applying to vote by post.
If you are unable to apply online, a paper application form is available from the Electoral Commission’s website at www.electoralcommission.org.uk/i-am-a/voter. This paper application form should be completed and returned to us by 5pm on Wednesday 19 June 2024 if it is to be effective for this election. This form must not be completed with an electronic signature. You can complete and return this form to us by post or scan the completed form and email to: voting@newark-sherwooddc.gov.uk. If you cannot print a form, please contact us.
If you are granted a postal vote, you will not be able to vote in person at this election.
Postal and postal-proxy ballot papers should be delivered by the following dates: -
- Friday 21 June 2024 if we receive the completed application by Tuesday 4 June 2024.
- Wednesday 26 June 2024 if we receive the completed application between Wednesday 5 June 2024 and 5pm on Wednesday 19 June 2024.
Proxy voting
If you would like to apply to appoint a proxy to vote on your behalf, the deadline to apply for this election is 5pm on Wednesday 26 June 2024. In some circumstances, you can apply for a proxy vote online. If you are not able to complete the online application, you can download a proxy vote application form from the Electoral Commission’s website at www.electoralcommission.org.uk/i-am-a/voter. You will need your National Insurance number to hand when applying to vote by proxy.
Appointing an emergency proxy
If you have become unable to vote in person since the deadline to apply to appoint a proxy at 5pm on Wednesday 26 June 2024 because of either illness (PDF File, 259kb), due to employment (PDF File, 184kb), or based on photo ID (PDF File, 92kb), you can apply for an emergency proxy. This application form should be completed and returned to us by 5pm on polling day if it is to be effective for these elections. This form must not be completed with an electronic signature. You can complete and return this form to the address shown on the form or scan the completed form and email to: voting@newark-sherwooddc.gov.uk.
Candidates
If you intend to stand as a candidate in the Parliamentary election, you must complete a nomination paper, consent to nomination and any other relevant forms contained in the Candidates Nomination Pack (PDF File, 522kb). These should be submitted by 4pm on Friday 7 June 2024.
A prospective candidate may request a prepared nomination paper for signature. If so, please contact the Elections Office on 01636 655222 or 01636 655243 or by email at voting@newark-sherwooddc.gov.uk.
Notice of Election
The Notice of Election will be published on Tuesday 4 June 2024 and publicises the election, gives the date in which prospective candidates must submit a nomination paper and consent to nomination.
Newark Constituency Notice of Election (PDF File, 104kb)
Sherwood Forest Constituency Notice of Election (PDF File, 104kb)
Notice of Poll, Persons Nominated and Polling Stations
Newark Constituency Notice of Poll, Persons Nominated and Polling Stations (PDF File, 263kb)
Sherwood Forest Notice of Poll, Persons Nominated and Polling Stations (PDF File, 158kb)
Counting of the votes
Firstly, the ballot boxes will be verified to ensure that the number of ballot papers in each box is the number that has been issued. Postal ballot papers that are to be included in the count will also be verified. Once all votes are verified, the ballot papers will be sorted and counted for each candidate.
The verification of the ballot boxes and counting of the votes will take place at Newark Sports and Fitness Centre, Lord Hawke Way, Newark, NG24 4FH for the Newark constituency and Dukeries Leisure Centre, Main Road, Boughton, NG22 9JJ for the Sherwood Forest constituency, following the close of poll on Thursday 4 July 2024.