Remember you will need photo ID to vote in person this May

Remember – if you are voting in person, you will need to bring photo ID to the polling booth (more details below)

Photo ID:

If you vote in person at a polling station, you will need to show identification which contains a photograph of you.

For further information about which forms of photo ID will be accepted, visit https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/voterID

or call the helpline 0800 328 0280.

If you don’t have any of the photographic ID listed above, you can apply for a Voter Authority Certificate from the Government. To apply, go to https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-photo-id-voter-authority-certificate

or call the helpline 0800 328 0280. Applications must be made by 5pm on Tuesday, 28 April.

• At these elections, one third of the council’s 51 seats will be contested – one in each of Bury’s 17 wards.

Want a proxy vote?

The deadline to apply for a proxy vote is 5pm on Tuesday, 28 April. Applications can be made online: https://www.gov.uk/apply-proxy-vote

The exception is in Moorside ward, where the election has been cancelled following the death of one of the candidates. The Moorside poll will be rescheduled to take place within 35 working days of 7 May.

All other wards across the borough are unaffected, and voters will go to the polls on Thursday, 7 May as usual.

The count for the local elections will take place on May 8th, we will be livestreaming the count and results, as well as sharing all results live across our social media.