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Register to Vote in Local Elections

Friday 05-04-2024 - 12:33

Register to Vote in Local Elections

By Your SU

With not long left to go until the voter registration deadline for local elections on 2nd May, anyone wanting to vote must make sure they are election ready. The deadline to register to vote is midnight on 16th April. Voters can apply online at gov.uk/register-to-vote. It takes just five minutes.

These elections will see voting for local councillors, the Police and Crime Commissioner for Northumbria and the first-ever North East mayor.

If you're an international student, you can find out if you are eligible to vote at canivote.org.uk.

Two young people, one wearing a t-shirt that says I'm registered to vote and one carrying a laptop with a badge that also says this.

Voters have a range of options – they can vote in person, by post or by appointing someone they trust to vote in their place, known as a proxy vote.

The deadline to apply for a postal vote is 5pm on 17th April. The deadline to apply for a proxy vote is a week later, 5pm on 24th April.

This May, voters will need to show photo ID to vote at a polling station. This is a new requirement, introduced by the UK Government’s Elections Act. To find out which ID you can use in the polling station, visit the Electoral Commission website.

If you do not have one of the accepted types of ID, you can apply for free ID at www.gov.uk/apply-for-photo-id-voter-authority-certificate or by completing and submitting a paper form to your local authority. You must apply by 5pm on 24th April, to be able to use the Voter Authority Certificate on 2nd May. You can also get Voter ID in the form of a CitizenCard via the NUS (National Union of Students) website.

Information about the new requirement and all your voting options can be found on the Electoral Commission’s website.

North East Mayor Higher Education Debate

If you'd like to hear from the six candidates running to be North East Mayor, Northumbria SU are hosting an event in collaboration with ourselves, Newcastle SU and Durham SU.

The event takes place on Tuesday 23rd April (6-8pm).

Find out more about the North East Mayor Higher Education Debate here.

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