Election information
Electors who are 18 years of age or over on Thursday 10 July 2025 and registered to vote within one of the areas with an election will be entitled to vote.
Residents who are not registered to vote, have until 11:59pm on Tuesday 24 June 2025 to make an application to register to vote.
Poll cards
Poll cards will be despatched to registered electors in Keppel ward on Friday 6 June 2025. There will be further despatches of poll cards during June for residents who register to vote in Keppel ward after 30 May 2025, but before the registration deadline for the election.
Should the election for Anston North Ward of Anston Parish Council be contested, eligible electors will be sent a poll card around 18 June 2025.
Requirement to show photographic ID in polling stations
Electors voting in the polling station are required to show an accepted form of photographic ID before being issued with a ballot paper. If you do not have any of the acceptable photographic ID, you can apply for a free election ID, known as a Voter Authority Certificate. For more information, visit our Voter ID page.
The deadline to apply for a Voter Authority Certificate in time for these elections is 5pm on Wednesday 2 July 2025.
Voting by post
If you are unable to attend the polling station, you can apply to vote by post. If you are not already a postal voter, we must receive your application by 5pm on Wednesday 25 June 2025.
Make an online application to vote by post
For more information visit our vote by post page.
I you are an existing postal voter or you have applied by 22 June, your postal vote will be despatched Royal Mail First Class around Tuesday 23 June 2025. If you apply for a postal vote between 23 and 25 June, your postal vote will be despatched Royal Mail First class no later than 26 June.
Electors in Anston North Ward of Anston Parish Council and Maltby East Ward of Maltby Town Council will only be sent a postal vote if the election is contested.
Voting by proxy
If you are unable to attend the polling station, you can apply to nominate somebody you trust to go to your polling station to vote on your behalf. This person is known as your proxy.
Your proxy will need to show their own acceptable photo ID when voting on your behalf. You will still be able to vote in person at your polling station if your proxy has not already voted for you.
Your proxy can apply to vote on your behalf by post. If they have a postal vote for your vote, you will not be able to vote in the polling station.
There are new limits to how many people an elector can act as a proxy for. At the same election, someone can only be a proxy for two people based in the UK. If they are acting as proxy for people living overseas, they can act as proxy for up to four people but only two of these can be based in the UK.
The deadline for us to receive applications to vote by proxy is 5pm on Wednesday 2 July 2025.
Make an online application to vote by proxy
For more information visit out vote by proxy page.
Changing or cancelling an existing absent vote
If you are a postal or proxy voter and wish to change or cancel your absent vote, you must do so in writing by 5pm on Wednesday 25 June 2025.
If you no longer wish to have a postal or proxy vote, you need to let us know in writing, providing your full name, full address and you must sign the letter. It can then be posted or emailed to us.
