Borough & Parish Election Guide 2023

Voters will need ID at May’s election

The Government has introduced a requirement for voters to show photo ID when voting at a polling station. This new requirement will apply for the first time at the Erewash Borough Council elections on Thursday 4 May 2023.

You can use any of the following: passport; driving licence (including provisional licence); blue badge; certain concessionary travel cards; identity card with PASS mark (Proof of Age Standards Scheme); biometric immigration document; Defence identity card; and certain national identity cards. For more information on what will be accepted, visit electoralcommission.org.uk/voterID or call their helpline on 0800 328 0280.

If you don’t already have an accepted form of photo ID, or you’re not sure whether your photo ID still looks like you, you can apply for a free voter ID document, known as a Voter Authority Certificate at voter-authority-certificate.service.gov.uk

Alternatively, you can complete a paper application form and send this to elections@erewash.gov.uk

Poll cards

Poll cards will be hand-delivered to all registered voters between 22 March and 3 April 2023.

These Poll cards will confirm where your polling station is, the name of your ward and your elector number. For those who have asked for a postal vote, your Poll card will also confirm these details.

You can only vote at your designated polling station, so if you lose your Poll card and need to check where your station is please contact our elections team on 0115 907 1190 or email elections@erewash.gov.uk

The polling stations used for May’s elections were reviewed by Erewash Borough Council earlier this year to ensure that the venues are as convenient as possible for all electors and in line with the voter ID requirements.

EBC elections team: 0115 907 1190 or email: elections@erewash.gov.uk you must contact Erewash Borough

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Ways of voting

- everyone on the Register of Electors and eligible to vote is able to do so at their designated polling station, which is shown on your

– if you have requested a postal vote, your voting papers will be posted out to you with a return, postage-paid envelope provided. If you leave it too late to post back, you can drop it off at any polling station within the borough before the close of polls at 10pm.

- you can appoint someone you trust to act as a ‘proxy’ for you. This means that the person you have appointed can cast your vote for you at the designated polling station. You also have the option of appointing them as a postal proxy, for which the process is the same

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Count on us

The count for the borough and parish elections will take place at Rutland Tennis Centre in Ilkeston on Friday 5 May.

Follow us on Twitter @ErewashBC where updates will posted as the results for each ward come in. The full results and voting figures will go on www.erewash.gov.uk at the end of the count.