Elections 2025

Staffordshire County Council Elections – Thursday 1 May 2025 

Election Notices:

  • Notice of Election 
  • Notice of Election Agents 
  • Statement as to Persons Nominated 
  • Notice of Poll 
  • Results 

Information for Candidates and Agents

A briefing has been scheduled to help prepare prospective candidates who wish to stand at the forthcoming elections on Thursday 1 May. As well as informing candidates and their agents on matters that will affect their campaign, it will also be a chance for them to meet and ask questions of the Electoral Services Team.

The briefing will take place on Wednesday 12 March at 6pm on Microsoft Teams. Please email candidates&agents@tamworth.gov.uk to register your interest. 

You can find more information and guidance on the Electoral Commission’s website here Candidates and Agents | Electoral Commission 

Nominations will open on Tuesday 25 March and will close at 4pm on Wednesday 2 April. 

  • Candidates and Agents Presentation  
  • Information Pack for Candidates and Agents
  • Nomination Paper Pack
  • Example Nomination Forms – Completion Guidance and Examples

Information for Electors

Key deadlines for the elections taking place on Thursday 1 May 2025:

Last day for applications to be included on the register of electors in order to vote in the election  Fri 11 April 2025
Last day for requests for a new postal vote or to change or cancel an existing postal vote or proxy appointment https://www.gov.uk/apply-postal-vote  5:00pm on Mon 14 April 2025
Last day to apply for a Voter Authority Certificate. You can apply online here: https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-photo-id-voter-authority-certificate 5:00pm on Wed 23 April 2025
Last day for new applications to vote by proxy (except for emergencies) https://www.gov.uk/apply-proxy-vote  5:00pm on Wed 23 April 2025
Last day for new applications to vote by proxy on grounds of medical emergency, reason of employment or due to photographic ID being lost, stolen or damaged. 5:00pm on Thurs 1 May 2025

Voting in person

You can vote in person at your allocated polling station. Polling stations will be open from 7am to 10pm. If there is a queue you will still be able to vote as long as you joined the queue before 10pm.

Voter ID
You will be required to show an approved form of photographic identification to polling station staff before being issued with a ballot paper.

If you don’t already have any of the accepted forms of photographic identification, you will be able to apply either in person, by post or online, for a Voter Authority Certificate - a free photographic identification document specific for the purposes of voting.

You can find a list of the accepted form of identification here.

If your photographic identification document has expired, it will still be accepted as long as the photograph is still a good likeness of you.

You can apply for a Voter Authority Certificate online here: https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-photo-id-voter-authority-certificate

Alternatively, you can apply using a paper application form, please call 01827 214155 during office hours to request a paper application form.

The deadline to apply is 5pm, 6 working days ahead of a poll. For the elections taking place on Thursday 1 May 2025, the deadline to apply for a Voter Authority Certificate is 5pm, Wednesday 23 April 2025. 

If you have recently moved to Tamworth from another local authority area and have a Voter Authority Certificate issued by your previous local authority, you DO NOT need to apply for a new one, you can use it to vote in your polling station in Tamworth, so long as the photo remains a good likeness to you.

For more information please visit: https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/i-am-a/voter/voter-id

Postal vote handling and absent vote secrecy

Political campaigners are banned from handling postal vote packs. Any packs handed in by political campaigners may not be counted.

If you vote by post, you should return your postal pack using Royal Mail. 

If you wish to hand in your postal vote pack in person at the council offices or at a polling station, please ensure that you have read the information contained within your postal vote pack. 

Please remember that anyone handing in a postal vote pack in person must complete a short form with a member of authorised staff. 

Please do not post your postal vote pack through the letter box at the council offices or leave it in a polling station without fully completing the short form with staff or your vote will be rejected and will not be counted. 

You can hand in your own postal vote pack and postal vote packs for up to 5 other voters. If you are a political campaigner - you can only hand in your own postal vote pack plus the postal vote packs of up to 5 family members or people for whom you provide regular care.

Do not put any postal vote packs in the letter box at the council office as they will be rejected.

Forms will be available within the council offices and polling stations.

Voting by post

To vote by post, you need to complete a postal vote application form.

We must receive your completed postal vote application no later than 5pm on Monday 14 April 2025.

Voting by proxy (someone voting on your behalf)

To vote by proxy you need to ask someone you trust to vote on your behalf. You need to complete a proxy vote application form.

You can find out more about proxy voting here.

We must receive your completed proxy vote application no later than 5pm on Wednesday 23 April 2025. 

Please note that the deadline for a postal-proxy (where your appointed proxy wishes to vote by post) is 5pm on Monday 14 April 2025. 

Emergency proxy vote
In certain circumstances, where you have an emergency that means you cannot vote in person, you can apply for an emergency proxy.

This must be something that you weren't aware of before the normal proxy vote deadline.

The form you need to complete depends on your reason for needing an emergency proxy vote.

You will need to download the relevant emergency proxy vote application form and print it. Once you have completed the form and made sure you have signed it, please send it to us at the address below:

The Electoral Registration Officer
FREEPOST RSUR-AUZY-YBAR
Tamworth Borough Council
Marmion House
Lichfield Street
Tamworth
B79 7BZ

Or by scanning and emailing to Electoral-Applications@tamworth.gov.uk

We must receive your completed emergency proxy application no later than 5pm on polling day.

If you are not sure if you have a postal vote or proxy vote already, please contact the Electoral Services Office.

Electoral Services Office contact details:

Post:  
Electoral Services Office
Tamworth Borough Council 
Marmion House
Lichfield Street
Tamworth
B79 7BZ

Email:  elections@tamworth.gov.uk
Phone: 01827 214155 (office hours only)