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Local elections 2018 – what you need to know.

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15 Hours

Polling stations are open for 15 hours between 7am and 10pm

How to vote

28 Wards

Changes in ward boundaries means your polling station may have changed

Find your polling station

267 Candidates

267 nominees are seeking your vote across 10 parties and independents.

Statement of persons nominated

How to vote

At a polling station

You will receive a poll card two weeks before the election which will have details of where to vote.

More about voting at the polling station

By post

Completed postal votes must be returned by close of poll at 10pm on Thursday 3 May using the pre-paid envelope provided.

Find out more about postal votes

By proxy

A proxy vote is when you choose someone to vote for you when you are not able to vote at the polling station yourself.

Find out more about voting by proxy

Why vote?

2018 is the centenary of women’s suffrage

6 February marked 100 years since the Representation of the People Act was passed, giving some women the right to vote for the first time.

On the centenary of women’s suffrage, ensure you can exercise your right.

Your vote matters

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Registered to vote

In March 2018 over 268,000 people were registered to vote.

Voted

But in the 2014 local election, only 100,500 people actually voted.

Didn’t

This means that over half the people registered to vote, didn’t vote.

Your vote is yours alone.

In any election in the UK, your vote belongs to you.

Whether you vote at a polling
station, by post, or via a proxy, it’s your decision.

It’s illegal for anyone to influence you to vote against your will.

Find out everything you need to know at www.croydon.gov.uk/election