Local Elections 2025: Are You Registered to Vote?

🗳️ Local Elections are taking place on Thursday 1 May across Newcastle-under-Lyme.

Voters will be choosing their representatives on Staffordshire County Council, and in Knutton and Loggerheads there will also be by-elections for Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council.

To vote, you must:

✅ Be registered by 11:59pm on Friday 11 April

✅ Bring photo ID to the polling station

If you don’t have an accepted form of photo ID (such as a passport, driving licence, or eligible bus pass), you can apply for a free Voter Authority Certificate.

🗓️ Deadline to apply for free ID: 5pm on Wednesday 23 April

You’ll need a photo, your full name, date of birth, address, and National Insurance number.

🔗 Register to vote - GOV.UK

🔗 Apply for photo ID to vote (called a ‘Voter Authority Certificate’) - GOV.UK

📖 Find out more from the Electoral Commission:

Voter registration deadline: Voters urged to register before it’s too late | Electoral Commission

Free voter ID details: Just three weeks left to apply for free voter ID | Electoral Commission