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Voting and elections

  • Register to vote

    How to register, special arrangements for registering to vote and what happens after you've registered.

  • Voter ID

    Changes to the way we vote in the UK, acceptable forms of photo ID, what to do if you vote by post or by proxy.

  • Postal voting

    How to apply for, cancel and renew your postal vote.

  • Proxy voting

    How to apply for, change and renew your proxy vote or apply for an emergency proxy.

  • Combined Authority Mayor election for the West of England 2025

    When the election was and key election information

  • Find your ward

    A ward is your local area for voting purposes. Your ward area will depend on where you live.

  • Polling stations

    Find your polling station, where you can vote in person. Polling stations are open 7am to 10pm on election day.

  • How to vote at a polling station

    Voting at polling stations, what to do if you can’t get to your polling station.

  • Accessibility areas in polling stations

    How our accessibility areas can help citizens who might need support to vote.

  • Apply to work at elections

    How to apply to work at elections, eligibility and rates of pay.

  • The electoral and open register

    Information about the electoral register, how to change your details and opt out of the open register.

  • Changes for EU citizens in some UK elections

    Changes to which elections EU citizens can vote in and stand as a candidate in.

  • Types of elections

    Different types of elections and when they're held

  • Election results: 2012 to 2024

    Election and turn out results for national and local elections

  • Review of parliamentary constituency boundaries in England

    What the review is, when it’s happening, how to respond to the proposals.

  • Bristol's Members of Parliament

    Find your MP.

  • Polling district review 2023

    What a polling district review is and why we needed to do it

  • Publication of Verification Number

    View the publication of verification number for this year.

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