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How to vote

If you are registered to vote, you can vote in person or by post. You can also apply for someone else to vote for you.

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Vote at a polling station

Before you go to vote, check where your polling station is. It might not be the closest one to where you live, and it may have changed since you last voted.

Your polling station will be on your poll card, which you should get through the post a few weeks before polling day. You can also find your polling station using the online polling station finder.

If you do not get a poll card, check that you are registered to vote.

Polling stations are open from 7am to 10pm on polling day. 

If there is a queue at your polling station, you will still be able to vote as long as you joined the queue before 10pm.

Accessibility at polling stations

You can bring anyone over the age of 18 to help you cast your vote if you're disabled.

There will also be extra help for voters with disabilities at polling stations including:

  • step free access, where possible
  • wheelchair access and ramps
  • low-level polling booths for wheelchair users
  • large print versions of ballot papers
  • pencil grips 
  • tactile voting devices for voters with sight loss
  • support from polling station staff