Key seats to watch

Lucy Ashton at The Star has produced a guide to the key seats to watch during Sheffield’s local elections.

As the paper's local democracy reporter she is always a good follow on twitter.

Registering to vote if you have no fixed address.

A person who does not have a fixed or permanent address may register at the place where they spend most of their time, or to which they have a local connection. In some cases they will need to register by making a declaration of local connection.

Electoral Commission - Can someone register to vote without a fixed address?

Some of the example ways that this policy applies

someone who is homeless or has no fixed address, including

• merchant seamen
• members of gypsy and traveller communities
• people living on narrow boats and other movable residences

people who have been remanded in custody, but haven't yet been convicted

patients in a mental health hospital.

Get the registration form at gov.uk

Other elections in Sheffield

 As well as the elections for councillors on Sheffield City Council and the PCC there are also the following elections:

• Ecclesfield Parish Councillors
• A referendum on the Broomhill, Broomfield, Endcliffe, Summerfield and Tapton Neighbourhood Plan Area
• A referendum on how Sheffield City Council is to be run

Police and Crime Commissioner election

 There are only three candidates on the Statement of Persons Nominated for the Police and Crime Commissioner for the South Yorkshire Police Area

Candidate	Party
Alan Billings	Labour and Co-operative Party
David Chinchen	Conservative and Unionist Party
Joe Otten	Liberal Democrats

Data about candidates for the Sheffield local elections

The Statement of Persons Nominated was issued last week and here are some numbers from it.
(all data via Who Can I Vote For)

Parties standing

Party	Number of candidates
Liberal Democrats	29
Green Party	29
Conservative and Unionist Party	29
Labour Party	25
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition	8
Yorkshire Party	6
Reform UK	6
Labour and Co-operative Party	4
Independent	3
Women's Equality Party	2
UK Independence Party (UKIP)	2
Social Democratic Party	1

Candidates per seat

There are 2 seats being contested in Richmond ward

Seat	Number of candidates
Richmond	10
Burngreave	7
Stocksbridge & Upper Don	6
Manor Castle	6
Nether Edge & Sharrow	6
Ecclesall	6
Walkley	6
West Ecclesfield	6
Stannington	5
East Ecclesfield	5
Beighton	5
Hillsborough	5
Southey	5
Crookes & Crosspool	5
Broomhill & Sharrow Vale	5
Mosborough	5
Darnall	5
Firth Park	5
Gleadless Valley	5
Fulwood	4
City	4
Birley	4
Woodhouse	4
Dore & Totley	4
Shiregreen & Brightside	4
Park & Arbourthorne	4
Beauchief & Greenhill	4
Graves Park	4

More information about voting in Sheffield.

Sheffield electoral services have pulled together all the information on voting on 6th May into a micro site.

It includes confirmation of parish council by-elections in the Burncross, Chapeltown and High Green wards of Ecclesfield Parish Council and a Neighbourhood Planning Referendum relating to the Broomhill, Broomfield, Endcliffe, Summerfield and Tapton (BBEST) Neighbourhood Plan.

It also has everything you need to know about applying for a postal vote, including that you can scan and email your completed form instead of posting it. Everyone will be getting a postal vote application (with pre-paid response envelope) with their polling card.

https://www.sheffield.gov.uk/home/campaigns/elections.html

Register to vote by April 19th.

The deadline for registering to vote in the 6 May 2021 elections in Sheffield is is 11:59pm on 19 April.

This is for:

• The local government elections
• The governance referendum
• The South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner election

You can register online. Once you are registered, you need to apply separately to vote by post or to appoint a proxy.

Election timetable

Abbreviated highlights of the timetable for the local elections in Sheffield. Taken from the Electoral Commission.

Event	Date
Publication of notice of election	Not later than Monday 29 March
Delivery of nomination papers	From the date stated on the notice of election up to 4pm on Thursday 8 April
Publication of statement of persons nominated	Not later than 4pm on Friday 9 April
Deadline for receiving applications for registration	Monday 19 April
Deadline for receiving new postal vote and postal proxy applications, and for changes to existing postal or proxy votes	5pm on Tuesday 20 April
Deadline for receiving new applications to vote by proxy (not postal proxy or emergency proxies)	5pm on Tuesday 27 April
Publication of notice of poll	Not later than Tuesday 27 April
First date that electors can apply for a replacement for lost postal votes	Thursday 29 April
Polling day	7am to 10pm on Thursday 6 May
Deadline for emergency proxy applications and applications for a replacement postal votes	5pm on Thursday 6 May

Time to start again.

As things are about to start happening for Election Day 2021, it is time to get back on the bicycle of Electoral Information.

First up, having a read of the Localism Act 2011