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