skip to content

Elections in your area

Thursday 23 January 2025

You will have one ballot paper to fill out.

Get ready to vote:

Thursday 1 May 2025

You will have one ballot paper to fill out.

Get ready to vote:

There may also be parish, town or community council elections in some areas.

Newcastle-under-Lyme local by-election

Town ward

This election will be held on Thursday 23 January 2025.

You will have one vote, and can choose from four candidates.

Get ready to vote:

  • How to vote

    This election uses First-past-the-post.

    Mark an X in the box for your preferred candidate.

    You can mark up to one candidate.

    Read the instructions at the top of your ballot paper carefully.

    For more information, visit The Electoral Commission's website or ask an official at your polling station.

Staffordshire local election

Newcastle South division

This election will be held on Thursday 1 May 2025.

We don't know of any candidates standing yet. You can help improve this page: add information about candidates to our database.

Your area

As well as your new MP, there are others who represent you in your area. We're working on a new experimental feature to explain who these people are and how everything from your council to your police force works.

Find out more
  • You should get a "poll card" through the post telling you where to vote.

    If you haven't got one, or aren't sure where to vote, you should call Newcastle Under Lyme Borough Council on 01782 742249.

    Newcastle Under Lyme Borough Council
    http://www.newcastle-staffs.gov.uk/
    electreg@newcastle-staffs.gov.uk

    Read more about how to vote.

  • ️ You will need to take photo ID to vote at a polling station in this election

    You do not need your poll card to vote. You must vote at your assigned polling station.

  • Register to vote

    You need to be registered in order to vote. If you aren't registered to vote visit https://www.gov.uk/register-to-vote

    Register before midnight on 07 January 2025 to vote on 23 January 2025.

    Send your postal and proxy vote applications to your local electoral registration team. You can also contact them to find out if you’re on the electoral register, and if you already have a postal or proxy vote.

    Newcastle Under Lyme Borough Council Electoral Registration Officer
    Castle House
    Barracks Road
    Newcastle under Lyme
    ST5 1BL
    http://www.newcastle-staffs.gov.uk/
    electreg@newcastle-staffs.gov.uk

  • Add future elections in ST5 1AD to your calendar

    Manually subscribe by following these simple steps for your chosen calendar tool:

    1. In your calendar app settings, choose the option for adding a new calendar.
    2. If presented with the option to choose a calendar type, choose web calendar.
    3. Enter this URL and save: webcal://whocanivotefor.co.uk/elections/ST5%201AD.ics

Did you find what you were looking for?
Has this service changed your likelihood of voting?

If you provide an email address, we may contact you to request more information or notify you of improvements related to this report. It will not be used for email marketing purposes.