Electors across Bassetlaw will go to the polls on Thursday 1st May to elect nine Nottinghamshire County Councillors. Electors in the Bassetlaw District council wards of Beckingham and Sturton will also elect new District Councillors in local by-elections.
Nottinghamshire County Council Elections - Candidates
Blyth and Harworth
Misterton
Retford East
Retford West
Tuxford
Worksop East
Worksop North
Worksop South
Worksop West
Bassetlaw District Council By-elections - Candidates
Voter Registration Deadline
To vote in the Nottinghamshire County Council Elections or the Bassetlaw District Council by-elections, you must be registered to vote. If you are not registered to vote, have recently moved address, changed your name or turned 18, you can apply to register online.
Applications should be made online by Friday 11 April 2025 to register for this election. If you cannot register online, please contact elections@bassetlaw.gov.uk.
If you are already registered correctly, you do not need to register again for these elections.
Postal Votes
If you would like to vote by post in these elections, you can now apply to vote by post online and this application must be submitted by 5pm on Monday 14 April 2025 if it is to be effective for these elections. You will need your National Insurance number to hand when applying to vote by post.
If you are unable to apply online, a paper application form is available from the Electoral Commission’s website. This paper application form should be completed and returned to us by 5pm on Monday 14 April 2025 if it is to be effective for these elections. This form must not be completed with an electronic signature. You can complete and return this form to us by post or scan the completed form and email to: elections@bassetlaw.gov.uk. If you cannot print a form, please contact us.
If you are granted a postal vote, you will not be able to vote in person at this election.
Postal and postal-proxy ballot papers will be posted out around: -
15th April 2025 if you already have a postal vote or we received your completed application by Monday 31st March 2025.
17th April 2025 if we receive the completed application between Tuesday 1st April 2025 and 5pm on Monday 14th April 2025.
Returning your Postal Vote
Return your completed postal vote as soon as possible by taking it to a post box yourself.
If you can't post it yourself, you can either ask someone you know and trust to post it for you, hand it in to an authorised person at the council offices or hand it in at your polling station on 1st May.
Do not ask a candidate or party worker to post it for you. It is an offence for campaigners, candidates and party workers to handle the postal votes of anyone who is not a close relative or someone they provide care for.
Your postal vote needs to be with our elections team by 10pm on polling day to be counted.
If you can't post your postal vote in time, you can take it your polling station. You can also hand it in to an authorised person at the council offices in Worksop and Retford.
When handing in postal votes, you will need to complete a form. You will need to include your name and address, how many postal votes you are handing in and why you are handing in those postal votes.
Campaigners can only hand in their own postal vote, and postal votes for up to five other people that are either close relatives, or someone they provide regular care for.
Please do not post your postal vote through the letter boxes at the council offices. Doing so will cause your postal vote to be rejected.
Proxy Votes
You can get someone else to vote on your behalf (a proxy) if you cannot go to the polling station in person.
If you would like to apply to appoint a proxy to vote on your behalf, the deadline to apply for this election is 5pm on Wednesday 23 April 2025. In some circumstances, you can apply for a proxy vote online. If you are not able to complete the online application, you can download a proxy vote application form from the Electoral Commission’s website. You will need your National Insurance number to hand when applying to vote by proxy.
You must be registered to vote, before you can apply for a proxy vote.
Photo ID and Voter Authority Certificate Deadlines
Electors will need to show a valid form of photo ID to vote at a polling station in these elections. Check which forms of ID are accepted. The deadline to apply for a Voter Authority Certificate to vote in the 1st May elections is 5pm on Wednesday 23 April 2025.Don’t have ID? Apply for free voter ID now.
Reasonable Adjustments
Any electors (including blind and partially sighted people) that would welcome assistance in exercising their right to vote independently at the 1st May local elections can contact our elections team to find out what help may be available both in advance and on polling day itself. Electors are able to request reasonable adjustments to assist them to vote independently.
Please contact our elections team via elections@bassetlaw.gov.uk or 01909 533 252 to find out more.
Last Updated on Wednesday, April 2, 2025