NOTICE OF ELECTION
Staffordshire Moorlands District Council
Election of District Councillors
Notice is hereby given that an election is to be held for District Councillors for the Wards listed below
Wards | Number of District Councillors to be elected | Wards | Number of District Councillors to be elected |
Alton | One | Bagnall & Stanley | One |
Biddulph East | Three | Biddulph Moor | One |
Biddulph North | Three | Biddulph South | One |
Biddulph West | Three | Brown Edge and Endon | Three |
Caverswall | One | Cellarhead | Two |
Cheadle North East | Two | Cheadle South East | Two |
Cheadle West | Three | Checkley | Three |
Cheddleton | Three | Churnet | Two |
Dane | One | Forsbrook | Three |
Hamps Valley | One | Horton | One |
Ipstones | One | Leek East | Three |
Leek North | Three | Leek South | Three |
Leek West | Three | Manifold | One |
Werrington | Two |
- Nomination papers for the District Elections may be obtained from the Returning Officer, Moorlands House, Stockwell Street, Leek, Staffordshire, ST13 6HQ.
- Nomination papers must be hand delivered to the Returning Officer, Moorlands House, Stockwell Street, Leek, Staffordshire, ST13 6HQ on any day after the date of this notice, Monday to Friday between 10.00 am and 4.00 pm (excluding bank holidays) but NOT LATER THAN 4.00 pm on Wednesday, 3 April 2019.
- If any election is contested the poll will take place on Thursday, 2 May 2019 between the hours of 7.00 am and 10.00 pm
- Applications to register to vote must reach the Electoral Registration Officer by 12 midnight on Friday 12 April 2019. Applications can be made online: https://www.gov.uk/register-to-vote.
- Applications to vote by post, amendments or cancellations of postal votes and amendments or cancellations of proxy votes must reach the Electoral Registration Officer at Moorlands House, Stockwell Street, Leek, Staffordshire, ST13 6HQ by 5.00 pm on Monday, 15 April 2019 if they are to be effective for this election.
- New applications to vote by proxy at this election must reach the Electoral Registration Officer at Moorlands House, Stockwell Street, Leek, Staffordshire, ST13 6HQ by 5.00 pm on Wednesday, 24 April 2019 if they are to be effective for this election.
- Applications to vote by emergency proxy at this election on grounds of physical incapacity or for work/service reasons must reach the Electoral Registration Officer at Moorlands House, Stockwell Street, Leek, Staffordshire, ST13 6HQ by 5.00 pm on Thursday, 2 May 2019 if they are to be effective for this election. The physical incapacity must have occurred after 5.00 pm on Wednesday, 24 April 2019. To apply on the grounds of work/service, the person must have become aware that they cannot go to the polling station in person after 5.00 pm on Wednesday, 24 April 2019.