Voting By Proxy

If you can't get to your polling station on election day, you don't have to lose your chance to vote. Registered electors can apply to vote by proxy or by post. A proxy is someone who is appointed by you to vote on your behalf at an election, so to vote by proxy you must first find someone who is willing to vote for you.

How to apply for a proxy vote

1. Contact the Electoral Services Team
2. Your address will be verified and your name checked to confirm you are on the Electoral Register
3. A form will then be posted to you or you can download a form below
4. This will then need completing in black ink and returned to us as soon as possible and in any event before the sixth day before an election.

How voting by proxy works
You can appoint a proxy to vote on your behalf if:
You are on holiday for a  particular election
Your  work takes you away from home
You are blind or suffer from some other form of  disability

A proxy must be at least 18 years old and not disqualified to vote in his or her own right.  For a General election, the proxy must be a British, Commonwealth or Irish citizen. For Local Government or European Parliamentary elections, he or she may be a citizen of the European Union.

No one may act as a proxy for more than two people at the same election, unless those two people are a close relative.

If you appoint a proxy and then have a change of plan, you may still vote in person, providing you do so before the proxy has voted on your behalf.