Voter ID Requirement

10 January 2023

Local elections, including Town and Parish elections, will be held on 4 May 2023.

Please be aware that, for the first time, residents will need to show photographic ID to vote at polling stations at this year’s local elections, as well as for future UK general elections.

Firstly, if you have not already done so, register to vote online here.

If you are already registered to vote, you still need to have an acceptable form of ID to enable you to vote at a polling station. You do not need this if you are registered for a postal vote. Find a list of accepted forms of photo ID here, or go to the council website here.

If you don't have any of these accepted forms of photo ID, or no longer look like the photograph on your ID, or the name on your photo ID is different to your name on the electoral register, then other alternatives are:

Apply for free ID online at the Government Voter Authority Certificate website or by completing a paper form (see below). This free ID will be known as a Voter Authority Certificate. Note that a photograph will be needed for the Voter Authority Certificate.

Apply for a postal vote online, details here, or by completing a paper form (see below). Note that a postal vote does not require a photograph, only a signature, so may be the simplest option.

To obtain a paper form through the post for you to complete and post back to apply for either a Voter Authority Certificate, or for a postal vote, contact the council. We are awaiting confirmation, but believe the correct contact details for both forms are:

The Elections Office on elections@northlincs.gov.uk or by calling 01724 296245 and a form will be posted out to you.

Please act soon so that you can make your vote count on 4th May.

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