Register | Postal Votes | Proxy Votes | Voter ID | Who’re My Candidates? | Major Party Manifestos
IMPORTANT DISCLAIMER
As a UK Civil Servant, I can’t comment on current Government Policy, nor can I tell you who I think you should vote for in the upcoming elections. As such the below is a-political information provided with no personal recommendations nor further comment.
Register to Vote!
First things first, make sure you are on the electoral roll? The Deadline for registering to vote in the UK General Election is 23:59 (11:59pm) on TUESDAY 18th JUNE…
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The Deadline for Registering to Vote in the General Election (in England and Wales)
You can check you are on the electoral roll by contacting your local election office (this can be done through the GOV.UK website here).
If you know you need to register to vote, this can be done on the GOV.UK website here: https://www.gov.uk/register-to-vote
Not going to be around on Election Day?
You’ve got two options…
Option 1: Apply for a Postal Vote by 5pm on WEDNESDAY 19th JUNE, this can be done on the GOV.UK Website here: https://www.gov.uk/apply-postal-vote
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The Deadline to apply for a Postal Vote (in England and Wales)
Option 2: If you miss the deadline for a Postal Vote and/or, if you have someone you trust to vote on your behalf, you can apply for a proxy vote by 5pm on WEDNESDAY 26th JUNE. This can be done on the GOV.UK website here: https://www.gov.uk/apply-proxy-vote
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The Deadline to apply for a Proxy Vote (in England and Wales)
Voter ID
Whatever your thoughts about needing to do so, you now need to make sure you take recognised photographic ID with you to your polling place when you vote, you can find out all about this at the Electoral Commission’s website.
Who can I vote for?
Want to know more about your specific constituency candidates? https://whocanivotefor.co.uk/ provides a great service to enable you to search them out using your postal code.
Remember, in a representative parliamentary democracy, you’re voting for your local MP as much (if not more) than you are a national political party.
Speaking of Parties – What are they Promising?
Here are the links, provided in no particular order, to the manifestos of the major parties (where I could find them!) running for election in Great Britain (England, Wales, Scotland), Northern Ireland has different, local parties and I don’t know enough about NI Politics to know who to put here. Smaller parties and independent candidates are also available, so I would refer you to the “Who can I vote for?” section above to find out more from them.
UK Wide Party Manifestos
Conservative and Unionist Party
https://public.conservatives.com/static/documents/GE2024/Conservative-Manifesto-GE2024.pdf
Labour Party
https://labour.org.uk/change/
Liberal Democrats
https://www.libdems.org.uk/manifesto
Green Party
https://greenparty.org.uk/about/our-manifesto/2024-manifesto-downloads/
Reform UK
https://www.reformparty.uk/our-contract-contents – Only a draft document available
Regional-only Party Manifestos
Paid Cymru (Wales)
https://www.partyof.wales/manifesto
Scottish National Party (Scotland)
https://www.snp.org/policies/ – No full Manifesto document available at time of writing
Benjamin David Brooks 