Polling day for Sussex Police and Crime Commissioner election and local by-elections

Elections for the Sussex Police and Crime Commissioner will take place today, Thursday 2 May. 

By-elections will also take place to elect new councillors for the Kemptown ward and Queen’s Park ward to fill the vacancies caused by the resignation of Bharti Gajjar and Chandni Mistry. 

Find out more about the Sussex Police and Crime Commissioner election. 

Find out more about the Kemptown and Queen’s Park by-elections.

Polling stations 

Polling stations will be open from 7am to 10pm. You do not need to bring your poll card with you, but you must bring a valid form of photo identification to vote at a polling station. 

You can find your polling station by visiting the Where Do I Vote? website and entering your postcode.  

Voter ID 

Last year the government brought in legislation which requires voters to show photo identification when voting at polling stations. This means that you must bring photo ID with you to vote in today’s Police and Crime Commissioner election and by-elections.  

Acceptable forms of ID include:  

• a UK, EEA or Commonwealth passport 
• a UK or EEA driving licence (including a provisional licence) 
• an older person’s or disabled person’s bus pass 
• an EEA national identity card 
• a biometric immigration document 
• an identity card with the Proof of Age Standards Scheme hologram (PASS card) 
• a Blue Badge 
• a Voter Authority Certificate (VAC) 

Expired ID will still be accepted if the photograph remains a good likeness of the voter. 

For more information, please visit our voter ID webpage. 

Postal votes 

If you have a postal vote that you’ve not returned to us, you can hand your completed postal voting pack in to any polling station in the city on polling day by 10pm at the latest.  

If you hand in your postal vote to a polling station or Hove Town Hall, you will also be required to complete a Postal Vote Return Form. 

For more information, please visit the elections pages on our website.