Parliamentary Elections: Candidates standing and everything you need to know about voting

Parliamentary elections take place on Thursday 4 July. Residents in the East Riding can vote on the Member of Parliament (MP) they would like to represent them.

One MP will be elected to each of the three constituencies - Goole and Pocklington, Bridlington and the Wolds, and Beverley and Holderness. The Statement of Persons Nominated has been published, listing the people who are standing in each of these areas.

The key dates for the parliamentary elections are:

Deadline to register to vote: 5pm Tuesday 18 June

To register to vote online (www.gov.uk/register-to-vote) it takes five minutes; you need to be 18 and you need your National Insurance Number.

If you’ve moved house or changed your name you need to register to vote again.

Deadline for new postal applications, and changes to existing postal and proxy votes: 5pm Wednesday 19 June

You can choose to vote in person at a polling station, by post, or by proxy.

You can apply online to vote by post (https://www.gov.uk/apply-postal-vote) or proxy where someone else can vote on your behalf (https://www.gov.uk/apply-postal-vote)

Deadline for new applications to vote by proxy (not postal proxy): 5pm Wednesday 26 June

If after 5pm on Wednesday 26 June you are unable to vote in person due to a medical emergency, work reasons or your form of ID has been lost, stolen, damaged or destroyed, you can apply to vote by proxy. Applications must be submitted by 5pm on Thursday 5 July.

Deadline to apply for free voter ID: 5pm on Wednesday 26 June

Residents need to bring photo ID when voting – a passport, driving licence, blue badge and an older person’s bus pass are all accepted forms of photo ID.

If you don’t have photo ID, you can apply for free voter ID.

First date to apply for a replacement for a lost postal vote: Friday 28 June

Polling day: Thursday 4 July, polling stations will be open from 7am to 10pm

Polling stations are listed on polling cards, though voters won’t need their polling card to vote.

If you need any help, or to find out if your polling station is accessible, contact the council on 01482 393300 or visit https://www.eastriding.gov.uk/council/elections-and-voting/general-election/

Voting as a student

Students need to choose either their home address or term-time address and vote in only one area.

Constituency areas

254 polling stations will be situated across the three East Riding constituency areas.

In Goole and Pocklington 78287 electors will have a chance to vote, in Bridlington and the Wolds 72931 electors can take to the polls and in Beverley and Holderness 70559 electors can have their say.

The Boundary Commission for England undertook a national review of constituency boundaries to try to make constituencies roughly equal in size, in terms of the number of voters living in them.

The new boundaries in East Riding are:

Goole and Pocklington

Bridlington and the Wolds:

Beverley and Holderness: 

Counting and declarations

When polls close at 10pm on Thursday 4 July, boxes will be brought back to one of three count centres at Beverley, Driffield and Goole, where the votes will be counted. 

Election results will be declared through the early hours of Friday 5 July. Live updates will be given on the council’s social media channels and at General Election (UK Parliamentary) (eastriding.gov.uk)

Find out more about voting in the Parliamentary Election in East Riding here: General Election (UK Parliamentary) (eastriding.gov.uk)