Sutton South East by-election

Sutton South East ward local by-election - Thursday 3 April 2025

Following the death of a councillor in the Sutton South East ward, two electors have now requested an election be held to fill the vacancy and elect a new councillor for the ward.

A by-election will take place on Thursday 3 April 2025. Poll cards will be delivered from Friday 28 February 2025, please check your poll card for information about your polling station or postal vote.

Election Notices

Notice of Poll - Sutton South East Ward (PDF, 39 KB)(opens new window)

Statement of Persons Nominated - Sutton South East Ward (PDF, 33 KB)(opens new window)

Notice of Election Agents - Sutton South East Ward (PDF, 33 KB)(opens new window)

Notice of Election - Sutton South East Ward (PDF, 77 KB)(opens new window)

For further notices relating to elections taking place, please visit our notices page.

How to vote in the Election

If you are not already registered to vote, the deadline to register is midnight on Tuesday 18 March 2025, you can register online at gov.uk/register-to-vote or by contacting our Elections Team on 01744 676464. 

Voting at the Polling Station

If you are voting at the polling station the law now requires you to provide an accepted form of photo ID before being provided with your ballot paper.

What is Acceptable Photo ID?

All acceptable forms of Photo ID are listed at sthelens.gov.uk/voter-id, or can be found at electoralcommission.org.uk/voting-and-elections/voter-id

If you do not have an acceptable form of Photo ID you can apply for a FREE VOTER ID to enable you to vote, the deadline to apply for the Sutton South East by-election is Wednesday 26 March 2025 at 5pm.

To apply now, go to electoralcommission.org.uk/voting-and-elections/voter-id/applying-a-voter-authority-certificate

Prefer to vote by post?

You can now apply for a postal vote online at gov.uk/apply-postal-vote, the deadline to apply for a postal vote for this election is 5pm on Wednesday 19 March 2024.

Postal vote packs will be despatched around Monday 24 March, we would recommend that any elector who is going on holiday before this date and will not return before Thursday 3 April 2025, make an application to appoint another person as a proxy, you can apply online at gov.uk/apply-proxy-vote. The deadline to make a proxy application is 5pm on Wednesday 26 March 2025.  The person appointed as a proxy, must be registered to vote and they will need to show their (the proxy not the elector) Photo ID before they are issued with a ballot paper.

Key Dates