The electoral register is a list of people who are eligible to vote in elections and referendums in Northumberland. You cannot vote if your name does not appear on the register.
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If you would like to apply for a role to work on the upcoming election on 1 May 2025, please sign up here or by using the QR code below.
The following roles are available
If you have any queries, please go to Election-recruitment-FAQs or contact the elections team at electionstaff@northumberland.gov.uk.
Presiding Officers are responsible for the conduct of the polling station and to ensure voters can cast their vote in secret and free from influence, whilst maintaining a calm atmosphere and ensuring procedures are followed to ensure the ballot is secure. Main duties to include:
Liaise with the key-holder of the building ahead of election day
Organise the layout of the polling station and open and close the polling station on time
Be responsible for all the ballot papers, paperwork, and ballot box
Receive and record any postal votes handed in by voters
Keeping the polling station neat and tidy
Ensuring that all signs and notices are clear, visible and remain in place throughout the day
Complete the ballot paper account and associated paperwork correctly and to pack up documents in accordance with the instructions given by the Returning Officer
Be responsible for the health and safety of voters and staff within the polling place
Checking voter identification before ballot papers are issued, in private if requested
Instructing and supervising the work of the Poll Clerks
Ensuring all ballot papers are issued correctly to eligible voters
Dealing with special voting procedures as required
Managing the attendance of those entitled to be present in the polling station
Other tasks the Returning Officer requires to conduct the poll
When and where will it take place and how much will I get paid? Polling stations are located throughout Northumberland, date and time shown in table below.
Date
Time
Fee including mileage
Thursday 1 May 2025
6.15am – 10.30pm
£19.47 per hour plus £40 training fee
Training, experience required and further information. Virtual training is mandatory and must be completed in advance of polling day. This is supported by an optional drop in question and answer virtual session. The ballot box must be collected from a named location two days prior election day. The contents of the ballot box must be checked prior to election day. On the morning of the election, you will transport the ballot box to the polling station and at the close of poll, to a named drop-off location. You will be required to contact Poll Clerks in advance to confirm their attendance, and the key holder at the polling station to arrange entry arrangements. Previous polling station experience would be advantageous, however is not essential as full training will be provided. You must be aged 18 or over to do this role.
Poll Clerks assist Presiding Officers to set up and run the polling station, but do not have the responsibilities of the Presiding Officer. Poll Clerks should carry out the duties as directed by the Presiding Officer. Main duties to include:
Assisting with the layout of the polling station and prepare for the opening of the poll including putting up notices, signs and polling booths
Checking that voters are eligible to vote in the election and at the polling station
Help electors to understand voter identification is now required and advise on what is accepted photo ID
Assisting with checking voter identification before ballot papers are issued, in private if requested
Checking and marking the register of electors
Filling in the corresponding number list
Issuing ballot papers to voters
Answering voters’ questions in a friendly and professional way
Assisting with any other polling station duties on the instruction of the Presiding Officer
Keeping the polling place tidy throughout the day
Helping the Presiding Officer to complete necessary paperwork and procedures after the close of the polling station
6.15am – 10.15pm
£13.59 per hour plus £40 training fee
Training, experience required and further information. Virtual training is mandatory and must be completed in advance of polling day. This is supported by an optional drop in question and answer virtual session. You will be contacted by the Presiding Officer ahead of election day to confirm your attendance. Previous polling station experience is not essential as full training will be provided. You must be aged 18 or over to do this role.
The verification of all ballot papers and counting of County Council votes will be taking place on the evening of Thursday 1 May 2025 and overnight.
Counting of the Parish Council votes will be taking place on Saturday 3 May 2025.
Verification and Count Assistant main duties to include:
Following the instructions of the Supervisor and Assistant Supervisors
Helping to get ballot papers from ballot box on to table
Turning all ballot papers face up
Unfolding ballot papers ensuring correct way round
Counting ballot papers into piles of 10 and collating in to 50s
Giving the supervisor the totals
Recounting ballot papers if instructed to
Repeating the process until complete
Splitting ballot papers into piles of voters choices
Counting piles of voters choices
Identifying and giving to supervisor ballot papers where voters choice is unclear
Recording totals on batch headers
Double checking bundles of ballot papers
When and where will it take place and how much will I get paid? The verification of all ballot papers and counting of County Council votes and Parish Council votes will be taking place at Blyth Sports Centre, date and time shown in the table below.
Rate of pay per hour fees no less than
Verification of all ballot papers and County Council count
Thursday 1 May 2025 (evening)
9.30pm till finish
£19.89 (between 9.30pm till 8.00am)
Parish Council count
Saturday 3 May 2025
10am till finish
£19.89
Training, experience required and further information. All training will be provided at the start of each session by the supervisory team. No previous experience is required for this role.
A press notice on Royal Assent of the Act was published on gov.uk on 28 April, and the House of Commons Library has updated its briefing on the passage of the Act. Much of the detail for implementation of the Elections Act has been set out in secondary legislation, now that the primary legislation has received Royal Assent. Significant changes have been introduced by this legislation which include:
Cramlington Eastfield County By-Election - 22 August 2024 CRIPPS, Libby - Independent - 67 EVANS, Paul - The Green Party - 22 FURNESS, Dawn - Independent - 6 GILLOOLY, James John - Labour Party - 371 MCGREGOR, Andy - Liberal Democrats - 23 OWEN, Mark David- Reform UK - 177 SMITH, Alan - The Conservative Party Candidate - 513 View full declaration of result of poll here Cramlington (Cramlington Eastfield Ward) Parish By-Election - 22 August 2024 View full declaration of result of poll here Police and Crime Commissioner - Result of election
View the declaration of count totals from Northumberland. North East Mayoral Combined Authority - Result of election
Sunderland have now declared the final results, Kim McGuinness has been elected the North East Combined Authority Mayor. View the declaration of the regional results.
View the declaration of count totals from Northumberland. Norham Parish By-election 4 July 2024 View full declaration of result of poll here Ashington (Central Ward) Parish By-Election March 2024 View full declaration of result of poll here Ponteland (Ponteland East Ward) February 2024 View full declaration of result of poll here Seaton Valley (Seghill with Seaton Delaval Ward) By-Election January 2024 View full declaration of result of poll here Cramlington- Cramlington East ward election November 2023 View full declaration of result of poll here
Ashington Parish- Haydon Ward election October 2023
View full declaration of result of poll here West Bedlington- Bedlington West ward View full declaration of uncontested poll here Horncliffe Parish- Horncliffe Ward election - June election
View full declaration of uncontested poll here
Prudhoe Parish- West Wylam Ward March 2023 View full declaration of uncontested poll here
Berwick upon Tweed Parish - Castle Ward Election
View full declaration of result of poll here
Horncliffe Parish - Horncliffe Ward Election - September 2022
Ashington Parish - Seaton Ward Election
Eglingham Parish Election
Seghill with Seaton Delaval By Election
Hexham Parish - Priestpopple Ward Election
Hexham East By Election
2021 County & Parish Elections
County Council Elections - total results by party
County Results
Alnwick Amble Amble West with Warkworth Ashington Central Bamburgh Bedlington Central Bedlington East Bedlington West Bellingham Berwick East Berwick North Berwick West with Ord Bothal Bywell Choppington College Corbridge Cowpen Cramlington East Cramlington Eastfield Cramlington North Cramlington South East Cramlington Village Cramlington West Croft Druridge Bay Haltwhistle Hartley Haydon Haydon & Haddrian Hexham Central with Acomb Hexham East Hexham West Hirst Holywell Humshaugh Isabella Kitty Brewster Longhorsley Longhoughton Lynmouth Morpeth Kirkhill Morpeth North Morpeth Stobhill Newbiggin Central with East Newsham Norham & Islandshires Pegswood Plessey Ponteland East & Stannington Ponteland North Ponteland South with Heddon Ponteland West Prudhoe North Prudhoe South Rothbury Seaton with Newbiggin West Seghill with Seaton Delaval Shilbottle Sleekburn South Tynedale Stakeford Stocksfield & Broomhaugh Wensleydale Wooler
Parish Results
Beadnell Bedlington Central Bedlington East Bothal Choppington College Cowpen Cramlington East Cramlington Eastfield Cramlington North Cramlington South East Cramlington Village Cramlington West Croft Felton Gilesgate Hartley Haydon Hirst Holy Island Holywell Humshaugh Isabella Kitty Brewster Leazes Longhirst Morpeth Kirkhill Morpeth North Morpeth Stobhill Newbiggin East Newbiggin South Newbiggin West Newsham North Sunderland Park Road Plessey Ponteland North Ponteland West Priestpopple Prudhoe Hall Seaton Seghill with Seaton Delaval Sleekburn South Blyth St Boisil Stakeford Wensleydale West Wylam
2021 Police and Crime Commissioner
Overall Result Votes have been combined for the Northumbria Force Area PCC, and the results are below. CRUTE, Duncan Carlyle (CON): 139875 MCGUINNESS, Cara Kim (LAB): 206467 Kim McGuinness officially re-elected. Second preference votes counted from Northumberland. CRUTE, Duncan Carlyle (CON): 4,397
MCGUINNESS, Cara Kim (LAB): 6,109
2020 Parish & Town Council by elections
Result for Berwick Town Council by Election (Grove) View Declaration of result
Result for Blyth Town Council (Cowpen) View Declaration of result
2019 Parliamentary Election
Blyth Valley Parliamentary Constituency View signed declaration of result of poll here View summary of results including turnout here Wansbeck Parliamentary Constituency View signed declaration of result of poll here View summary of results including turnout here Hexham Parliamentary Constituency View signed declaration of result of poll here View summary of results including turnout here
Berwick-upon-Tweed Constituency View signed declaration of result of poll here View summary of results including turnout here
2019 Police and Crime Commissioner
First Count Declaration Second Count Declaration
2019 European Parliament
Local results Regional results
2019 North of Tyne Combined Authority Mayoral
Local result Count stage 1 result Count stage 2 result Overall result Find out more about the North of Tyne Combined Authority here
2019 County By Election (Holywell)
Declaration of result
Please note you are unable to view the electoral register online, however this can be viewed in person at our local offices. Please contact the elections office for more details and to arrange an appointment. Elections Office - 0345 600 6400 or elections@northumberland.gov.uk.
Northumberland County Council have a scheduled election on the 2nd May 2024, since May 2023 voters in England will now need to show an accredited form of photographic identification in order to receive their ballot paper(s) to cast their vote at a polling station for local elections, referendums, recall petitions, Police and Crime Commissioner elections and UK Parliamentary General Elections. Please note that these new requirements will not affect electors who vote by post. *Identification is required at all unscheduled polls (by elections) that take place. Electors who do not hold any of the accredited forms of photo ID are able to apply (if required) for a free Voter Authority Certificate. For more information on the new requirements including a list of acceptable forms of ID and how to apply for a free Voter Authority Certificate please see the link(s) below Click here to learn more about voter ID Click here to apply for photo ID to vote (called a ‘Voter Authority Certificate’) Click here to apply for a paper Voter Authority Certificate application form
Click here to apply for a Postal Vote To vote by post at any election we must receive your application at the very latest by 5pm on the 11th working day before the election. If you require information about alternatives to voting in person, please contact the Elections office.
Click here to apply for a Proxy Vote To vote by proxy at any election, we must receive your application at the very latest by 5pm on the 6th working day before the election. If you wish to enquire about a proxy vote, you should contact the Elections office.
Using information received from the public, registration officers keep two registers: the electoral register and the open register.
The electoral register lists the names and addresses of everyone registered to vote in public elections. The register is used for electoral purposes, such as making sure only eligible people can vote. It is also used for other limited purposes specified in law, such as detecting crime (e.g. fraud), calling people for jury service and checking credit applications.
The open register is an extract of the electoral register but is not used for elections. It can be bought by any person, company or organisation. For example, it is used by businesses and charities to confirm name and address details. Your name and address will be included in the open register unless you ask for them to be removed. Removing your details from the open register does not affect your right to vote. If you wish to be removed from the open register, please click here or contact the Elections office.
During the annual canvass every household in Northumberland will receive a letter or canvass form listing everyone who is currently registered to vote at the property, this takes place every year between July and December. We now send out two different types of correspondence, rather than one standard form. Unlike previous years we no longer require a response from every household, only the household who have received a canvass form are required to respond. You may have received an email from northumberland.county.council.electoral.services@notifications.service.gov.uk titled 'Is the electoral registration information correct for your address?' It will include the Northumberland County Council logo and a two-part security code. When you receive this email, please respond, even if all details are correct so that we can ensure our information is up to date. Click here for further information on this years Canvass As part of Northumberland County Council`s Annual Canvass, we are this year inline with updated legislation using additional methods of communication, including emailing residents where we hold an email address. If in any doubt regarding the legitimacy of these emails, please contact the Elections office on 01670 624811 or elections@northumberland.gov.uk
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If you would like to find out any other information on support at the polling station, please click here to view a video on what support can be provided.
If you would like some further guidance on applying for the Voter Authority Certificate, please see the video below: Please click here to watch a video on how to apply for a Voter Authority Certificate
The following was reported to council and has been approved:
2020 Cartington - Abolished and merged with Rothbury & Thropton 2020 Easington - Abolished and merged with Belford & reduction in seats 2020 Corbridge 2020 Hauxley and Amble 2020 Longhoughton - Redistribution of seats 2020 Newton By The Sea - Reduce seats 2020 Rothbury, Whitton and Tosson 2019 Broomley and Stocksfield - Name Change Final recommendations have been considered by full council. Council have resolved to make any outstanding Orders.
2020 Newsham and Seghill
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