Electoral Services

Electoral Services is responsible for organising and conducting all elections and referenda within its boundaries from Parish, Borough, County Councillors to Parliamentary MPs and European MEPs.

Register of Electors 2011

The Full and Edited Register of Electors for the Borough of Stafford have been published and are available for inspection under supervision during office hours at the Civic Centre, Riverside, Stafford.

Unless your name is included on the Register you will not be able to vote at any forthcoming Elections. Please note that new Laws on Rolling Registration now enable you to register for voting even if you have moved into the Borough recently. If you have any queries about this matter or you think that you are not on the Register please contact the Elections Team on 01785 619424 or email: elections@staffordbc.gov.uk.

Register to Vote

Voting The following link will take you to a website which will help you register to vote and find out more about elections across the UK - www.aboutmyvote.co.uk

or register to vote using the Rolling Registration (ER3) form.

Further Register to Vote information.

Voting by Post or Proxy

If you wish to vote by Post or Proxy please use either a Proxy Vote or a Postal Vote form.

British Citizens living overseas: If you are a British citizen living abroad, you can apply to be an overseas voter. As long as you were registered to vote in the UK within the last 15 years, you can register to vote from overseas. If you were too young to register when you left the UK, your parent or guardian must have been registered. To download the overseas voting registration form and information please use the following link: Combined Overseas Registration Postal and Proxy form.

Useful Information

Parliamentary Elections

These are held a maximum of five years apart. The next Parliamentary election is due to be held on or around Thursday, 7 May 2015. The last was on Thursday, 6 May 2010.

Stafford Borough Council has 2 Parliamentary Constituencies, Stafford and Stone, each represented by one Member of Parliament (MP). However, from the next Parliamentary Election there are new constituency boundaries which will affect part or each constituency.

The New Parliamentary constituencies consist of the following:-

Stafford Constituency - Stafford including Ranton, Ellenhall and Hixon and parts of the following from South Staffordshire District Council's area:

Penkridge, Wheaton Aston, Coppenhall, Bishopswood, Acton Trussell and Dunston

Stone Constituency - Stone including Bradley, Salt and Enson and parts of the following from Newcastle under Lyme Borough Council's area:

Loggerheads, Ashley Heath, Onneley and Madeley and parts of Staffordshire Moorlands District Council's area: Cheadle, Checkley and Forsbrook