Selby residents who want to have their say in next month’s by-election only have days left to register to vote.
The by-election on Thursday, 20 July, is being held after MP Nigel Adams announced his resignation from the Selby and Ainsty parliamentary seat, which he has held since 2010.
Anyone still not registered to vote has until midnight on Tuesday, 4 July to register, as this is the last date when applications will be accepted.
You can register to vote online here.
Poll cards for about 80,000 voters in the Selby and Ainsty constituency for next month’s parliamentary by-election will be dropping through letterboxes this week.
The deadline to apply for a new postal vote, postal proxy vote or to make changes to existing postal or postal proxy votes is 5pm on Wednesday, 5 July.
The deadline for a new proxy application is 5pm on 12 Wednesday.
More details about the election are available on the North Yorkshire Council website.
There are 13 candidates contesting the election. They are:
- Andrew Philip Gray
- Claire Holmes (Conservative)
- Mike Jordan (Yorkshire Party)
- Dave Kent (Reform UK)
- Keir Mather (Labour)
- Nick Palmer (Independent)
- Guy Phoenix (Heritage Party)
- Sir Archibald Stanton (The Official Monster Raving Loony Party)
- Matt Walker (Liberal Democrats)
- Arnold Francis Ignatius Warneken (The Green Party)
- John William Waterston (Social Democratic Party)
- Luke John Wellock (Climate Party)
- Tyler Callum Wilson-Kerr (Independent).
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