Candidates announced for the St Mary’s by-election

[UPDATED - 28 April 2023: please note that this news item has been updated to reflect a change to the polling date.]

The statement of persons nominated for the St Mary’s by-election has been published today.

Two people have been nominated for the vacancy:

JONES, Tim

PEACOCK, John David Wain

A poll will take place on Monday, 22 May 2023 to determine the winner.

Further information about the by-election may be found in a set of Frequently Asked Questions on our St Mary's by-election webpage.

To vote in this by-election:

• you need to be registered to vote. Please refer to our webpage on registering to vote for further information.
• if you intend to vote at the polling station, you will need to show photo ID before you can be given your ballot paper. This is a new requirement that was introduced by the Elections Act 2022. Please refer to our webpage on voter ID.

To take effect for this by-election:

• applications to register to vote must be received before 12 midnight on Wednesday, 3 May.
• applications for a postal vote must be received by 5pm on Thursday, 4 May.
• applications for a proxy vote must be received by 5pm on Friday 12 May (unless you are changing from a postal vote to a proxy vote in which case the application must be received by 5pm on Thursday, 4 May).
• applications for a Voter Authority Certificate (a free voter ID document for those who do not already have an acceptable form of photo ID) must be received by 5pm on Friday, 12 May.

If you have any questions, please contact the Elections Officer on 01720 424543 or at elections@scilly.gov.uk.