UK General Election 2019
A UK Parliamentary General Election will be held on Thursday 12 December 2019.
About the election
At a UK General Election you will be voting to elect a Member of Parliament. There are 650 Members of Parliament (MPs) in the UK Parliament.
Key dates
Poll cards were issued from 11 November.
If you have NOT received a poll card by 20 November it may mean you are not registered.
Postal ballot packs to existing postal voters were posted around 22 November. These need to be completed and returned by polling day.
Anyone who applied for a postal vote after 8 November should have received their postal ballot pack around 29 November.
• Registration to vote deadline - Tuesday 26 November at midnight
• Postal vote application deadline - Tuesday 26 November at 5pm
• Proxy vote application deadline - Wednesday 4 December at 5pm
The count will take place after close of poll on 12 December at the Lord Butler Leisure Centre Saffron Walden and the result will be published here.
See the full Timetable for the UK Parliamentary general election on 12 December.
Who is standing
These are the candidates standing in the Saffron Walden Constituency. Full details can be found in the Statement as to Persons Nominated and Notice of Poll.
| Candidate | Party |
|---|---|
| Kemi Badenoch | The Conservative Party Candidate |
| Mike Hibbs | Liberal Democrats |
| Thomas Albert van de Bilt | Labour Party |
| Coby Jane Wing | Green Party |
Who can vote
To vote in a General Election you must:
• Be registered to vote
• Be 18 or over on the day of the election ('polling day')
• Be a British, Irish or qualifying Commonwealth citizen
• Be resident at an address in the UK (or a British citizen living abroad who has been registered to vote in the UK in the last 15 years)
• Not be legally excluded from voting
Where to vote
For this election we have changed where a small number of polling stations are located. The address of the polling station will be on your polling card or you can find your polling station on our polling stations map.
The new polling stations are shown below. Address of the new polling station: St John the Evangelist Church, Bush End, Takeley CM22 6NFDetails of the new polling stations
Address of the new polling station: The Three Horseshoes, Mole Hill Green, Takeley CM22 6PQ
Address of the new polling station: Great Easton Village Hall, Rebecca Meade, CM6 2HE
Address of the new polling station: Mountfitchet Exchange, Crafton Hill, 72 Chapel Hill, Stanstead Mountfitchet CM24 8AQ
Address of the new polling station: Grove Tennis Club, East Street, Saffron Walden CB10 1LS
Address of the new polling station: Turpin's Indoor Bowls Club, Peaslands Road, Saffron Walden CB11 3EG
Notices
Notice of Election, Saffron Walden Constituency - UK Parliamentary General Election 2019 [28.18KB]
Other information
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