How to vote
Vote by post
You can vote by post if you don’t want to vote in person at a polling station.
The deadline to apply to vote by post for the UK Parliamentary election on 4 July has now passed.
If you're likely to be away on 4 July, you should consider applying for a proxy application instead where someone votes on your behalf.
If you have applied for a new postal vote for the UK Parliamentary election on 4 July (deadline 5pm, 19 June) we expect these to dispatch around 24 June.
Apply for a postal vote
Since Tuesday 31 October:
- all postal vote applications require ID verification
- postal votes are now only set up for a maximum of 3 years and you will have to submit a new postal vote application after that time
Find out more about the changes on The Electoral Commission's website.
Online
By post or email
Postal vote application forms are available to download and print from the Electoral Commission’s website.
Completed forms can be either be:
- scanned and emailed to [email protected]
- posted to:
Electoral Services
The Gateway,
Gatehouse Road,
Aylesbury,
HP19 8FF
If you're unable to print the form, call 01296 798 141.
Before the changes on 31 October, you may have used and submitted an old style version of the form on the Electoral Commission’s website. Any of these received on or after 31 October will be rejected and we will contact you to let you know what to do next.
Receiving your poll card
If you have a postal vote in place, you will be sent a postal poll card a few weeks before the election which will tell you when the election is due to take place and give details of your postal voting arrangements.
Filling out the postal vote
The Electoral Commission have instructions on how to vote by post. Paper instructions on how to complete and return your postal vote are also provided as part of the pack.
If you're voting by post for the general election on 4 July and live in the Buckingham and Bletchley Constituency, view Milton Keynes City Council's video on how to vote by post.