Parish Council 2024 Election Timetable
Compton and Shawford Parish Council Election
In 2024, all nine seats on the Parish Council are up for election.
One of our ward’s three seats on Winchester City Council is also up for election this year – the seat held by Councillor Jan Warwick.
The election for the Police and Crime Commissioner for Hampshire and the Isle of Wight will take place on the same day.
The HCC elections are held once every four years, when every seat seat on the county council is up for election. 2025 will be the next year for the Hampshire County Council elections.
This contrasts with the City Council elections. WCC decided against having an all-out election once every four years. On three years out of every four, roughly one-third of the CIty Council seats come up for re-election. The fourth year of the cycle the County Council elections are held but there are no City Council elections.
Because of the Covid pandemic, the Parish and District elections which were to have been held in 2020 were postponed to 2021.
The information about key dates below was taken from the Winchester City Council.
See Becoming a Councillor for more details about the process.
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Timetable of Proceedings for
Thursday 2 May 2024.
| Publication of Notice of Election | Wednesday 20 March 2024 |
| Deadline for receipt of nominations | 4pm Friday 5 April 2024 |
| Deadline for withdrawal of Candidate | 4pm Friday 5 April 2024 |
| Deadline for appointment of Election Agents | 4pm Friday 5 April 2024 |
| Publication of Notice of Election Agents | Friday 5 April 2024 |
| Publication of Statement of Persons Nominated | 4pm Monday 8 April 2024 |
| Last date to register to vote | Tuesday 16 April 2024 |
| Deadline for receipt of postal vote applications | 5pm Wednesday 17 April 2024 |
| Deadline to make changes to existing postal or proxy applications | 5pm Wednesday 17 April 2024 |
| Publication of Notice of Poll | Wednesday 24 April 2024 |
| Voter Authority Certificate – Deadline for receiving applications | 5pm Wednesday 24 April 2024 |
| Deadline for receipt of proxy vote applications | 5pm Wednesday 24 April 2024 |
| Deadline for appointment of Poll and Count Agents | Thursday 25 April 2024 |
| First date that replacement lost postal ballot papers can be issued | Friday 26 April 2024 |
| Deadline for receipt of Emergency proxy vote applications | 5pm Thursday 2 May 2024 |
| DAY OF POLL | Thursday 2 May 2024 |
| Declaration of Candidates Expenses | TBA |
Electoral Commission guidance for candidates may be found on the following website:
https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/guidance-candidates-parish-council-elections-england
Nominations must be delivered to the City Council offices by hand and may be submitted between 10am and 4pm on any weekday, excluding bank holidays, from Wednesday 20 March until Friday 5th April 2024, inclusive.