Local elections 2025: The types of ID you should use to vote | UK | News | EUROtoday

As hundreds of thousands throughout England head to the polls at the moment for the native elections, it is vital to keep in mind that you should carry legitimate picture identification with a purpose to vote in individual. This requirement has been in place since adjustments to voting guidelines have been launched in 2023 to forestall electoral fraud. This yr’s elections contain greater than 1,600 council seats throughout 23 councils and 6 mayoral positions, marking the primary main native vote since final summer season’s 2024 General Election.

A by-election can also be happening in Runcorn and Helsby after former Labour MP Mike Amesbury stepped down. Polling stations are open from 7am to 10pm although you will not have the ability to vote and not using a legitimate type of ID.

Only unique paperwork are accepted, that means that images, scans, or copies won’t be legitimate.

The picture should clearly resemble you, although it could possibly nonetheless be used if it is expired, so long as the picture remains to be a real likeness.

Your title on the ID should match the title on the electoral register, and if that is not the case, you’ll must carry documentation proving a reputation change, like a wedding certificates.

The deadline to register for a postal or proxy vote or apply for a Voter Authority Certificate has handed for at the moment’s elections.

The native elections have been postponed in 9 areas, together with Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Thurrock, East Sussex, West Sussex, Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, and Surrey.

Here is the total checklist of accepted types of ID:

• UK or Northern Ireland photocard driving licence (full or provisional)
• Driving licence from an EU nation, Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein, the Isle of Man or the Channel Islands
• UK passport
• Passport from an EU or Commonwealth nation, or from Norway, Iceland, or Liechtenstein
• National ID card from an EU nation, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein
• PASS card (Proof of Age Standards Scheme)
• Blue Badge
• Biometric Residence Permit
• Defence Identity Card (MOD Form 90)
• HM Armed Forces Veteran Card (MOD Form 100) — legitimate from May 1, 2025
• Northern Ireland Electoral Identity Card
• Voter Authority Certificate
• Anonymous Elector’s Document
• Older Person’s Bus Pass
• Disabled Person’s Bus Pass
• Oyster 60+ Card
• Freedom Pass
• Scottish National Entitlement Card (NEC)
• Welsh Concessionary Travel Card (60+ and Disabled Person’s variations)
• Northern Ireland Concessionary Travel Pass