The County Council elections will take place on Thursday 1 May 2025. All key information on the election can be found below.
Statutory Notices
Have you ever thought about being a county councillor? (staffordshire.gov.uk)
Stafford is responsible for holding elections for the new nine County electoral divisions each of which are represented by one councillor.
After a recent County boundary review, the new boundary maps are as follows:-
- Eccleshall and Gnosall (pdf 3mb)
- Stafford Central (pdf 2.4mb)
- Stafford North (pdf 2.4mb)
- Stafford South East (pdf 2.1mb)
- Stafford South West (pdf 2.1mb)
- Stafford Trent Valley (pdf 2.2mb)
- Stafford West and Rural (pdf 2mb)
- Stone Rural North (pdf 2.1mb)
- Stone Urban (pdf 2.5mb)
Staffordshire County Council Interactive Boundary Map
A Candidate Briefing was held on Wednesday 12 March 2025 at 6.30pm.
Nomination Pack (Electoral Commission)
Guidance for Candidates (Electoral Commission)
Completing your nomination papers (YouTube) - provides an overview of the forms to be completed at a local government election
Home address form (YouTube) - follows on from the main resource and focusses on the specific requirements of the home address form. This includes what candidates need to do to withhold their address from election material.
Electorate, Property and Election Expense Limits (pdf 79kb)
Registration, Notice and Key Dates
| Notice/Deadline | Date | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Candidate and Agent Briefing | 12 March 2025 | 6.30pm |
| Notice of Election | 25 March 2025 | |
| Receipt of Nominations | 2 April 2025 | 4pm |
| Withdrawal of Candidate | 2 April 2025 | 4pm |
| Appointment of Election Agents | 2 April 2025 | 4pm |
| Publication of Statement of Persons Nominated | 3 April 2025 | 4pm |
| Last Day to Register to Vote | 11 April 2025 | 11.59pm |
| Last day to Apply to Vote by Post | 14 April 2025 | 5pm |
| Last Day for Voter Authority Certificates | 23 April 2025 | 5pm |
| Last Day to Apply to Vote by Proxy | 23 April 2025 | 5pm |
| Publication of Notice of Poll | 23 April 2025 | |
| Appointment of Poll and Count Agents | 24 April 2025 | |
| First Day to Issue Replacement Lost Ballot Papers | 25 April 2025 | |
| Last Day to Issue Replacement Lost Ballot Papers | 1 May 2025 | 5pm |
| Polling Day | 1 May 2025 | 7am to 10pm |
| Verification and Count | 2 May 2025 |
Find your polling station
Registering to vote
The last day to register to vote (gov.uk) for the election is 11.59pm on 11 April 2025.
Access an easy to read explanation on registering to vote (sstaffs.gov.uk)
Apply for a voter authority certificate to use as voter ID
The deadline to apply for a Voter Authority Certificate (gov.uk) is 5pm on 23 April 2025.
Access an easy read explanation on applying for a voter authority certificate (sstaffs.gov.uk)
Choosing to vote by post
Apply for a postal vote (gov.uk)
The deadline to apply for your postal vote application (either online or physically in our office) is 5pm on 14 April 2025 to put this in place for this election. Any postal vote applications received after this time (including applications received by post after this time) will not be processed for this election, but will be processed for future elections.
Postal vote despatch dates
Applications to vote by post that are processed before 18 March 2025 will be mailed out on or around 15 April 2025.
Applications made between 18 March 2025 and the deadline of 5pm 14 April 2025 will be mailed out on or around 23 April 2025.
For all applications, please take into consideration the Easter Holidays.
Choosing to vote by proxy
To appoint someone to vote on your behalf as a proxy, you will need to complete a proxy vote application (gov.uk)
The deadline to receive this is in the office is 5pm on 23 April 2025. Any proxy vote applications received after this will not be processed for this election.