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You’ll be voting for your preferred candidate in the constituency where you live to represent you in Westminster.
Parliamentary constituency boundaries were reviewed and changed last year by the Boundary Commission for England and as a result, there are now three parliamentary constituencies covering the North Somerset area: Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset and part of the new Wells and Mendip Hills constituency.
We remain responsible for administering both North Somerset and Weston-super-Mare, while Somerset Council is overseeing Wells and Mendip Hills.
Some of our villages are now in the Wells and Mendip Hills constituency so if you live there and have a postal vote, this will be sent from Somerset Council and should be returned to them in good time.
The areas affected are:
- Banwell and Winscombe ward (Banwell, Loxton, Winscombe, Sandford)
- Blagdon and Churchill ward (Blagdon, Burrington, Churchill)
- Congresbury and Puxton ward (Congresbury, Puxton)
- Yatton ward (Kenn, Kingston Seymour, Yatton – Claverham ward, Yatton – Horsecastle ward, Yatton – North ward, Yatton – South ward).
This boundary change only affects voting in a parliamentary general election. We’re still the local authority for these areas.
Our ‘first past the post’ system means the candidate with the most votes becomes the MP for that area.
Find out more on our website.
The BBC also has a simple round-up of the general election on its website.
Key dates
- midnight on Tuesday 18 June – deadline to register to vote
- 5pm on Wednesday 19 June – deadline to apply for a postal vote. This is also the deadline to cancel your existing postal vote if you’ve changed your mind or want to set up a proxy instead
- 5pm on Wednesday 26 June – deadline to apply for a proxy vote
- 5pm on Wednesday 26 June – deadline to apply for a Voter Authority Certificate (a free form of voter ID you can use to vote at a polling station – if you don’t already have an accepted form of photo ID)
- 7am to 10pm on Thursday 4 July – polling day. Details of your polling station will be on your polling card or check online
- from 10pm on Thursday 4 July – verification and counting will start, continuing overnight. Results are expected to be declared on the morning of Friday 5 July.
For more information contact our elections team on 01934 634 909 or email electoral.services@n-somerset.gov.uk