Election timeline
What we expect to happen, and when.
Timeline 2021
Summary
- Thursday 25 March 2021 (predicted) – Pre-election Period (Purdah) – Guidance for PCC Elections May 2021
- Monday 29 March 2021 – Last day for the Publication of the Notice of Election
- Thursday 6 May – Election day
- Friday 7 May 2021 – Election count
- Wednesday 12 May 2021 11:59 – Julia Mulligan relinquishes her role
- Thursday 13 May 2021 00:00 – Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner takes up office
Selby District Council, the lead authority, will published a timeline of activity nearer the elections on their website.
Electoral Commission timeline
| Event | Working days before poll (deadline if not midnight) | Date (deadline if not midnight) |
| Publication of notice of election | Not later than 25 days | Not later than Monday 29 March |
| Delivery of nomination papers | Between the hours of 10am and 4pm on any day after the publication of the notice of election until 4pm on the nineteenth day before polling day | Between 10am and 4pm on any working day after publication of notice of election and until 4pm on Thursday 8 April |
| Deadline for delivery of nomination papers | 19 days (4pm) | 4pm on Thursday 8 April |
| Deadline for withdrawals | 19 days (4pm) | 4pm on Thursday 8 April |
| Deadline for the notification of appointment of election agent | 19 days (4pm) | 4pm on Thursday 8 April |
| Making objections to nomination papers | On 19 days (10am to 5pm), subject to the following:
Between 10 am – 12 noon objections can be made to all delivered nominations Between 12 noon and 5pm objections can only be made to nominations delivered after 4pm, 20 days before the poll |
Between 10am and 12 noon on Thursday 8 April objections can be made to all delivered nominations
Between 12 noon and 5pm on Thursday 8 April objections can only be made to nominations delivered after 4pm on Wednesday 7 April |
| Publication of first interim election notice of alteration | 19 days | Thursday 8 April |
| Publication of statement of persons nominated | Not later than 18 days (4pm) | Not later than 4pm on Friday 9 April |
| Deadline for receiving applications for registration | 12 days | Monday 19 April |
| Deadline for receiving new postal vote and postal proxy applications, and for changes to existing postal or proxy votes | 11 days (5pm) | 5pm on Tuesday 20 April |
| Deadline for receiving new applications to vote by proxy (not postal proxy or emergency proxies) | 6 days (5pm) | 5pm on Tuesday 27 April |
| Publication of second interim election notice of alteration | Between 18 days and 6 days | Between Friday 9 April and Tuesday 27 April (inclusive) |
| Publication of notice of poll | Not later than 6 days | Not later than Tuesday 27 April |
| Deadline for the notification of appointment of sub-agent | 5 days | Wednesday 28 April |
| Publication of final election notice of alteration | 5 days | Wednesday 28 April |
| Deadline for notification of appointment of polling agents, counting agents and sub-agents | 5 days | Wednesday 28 April |
| First date that electors can apply for a replacement for lost postal votes | 4 days | Thursday 29 April |
| Polling day
|
0 (7am to 10pm) | 7am to 10pm on Thursday 6 May |
| Last time that electors can apply for a replacement for spoilt or lost postal votes | 0 (5pm) | 5pm on Thursday 6 May |
| Deadline for emergency proxy applications | 0 (5pm) | 5pm on Thursday 6 May |
| Last time to alter the register due to clerical error or court appeal | 0 (9pm) | 9pm on Thursday 6 May |
Last updated: 02 February 2021