A By-Election in Kilnhurst & Swinton East Ward is taking place today: Everything you need to know

by | Nov 2, 2023

Image: Poll station sign taken by Rotherham Reveal

A by-election in Kilnhurst & Swinton East ward is taking place today, Thursday 2 November 2023. Here is everything you need to know if you are planning to vote in the Election.

The by-election has been called, after the need to fill a vacancy. The candidates were announced on the 6 October 2023 and include: 

  • Patricia Anita Collins, Local Conservatives
  • John Richard Gelder, Liberal Democrats
  • Nigel Harper, Labour Party
  • Peter Key, Yorkshire Party
  • Paul Neville Martin, Green Party
  • Adam Wood, Reform UK

Residents in the Kilnhurst and Swinton East ward will have until 10pm today to submit their polling card in person, which will have arrived around a week prior to the election. 

The polling card will contain details of their nearest polling station, which will usually be a public building such as a school or church. 

Voters must bring a valid photographic ID to present before voting. 

Kilnhurst and Swinton East ward residents who had not registered themselves to vote by 11.59pm on Tuesday 17 October 2023 cannot vote today. 

If they are unable to attend in person postal and proxy applications are being accepted.

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