There will be elections held for all 16 Winchester City Council district wards:

• Alresford & Itchen Valley
• Badger Farm & Oliver's Battery 
• Bishops Waltham 
• Central Meon Valley 
• Colden Common & Twyford 
• Denmead
• Southwick & Wickham 
• St. Barnabas 
• St. Bartholomew
• St. Luke
• St. Michael 
• St. Paul 
• The Worthys
• Upper Meon Valley 
• Whiteley & Shedfield 
• Wonston & Micheldever 

 

If you are interested in standing for election to Winchester City Council, further information about becoming a councillor can be found on WCC’s Councillors/Committees website Standing as a Councillor - Winchester City Council.

Guidance for the District Council elections can be downloaded from the Electoral Commission website.

To stand a as a candidate in the district council election, please complete a local government election nomination paper.  ^{(docx, 93kb)}

Alternatively you can contact the elections office and we will send you a nominations pack. Please contact us by email ereg@winchester.gov.uk or phone 01962 848125.

There are 20 parishes up for election which are:

• Bishops Waltham 
• Corhampton & Meonstoke 
• Denmead
• Durley
• Hursley 
• Itchen Stoke & Ovington 
• Itchen Valley 
• Littleton & Harestock 
• New Alresford Town 
• Newlands
• Northington 
• Otterbourne
• South Wonston 
• Swanmore
• Twyford
• Upham 
• West Meon 
• Whiteley 
• Wickham & Knowle
• Wonston 

If you are interested in standing for election for a Parish or Town Council within the Winchester area, more information about what is required from councillors in terms of expectation and commitment can be obtained directly from the Parish Clerk.  The contact details for all our parish and town councils can be found on the WCC’s Parish Council’s website Parish councils contact details - Winchester City Council

Guidance for the Parish Council elections can be downloaded from the Electoral Commission website

 

To stand a as a candidate in the Parish council election, please complete a parish election nomination paper.  ^{(doc, 219kb)}

Alternatively you can contact the elections office and we will send you a nominations pack. Please contact us by email ereg@winchester.gov.uk or phone 01962 848125.

Nomination papers for these elections must be completed and submitted by hand to the Returning Officer, City Offices, Winchester City Council, Colebrook Street, Winchester SO23 9LJ.

Nomination papers must be submitted between 9am and 4pm from Tuesday 28 March to Tuesday 4 April. The deadline for nominations is 4pm on Tuesday 4 April 2023. It is recommended that you book an appointment, please email ereg@winchester.gov.uk or call 01962 848125.

Nomination papers may also be scanned for an informal check to be carried out before the formal submission of nomination papers to the elections team on ereg@winchester.gov.uk. Any errors found will be communicated to the candidate and/or their election agent by email to allow these to be corrected before formal submission. However, it should be noted that the correct completion of the nomination forms remains your responsibility or that of your election agent.

As with national elections, you and your campaigners should also have regard to the Electoral Commission's Code of Conduct for Campaigners, which outlines what is, and what is not, acceptable behaviour at polling stations and in the community during the lead up to polling day

The timetable for these elections, including statutory deadlines, is as follows:

 

Publication of Notice of Election	Monday 27 March 2023
Deadline for receipt of nominations	4pm Tuesday 4 April 2023
Deadline for withdrawal of Candidate	4pm Tuesday 4 April 2023
Deadline for appointment of Election Agents	4pm Tuesday 4 April 2023
Publication of Notice of Election Agents	Tuesday 4 April 2023
Publication of Statement of Persons Nominated	4pm Wednesday 5 April 2023
Last date to register to vote	Monday 17 April 2023
Deadline for receipt of postal vote applications	5pm Tuesday 18 April 2023
Deadline to make changes to exisitng postal or proxy applications	5pm Tuesday 18 April 2023
Publication of Notice of Poll	Tuesday 25 April 2023
Voter Authority Certificate - Deadline for recieveing applications	5pm Tuesday 25 April 2023
Deadline for receipt of proxy vote applications	5pm Tuesday 25 April 2023
Deadline for appointment of Poll and Count Agents	Wednesday 26 April 2023
First date that replacement lost postal ballot papers can be issued	Thursday 27 April 2023
Deadline for receipt of Emergency proxy vote applications	5pm Thursday 4 May 2023
DAY OF POLL	Thursday 4 May 2023