Peterborough by election: Where is YOUR polling station - can you vote online?
PETERBOROUGH hits the polls on Thursday to vote in a by-election to fill a vacated member of parliament seat, but where is your nearest polling station and can you vote online?
Brexit Party announce Mike Greene for Peterborough election
Former Labour MP Fiona Onasanya was removed from her position as MP on May 1 after she was convicted of perverting the course of justice. Ms Onasanya was found guilty of lying to police to avoid being prosecuted for speeding. This prompted the call for a by-election to elect her replacement. But do you know if you can vote online and where your nearest polling station is?
Voters in Peterborough will be heading to the polls on Thursday, June 6 and all predictions indicate that Nigel Farage’s Brexit Party could clinch its first seat in Parliament, ousting the Labour opposition.
Where is your nearest polling station?
On Thursday, June 6, Peterborough voters that have registered to vote are invited to visit their local polling station to cast their vote between 7am and 10pm.
You can find your nearest polling station here.
If you can’t vote at the polls, can you vote online?
Unfortunately you cannot vote online.
You need to be on the electoral register to vote in elections and referendums and you can register to vote online, but unable to actually cast your ballot online.
There are three ways you can vote: in person, by post or by proxy.
Voting in person means personally visiting your local polling station on voting day to cast your ballot.
A postal voter is an elector who has applied to have his/her ballot paper sent to their home address, or another specified address and then these are returned to the Town Hall.
A proxy voter is a person who has been appointed to vote on behalf of another elector which usually involves the proxy attending the voter’s polling station and handing in the voter’s ballot paper.
In certain circumstances, the proxy may apply to vote by post on behalf of the elector.
How did Peterborough vote in the last election?
In the 2017 General Election Labour candidate Fiona Onasanya was elected with 48.1 percent of the vote.
She was closely followed by the Conservative candidate with 46.8 percent of the vote.
The Liberal Democrats and Green Party managed to attain 3.3 and 1.8 percent of the vote in 2017 respectively.
How did Peterborough vote in the EU referendum vote?
Peterborough voted overwhelmingly in favour of leaving the EU in the 2016 referendum.
Leave voters numbered 60.1 percent in comparison to 39.1 percent for Remain out of a turnout of 72.3 percent
The same pro-Brexit feeling was repeated at the end of May when Nigel Farage’s party won twice as many votes as its nearest rival Labour.
The Brexit Party polled 7,272 votes, while Labour drew a result of 7,272 votes followed by the Liberal Democrats on 6,491 votes.
Who are the candidates?
The final list of 15 candidates are standing for election - this list was officially announced on 9 May.
The candidates are:
Conservative Party: Paul Bristow
Labour Party: Lisa Forbes
English Democrat Party: Stephen Goldspink
Brexit Party: Mike Greene
Monster Raving Loony: Alan ‘Howling Laud’ Hope
UK EU Party: Pierre Kirk
Independent: Andrew Moore
SDP: Patrick O’Flynn
Common Good Party: Dick Rodgers
Christian Peoples Party: Tom Rogers
Liberal Democrat Party: Beki Sellick
Independent: Bobby Smith
Renew Party: Peter Ward
Green Party: Joseph Wells
UKIP: John Whitby