Today is polling day for the county council and European Parliament elections.

Voting takes places between 7 am and 10 pm.

The council should have deleivered you a polling card. You do not need this to vote but it will help you identify the polling station and help the staff.

Outside your polling station you will find ‘tellers’. These are party volunteers who are entitled to ask you for your polling number (but you don’t have to respond). They cannot find out how you have resulted as a result. The purpose of this exercise is to allow the parties to find out which of their supporters has voted and to call on those who have not. It is therefore normally to your advantage to give your number because it will avoid you being disturbed later.

The numbers are normally shared amicably between the parties.

The results of this election should be available as follows:

County Council: from Friday lunchtime
European Parliament: from Sunday evening