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Voting at a polling station

 
Your poll card will tell you which polling station in Greenwich you should vote at. It will also give guidance on the back about how to vote.

You can also look it up by entering your street address using our polling station online search.

You can take your poll card with you when you vote, but you are not required to do so. If it does not arrive in time, or you have forgotten the polling place, contact our electoral office using the details on the right.

In the polling station

The polling station is run by a presiding officer and poll clerks, who are employed by the returning officer.

Give your name and address to the people at the administration table.

They will mark your name on the polling register to show that you have voted. They will also give you the ballot paper(s) and you can then go to a booth and cast your vote.

If you are blind or partially sighted

If you are blind or partially sighted, you can ask the polling staff for a tactile device to help you mark your own ballot paper personally. Alternatively, you can be assisted by a companion or by the presiding officer.

Casting your vote

Go to a voting compartment to mark your vote in secret. Use the pencil in the voting compartment to write an X in the box to the right of the candidate of your choice.

Both the ballot paper and the notice in the voting compartment tell you how many candidates you can vote for. If you vote for more, or write anything else on the ballot paper, your votes will not be counted.

If you make a mistake, you can take your ballot paper to the presiding officer and ask for a new one.

When you have voted, put your ballot paper in the ballot box near the administration table and then leave the polling station.

Outside the polling station

On your way out, you may be asked by people working for the candidates for your poll card or your poll number. They are not an official part of the election and you don’t have to give any information to them if you don’t want to.

Please note that in the event of an emergency or other unforeseen circumstances on polling day, the building used as a polling place for your area may be different to that specified on your poll card or indicated by your allocated ward on this website.

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