Election timetable
Read the election timetable for the general election which will be held on Thursday 4 July 2024.
The days which are disregarded in calculating the timetable for a UK Parliamentary election are Saturday, Sunday, bank holidays and any day appointed for public thanksgiving or mourning.
Please be aware that the timetable may change in the event of days being appointed for public thanksgiving or mourning.
The writ is taken to be received on the day following the dissolution of Parliament even in the event that the physical delivery of the writ is delayed.1
| Key election deadline | Date |
|---|---|
| Publication of Notice of Election for York Central and Notice of Election for York Outer | Tuesday 4 June |
| Publication of Notice of Poll | Friday 7 June (5.00pm) If objections are made: not before objections are disposed of but not later than Monday 10 June (4.00pm) |
| Publication of Statement of Persons Nominated | Friday 7 June (5.00pm) If objections are made: not before objections are disposed of but not later than Monday 10 June (4.00pm) |
| Deadline for receiving applications for registration | Tuesday 18 June (11.59pm) |
| Deadline for receiving applications to vote by post and proxy postal applications and for changes to existing postal or proxy votes | Wednesday 19 June (5.00pm) |
| Deadline for receiving applications for Voter Authority Certificates | Wednesday 26 June (5.00pm) |
| Deadline for receiving new applications to vote by proxy (not vote by postal proxy, nor emergency proxy vote) | Wednesday 26 June (5.00pm) |
| Polling day - vote in person from 7.00am to 10.00pm | Thursday 4 July |
| Deadline for applying for a replacement for spoilt or lost postal votes | Thursday 4 July (5.00pm) |
| Deadline for applications for an emergency proxy vote | Thursday 4 July (5.00pm) |
| Last time to alter the register due to clerical error or court appeal | Thursday 4 July (9.00pm) |
1 RPA 1983 s 28 (3A) (as amended by Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Act 2022)
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