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Elections 2024
2 May 2024
- Police and Crime Commissioner Election – Please see below deadlines for Registration, Postal, Proxy and VAC applications.
- Last day to Register to Vote to be included for this election – Tuesday 16 April 2024
- Last day and time for applications to Vote by Post and for changes to existing postal and proxy applications – 5:00pm Wednesday 17 April 2024
- Last day and time for applications to Vote by Proxy and to apply for a Voter Authority Certificate – 5:00pm Wednesday 24 April 2024
Police and Crime Commissioner Election notices and information about standing as a candidate is available on the Brighton & Hove City Council website.
NOTICE OF POLL
Election of the Police and Crime Commissioner for the Sussex Police Area
Notice is hereby given that:
- A poll for the election of a Police and Crime Commissioner for the Sussex Police Area will be held on Thursday 2 May 2024, between the hours of 7:00 am and 10:00 pm.
- The number of Police and Crime Commissioners to be elected is one.
- The names, addresses and descriptions of the Candidates remaining validly nominated for election are as follows:
Name of Candidate | Home Address | Description (if any) | Reason why no longer nominated* |
BENNETT Jamie | (address in Sussex Police Area) | Liberal Democrat |
|
BOURNE Katy | (address in Susse Police Area) | Conservative Candidate – More Police, Safer Streets |
|
KENT Jonathan Christopher | (address in Sussex Police Area) | Green Party |
|
RICHARDS Paul Adrian | (address in Sussex Police Area) | Labour and Co-operative Party |
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*Decision of the Police Area Returning Officer that the nomination is invalid or other reason why a person nominated no longer stands nominated.
Dated: Thursday 24 April 2024 | Jess Gibbons |
Sussex Police Area Returning Officer |
NOTICE OF POLL
Wealden District Council
Referendum on the adoption of the Wadhurst Neighbourhood Plan
Notice is hereby given that:
A poll will be held on Thursday 2 May 2024 to decide on the question below:-
“Do you want Wealden District Council to use the Neighbourhood Plan for Wadhurst to help it decide planning applications in the neighbourhood area?”
- The hours of poll will be from 7:00am and 10:00 pm.
- The situation of Polling Stations and the description of persons entitled to vote are as follows:
Situation of Polling Station | Station Number | Ranges of electoral register numbers of persons entitled to vote thereat |
Mark Cross Community Centre, (St Mark`s Church), Tunbridge Wells Road, Mark Cross | S23 | SWND-1 to SWND-108 |
Pavilion, Sparrows Green Recreation Ground, South View Road, Sparrows Green | S50 | SWNE-1 to SWNE-1935 |
Pavilion, Sparrows Green Recreation Ground, South View Road, Sparrows Green | S51 | SWNE-1936 to SWNE-3897 |
This Referendum will be combined with the poll for the election of a Police and Crime Commissioner.
Dated Wednesday 24 April 2024 | Trevor Scott |
Counting Officer |
NOTICE OF ELECTION SUB-AGENTS’ NAMES AND OFFICES
Election of the Police and Crime Commissioner for the Sussex Police Area
Thursday 2 May 2024
I HEREBY GIVE NOTICE that the names of election sub-agents of the candidates at this election for the said Voting Areas, and the addresses of the offices or places of such election sub-agents to which all claims, notices, writs, summons, and other documents addressed to them may be sent, have respectively been declared in writing to me as follows:
Name of Candidate | Name of Election Sub-Agent & Voting Area | Offices of Election Sub-Agent |
BOURNE, Katy | Andy McGregor Adur | East Worthing & Shoreham Conservatives – Brooklands House, 58 Marlborough Road, Lancing, West Sussex, BN15 8AF |
BOURNE, Katy | Shaun Gunner Arun | 2 Flansham Business Park, Hoe Lane, Flansham, Bognor Regis, PO22 8NJ |
BOURNE, Katy | Jane Kilby Chichester | St John’s House, St John’s Street, Chichester, PO19 1UU |
BOURNE, Katy | George Danahar Crawley | Crawley Conservatives, Crawley Business Centre, Stephenson Way, Crawley, West Sussex, RH10 1TN |
BOURNE, Katy | Steve Whitington Eastbourne | 69 Carlisle Road, Eastbourne, BN20 7EJ |
BOURNE, Katy | Liam Atkins Hastings | Hastings & Rye Conservatives, Unit 38, Castleham Business Centre East, Stirling Rd, Hastings, TN38 9NP |
BOURNE, Katy | Karen McGovern Horsham | Horsham Conservatives, Gough House, Madeira Avenue, Horsham, RH12 1AB |
BOURNE, Katy | Jane Slater Lewes | Lewes Conservatives, Unit 6, Villandry, West Quay, Newhaven. BN9 9GB |
BOURNE, Katy | Toby Dawson Mid Sussex | 32 Cyprus Road, Burgess Hill, West Sussex, RH15 8DX |
BOURNE, Katy | Lizzie Hacking Rother | Unit 38, Castleham Business Centre East, Stirling Rd, Hastings, Saint Leonards-on-sea TN38 9NP |
BOURNE, Katy | Robert Standley Wealden | Beriedale, Mayfield Lane, Wadhurst, East Sussex, TN5 6JE |
BOURNE, Katy | Anne Chapman Worthing | 21 New Broadway, Worthing, BN11 4HP |
KENT, Jonathan Christopher | John Street Adur | 3 Rosslyn Court, Shoreham-by-Sea, BN43 6WN |
KENT, Jonathan Christopher | Leo Littman Brighton & Hove | Brighton & Hove Green Party, The Eco-Centre, 39-41 Surrey Street, Brighton BN1 3PB |
KENT, Jonathan Christopher | Kenneth George Davis Hastings | 130 Bohemia Road, St Leonard’s on Sea, East Sussex TN37 6RP |
KENT, Jonathan Christopher | David Woolley Mid Sussex | Bramble, Blackthorns Close, Lindfield RH16 2UA |
KENT, Jonathan Christopher | Nicky Bishop Rother | 3 Western Avenue, Battle, TN33 0ES |
BENNETT, Jamie | Paul Wells Arun | 20 Crimsham Road, Bognor Regis, West Sussex, PO21 5BG |
BENNETT, Jamie | Simon Jardine Brighton & Hove | 2 Hove Park Road, hove, East sussex, BN3 6LA |
BENNETT, Jamie | Kate O’Kelly Chichester | One Treehouse, North Lane, South Harting, Petersfield, GU31 5NW |
BENNETT, Jamie | Martin Griffiths Hastings | Holly Cottage Butchers Lane, Three Oaks, Hastings, East Sussex, TN35 4NH |
BENNETT, Jamie | Stefan Petszaft Wealden | 2, Leylands Manor, Tubwell Lane, Crowborough, TN6 3RH |
Dated: Tuesday 16 April 2024 | Jess Gibbons |
Revised: Thursday 18 April 2024 | Sussex Police Area Returning Officer |
STATEMENT OF PERSONS NOMINATED
Election of the Police and Crime Commissioner for the Sussex Police Area
The following is a statement of the persons nominated for election as
Police and Crime Commissioner for Sussex Police Area
Name of Candidate | Home Address | Description (if any) | Reason why no longer nominated* |
BENNETT Jamie | (address in Sussex Police Area) | Liberal Democrat | |
BOURNE Katy | (address in Sussex Police Area) | Conservative Candidate – More Police, Safer Streets | |
KENT Jonathan Christopher | (address in Sussex Police Area) | Green Party | |
RICHARDS Paul Adrian | (address in Sussex Police Area) | Labour and Co-operative Party |
*Decision of the Police Area Returning Officer that the nomination is invalid or other reason why a person nominated no longer stands nominated.
The persons above against whose name no entry is made in the last column have been and stand validly nominated.
Dated: Monday 8 April 2024 | Jess Gibbons |
Sussex Police Area Returning Officer |
NOTICE OF ELECTION
Election of the Police and Crime Commissioner for the Sussex Police Area
- An election is to be held for a Police and Crime Commissioner for the Sussex Police Area.
- Nomination papers may be obtained from the Sussex Police Area Returning Officer at Hove Town Hall, Norton Road, Hove BN3 3BQ during the times stated below
- Nomination papers must be delivered to the Sussex Police Area Returning Officer, Electoral Services Office (Room 236), Hove Town Hall, Norton Road, Hove, BN3 3BQ between 10am and 4pm on any working day after publication of this notice but no later than 4pm on Friday 5 April.
- If the election is contested the poll will take place on Thursday 2 May 2024.
- A deposit of £5,000 must be paid for each candidate by the deadline for delivery of nominations either in legal tender (cash) or by UK banker’s draft. Payment may be made by electronic transfer – further details available on request from the Sussex Police Area Returning Officer.
- Applications to register to vote must reach the relevant Electoral Registration Officer by 12 midnight on Tuesday 16 April 2024. Applications can be made online: gov.uk/register-to-vote
- Applications, amendments or cancellations of postal votes must reach the relevant Electoral Registration Officer by 5pm on Wednesday 17 April 2024. Applications to vote by post can be made online: gov.uk/apply-for-postal-vote
- Applications for a Voter Authority Certificate or an Anonymous Elector’s Document valid for this election must reach the Electoral Registration Officer by 5pm on Wednesday 24 April 2024. Applications for a Voter Authority Certificate can be made online: gov.uk/apply-for-photo-id-to-vote
- Applications to vote by proxy at this election must reach the relevant Electoral Registration Officer by 5pm on Wednesday 24 April 2024. Applications to vote by proxy can be made online: gov.uk/apply-for-proxy-vote
- Applications to vote by emergency proxy at this election must reach the relevant Electoral Registration Officer by 5pm on Thursday 2 May 2024.
Dated: Tuesday 26 March 2024 | Jess Gibbons |
Sussex Police Area Returning Officer |
Printed and published by the Sussex Police Area Returning Officer, Electoral Services Office (Room 236), Hove Town Hall, Norton Road, Hove, BN3 3BQ
Supplementary list of Electoral Registration Officers in the Sussex Police area
Applications for registration, postal and proxy voting must be sent to the relevant Electoral Registration Officer for the applicant.
Local Authority Area | Electoral Registration Officer address | Email and Telephone Number |
Adur District Council | Electoral Services, Town Hall, Chapel Road, Worthing, BN11 1HA | elections@adur-worthing.gov.uk 01903 22 1069 |
Arun District Council | Electoral Services, Arun Civic Centre, Maltravers Road, Littlehampton, BN17 5LF | elections@arun.gov.uk 01903 737616 |
Brighton & Hove City Council | Electoral Services, Hove Town Hall, Norton Road, Hove, BN3 3BQ | electors@brighton-hove.gov.uk 01273 291999 |
Chichester District Council | Elections Office, East Pallant House,1 East Pallant, Chichester, PO19 1TY | elections@chichester.gov.uk 01243 521010 |
Crawley Borough Council | Electoral Services, Town Hall, The Boulevard, Crawley, RH10 1UZ | elections@crawley.gov.uk 01293 438346 |
Eastbourne Borough Council | Eastbourne Electoral Services, Town Hall, Grove Road, Eastbourne, BN21 4UG | elections@lewes-eastbourne.gov.uk 01323 410000 |
Hastings Borough Council | Electoral Services, Muriel Matters House, Breeds Place, Hastings, TN34 3UY | electoralservices@hastings.gov.uk 01424 451087 |
Horsham District Council | Electoral Services, Parkside, Chart Way, Horsham, RH12 1RL | elections@horsham.gov.uk 01403 215126 |
Lewes District Council | Lewes Electoral Services, Town Hall, Grove Road, Eastbourne, BN21 4UG | electoral@lewes-eastbourne.gov.uk 01273 471600 |
Mid Sussex District Council | Electoral Services, Oaklands, Oaklands Road, Haywards Heath, RH16 1SS | elections@midsussex.gov.uk 01444 477003 |
Rother District Council | Electoral Services, Town Hall, London Road, Bexhill-on-Sea, TN39 3JX | elections@rother.gov.uk 01424 787000 |
Wealden District Council | Electoral Services, Council Offices, Vicarage Lane, Hailsham, BN27 2AX | elections@wealden.gov.uk 01892 602417 |
Worthing Borough Council | Electoral Services, Town Hall, Chapel Road, Worthing, BN11 1HA | elections@adur-worthing.gov.uk 01903 22 1069 |
Dated: Tuesday 26 March 2024 | Jess Gibbons |
Sussex Police Area Returning Officer |
Printed and published by the Sussex Police Area Returning Officer, Electoral Services Office (Room 236), Hove Town Hall, Norton Road, Hove, BN3 3BQ
Notice of Candidates’ Election Address Submission
Election of the Police and Crime Commissioner for the Sussex Police Area
- An election is to be held for a Police and Crime Commissioner for the Sussex Police Area on Thursday 2 May 2024 .
- Schedule 8 of the Police and Crime Commissioner Elections Order 2012 requires that a candidate’s Election Address must be prepared by the candidate’s election agent in the prescribed form (Form 29)
- The Police Area Returning Officer is required to give notice of the last time for the submission of Election Addresses of candidates to the Police Area Returning Officer.
- The Police Area Returning Officer hereby gives public notice that the deadline for submission of Election Addresses is noon on 5 April 2024.
- Any Election Address must be submitted in electronic form unless the Police Area Returning Officer is satisfied that there is good reason for it being submitted in hard copy form.
- Forms for the preparation of a candidate’s address may be obtained from the Sussex Police Area Returning Officer, Electoral Services Office (Room 236), Hove Town Hall, Norton Road, Hove, BN3 3BQ or PARO@brighton-hove.gov.uk.
Dated: Tuesday 26 March 2024 | Jess Gibbons |
Sussex Police Area Returning Officer |
Printed and published by the Sussex Police Area Returning Officer, Electoral Services Office (Room 236), Hove Town Hall, Norton Road, Hove, BN3 3BQ
Wadhurst Neighbourhood Plan Referendum
NOTICE OF REFERENDUM
WADHURST NEIGHBOURHOOD PLAN AREA Referendum on the adoption of the Wadhurst Neighbourhood Plan You can find further information on the Neighbourhood Planning page |
- A Referendum will be held on Thursday 2 May 2024 to decide on the question: ‘Do you want Wealden District Council to use the Neighbourhood Plan for Wadhurst to help it decide planning applications in the neighbourhood area?’
- Applications to register to vote must reach the Electoral Registration Officer by 12 midnight on Tuesday 16 April 2024. Applications can be made online: https://www.gov.uk/register-to-vote
- Applications, amendments or cancellations of postal votes and amendments or cancellations of proxy votes must reach the Electoral Registration Officer at The Elections Office, Wealden District Council, Vicarage Lane, Hailsham, East Sussex, BN27 2AX by 5 pm on Wednesday, 17 April 2024. Applications for new postal votes can be made online at www.gov.uk/apply-postal-vote
- Applications for a Voter Authority Certificate or an Anonymous Elector’s Document valid for this election must reach the Electoral Registration Officer by 5pm on Wednesday 24 April 2024. Applications can be made online: https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-photo-id-voter-authority-certificate
- New applications to vote by proxy at this election must reach the Electoral Registration Officer at The Elections Office, Wealden District Council, Vicarage Lane, Hailsham, East Sussex, BN27 2AX by 5 pm on Wednesday, 24 April 2024. Applications for some new proxy votes can be made online at www.gov.uk/apply-proxy-vote
- Applications to vote by emergency proxy at this election must reach the Electoral Registration Officer at The Elections Office, Wealden District Council, Vicarage Lane, Hailsham, East Sussex, BN27 2AX by 5pm on Thursday, 2 May 2024.
Trevor Scott
Counting Officer
Dated: Tuesday 26 March 2024
Printed and published by the Counting Officer, The Elections Office, Wealden District Council, Vicarage Lane, Hailsham, East Sussex, BN27 2AX
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