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Published on June 1, 2022 at 9:30 am
Rossendale Council is undertaking a public consultation on how often electors should vote for councillors. Rossendale Council is asking for residents’ views on whether the council should change to ‘whole-council elections’ every four years or retain the existing system of election ‘by thirds’.
Currently Rossendale Council holds elections ‘by thirds’ meaning that in three years out of four, one third of council seats are up for election.
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Published on May 22, 2017 at 3:31 pm
Voters who want to have their say in this year’s general election must register today – Monday, May 22.
The election takes place next month on June 8 and locally voters will cast their ballots to elect an MP for Rossendale and Darwen.
While the deadline to register to vote is 11.59pm on May 22, the deadline to register for a postal vote is 5pm on May 23, and the deadline to register for a proxy vote is 5pm on May 31.
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Published on May 8, 2017 at 11:46 am
You can find all the results from the Lancashire County Council election here.
The political balance of Lancashire County Council can be found here.
Rossendale Council is now gearing up for the Rossendale and Darwen Parliamentary election.
Watch out for further updates on this website.
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Published on April 25, 2017 at 10:15 am
Parliament has approved an early general election, to take place on Thursday 8 June.
This does not affect the date of the County Council elections, which will take place as planned on Thursday 4 May.
For further information, please view The Electoral Commission webpages
For further information on the County Council elections visit Lancashire County Council’s webpages.
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Published on March 14, 2017 at 2:23 pm
Nomination packs for the forthcoming County Council elections will be available from Election Offices at Futures Park from 13 March 2017. If you would like a pack please contact our elections team and we will prepare the relevant documents for you.
Email: joannesmith@rossendalebc.gov.uk
Telephone: 01706 252445
Elections Office, Futures Park, Bacup, Rossendale, Lancashire, OL13 0BB
Alternatively packs can be collected at the close of the candidates and agents briefing event to be held at 5.00pm in Room 210, Futures Park on Wednesday 15 March 2017.
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Published on April 22, 2016 at 4:09 pm
If you are currently registered to vote you can take part in any election/referendum. For example, if you are registered to vote in the local/PCC elections on 5th May you can vote in the EU referendum on 23rd June. You DON’T have to re-register for the EU vote.
The important thing is to be registered – and you have until 7th June to do that if you want to take part in the EU referendum.
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Published on April 8, 2016 at 4:24 pm
Voting is open 7am-10pm on May 5th with the Count being held on May 6th.
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Published on March 24, 2016 at 9:48 am
On Thursday 5 May voters in England will go to the polls to elect Rossendale Councillors and a Police and Crime Commissioner for Lancashire. Registering now for the elections in May will also mean voters are registered in good time before the referendum on the UK’s membership of the European Union on 23 June.
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Published on March 3, 2016 at 4:50 pm
Rossendale Council is backing the Electoral Commission and National Union of Students’ joint campaign to get more students and young people registered to vote ahead of the local and Police and Crime Commissioner elections in May.
Called #RegAFriend (‘Register a Friend’), the campaign urges students and young people who have already registered to vote to encourage their non-registered friends and family to now do the same, by sharing messages and photos on social media.
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Published on February 1, 2016 at 12:17 pm
Rossendale Borough Council wants to encourage anyone not yet registered to vote, to take advantage of National Voter Registration Drive this week and go online now to register.
On Thursday 5 May 2016 voters in Rossendale will go to the polls to elect local government councillors in Rossendale and a Police and Crime Commissioner for Lancashire.
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