New date confirmed for Higham Ferrers ward election

08 May 2025

The election for the Higham Ferrers ward of North Northamptonshire has been rearranged to Thursday 12 June 2025 following the sad death of a candidate.

The new election will start afresh, and new poll cards will be sent out to all affected voters.

Residents in the Higham Ferrers area should be aware of some key deadlines:

• If you’re not already registered to vote yet, the deadline to do so is midnight on Tuesday 27 May 2025. If you’ve recently moved home or changed your name, you may need to update your details to ensure you can take part.
• New postal vote applications need to be submitted by 5pm on Wednesday 28 May 2025. Existing postal voters in this area will receive a new postal vote. Ballot papers for this election will be printed on Ivory coloured paper to help voters make sure they are completing and returning the correct one.
• New proxy vote applications need to be submitted by 5pm on Wednesday 4 June 2025.
• Anyone wishing to vote in person now needs to bring acceptable photographic ID, an Anonymous Electors Document or a Voter Authority Certificate. If you don’t have an accepted form of ID, you can apply for a free Voter Authority Certificate. The deadline for this is also 5pm on Wednesday 4 June 2025.

A list of accepted ID is available and applicants for Voter Authority Certificates must be registered to vote beforehand.

The three councillors previously elected to Higham Ferrers ward are now no longer members of the Council their term of office having expired on Monday 5 May. The two new ward seats (following the boundary review) will remain vacant until the election takes place on Thursday 12 June 2025. Due to the vacancies in the Higham Ferrers ward, any resident with a query or complaint regarding services in the Higham Ferrers area should contact our customer feedback team in the short term.

More information about the Higham Ferrers election is available and results of the election will be announced on Friday 13 June 2025.