Saturday 16 November 2019
General Election 2019
Local residents will be voting in the Parliamentary Elections on Thursday 12th December 2019 to elect an MP to represent them in the constituencies of Sittingbourne and Sheppey and Gillingham and Rainham. Residents can only vote for one candidate in this election.
The Candidates
The candidates for Sittingbourne and Sheppey are:
Monique Bonney - Independent
Sam Collins - Green Party
Gordon Henderson - Conservative Party Candidate
Clive Johnson - Labour Party
Ben Martin - Liberal Democrats - To stop Brexit
Lee McCall - Independent
Mad Mike Young - The Official Monster Raving Loony Party
The candidates for Gillingham and Rainham are:
Alan Bullion - Liberal Democrats
Rehman Chishti - The Conservative Party Candidate
Peter Cook - Independent
Rob McCulloch Martin - UKIP Make Brexit Happen
Roger Peacock - Christian Peoples Alliance
George Salomon - Green Party
Andy Stamp - Labour Party
Voting
Polling Stations will be open from 7:00am until 10:00pm on Thursday 12th December 2019.
Residents need to be on the electoral register to vote in elections and referendums.
You don’t need to register again if you’ve already registered.
You need to register again if you’ve changed address, name or nationality since you last registered or if you haven’t renewed your overseas registration.
You do not need to register separately for every election. If you have received a poll card at your address, then you are currently registered and can vote in the upcoming election stated on the poll card.
The deadline for registering to vote in this General Election is 11:59pm on Tuesday 26th November.
You can register to vote online at >> www.gov.uk/register-to-vote
It usually takes around 5 minutes.
Voting in person - Your council will send you a poll card just before an election telling you where and when to vote.
If you haven’t received a poll card but think you should contact your local Electoral Registration Office
You can still vote if you have lost your card.
Voting by post - If you want to vote by post in the General Election, apply by 5:00pm on Tuesday 26th November to receive your postal voting pack. Your postal vote must then arrive at your local Electoral Registration Office in the UK by 10:00pm on Thursday 12th December.
If you’re too late to post your postal vote ballot paper, you can take it to your local polling station until 10:00pm on December 12th or your local Electoral Registration Office before they close.
You can find more information on how to vote at the link here >> www.gov.uk/voting-in-the-uk
Whichever way you vote, make your vote count on Thursday 12th December.
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The Candidates
The candidates for Sittingbourne and Sheppey are:
Monique Bonney - Independent
Sam Collins - Green Party
Gordon Henderson - Conservative Party Candidate
Clive Johnson - Labour Party
Ben Martin - Liberal Democrats - To stop Brexit
Lee McCall - Independent
Mad Mike Young - The Official Monster Raving Loony Party
The candidates for Gillingham and Rainham are:
Alan Bullion - Liberal Democrats
Rehman Chishti - The Conservative Party Candidate
Peter Cook - Independent
Rob McCulloch Martin - UKIP Make Brexit Happen
Roger Peacock - Christian Peoples Alliance
George Salomon - Green Party
Andy Stamp - Labour Party
Voting
Polling Stations will be open from 7:00am until 10:00pm on Thursday 12th December 2019.
Residents need to be on the electoral register to vote in elections and referendums.
You don’t need to register again if you’ve already registered.
You need to register again if you’ve changed address, name or nationality since you last registered or if you haven’t renewed your overseas registration.
You do not need to register separately for every election. If you have received a poll card at your address, then you are currently registered and can vote in the upcoming election stated on the poll card.
The deadline for registering to vote in this General Election is 11:59pm on Tuesday 26th November.
You can register to vote online at >> www.gov.uk/register-to-vote
It usually takes around 5 minutes.
Voting in person - Your council will send you a poll card just before an election telling you where and when to vote.
If you haven’t received a poll card but think you should contact your local Electoral Registration Office
You can still vote if you have lost your card.
Voting by post - If you want to vote by post in the General Election, apply by 5:00pm on Tuesday 26th November to receive your postal voting pack. Your postal vote must then arrive at your local Electoral Registration Office in the UK by 10:00pm on Thursday 12th December.
If you’re too late to post your postal vote ballot paper, you can take it to your local polling station until 10:00pm on December 12th or your local Electoral Registration Office before they close.
You can find more information on how to vote at the link here >> www.gov.uk/voting-in-the-uk
Whichever way you vote, make your vote count on Thursday 12th December.
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