Notice of Election
Bath & North East Somerset Council
Widcombe & Lyncombe ward
Number of councillors to be elected: one
Nomination papers must be delivered to the Returning Officer (address below), between 9am and 4pm on any working day from the date of publication of this notice but no later than 4pm on Friday 12 September 2025.
Nomination papers may be obtained from the offices of the Returning Officer (address below).
If the election is contested the poll will take place on Thursday 9 October 2025.
Applications to register to vote must reach the Electoral Registration Officer by midnight on Tuesday 23 September 2025. Applications can be made online via www.gov.uk/register-to-vote.
New applications to vote by post, amendments or cancellations of existing postal or proxy arrangements must reach the Electoral Registration Officer by 5pm on Wednesday 24 September 2025.
Applications for a Voter Authority Certificate or an Anonymous Elector’s Document must reach the Electoral Registration Officer by 5pm on Wednesday 24 September 2025. Applications for a Voter Authority Certificate can be made online via www.gov.uk/apply-for-photo-id-voter-authority-certificate.
New applications to vote by proxy must reach the Electoral Registration Officer by 5pm on Wednesday 1 October 2025.
Applications to vote by emergency proxy must reach the Electoral Registration Officer by 5pm on Thursday 9 October 2025.
Dated: Tuesday 2 Sepember 2025
Will Godfrey
Returning Officer
Electoral Registration Officer / Returning Officer
Guildhall, High Street, Bath, BA1 5AW
Email: elections@bathnes.gov.uk
Telephone: 01225 477333
Printed and published by Will Godfrey, Bath & North East Somerset Council, Guildhall, High Street, Bath, BA1 5AW