Voting and elections
We run all local, regional and national elections that take place in the district. We also maintain the electoral register. We seek to manage these in a transparent, accountable and innovative way. Our aim is to make sure that local people are fully able to exercise their right to vote and to influence decisions that affect their lives.
View voting and election information, including how to vote, election notices and results.
Your vote matters – don’t lose it. To be able to vote at an election you need to be registered to vote.
Can’t get to your polling station? You can apply to vote by post.
Service News
Survey on Council response times
Residents and businesses are asked to complete a survey about how quickly their enquiries to St Albans City and District Council are dealt with.
Have your say on new political map of St Albans City & District Council
The independent Local Government Boundary Commission for England is asking people across St Albans to comment on its draft recommendations for new council ward boundaries.
General Election Information
A total of 73,721 people are eligible to vote in the St Albans Parliamentary constituency at next week’s General Election.
General Election: Register to Vote deadline
Residents in the St Albans District have only days left to register to vote for the General Election.
Poll cards issued for General Election
General Election poll cards have been sent to voters in two Parliamentary constituencies – St Albans; and Hitchin and Harpenden.
Local Democracy Week: Building Trust
Residents can find out what it is like to be a Councillor at Local Democracy Week later this month.
Watch out for our canvassers
Canvassers have started knocking on doors in the St Albans District to encourage residents to register to vote.
By-election in Clarence Ward
A by-election for a seat on St Albans City and District Council is to be held in the Clarence Ward.
Review of traveller incursions
Residents are being asked if they are receiving enough information and guidance about how traveller incursions in the St Albans District are dealt with.
Question the Cabinet
Residents, businesses and community groups are being given the chance to question the executive of St Albans City and District Council at their monthly meetings.
Secure Your Vote
Residents are being asked to complete a household enquiry form to ensure they are registered to vote at local and national elections.
What Council services should be scrutinised?
Residents are being given the chance to say what St Albans City and District Council services they would like to see improved.
Voting at the EU elections
Voters in St Albans District will go to the polls on Thursday 23 May for elections to the European Parliament.
Postal votes issued for EU elections
Ballot papers have been sent out to postal voters in the St Albans District for this month’s elections to the European Parliament.
Only days left to register to vote in EU elections
Residents in the St Albans District have only days left to register to vote for the European Parliamentary elections.
Everyone aged 18 and above who is not registered
Voters go to the polls on Thursday 2 May
Voters will go to the polls on Thursday 2 May for elections to St Albans City and District Council.