Newark & Sherwood District Council

The Newark and Sherwood District Council and Parish Elections will take place on Thursday 2 May 2019.

Polling stations will be open from 7am until 10pm. Polling cards will be sent to registered voters. 

• Local Elections May 2019

The European Parliamentary (East Midlands region) election will be held on Thursday 23 May 2019.

Polling stations will be open from 7am until 10pm.

• European Elections May 2019

The Kings Clipstone Neighbourhood Planning Referendum will take place on Thursday 31 January 2019. Polling Stations will be open from 7am until 10pm. 

• Kings Clipstone Neighbourhood Planning Referendum

Household enquiry forms will be delivered to every property in the District from 20 July 2018, to make sure we know who is eligible to register to vote. Please respond immediately.

• New Register of Electors 2018

6 February 2018 marks 100 years since the Representation of the People Act was passed, giving some women the right to vote for the first time.

On the centenary of women’s suffrage, ensure you can exercise your right.

• Vote100 centenary

Newark and Sherwood District Council would like to hear the views of residents and any interested parties after Newark Town Council requested that a Community Governance Review be undertaken of Newark and the surrounding areas in light of the planning permission and site layout in respect of the development on land to the south of Newark. 

Community Governance Review- Newark Town Council Boundaries 2017/18

The Returning Officer must publish a notice each year giving the 5% figure required for the submission of a petition to the authority to hold a referendum on whether to have an elected a mayor.

• Elected Mayor Petition Notice (PDF File, 80kb)