UK Parliamentary General Election – 12 December 2019

The 2019 United Kingdom general election will be held under the provisions of the Early Parliamentary General Election Act 2019 on Thursday 12 December 2019, two and a half years after the previous general election in June 2017.

Would you like to know more about the general election? Take a look at the Parliament website that answers some popular general election questions.

There are two parliamentary constituencies covering the Salford area:

  • Salford and Eccles
  • Worsley and Eccles South

Kersal and Broughton are included in the Manchester constituency of Blackley and Broughton.

Who is standing

Salford and Eccles constituency

Candidate Party
Blears, Bryan Green Party
Choudhary, Attika Conservative Party
Long-Bailey, Rebecca Labour Party
Mickler, Matt The Brexit Party
Overend, Jake Liberal Democrats

Worsley and Eccles South constituency

Candidate Party
Johnson-Tod, Joe Liberal Democrats
Keeley, Barbara Mary Labour Party
Martin, Seamus The Brexit Party
Saunders, Arnie Conservative Party
Towers, Daniel James Green Party

Who can vote

To vote in a General Election you must:

  • be registered to vote
  • be 18 or over on the day of the election (‘polling day’)
  • be a British, Irish or qualifying Commonwealth citizen
  • be resident at an address in the UK (or a British citizen living abroad who has been registered to vote in the UK in the last 15 years)
  • not be legally excluded from voting

Where is my polling station?

You can use our polling station search facility to find out the location of your own polling station.

Timetable for a UK Parliamentary general election

The days which are disregarded in calculating the timetable for a UK Parliamentary election are Saturday, Sunday, bank holidays and any day appointed for public thanksgiving or mourning.

Please be aware that the timetable may change in the event of days being appointed for public thanksgiving or mourning.

This timetable is based on the assumption that the writ is received on the day following the dissolution of Parliament. If in a particular constituency the writ is received on a different date:

  • The notice of election in that particular constituency must be published no later than 4pm on the second day following the receipt of the writ.
  • The period for delivery of nomination papers will begin from the day after the publication of notice of election. The deadline for nominations will remain the same (i.e. 4pm on 19 working days before the poll).
Event Date
Dissolution of Parliament 6 November
Receipt of writ 7 November
Publication of notice of election Not later than 11 November (4pm)
Delivery of nomination papers Until 14 November (4pm)
Deadline for delivery of nomination papers 14 November (4pm)
Deadline for withdrawals of nomination 14 November (4pm)
Making objections to nomination papers (except for objections on the grounds that an individual candidate may be disqualified under the Representation of the People Act 1981 – see Commission guidance) 14 November (10am – 5pm) Between 10am 12 noon: objections can be made to all delivered nominations Between 12 noon and 5pm: objections can only be made to nominations delivered after 4pm on 13 November
Deadline for the notification of appointment of election agents 14 November (4pm)
Publication of statement of persons nominated, including notice of poll and situation of polling stations 14 November (5pm) If objection(s) are made: not before objection(s) are disposed of but not later than 15 November (4pm)
Publication of first interim election notice of alteration 14 November
Deadline for receiving applications for registration 26 November  
Deadline for receiving new postal vote and postal proxy applications, and for changes to existing postal or proxy votes 26 November (5pm)
Opening of postal votes commence. 2 December 2019
Deadline for receiving new applications to vote by proxy (not postal proxy or emergency proxies) 4 December (5pm)
Publication of second interim election notice of alteration 15 November – 4 December
Publication of final election notice of alteration 5 December
Deadline for notification of appointment of polling and counting agents 5 December
First date that electors can apply for a replacement for lost postal votes 6 December
Deadline for notification of appointment of sub agents 10 December
Polling day  12 December
Last time that electors can apply for re-issue of spoilt or lost postal votes 12 December (5pm)
Deadline for emergency proxy applications 12 December (5pm)
Last time to alter the register due to clerical error or court appeal 12 December (9pm)

After the declaration of result

Event Date
Delivery of return as to election expenses 17 January 2020 (assuming result is declared on 13 December)
Deadline for sending postal vote identifier rejection notices 11 March 2020
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