Notice of Election
Election of a Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner for Essex Police Area
1. An election is to be held for a Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner for the Essex Police Area.
2. Forms of nomination may be obtained from the office of the Police Area Returning Officer,
Colchester Town Hall, High Street, Colchester, CO1 1PJ, during the times stated below.
3. Nomination papers must be delivered to the Police Area Returning Officer at Colchester Town
Hall, High Street, Colchester, CO1 1PJ on any working day after the date of this notice, on
Monday to Friday between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. (excluding bank holidays) but no later than 4 p.m.
on Friday 5 April 2024.
4. A deposit of £5,000 must be paid for each candidate by either legal tender, electronic bank
transfer or banker’s draft from a bank which carries on business in the United Kingdom.
5. If the election is contested the poll will take place on Thursday, 2 May 2024 between the hours
of 7 a.m. and 10 p.m.
6. The last day to submit an application to be included on the electoral register to be used at this
election is midnight on Tuesday 16 April 2024. Applications can also be made online
www.gov.uk/register-to-vote. For electors voting in polling stations there is a legal requirement to
take a prescribed form of photographic identification to vote. A full list of the prescribed forms of
photographic identification is available on the relevant local authority website. For those who
require a Voter Authority Certificate or an Anonymous Elector Document to meet the requirement
for photographic identification, applications can be made at www.voter-authority
certificate.service.gov.uk/.
7. Applications, amendments or cancellations of postal votes and amendments or cancellations
of proxy votes must reach the Electoral Registration Officer for the relevant electoral area (i.e.
the local authority area) where the elector is registered to vote by 5 p.m. on Wednesday, 17 April
2024.
8. New applications to vote by proxy at this election must reach the Electoral Registration Officer
for the relevant electoral area (i.e. the local authority area) where the elector is registered to vote
by 5 p.m. on Wednesday, 24 April 2024.
9. Applications to vote by emergency proxy at this election – applied for on grounds of a medical
emergency (occurring after 5.00 p.m. on Wednesday, 24 April 2024), because of work/service
reasons (occurring after 5.00 p.m. on Wednesday, 24 April 2024) or the form of acceptable
photographic identification that you were intending to use to vote has been lost, stolen, damaged
or destroyed, or has not yet been received if applied for recently – must reach the Electoral
Registration Officer at the address for the relevant electoral area (i.e. the local authority area) by
5.00 p.m. on Thursday, 2 May 2024.
10. For the purposes of paragraphs 6, 7, 8 and 9 above, the address of the Electoral Registration
Officer for electors and residents of Braintree District Council, Causeway House, Braintree,
Essex CM7 9HB
Dated: Friday 22 March 2024
Pamela Donnelly
Police Area Returning Officer
Printed and published by the Police Area Returning Officer, Rowan House, 33 Sheepen Road,
Colchester, CO3 3WG
