Leicestershire County Council Elections 1 May 2025
Election details
The Leicestershire County Council elections will take place on Thursday 1 May 2025.
A list of who is standing for election in your area are on our candidates page linked via the button below, and full details of each candidate are in the downloads panel at the bottom of this page. Results will be available on Leicestershire County Council's Election 2025 page.
Timetable of key events
| Event | Date |
| Notice of Election (beginning the nomination period) | 24 March |
| Poll cards dispatched | 24 March |
| Deadline for receipt nominations | 2 April, 4pm |
| Publication of the Statement of Persons Nominated | 3 April, 5pm |
| Postal votes dispatched | Around 11 April |
| Deadline to register to vote | 11 April, Midnight |
| Deadline to apply for a postal vote | 14 April, 5pm |
| Deadline to apply for a Voter Authority Certificate | 23 April, 5pm |
| Deadline to apply for a proxy vote | 23 April, 5pm |
| Polling day | 1 May, 7am to 10pm |
Register to vote
In order to vote at this election, you must be registered to vote.
The deadline to register to vote was midnight 11 April.
To register to vote, please use the button above.
If you are not sure whether you are already registered to vote, please contact the Electoral Services office using the contact form below.
To vote in at this election you must be:
- registered to vote,
- 18 years or over on polling day
- a British citizen, an Irish citizen, a Commonwealth citizen who has leave to enter or remain in the UK, or who does not require such leave.
- or you are either a citizen of:
- Denmark, Luxembourg, Poland, Portugal and Spain who is resident in the UK, has permission to enter or stay in the UK, Channel Islands or Isle of Man, or who does not need permission
- any other EU country who on or before 31 December 2020 was legally resident in the UK, had permission to enter or stay in the UK, Channel Islands or Isle of Man, or who did not need permission, and this has continued without a break
- not be subject to any legal incapacity to vote
Postal voting
Please visit our dedicated postal voting page for more information.
The deadline to apply for a postal vote, or to cancel or amend an existing postal vote at this election was 5pm Monday 14 April.
New postal vote handling rules
Please note that there are new rules around handling postal votes. There will be a limit on the number of postal votes a person can hand in at a polling station or at the Council Offices– you will not be allowed to hand in more than five postal ballot packs for other electors plus your own (6 in total).
If a person hands in more than five postal ballot packs for other electors, all the postal votes (other than their own) will be rejected.
Anyone handing in postal votes will need to complete a ‘return of postal voting documents’ form.
We therefore can no longer accept postal votes left in the letter box at the council offices. Any postal votes which are left at any council building without the ‘return of postal voting documents’ form being completed will be rejected.
We would therefore recommend that postal votes are returned to us via Royal Mail as soon as possible before polling day.
Proxy voting
Please visit our dedicated proxy voting page for more information.
The deadline to apply for a proxy vote was 5pm Wednesday 23 April.
If after 5pm 23 April you find yourself unable to vote in person, due to medical or work reasons, you may be entitled to apply for an emergency proxy vote. Please contact the Electoral Services team using the contact form below.
Poll cards
Poll cards are due to be delivered from 24 March. If you have not received your poll card by 8 April, please contact the Electoral Services team using the contact form below.
Voter Identification
It is now a requirement to present an accepted form of photographic identification when voting at the polling station.
For more information, including the types of accepted ID, please visit our Voter ID page.