Crawley Borough Council Elections 2023

Elections will be held for 12 of the 36 Borough Councillors on 4 May 2023. The Wards with scheduled elections are:

• Bewbush & North Broadfield
• Broadfield
• Furnace Green
• Gossops Green & North East Broadfield
• Ifield
• Langley Green & Tushmore
• Maidenbower
• Northgate & West Green
• Pound Hill North & Forge Wood
• Pound Hill South & Worth
• Southgate
• Three Bridges

Important dates for the May 2023 elections

• Notice of Election 27 March
• Nomination of Candidates between 28 March and 4pm on 4 April
• List of candidates published 5 April
• Deadline to register to vote at the election Monday 17 April
• Deadline for receiving new postal vote and postal proxy applications, and for changes to existing postal or proxy votes– 5pm on Tuesday 18 April
• Deadline for receiving new applications to vote by proxy (not postal proxy or emergency proxies) – 5pm on Tuesday 25 April
• Deadline for receiving new applications for a Voter Authority Certificate – 5pm on Tuesday 25 April

Voter ID

At these elections you will need to show photographic identifcation before you can vote at a polling station. Find out what is acceptable voter ID, and how to request a Voter Authority Certificate if you have no suitable form of photographic identity.

How to Stand as a Candidate

Full guidance on how to stand for the elections is on the Electoral Commission's website. The guidance covers eligibility; how to stand; permitted expenditure; the campaign; your rights and what happens after the declaration of the result. Become a Councillor.

Official Notices

Notice of Election - Crawley Borough Council 2023

The Crawley Borough Council Electoral Cycle

Following the 2018 ward boundary review by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England, the number of Councillors for Crawley was set at 36 and elections for all councillors for the new wards were held in 2019. Elections for one third of the councillors are held annually on the first Thursday in May, apart from years where there are elections to West Sussex County Council when there are no scheduled Borough Council elections.

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