Election of councillors to the Council of the Isles of Scilly
Date of election: Thursday 1 May 2025
We will send your postal vote around Tuesday 15 April 2025.
Your postal vote
- You will receive a postal vote for this election because you asked to vote by post.
- You will not be able to vote in a polling station.
- If you have not received your postal vote by Friday 25 April 2025 call 01720 424545.
If you lose your postal vote or make a mistake
- Please phone the helpline immediately.
- We can only issue a replacement postal vote before 5pm on Thursday 1 May 2025.
How to vote
- When you receive your postal vote, read the instructions carefully.
- Your postal vote includes your ballot paper and a postal voting statement.
- Complete both of these and return them immediately.
- We need to receive your postal vote by 10pm on Thursday 1 May 2025.
If you miss the post, you can hand in your postal vote and/or the postal vote of others at the Council reception desks at St Mary's Library and Carn Gwaval during office hours to a person authorised to receive postal votes, or at the polling station for the relevant island (i.e. postal votes for any given island can be returned to the polling station on that island but not to any other polling station) before 10pm on Thursday 1 May 2025.
Helpline: 01720 424545
Email: elections@scilly.gov.uk
www.scilly.gov.uk/local-election
A poll will only take place on St Agnes if two or more candidates stand for that island (i.e. there are more candidates than there are vacancies).
A poll will only take place on Bryher if two or more candidates stand for that island (i.e. there are more candidates than there are vacancies).
A poll will only take place on St Martin's if two or more candidates stand for that island (i.e. there are more candidates than there are vacancies).
A poll will only take place on St Mary's if 13 or more candidates stand for that island (i.e. there are more candidates than there are vacancies).
A poll will only take place on Tresco if two or more candidates stand for that island (i.e. there are more candidates than there are vacancies).
If you need information in another format, please call our helpline.
If you need help to vote, you can ask someone you know or get independent help by calling our helpline.
It is an offence to:
- vote using a ballot paper that was not sent for your use or interfere with another voter’s ballot paper.
- vote more than once at the same election, unless you are voting on your own behalf and as a proxy for another person.
- vote as a proxy on behalf of more than four electors, of which no more than two may be on behalf of other domestic electors (a domestic elector is one who is not an overseas or service elector).
- vote as a proxy for someone if you know that by law they are not allowed to vote.
If you would rather vote in person, or ask someone else to vote on your behalf
- you must cancel your postal vote before 5pm on Monday 14 April 2025.
- Please note that when voting in person, you or someone who is voting on your behalf must show an accepted form of photographic identification. For more information, please call our helpline or visit our website.
Whether you vote in person or via post, it is an offence for someone to try to find out who you are voting for whilst you are putting your mark on your ballot paper, or to then reveal that information.