Timetable and notices
The deadlines for activity are set in law, and the Combined Authority Returning Officer (CARO) and Local Returning Officers (LROs) have no discretion to change or extend them.
| What | When | Further information |
|---|---|---|
| Publication of Notice of Election | Thursday 21 March 2024 | |
| Publication of Notice of Election Addresses | Thursday 21 March 2024 | |
| Delivery of poll cards | Thursday 21 March onwards | Poll cards will be delivered to all eligible electors (who were registered to vote before 7 March 2024 from Thursday 21 March. Electors who register after this date will receive a poll card (possibly in the form of a letter rather than the traditional poll card) at a later date. You do not need to take your poll card with you to vote, it is for information only. |
| Delivery of nomination papers | Between Friday 22 March and Friday 5 April (10am to 4pm, working days only) | |
| Deadline for submission of nomination papers | 4pm on Friday 5 April | |
| Notice of Appointment of Election Agents and pulication of notice of Election agents | 4pm on Friday 5 April | |
| Publication of Statement of Persons Nominated | No later than 4pm on Monday 8 April 2024 | |
| Deadline for registering to vote at this election | Tuesday 16 April 2024 | |
| Deadline to apply for postal (or postal proxy) vote | 5pm Wednesday 17 April | This is also the deadline to cancel a postal/postal proxy vote. |
| Delivery of Mayoral Candidates’ Booklets | From 16 April | Delivery will be staggered over a number of days. |
| Delivery of Postal Votes | From 17 April | Anyone who applied after 18 March and before the deadline of 17 April will not receive their postal vote until around 25 April. |
| Last day for Voter Authority Certificates | 5pm Wednesday 24 April | |
| Publication of Notice of Poll | No later than Wednesday 24 April | Other than in Birmingham where this election is combined with the Police & Crime Commissioner Election, this election is combined with Local elections and Police & Crime Commissioner. |
| Situation of Polling Stations | No later than Wednesday 27 April | |
| Receipt of Proxy Vote Applications | 5pm on Wednesday 24 April 2024 | |
| Appointment of Election Sub-agents Names and Offices
Appointment of Poll and Count agents |
Thursday 25 April 2024 | |
| First day electors can apply for a replacement postal vote where theirs has been lost or was not received | Friday 26 April | |
| Day of Poll | 7am to 10pm, Thursday 2 May | |
| Deadline to apply for a replacement postal vote | 5pm on Thursday 2 May | |
| Deadline to apply for an emergency proxy | 5pm on Thursday 2 May | (A medical or work-related emergency that occurred after the deadline to apply for a proxy vote – where no other absent voting arrangements are in place) |
| Result published following Count | Saturday 4 May 2024 | |
| Return of election expenses | Thursday 6 June 2024 |
