How to vote

If you are registered on the electoral register you will be sent a polling card a few weeks before an election. The card tells you when the election takes place and your allocated polling station.

If you haven’t received a polling card but think you should have, please contact us to check your registration by  email at ballotbox@slough.gov.uk.

You can only vote if your name is on the electoral register. To be eligible to vote you must:

  • be registered to vote.
  • be 18 or over on the day of the election (‘polling day’)
  • be a British, Irish, Commonwealth or EU citizen
  • be a member or spouse of a member of HM Forces
  • be a crown servant employed outside the UK.
  • be registered at an address in the area you want to vote in
  • not be legally excluded from voting.

European citizens are allowed to vote in European and local elections only.

Overseas electors are allowed to vote in parliamentary and European elections only.