Local elections are taking place on Thursday 1 May 2025 for:

  • councillors to Warwickshire County Council
  • a councillor to Royal Leamington Spa Town Council - Willes

Key dates

  • Register to vote deadline has now passed - 23:59pm, Friday 11 April 2025
  • Apply for a postal vote has now passed - 5pm, Monday 14 April 2025
  • Apply for a Voter Authority Certificate if you don't have a valid form of photo ID by 5pm on Wednesday 23 April 2025
  • Apply for a proxy vote by 5pm Wednesday 23 April 2025

Election details

Warwickshire County Council

Royal Leamington Spa Town Council

Photo ID

To vote at your polling station, you'll need to show an accepted form of photo ID, or apply for a Vote Authority Certificate if you don't have one.

Polling station

Find your polling station

Accessibility in polling stations

We have been working hard to ensure our polling stations are accessible to all voters without any barriers to voting.

Accessibility in polling stations

Audio ballot papers

Audio ballot papers are available for all electoral divisions in Warwick District for the Warwickshire County Council elections, and the Royal Leamington Spa Town Willes ward by-election.

Poll cards

Poll cards will be dispatched to Royal Mail on 21 March 2025, with expected delivery from 24 March 2025. A second run of poll cards will be released on 24 April 2025, covering later registrations or amendments.

Postal votes

Postal votes will be released to Royal Mail in two tranches.

  • The first tranche will be released to Royal Mail with an expected delivery date from 14 April 2025
  • The second and final tranche of postal votes has an expected delivery date from the 23 April 2025

The first tranche will include any elector with an existing postal vote in place before 18 March 2025. Electors or proxies who submit a successfully determined postal vote application between18 March 2025 and the postal vote deadline at 5pm on Monday 14 April 2025 will be included in the second tranche.

Candidates and agents