All students that are registered to vote are presented with four ballots in today’s elections: Durham County Council, Durham Parish Council, County Durham Police and Crime Commissioner and a referendum on neighbourhood planning in Durham City.
Students can vote even if they have already sent a postal ballot to vote at a different home address.
Vote at your local
polling station –
including St. Nicholas Church Hall on Market Square, St. Oswald’s Church, The Hub (near South and John Snow College), and for those in the Viaduct area, The Spiritualist Church Hall on John Street.
Local election polls have now opened, as hundreds of candidates contest 126 county councillor positions across County Durham. In a bumper year due to Covid-19 postponements, such roles as parish councillors and the county’s Police, Crime and Victims’ commissioner are also up for grabs.