General Election 2024

The General Election is due to take place on Thursday, 4 July 2024

Following the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the new constituencies in Caerphilly are:

• Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney
• Caerphilly
• Newport West and Islwyn

Timetable of key events

Election Notices

Caerphilly constituency

• Notice of election
• Appointment of election agents
• Notice of poll & statement of persons nominated

Newport West and Islwyn constituency

• Notice of election
• Appointment of election agents
• Notice of poll & statement of persons nominated

Register to vote

To vote in a general election you must:

• be registered to vote
• be 18 or over on the day of the election (‘polling day’)
• be a British, Irish or qualifying Commonwealth citizen
• be resident at an address in the UK or living abroad and registered as an overseas voter
• not be legally excluded from voting

You can register to vote online: Register to vote

The deadline to register is midnight on Tuesday 18 June 2024.

If you are not sure whether you are already registered to vote, please contact the Electoral Services office:

Address - Bargoed House, 1 St Gwladys Way, Bargoed, CF81 8AB
Email - electoralservices@caerphilly.gov.uk
Tel: 01443 866586

Postal voting

If you need to vote by post in this election, please visit Voting by Post to apply.

The deadline to apply for a postal vote, or to cancel or amend an existing postal vote at this election is 5pm on Wednesday 19 June 2024.

New post vote handling rules 

New rules have been introduced around handling postal votes:

• there will be a limit on the number of postal votes a person can hand in at a polling station or at the council offices
• you will not be allowed to hand in more than five postal ballot packs for other electors plus your own (6 in total)
• if a person hands in more than five postal ballot packs for other electors, all the postal votes (other than their own) will be rejected
• anyone handing in postal votes will need to complete a ‘return of postal voting documents’ form
• we can no longer accept postal votes left in the letterbox at the council offices
• any postal votes which are left at any council building without the ‘return of postal voting documents’ form being completed will be rejected
• we recommend that postal votes are returned to us via Royal Mail as soon as possible before polling day

Proxy voting

If you would like someone else to vote on your behalf at this election, please visit Voting by Proxy to apply.

The deadline to apply for a proxy vote is 5pm Wednesday 26 June.

If after 5pm on the 26 June you find yourself unable to vote in person, due to medical or work reasons, you may be entitled to apply for an emergency proxy vote.

Please contact the Electoral Services team for further information. 

Voter identification

It is now a requirement to present an accepted form of identification when voting at the polling station for police and crime commissioner elections.

For more information, including the types of accepted ID and Voter Authority Certificates visit our Voter ID page.