VOTERS will head to the polls on Thursday, July 4 to vote for the candidate they wish to be elected in Basingstoke and North West Hampshire.

Ahead of the general election, which is predicted to mark a landslide victory for the Labour Party across the UK, the list of polling stations has been announced.

Schools, community halls, chess clubs, scout huts and civic officers are all examples of buildings being used as polling stations on July 4.

Residents will be able to have their say on who they want to represent their constituency in Parliament by visiting their nearest polling station between 7am and 10pm on Thursday.

To vote in person, you must go to the place specified on your polling card. 

The council has a link to where you can find your polling station basingstoke.gov.uk/elections-and-voting

Polling stations in Basingstoke include;

Vying for your vote in Basingstoke are Maria Miller (Conservative), Luke Murphy (Labour), Richard Whelan (Liberal Democrat), Michael Howard-Sorrell (Green Party), Alan Stone (Hampshire Independents) and Raymond Saint (Independent).

You can find out more about each candidate here: General election 2024: Who is standing in Basingstoke?

Residents in the Hampshire North West constituency can visit their nearest polling station below: 

Standing in North West Hampshire are candidates Kit Malthouse (Conservative), Andy Fitchet (Labour), Luigi Gregori (Liberal Democrats), Phil Heath (Hampshire Independents), Andrew Meacham (Reform UK) and Hina West (Green Party).

You can find out more about the candidates here: General election: Who is standing in North West Hampshire?

Following an act passed in Parliament in 2022 which came into force in May 2023, voters are now required to show photo ID.

This is the first time that voters will have to show their ID in order to vote in a general election.

A full list of accepted IDs is available on the Electoral Commission website.

Accepted forms of photo ID include a passport, driving licence, blue badge, freedom pass, and voter authority certificate. 

According to the Electoral Commission, photo ID can still be used if it's out of date, as long as it looks like you and matches the same name you used to register to vote.