Voter Identification – Election Act 2022

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New Rules and Changes

New legal rules are now in force requiring you to produce photographic ID in the polling station before you can be given a ballot paper.

The new rules apply from May 2023 at:-

  • Hyndburn Council local elections
  • Elections to LCC
  • Police and Crime Commissioner elections
  • Parliamentary by-elections
  • (from 5 October 2023) Parliamentary General Elections

The acceptable forms of photographic identification are:

  • A passport issued by the UK, any of the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man, a British Overseas Territory, an EEA state or a Commonwealth country;
  • A driving licence issued by the UK, any of the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man or an EEA state;
  • A biometric immigration document;
  • An identity card bearing the Proof of Age Standards Scheme hologram (a PASS card);
  • Ministry of Defence Form 90 (Defence Identity Card);
  • A Blue Badge;
  • A national identity card issued by an EEA state;
  • An Older Person’s Bus Pass;
  • A Disabled Person’s Bus Pass;
  • An Oyster 60+ Card;
  • A Freedom Pass;
  • A Scottish National Entitlement Card issued in Scotland;
  • A 60 and Over Welsh Concessionary Travel Card issued in Wales;
  • A Disabled Person’s Welsh Concessionary Travel Card issued in Wales;
  • A Senior SmartPass issued in Northern Ireland;
  • A Registered Blind SmartPass or Blind Person’s SmartPass issued in Northern Ireland;
  • A War Disablement SmartPass or War Disabled SmartPass issued in Northern Ireland;
  • A 60+ SmartPass issued in Northern Ireland;
  • A Half Fare SmartPass issued in Northern Ireland;
  • An Electoral Identity Card issued in Northern Ireland;
  • A Voter Authority Certificate or a temporary Voter Authority Certificate

If your photographic identification document has expired it will still be accepted as long as the photograph is still a good likeness of you.