NOTICE OF ELECTION
Police and Crime Commissioner Election
Avon and Somerset Police Area
1. An election is to be held for the Police and Crime Commissioner for the Avon and Somerset Police Area.
2. Nomination papers can be obtained from the office of the Police Area Returning Officer at the Guildhall, High
Street, Bath, BA1 5AW, between 10am and 4pm on any working day after publication of this notice.
Copies of the nomination papers can be downloaded from www.avonpccelection.org.uk
Copies can also be requested either by calling 01225 477431 or by emailing elections@bathnes.gov.uk
3. Nomination papers must be hand delivered to the office of the Police Area Returning Officer at the Guildhall,
High Street, Bath, BA1 5AW, between 10am and 4pm on any working day after publication of this notice but
no later than 4pm on Thursday 8 April 2021. Candidates and agents are advised to book an appointment to
submit their nomination papers, either by calling 01225 477431 or by emailing elections@bathnes.gov.uk
4. The £5,000 deposit can be paid: (a) by legal tender, or (b) by means of a banker’s draft from a drawer which
carries on business as a banker in the United Kingdom, or (c) by electronic transfer of funds.
5. If the election is contested the poll will take place on Thursday 6 May 2021.
6. New applications to register to vote must reach the relevant Electoral Registration Officer (contact details
below) by midnight on Monday 19 April 2021.
Applications can be made online via www.gov.uk/register-to-vote
7. New applications to vote by post or by postal proxy, and amendments or cancellations to existing postal or
proxy arrangements, must reach the relevant Electoral Registration Officer by 5pm on Tuesday 20 April
2021.
8. New applications to vote by proxy must reach the relevant Electoral Registration Officer by 5pm on Tuesday
27 April 2021.
9. Applications to vote by emergency proxy on the grounds of a medical emergency or for work/service reasons
must reach the relevant Electoral Registration Officer by 5pm on Thursday 6 May 2021. The medical
emergency must have occurred after 5pm on Tuesday 27 April 2021. To apply on the grounds of
work/service, the person must have become aware after 5pm on Tuesday 27 April 2021 that they cannot go
to the polling station in person.
Voting Area Electoral Registration Officers’ Contact Details
South Somerset
Address: Electoral Registration Officer, South Somerset District Council, Council Offices, Brympton Way, Yeovil, BA20 2HT
Telephone: 01935 462462 Email: elections@southsomerset.gov.uk
Date: Monday 22 March 2021
Will Godfrey, Police Area Returning Officer
