New ways to vote in May 2026 local elections
We will be offering voters different, convenient ways to cast their vote in person in advance of polling day on Thursday 7 May.
Three voter hubs will be open on Saturday 2 May, 9am-6pm, and Sunday 3 May, 10.30am-430pm, in Cranbrook, Paddock Wood and Royal Tunbridge Wells. Voters can go to any hub to vote in person, they just need their photo ID. It will also be possible to hand in postal votes.
William Benson, Returning Officer for Tunbridge Wells borough said: ‘I am very pleased that Tunbridge Wells is part of the pilot scheme. It’s important that every eligible elector uses their vote and three hubs in key locations across the borough will make it even easier.
‘Voters can be assured these new arrangements are just as secure as the polling stations they’re used to, and the same helpful staff will be there to guide people through the process.’
Voters will receive information about the hubs with their poll cards and we will be including information about the new arrangements in Local, through the residents’ weekly email and on social media.
Read what the Government has said about the pilot on GOV.UK's 'Weekend voting and shopping centre polling stations to be trialled' webpage.
