Bin collections over Christmas and New Year
Your bin day will change over Christmas and New Year.
Voter ID requirements
You need to show photo ID at polling stations to vote.
You must show your photo ID before we give you a ballot paper. You must bring the original document, not an image or a photocopy.
Accepted forms of ID
- 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 (or a provisional driving licence) issued by the UK, any of the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man, or an EEA state
- a Blue Badge
- an older person’s bus pass funded by the UK government
- a disabled person’s bus pass funded by the UK government
- an Oyster 60+ card funded by the UK government
- a Freedom Pass
- a Scottish National Entitlement Card
- a 60 and over Welsh concessionary travel card
- a disabled person’s Welsh concessionary travel card
- a Senior SmartPass issued in Northern Ireland
- a Registered Blind SmartPass or Blind Person’s SmartPass issued in Northern Ireland
- a War Disablement SmartPass issued in Northern Ireland
- a 60+ SmartPass issued in Northern Ireland
- a Half Fare SmartPass issued in Northern Ireland
- an identity card bearing the Proof of Age Standards Scheme hologram (a PASS card)
- a biometric immigration document
- a Ministry of Defence Form 90 (a Defence Identity Card)
- a national identity card issued by an EEA state
- an Electoral Identity Card issued in Northern Ireland
- an anonymous elector's document
- a Voter Authority Certificate - find out how to apply for a certificate