Reminder for voters: ‘There is no poll here this year’

EAST RIDING Council has said local elections in the area are not taking place until next year after getting large number of calls asking for polling cards.

The council is understood to have received an unprecedented number of calls from locals, largely on the borders with North Yorkshire and Hull.

A council spokesperson said: “Following a number of calls from residents in the East Riding enquiring about poll cards, the council would like to remind residents that there are no local and ward elections.”

No elections are being held in the East Riding this year because its polls run on a different cycle to neighbouring authorities.

Elections for East Riding councillors are held in one go once every four years, with the next one due on Thursday, May 4 2023.

The only exceptions are by elections to fill vacant council seats.

Liberal Democrat Margaret Corless took South Hunsley, considered a Conservative stronghold, for the opposition group in the most recent East Riding by election in April.

The next by election is set to be held in Bridlington North to fill the seat left vacant after the death of Councillor Chad Chadwick, also in April.

The date for the by election is yet to be confirmed.

Conservatives control East Riding Council with 45 councillors, with 10 members making up the Liberal Democrat opposition.

There is also a seven-strong Independent Group, two unaligned independent members, two councillors for the Yorkshire Party and the vacant Bridlington North seat, making a total of 67.

All East Riding voters last went to the polls in May 2021 for the Humberside Police and Crime Commissioner elections.