Our payment system will be unavailable on Tuesday 20 May between 9:30am and 4:30pm for an essential upgrade. During this time, you cannot make payments on our website or over the phone. Payments by bank transfer, standing order and Direct Debit are unaffected.
Council telephone systems
We are moving to a new telephone system. This may cause some initial issues and disruption to calls while it is being set up. If you have any issues, you may wish to call back at another time. We appreciate your patience whilst the new system is implemented and apologise for any disruption that you may experience.
Polling day for Sussex Police and Crime Commissioner election and local by-elections
Elections for the Sussex Police and Crime Commissioner will take place today, Thursday 2 May.
By-elections will also take place to elect new councillors for the Kemptown ward and Queen’s Park ward to fill the vacancies caused by the resignation of Bharti Gajjar and Chandni Mistry.
Polling stations will be open from 7am to 10pm. You do not need to bring your poll card with you, but you must bring a valid form of photo identification to vote at a polling station.
Last year the government brought in legislation which requires voters to show photo identification when voting at polling stations. This means that you must bring photo ID with you to vote in today’s Police and Crime Commissioner election and by-elections.
Acceptable forms of ID include:
a UK, EEA or Commonwealth passport
a UK or EEA driving licence (including a provisional licence)
an older person’s or disabled person’s bus pass
an EEA national identity card
a biometric immigration document
an identity card with the Proof of Age Standards Scheme hologram (PASS card)
a Blue Badge
a Voter Authority Certificate (VAC)
Expired ID will still be accepted if the photograph remains a good likeness of the voter.
If you have a postal vote that you’ve not returned to us, you can hand your completed postal voting pack in to any polling station in the city on polling day by 10pm at the latest.
If you hand in your postal vote to a polling station or Hove Town Hall, you will also be required to complete a Postal Vote Return Form.