New Rules and Changes
New legal rules are now in force requiring you to produce photographic ID in the polling station before you can be given a ballot paper.
The new rules apply from May 2023 at:-
- Hyndburn Council local elections
- Elections to LCC
- Police and Crime Commissioner elections
- Parliamentary by-elections
- (from 5 October 2023) Parliamentary General Elections
The acceptable forms of photographic identification are:
- 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 issued by the UK, any of the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man or an EEA state;
- A biometric immigration document;
- An identity card bearing the Proof of Age Standards Scheme hologram (a PASS card);
- Ministry of Defence Form 90 (Defence Identity Card);
- A Blue Badge;
- A national identity card issued by an EEA state;
- An Older Person’s Bus Pass;
- A Disabled Person’s Bus Pass;
- An Oyster 60+ Card;
- A Freedom Pass;
- A Scottish National Entitlement Card issued in Scotland;
- A 60 and Over Welsh Concessionary Travel Card issued in Wales;
- A Disabled Person’s Welsh Concessionary Travel Card issued in Wales;
- A Senior SmartPass issued in Northern Ireland;
- A Registered Blind SmartPass or Blind Person’s SmartPass issued in Northern Ireland;
- A War Disablement SmartPass or War Disabled SmartPass issued in Northern Ireland;
- A 60+ SmartPass issued in Northern Ireland;
- A Half Fare SmartPass issued in Northern Ireland;
- An Electoral Identity Card issued in Northern Ireland;
- A Voter Authority Certificate or a temporary Voter Authority Certificate
If your photographic identification document has expired it will still be accepted as long as the photograph is still a good likeness of you.