Upcoming elections

Take part in the GLA Mayoral elections

We are looking for local people to join us to work at the London Mayoral elections.

The Mayoral elections take place across London this year on Thursday 2 May.

We need to recruit staff to work on election day at polling stations and to count votes on Friday 3 May and Saturday 4 May. This is the Spring Bank Holiday weekend.

We also have various support roles to fill. All applicants must be over 18.

The election count will be held at the Excel Centre on Friday 3 and Saturday 4 May. Travel between the Civic Offices and Excel Centre will be provided.

Full mandatory training and payment will be given for your role.

If you take part, you’ll be serving your community and learning new skills to further your career.

Please email electionstaffing@bexley.gov.uk to find out more and apply.

Information about upcoming elections is available from the Electoral Commission website.

Election dates are subject to change, and a by-election could be called at any time. Election dates can be moved by Act of Parliament or by order of the Secretary of State.

Bexley’s Returning Officer administers all national and local government elections held in the borough. The different types of elections are:

UK Parliamentary General

There are three Members of Parliament (MPs) elected to represent Bexley; in the Bexleyheath and Crayford, Erith and Thamesmead and Old Bexley and Sidcup parliamentary constituencies. Part of the Erith and Thamesmead constituency is in the London Borough of Greenwich local authority area.

The last general election was held on 12 December 2019.

A By-election for the Old Bexley and Sidcup parliamentary constituency was held on 2 December 2021.

London Borough of Bexley

45 councillors are elected across the 17 electoral wards of the borough.

The next local council elections are due to take place on Thursday 7 May 2026.

Mayor of London and London Assembly

A Mayor is elected to represent the whole of London, Greater London Assembly (GLA), 25 London Assembly Members are elected, 14 represent a constituency area in Bexley’s case that constituency is called Bexley and Bromley and 11 are elected on a London wide basis.

The next GLA elections are due to take place on Thursday 2 May 2024.

By-election

A By-election can take place at any time to fill a vacancy caused by an elected representative resigning, dying, or becoming disqualified from office.

Election expenses

For UK Parliamentary and local government elections, details of election expenses must be submitted to the Returning Officer, or to the Proper Officer of the council for local government elections, within thirty-five days after the election result is declared.

Election expenses returns are available for public inspection on request.

For more information (9am to 5pm Monday to Friday):

UK Parliamentary By-Election election expenses

Representation of the People Act

UK Parliamentary By-Election 
Old Bexley & Sidcup Constituency - 2 December 2021

Candidates' returns as to election expenses

I hereby give notice that at the date of this notice, I have received Returns and Declarations as to election expenses for the following candidates and election agents:

Candidate Election Agent
Elaine Frances Cheeseman Elaine Frances Cheeseman
Daniel Francis Amy Fode
Louie Thomas French Kerry Anne Halfpenny
Richard John Howard Hewison Andrew Smith
David Michael Kurten David Michael Kurten
John Edmund Poynton Malcolm Clarke
Simone Reynolds Simon Drage
Jonathan Scot Rooks Philip Ian Malivoire
Richard James Sunley Tice Paul Oakden
Carol Margaret Valinejad Carol Margaret Valinejad
Michael John Young Terence Alan Cook

A copy of these returns and declarations (including any accompanying documents) is open to inspection during normal office hours until 1 December 2022 at the place below.

Jackie Belton, Acting Returning Officer

Electoral Services Office, Civic Offices, 2 Watling Street, Bexleyheath, DA6 7AT

Dated: 14 January 2022