NOTICE OF ELECTION

Combined Authority Mayoral Election for the Greater Combined Authority

1. An Election is to be held for the Mayor of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority.

2. Nomination papers must be delivered to the Combined Authority Returning Officer, The Performance Space, Central Library, Manchester, M60 2LA on any working day after the date of publication of this notice, between the hours of 10am and 4pm but by no later than 4pm on Thursday 8 April 2021.

3. Nomination papers may be obtained from the above place, during the times stated above.

4. If the election is contested the poll will take place on Thursday 6 May 2021.

5. A candidate’s deposit of £5,000 may only be made by the deposit of legal tender, by means of a banker’s draft or by means of Faster Payments / Same Day Bank Payment, at the place and within the time for delivery of nomination papers. No other method of making a deposit is available.

6. Applications to be included in the register of electors must reach the relevant Electoral Registration Officer (see contact details below) by 12 midnight on Monday 19 April 2021, if they are to be effective for the election. Applications can be made either directly to the relevant Electoral Registration Officer or online at: https://www.gov.uk/register-to-vote.

7. Applications and notices in respect of postal voting, and those in respect of changes to existing proxy voting arrangements (except insofar as changes may be made on coronavirus grounds), must reach the relevant Electoral Registration Officer by 5pm on Tuesday 20 April 2021, if they are to be effective for the election.

8. New applications to vote by proxy (except those applied for on relevant emergency grounds or coronavirus grounds) must reach the relevant Electoral Registration Officer by 5pm on Tuesday 27 April 2021, if they are to be effective for the election.

9. Applications to vote by proxy on relevant emergency grounds (disability occurring after 5 pm on Tuesday 27 April 2021; grounds relating to the applicant’s occupation, service or employment, where the applicant became aware of those grounds after 5 pm on Tuesday 27 April 2021; or detention under civil powers as a mental health patient) must reach the relevant Electoral Registration Officer by 5 pm on Thursday 6 May 2021, if they are to be effective for the election. 10. All applications to vote by proxy, or to alter existing proxy arrangements by changing the person who is appointed as a proxy, on coronavirus grounds (including where a person is self-isolating due to having coronavirus or being at risk of having it, where a person is shielding, or where a person who has already been appointed as an applicant’s proxy is similarly affected by coronavirus) must reach the relevant Electoral Registration Officer by 5:00 pm on Thursday 6 May 2021, if they are to be effective for the election.

11. Any candidate wishing to have their election address included in the election booklet will need to have submitted their election address to the Combined Authority Returning Officer by no later than 4pm on Thursday 8 April 2021. Candidates will need to pay a contribution

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Electoral Registration Officer contact details

Constituent council Address Contact details The Elections Team Email Council [email protected] Bolton MBC Howell Croft North Bolton Tel: 01204 338 024 BL1 1QY Electoral Services Email Town Hall [email protected] Bury MBC Knowsley Street Bury Tel: 0161 253 5252 BL9 0SW Electoral Services Unit Email Manchester Town Hall [email protected] Extension Manchester Tel: 0161 234 1212 M60 2LA Elections Office Email [email protected] Oldham MBC West Street Oldham Tel: 0161 770 4718 OL1 1UL Elections Office Email Floor 2 [email protected] Number One Riverside Rochdale MBC Smith Street Tel: 0300 303 0345 Rochdale OL16 1XU Electoral Services Team Email Salford Civic Centre [email protected] Chorley Road Swinton Tel: 0161 793 2500 M27 5DA Electoral Services Email Room 132 [email protected] Town Hall Stockport MBC Edward Street Tel: 0161 217 6026 Stockport SK1 3XE Democratic Services Email Dukinfield Town Hall elections@.gov.uk King Street Tameside MBC Dukinfield Tel: 0161 342 8355 Tameside SK16 4LA Electoral Services Department Email Town Hall [email protected] Talbot Road Trafford MBC Stretford Tel: 0800 0234 206 Manchester M32 0TH Resources Email Wigan Council [email protected] Wigan New Town Hall Wigan MBC Library Street Tel: 01942 827 168 Wigan WN1 1YN

Dated: Monday 29 March 2021 Eamonn Boylan Combined Authority Returning Officer

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