Notice of Election
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NOTICE OF ELECTION ELECTION OF A MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT for the DENTON AND REDDISH CONSTITUENCY NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT: 1. An election is to be held of a Member of Parliament for the Denton and Reddish Constituency. 2. Nomination papers are to be delivered to the Acting Returning Officer at Dukinfield Town Hall, King Street, Dukinfield, Tameside, SK16 4LA, on any day after the date of this notice, on Monday to Friday (excluding bank and public holidays) between 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., but by no later than 4p.m. on Thursday 9 April 2015. Forms of nomination papers may also be obtained at that place, during those times. 3. If the election is contested the poll will take place on Thursday 7 May 2015. 4. A candidate’s deposit, being the sum of £500, can only be made by the deposit of legal tender or by means of a banker’s draft (from a drawer that carries on business as a banker in the United Kingdom), at the place and during the time for delivery of nomination papers. No other method of making a deposit will be available. 5. Applications to be included in the register of electors must reach the Electoral Registration Officer at Dukinfield Town Hall, King Street, Dukinfield, Tameside, SK16 4LA, by Monday 20 April 2015, if they are to be effective for the election. 6. All applications and notices in respect of postal voting, and those in respect of changes to (including cancellation of) existing proxy voting arrangements, must reach the Electoral Registration Officer at Dukinfield Town Hall, King Street, Dukinfield, Tameside, SK16 4LA by 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday 21 April 2015, if they are to be effective for the election. 7. All new applications to vote by proxy (except those applied for on relevant emergency grounds) must reach the Electoral Registration Officer at Dukinfield Town Hall, King Street, Dukinfield, Tameside, SK16 4LA by 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday 28 April 2015, if they are to be effective for the election. 8. All applications to vote by proxy on relevant emergency grounds (disability occurring after 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday 28 April 2015; grounds relating to the applicant’s occupation, service or employment, where the applicant became aware of those grounds after 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday 28 April 2015; or detention under civil powers as a mental health patient) must reach the Electoral Registration Officer at Dukinfield Town Hall, King Street, Dukinfield, SK16 4LA by 5:00 p.m. on Thursday 7 May 2015, if they are to be effective for the election. Dated: Tuesday 31 March 2015 Steven Pleasant Acting Returning Officer Printed and Published by the Acting Returning Officer, Dukinfield Town Hall, King Street, Dukinfield, Tameside, SK16 4LA .