Following changes introduced by the Elections Act 2022, voters are now required to renew their postal vote application every three years.
All postal voters who completed a postal vote application form before 1 November 2023 will be required to renew their postal vote application no later than 31 January 2026. Postal votes will be limited to a maximum of three years, following which you will need to make a new application. The quickest and easiest way to reapply for a postal vote is online.
How we will contact you
- Throughout May and June, an email will be sent to postal voters who have provided us with their email address, with details of how to renew their postal vote application. To ensure our emails can be identified as being genuine, the email title will be North Tyneside Council - Request for a reapplication of postal vote'
- If we do not have your email address, we will contact you by post. Please note that these letters will be sent in June 2025.
It is possible that two members of the same household will receive their renewal invitation at different times, depending on whether an email address has been made available or not, and on when the original applications were made.
We are using emails to reduce the cost of obtaining information from our residents. Please help us by responding to our request for information as soon as possible.