County Council and Mayor elections 1 May 2025

Cambridgeshire County Council elections 

County councillor elections will be held on Thursday 1 May 2025 for the 8 divisions in the East Cambridgeshire area. Each division will elect one councillor.

The divisions are:

Burwell

Ely North 

Ely South

Littleport

Soham North and Isleham 

Soham South and Haddenham

Sutton

Woodditton

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority Mayor election

An election will also be held on Thursday 1 May 2025 to elect a Mayor for the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority.

Registering to vote, postal and proxy voting deadlines

The legal deadline for applying to register is 11 April 2025, for postal votes is 14 April 2025 by 5pm and for proxy vote applications is 23 April 2025 by 5pm.

Applications can be made online at GOV.UK.

Register to vote

Apply for a postal vote

Apply for a proxy vote

For postal vote applications you will need to upload a signature.

Nominations 

Notices of the elections were published on Tuesday 25 March 2025. Nomination packs for the county council elections can be downloaded from the Electoral Commission website.

Nomination packs for the mayor election can also be downloaded from the Electoral Commission website.

Anyone wishing to stand for either elections must submit their completed pack by 4pm on 2 April 2025.

Further information can be obtained for the elections at elections@eastcambs.gov.uk 

More information about the mayoral election can be found on the Choose Your Mayor website