About the new parish council

The parish council will be divided into three wards:

• Elvet and Gilesgate (six councillors)
• Neville's Cross (eight councillors) 
• Durham South (one councillor)

The Community Governance Review - City of Durham Parish Boundary and Wards (PDF, 789.4kb)  shows the area within the City of Durham, which the new parish council will oversee. If you live within this boundary and are registered to vote, you will be eligible to vote at this election.

The election

The election will take place on Thursday 3 May 2018, with the next election taking place in 2021. After this the elections will fall in line with the ordinary year for local elections in Durham (county, town and parish council elections) and will be held every 4 years thereafter.

Important dates for voters

Election notices

• Notice of Election - City of Durham Parish all wards (PDF, 6.7kb)
• Statement of Persons Nominated - City of Durham Parish - Durham South (PDF, 10.2kb)
• Statement of Persons Nominated - City of Durham Parish - Elvet and Gilesgate (PDF, 25.0kb)
• Statement of Persons Nominated - City of Durham Parish - Neville's Cross (PDF, 40.9kb)
• Notice of Poll and Situation of Polling Stations will be published by Wednesday 25 April.
• City of Durham Parish Council Election Results will be published from 10.00pm on Thursday 3 May.

Candidate and agent information

If you are a potential candidate or agent, please see Electoral Commission: Candidates and agents at parish and community council elections in England for more information.

Standing as a candidate

Nominations have now closed. You can see who is standing in a candidate in the Statements of Nomination (under Election Notices).

Polling cards and postal votes

Polling cards will be delivered between 30 March and 2 April.

Postal votes

If you are already a postal voter, or you have applied to vote by post, and your application is received before 28 March, your postal vote will be included in the first batch of postal votes which are to be sent out by Royal Mail on Monday 16 April.

If you have applied to vote by post, and your application is received between 29 March and the postal vote application deadline (18 April) your postal vote will be included in the second batch of postal votes which will be sent out by Royal Mail on Wednesday 18 April.