A General Election will be held on Thursday 4 July 2024.

A general election is an opportunity for people in every part of the UK to choose their MP. This person will represent a local area (constituency) in the House of Commons for up to 5 years.

Waltham Forest has 3 Notices of Election for 3 constituencies:

  • Chingford and Woodford Green
  • Leyton and Wanstead
  • Walthamstow

Notice of Election

Each constituency has a Notice of Election. 

These Notices include:

  • the place and times at which nomination papers can be delivered, and at which nomination papers may be obtained 
  • the date of the poll if the election is contested
  • information for electronic payments and the arrangements for electronic payment of deposits
  • the date by which applications for absent votes (including emergency proxies) must reach the ERO to be effective for the election

Notice of Election: UK Parliamentary Election for the Chingford and Woodford Green constituency (PDF)

Notice of Election: UK Parliamentary Election for the Leyton and Wanstead constituency (PDF)

Notice of Election: UK Parliamentary Election for the Walthamstow constituency (PDF)

More information: Election timetable, key dates

  • Dissolution of Parliament, Thursday 30 May 2024.
  • Publication of Notice of Election, Friday 31 May 2024.
  • Delivery of nomination papers opens from 10am on Monday 3 June 2024. Nomination papers can be delivered between 10am and 4pm each day that week, up to 4pm on Friday 7 June 2024.
  • The deadline for receiving applications to register to vote, if not already registered, is Tuesday 18 June 2024.
  • The deadline to apply for a postal vote and for changes to existing postal or proxy votes, 5pm Wednesday 19 June 2024.
  • The deadline to apply for a proxy vote, not postal proxies or emergency proxies, 5pm on Wednesday 26 June 2024.
  • The deadline to apply for a Voter Authority Certificate, a free form of voter ID, 5pm Wednesday 26 June 2024.

In person polling will take place from 7am to 10pm on Thursday 4 July 2024.