Elections will take place on Thursday 7 May 2026 for 14 of the 42 seats on Cambridge City Council. Each of the city’s 14 wards will elect one councillor.
We are taking part in the national flexible-voting pilot for these elections. Read more about the early voting trial.
Important dates and deadlines
- Postal vote packs will be issued on Friday 17 April for existing postal voters and new postal vote applications received by 1 April
- Register to vote by 11.59pm on Monday 20 April
- Apply for a postal vote or postal proxy vote by 5pm on Tuesday 21 April
- Make changes to an existing postal vote or proxy vote by 5pm on Tuesday 21 April
- Postal vote packs will be issued on Friday 24 April for applications received between 2 April and the deadline on 21 April
- Apply for a proxy vote by 5pm on Tuesday 28 April
- Apply for a Voter Authority Certificate (free voter ID) by 5pm on Tuesday 28 April
- Voting hubs will be open from 9am to 6pm on Thursday 30 April to Saturday 2 May as part of this year’s early voting trial
- Polling day will be on Thursday 7 May – polling stations will be open from 7am to 10pm
- The results of the elections will be announced throughout the afternoon on Friday 8 May
