General election 2024 - all you need to know about voting in Preston, South Ribble, Chorley, Ribble Valley and Fylde

If it’s the latter, then check out below the constituency-by-constituency breakdown of our coverage of all the big local issues that have been tackled by your wannabe MPs - many of them raised directly by you at our hustings events in assocation with the Lancashire Lead and Blog Preston.

If it’s the former, then maybe it’s just practical advice regarding which constituency you are in and about voting in person that you need.

So let’s start with that.

‘DON’T FORGET YOUR ID’

You don’t need to take your polling card with you, but for the first time at a general election, you will need to present an acceptable form of ID in order to vote in person:

***a passport issued by the UK, any of the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man, a British Overseas Territory, an EEA state or a Commonwealth country;

***a photo Driving Licence issued by the UK, any of the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man, or an EEA state;

***a Blue Badge;

***an older Person's Bus Pass;

***a disabled Person's Bus Pass;

***an Oyster 60+ Card;

***a freedom Pass;

***an identity card bearing the Proof of Age Standards Scheme hologram (a PASS card);

***a biometric immigration document;

***a Ministry of Defence Form 90 (Defence Identity Card);

***a national identity card issued by an EEA state.

WHO REPRESENTED MY CONSTITUENCY BEFORE THE ELECTION WAS CALLED - AND WHO CAN I VOTE FOR ON 4th JULY?

>>> All the Preston, South Ribble, Chorley, Wyre and Ribble Valley candidates, boundary changes and the current state of play.

WHICH CONSTITUENCY AM I IN - AND WHAT AM I BEING PROMISED?

Preston

Don’t forget: much of North Preston is now in the Ribble Valley constituency - specifically, the wards of Greyfrairs, Sharoe Green, Preston Rural North and Preston Rural East.

>>> Mini-manifestos: what the Preston constituency candidates try to persuade you to vote for them in 90 seconds.

And from our hustings event in the city, the Preston candidates on:

>>> the new Royal Preston Hospital;

>>> Preston’s empty shops;

>>> affordable housing and school places;

>>> the state of the NHS;

>>> the conflict in Gaza.

South Ribble

Don’t forget: the South Ribble constituency contains some parts of the Chorley Council area - namely, the Croston, Mawdesley and Euxton South, and Eccleston, Heskin and Charnock Richard wards.

>>> Mini-manifestos: what the South Ribble constituency candidates try to persuade you to vote for them in 90 seconds.

And from our hustings event in the borough, the South Ribble candidates on:

>>> fixing the NHS;

>>> widening the A582;

>>> affordable housing;

>>> whether Lancashire needs an elected mayor;

>>> how Brexit has been delivered;

>>> single-sex spaces in hospitals.

Ribble Valley

Don’t forget: the Preston City Council wards of Greyfrairs, Sharoe Green, Preston Rural North and Preston Rural East are now in the Ribble Valley parliamentary seat.

>>>Mini-manifestos: what the Ribble Valley constituency candidates are promising you.

Chorley

Don’t forget: the Chorley Council wards of Croston, Mawdesley and Euxton South, and Eccleston, Heskin and Charnock Richard are in the South Ribble parliamentary seat

>>>Mini-manifestos: what the Chorley constituency candidates are promising you.

Fylde

Don’t forget: the Wyre Council wards of Breck, Hardhorn with High Cross and Tithebarn are within the Fylde parliamentary seat.

>>> Mini-manifestos: what the Fylde constituency candidates try to persuade you to vote for them in 90 seconds.

And from our hustings event in the borough, the Fylde candidates on:

>>> the Morgan and Morecambe energy project;

>>> better trains services for Fylde;

>>> integrity in politics;

>>> sewage and farming.