Some 1,641 council seats are up for grabs on May 1 across 23 local authorities.
Elections are also taking place for four regional mayors and two local mayors, while voters in the constituency of Runcorn & Helsby will choose a new MP.
There are only certain kinds of photo identification that will be accepted at polling stations and voters without the correct ID will be turned away.
A passport, driving licence photocard or blue badge are all valid, as is an older person’s bus pass.
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Please review your details and accept them to load the contentPeople who do not have any of the right forms of ID need to apply for a voter authority certificate by 5pm on Wednesday.
This can be done online at gov.uk/apply-for-photo-id-voter-authority-certificate.
Photo ID rules were brought in as part of the Elections Act 2022 and were first enforced in England in 2023 and across Britain at the 2024 general election.
Voters in Northern Ireland have been required to show ID at elections since 2003.
An average of 219 applications for a voter authority certificate (VAC) were made each day in the week to April 21, the highest number so far this year, but up only slightly from 215 the previous week and 211 a fortnight earlier.
Just 9% of VAC applications in the most recent week came from people under 25, while 4% came from ...
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