The elections take place on Thursday, May 5.

If you wish to stand for election to Pembrokeshire County Council or election to a Town or Community Council in Pembrokeshire you have until 4 pm on Tuesday, April 5 to return your nomination papers.

Please do not leave your submission until the deadline.

Nomination papers can be obtained via https://www.pembrokeshire.gov.uk/elections-and-voting

Nomination papers can be returned in person by booking an appointment via the webpage above or by emailing [email protected]

Councillors elected in May will serve a term of five years.

These local government elections will be the first to be held since the introduction of new legislation in Wales which allows all those who are registered, legally resident in Wales and over 16 on polling day to vote.

You must be registered to vote. You can register at: https://www.gov.uk/register-to-vote

Please register now if you have not already done so - as soon it will be too late.

Applications to register must be received by Midnight April 14, 2022.

These will also be the first elections to be administered on the new boundary arrangements.

For example, this year will see 60 County Councillors elected to 59 Electoral Wards rather than the 60 previous wards, due to the change of boundaries.

Voters may be voting in a different electoral ward to the one which they have previously voted in.

The wards for both County Council and Town and Community Councils can be seen under the Election Notice heading at https://www.pembrokeshire.gov.uk/elections-and-voting

Some important information:

• The nominations period is now open. Nominations can be delivered on each working day between 10 am and 4 pm up until the close of nominations at 4 pm on April 5, 2022.

• Nominations papers can be obtained from https://www.pembrokeshire.gov.uk/elections-and-voting

• The Electoral Commission Guidance for Candidates and Agents is available on the website.

• If you are not going to be able to go to a polling station to vote, you can apply to vote by post or proxy. You can find out more information about voting by post and by proxy at https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/ Postal Vote Application deadline – 5pm on April 19, 2022 Proxy Vote Application deadline - 5pm on April 26, 2022.