Our colleagues at Churches Together in Britain and Ireland (CTBI) host the Churches Election Website which is a central hub for information and resources. There, you will find guides and issue briefings from many of CTE’s Member Churches and Charities and Networks in Association. Through the news section you can keep up to date with how the churches are responding to the election.
Hustings
Many local Churches Together groups may be hosting a hustings event for their constituency. The Joint Public Issues Team (from the Methodist, Baptist and United Reformed churches) has written an invaluable, detailed hustings guide. If you are holding or plan to hold hustings please also register them on the CTBI site.
Using your vote
The deadline to register to vote in the General Election is 18 June. Find out how to register.
At this election, as well as being registered, you will need to show photo ID at the polling station before you vote. Find out what this means for you.
Churches Together in England is a Voter Registration Champion. CTE Principal Officer for Pentecostal, Charismatic and Multi-cultural Relations, Min Shermara Fletcher-Hoyte said: “As well as having a spiritual duty to the communities they serve, churches also have a civic duty and one of the ways they can fulfil this is by encouraging participation in democratic election processes. From this year, voter ID registration is a key requirement for participation and we do not want this to be an obstacle or a tool of ostracism.”