Eligible persons who wish to be candidates at these elections must deliver duly completed nomination papers to the Deputy Returning Officer on any working day from Tuesday 24 March 2026, and by no later than the deadline of 4pm on Thursday 9 April 2026.

Prospective candidates are asked to please make an appointment to attend the WBC Council Office in-person to submit completed nomination papers. To arrange this please contact Electoral Services directly by phone on 01483 523116 or via email: electoralservices@waverley.gov.uk

Ahead of your in-person appointment to submit your hard copy papers formally, to ensure all goes smoothly, we encourage you to seek an informal pre-check of your papers several days in advance of formal submission. You can do this by email to Electoral Services via the email address shown above. We will check them and reply to you as soon as possible.

Confirmed candidate details for each ward will be published here on Friday 10 April 2026.

Please download and print off the candidate nomination pack.

Candidate Nomination Pack

The key dates for voters and election participants to note, are as follows: