Voting Open: Monday 30 June at 9am – Thursday 10 July 2025 at 5pm
At the beginning of every BID term, we invite any levy-paying business or organisation in the BID area to nominate themselves to serve on the Board until the end of each BID term. The current BID term ends September 2029. The election will be held online by an independent elections company called Choice Voting.
The Process
The election will run from Monday 30 June at 9am – Thursday 10 July 2025 at 5pm.
Voting instructions will be posted out to the business address of each eligible business on 20 June 2025. An eligible business is any business who is liable for the BID levy. The voting instructions include the voting website address and login information which is unique to each business.
If you do not receive your instructions or are unable to attend your business premises to collect it, then you will need to email us providing the following information in order for us to verify who you are, and that you are eligible to vote on behalf of your business:
- Confirmation from the head of your business, on company headed paper, that you have the designated authority to cast the vote;
- Current bill (BID levy bill, business rates bill or utility bill).
Once verification has taken place, Choice Voting will email you your unique login details.
Please contact us on 01227 787055 or email [email protected]
The Candidates
In order for voters to assess who they would like to vote for, each candidate provided a statement on why they would like to serve on the BID Board, why they would be suitable and which sector they would represent. Some candidates will be nominated in more than one category and all nominated under the “general” category.
The Rules
- Voting is restricted to one vote per business
- An eligible business is any business who is liable for the BID levy.
- Login details are unique to your business and can only be used once.
- By casting the vote, you are confirming that you are either the business owner or have delegated authority to cast the vote.
- You must select seven candidates that you would like to represent you on the BID board as there are seven positions available.
- Once your vote is cast it is locked in so please make sure you have decided on whom you want to vote for ahead of time. You cannot go back and change your vote. Details of which candidates are standing can be found HERE.
- Those businesses that have a nominated candidate are eligible to vote.
- The successful candidates will be announced on the BID website on Monday 30 June based on a majority vote which will be conducted by Choice Voting.
- In the unlikely event that a vote is cast using the postal credentials and then someone from the same organisation contacts us via email and can verify that they are eligible/have the delegated authority to vote on behalf of that business, then the vote cast using the postal credentials will be null and void.
- The order in which the candidates appear on the Choice Voting website has been randomised to avoid any bias and will appear differently for each voter.
