The deadlines for activity are set in law, and the Combined Authority Returning Officer (CARO) and Local Returning Officers (LROs) have no discretion to change or extend them.
| What | When | Further information |
|---|---|---|
| Publication of Notice of Election | Monday 22 March | |
| Publication of Notice of Election Addresses | Monday 22 March | |
| Delivery of poll cards | Monday 22 March onwards | Poll cards will be delivered to all eligible electors (who were registered to vote before 10 March 2021 from Monday 22 March. Electors who register after this date will receive a poll card (possibly in the form of a letter rather than the traditional poll card) at a later date. You do not need to take your poll card with you to vote, it is for information only. |
| Delivery of nomination papers | Between Tuesday 23 March and Thursday 8 April (10am to 4pm, working days only) | |
| Deadline for submission of nomination papers | 4pm on Thursday 8 April | |
| Notice of Appointment of Election Agents | 4pm on Thursday 8 April | |
| Publication of Statement of Persons Nominated | No later than 4pm on Friday 9 April | |
| Deadline for registering to vote at this election | Monday 19 April | |
| Deadline to apply for postal (or postal proxy) vote | 5pm Tuesday 20 April | This is also the deadline to cancel a postal/postal proxy vote. |
| Delivery of Mayoral Candidates’ Booklets | From 16 April | Delivery will be staggered over a number of days. |
| Delivery of Postal Votes | From 16 April | Anyone who applied after 22 March and before the deadline of 20 April will not receive their postal vote until around 29 April. |
| Deadline to apply for a proxy vote | 5pm Tuesday 27 April | This is also the deadline to cancel a proxy vote. |
| Publication of Notice of Poll | No later than Tuesday 27 April | Other than in Birmingham where this election is combined with the Police & Crime Commissioner Election, this election is combined with Local elections and Police & Crime Commissioner. |
| Situation of Polling Stations | No later than Tuesday 27 April | These will be published locally by each Returning Officer Birmingham City Council Coventry City Council Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council Sandwell Council Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council Walsall Council City of Wolverhampton Council |
| First day electors can apply for a replacement postal vote where theirs has been lost or was not received | Thursday 29 April | |
| Polling Day | Thursday 6 May | |
| Deadline to apply for a replacement postal vote | 5pm on Thursday 6 May | |
| Deadline to apply for an emergency proxy | 5pm on Thursday 6 May | (A medical or work-related emergency that occurred after the deadline to apply for a proxy vote – where no other absent voting arrangements are in place) |
| Result published following Count | Saturday 8 May |
