Southfields ward residents preparing to cast their ballots in tomorrow’s (Thursday) by-election will be voting in three of the four local polling stations used at last year’s referendum.

The polling stations are located at: St Barnabas' Church Hall, Merton Road, Southfields Baptist Church Hall, Wimbledon Park Road and Army Cadet Force Building, Buckhold Road The Royal Marines Reserve Centre on Merton Road, which was used at last year's referendum is not available for this by-election.

Voters who would normally attend this polling station will instead be voting at St Barnabas' Church Hall, which is just across the road.

The Royal Marines Reserve Centre will be used again as a polling station for the forthcoming elections for the Mayor of London and the London Assembly taking place on Thursday, May 3.

Poll cards have been hand delivered to every eligible voter in Southfields ward and include details of which polling station they should use. Poll card letters were also sent last week to residents who registered late in the day.

People who are entitled to vote but have mislaid their poll card or letters can still vote by telling polling station staff their name and address. As long as their name appears on the electoral register they can cast their ballot.

If residents are unsure about which polling station to use they can find out by visiting the electoral services' pages on the council's website - www.wandsworth.gov.uk/vote - and keying in their full postcode.

Alternatively people can find out their local polling station by calling (020) 8871 6023. This number can also be used to check whether your name appears on the electoral register.

Those residents who were sent a postal vote and have not yet returned it by post can deliver it to any of the three polling stations on polling day or return it to the town hall by 10pm. If the postal votes are not received before 10pm on polling day then they won't be counted.

For more information call the electoral services team on (020) 8871 6023 or email electoral@wandsworth.gov.uk or visit www.wandsworth.gov.uk/vote