Elections

Business Improvement District (BID) election

Background Information

A Business Improvement District (BID) is a defined geographical area. HullBID covers the main part of the city centre and represents over 780 businesses, spread across 1,174 commercial properties.

BIDs are generally not-for-profit; they do not replace or subsidise existing public bodies and services but enhance them.

Baseline service level agreements are set and a BID provides specific improvements over and above these services, for example safety and cleanliness.

BID Election 2026

Businesses that are part of the BID vote every 5 years to choose whether to remain with the BID arrangement in place.

The election is happening in July 2026 as a postal ballot. All eligible businesses have now been issued with their ballot information and will be able to vote.

If you have not received your ballot paper, it has been lost, damaged or spoilt, please contact us using the details below.

The deadline for us to receive the completed ballot papers is 5pm on Thursday 30 July 2026.

Votes will be verified and counted on Friday 31 July 2026 with results being announced on the Hull City Council election webpages no later than 5pm.

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