Residents living in the Manningham Ward of the Bradford district are being told to discard their local election postal ballot papers due to an error made by the printing contractor.

Tony Reeves, Bradford Council's Chief Executive and Acting Returning Officer said: "We urge residents to re-cast their postal votes on the replacement local election postal voting statements being sent out tomorrow. Any postal votes for the local election which have already been cast will not be counted, so it is vital that residents in the Manningham Ward complete the replacement forms for their votes to be counted."

The correct local postal voting papers will be marked 'Replacement Pack', but any local elections ballot papers already received by residents in the Manningham Ward are now null and void. The replacement packs will be sent from Thursday 29 April and will contain the names of four candidates.

Letters have been sent to residents explaining the situation and apologising for the inconvenience caused.

The Manningham General Election ballot papers are correct and these votes will be counted as normal - no further papers will be sent out for this.

Anyone with any questions on this needs to contact Bradford Council's Electoral Services on 01274 431360.