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Electoral Register

Ballot paperWe prepare and publish a register of electors for our district each year. This includes the names of everyone eligible to vote during elections.

Each year we issue every household in the district an annual canvass for completion and return. It is compulsory to register but not to vote. The updated register is published before 1 December.

Full Register

The full register has the names and addresses of everyone registered to vote and will be updated every month.

Anyone can look at it, but copies can only be supplied for certain purposes, such as elections and law enforcement.

Credit reference agencies will also be allowed to use the full register, but only to check the name and address of anyone applying for credit, and to help stop 'money laundering'.

Anyone who has a copy of the register will be committing a criminal offence if they unlawfully pass on information from it. You do not have a choice about your name and address being on this register.

Edited Register

The edited register will be available for general sale and can be used for any purpose. You can choose not to be on it. It will be kept separate from the full register.

The edited register can be bought by any person, company or organisation and could be used for different purposes such as checking your identity and commercial activities such as marketing.

In addition, 'rolling registration' has now been introduced and enables people to be added to, and deleted from, the electoral register during the year. However, this exclude between September and November when the new register is being compiled.