How to register
The registration process is called individual electoral registration.
- Everyone is responsible for registering themselves
- You need to provide a few more details to register - including your National Insurance Number and date of birth
Reasons to register
- Enables you to vote in an election
- Obtain a mortgage or credit
- By law you must register
Special arrangements for registering to vote
- Anonymously if you are in danger
- Crown servant or as a British Council employee
- Live or work abroad
- Student or you have two addresses
- Member of the armed forces
- No fixed address
- Prisoner on remand
After you have registered
- Completing a registration form does not automatically add you to the electoral register
- Your details will be checked and verified
- You will receive a letter confirming that you are registered, or asking for more information
- You can find out when your name will appear on the register