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're 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