Elections and voting

Find out who can register to vote, what identification you'll need to provide, and get information about how to register if you serve in the Armed Forces, if you're a British citizen living abroad, or how to register anonymously.

Apply to vote in elections by post, or apply to have someone else vote for you (voting by proxy).

Find your nearest polling station, get details of accessible polling stations, polling station opening hours and use our handy map to find the location of polling districts and polling stations

Find out about the Electoral Register, including the difference between the full register and the open register used for mail marketing purposes, and apply to be removed from the open register.

Find information on future elections, Parliamentary Boundary changes, changes to the Elections Act, and Meeting rooms maintained out of public funds

The annual canvass of electors takes place each year between July and November with a revised copy of the electoral register. Our electoral registration canvassers are out visiting properties that have not responded to our forms throughout the autumn months

Find opportunities to work in polling stations as a poll clerk or count assistant or apply to be a canvasser helping residents who have not returned their Invitation to Register forms